The world had been sad since Tuesday
The world had been sad since Tuesday
A surreal Bitsy Tale
Inspired by short story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Use arrows to move. Walk into characters and items to interact with them. Turn your sound on for some atmospheric music.
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- Music courtesy of Sergey Cheremisinov (CC BY 3.0)
- Additional artwork courtesy of PixelArtM (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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how did you do the thing where you go to say the left and any tile on the left not just one takes you to the next screen???? i wanna knowwwwwwwww
what hacks did you use??????
My video on this game.
This game is wonderful, it means a lot to me and I'm happy I found it again.
Very nice game, a true atmosphere. I personally think that the music is a selling point. Well done!
Amazing game and atmosphere.
A gem. Thank you.
this is probably my favorite bitsy game i've ever played. atmospheric, thoughtful, there aren't enough words to describe it. good work. seriously.
Really cool :D
What a wonderful little game, which introduced me to an interesting story. I very much enjoyed this. Thank you.
Woah! This is wondeful! You get all the high fives!
This game blew my mind, it's gorgeous in every single way
This is so tranquil and nice. I like how each feather tells a story. How do you get the one beside the palm tree in the first screen? I haven't been able to figure that one out.
Wonderful game! Thank you for sharing this :)
I was wondering, how did you get 6 colors at the same time on screen?
I am glad you enjoyed it :)
As for the colors - you can add more colors to each palette by tweaking the game code. You can find more about it in the bitsy faq here: https://goo.gl/od8WSo
Awesome! Thank you for the link :)
This is beatiful
Such a gorgeous adaptation!!! Spectacular work as always!! ✨✨✨
and very nice crabsThis is one of the best written, best animated, best looking, and best realized Bitsy games I have ever played -- and there are a lot of great ones out there. Amazing and inspiring work!
"Nothing here but us chickens!"
Amazing game! The visuals and story really do well to evoke that feeling of the surreal. Very captivating game. It made me really want to keep seeing how such a strange event would unfold scene by scene.
Hehe, I am glad someone found the chickens :D
This was incredible! I've not read this story, but wow. Lovely visuals!
Great visuals and great adaptation of the story!
Absolutely amazing. The art is great, but the inclusion of the atmospheric music really takes this to another level!
:oooo this is amazing!!
that poor ravine crab though...
oh gosh this is beautiful and haunting <3
This is just stunning.
This is one of the better bitsy games I've played. I like that it was inspired by a short story. I think this could really help people get in the mindset of characters by playing through the plot like this. It makes me think about connecting youth (like high schoolers) with more classical literature. You should make more bitsy games that take you through short stories as the main protagonist! May I suggest The Lottery by Shirley Jackson?
Thank you for your kind words :)
While this game is not a direct adaptation, I think it might push someone to check the original story out.
I definitely would like to make some other tiny games inspired by literature in the future. My previous Bitsy game "House of the Living" uses some elements from Poe's "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar," but it is far from an adaptation. It is a more generic Gothic story.
I haven't read the Lottery, but glancing at the plot it looks like something definitely in my wheelhouse!
This is wonderful! Art, music, colors, everything. Garcia Marquez's ghost must be proud :)
The art design blows my mind.
It is stunning.