What's a crowchild to do?

Trashwing Crowchild fell from the nest half-finished, which is rather unfortunate. Especially since being stuck outside of the nest when Halloween ends means falling apart, literally . . .

The game has a branching story with puzzles, high school drama, and two possible endings, which all together land in at about 6k words total. A guide to all of that can be found in the devlog post here. The game is available for PC and Linux, and can be run in-browser (above!) across platforms - the browser version can experience significant lag and loadtimes, however, so we definitely recommend downloading for the best experience!

Trashwing Crowchild was made as part of the 5th Annual Spooktober Visual Novel Jam - if you like it, be sure to spread the word!

Features

This game also has SAVE, QUICK-SAVE, LOAD, and FAST-FORWARD options, as well as further audio and text speed configuration settings which can be changed whenever there's text on the screen.

There's no Back option, though scrolling up while in-game will bring up a BACKLOG of the most recent lines (also accessible via the menu!), and scrolling down will scrub FORWARD through the game.

Credits

Trashwing Crowchild was developed by the FeatherBoy team. Specifically, Benjamin Feinstein was sole developer, creating all the writing, art, sound, and coding, as well as few key music tracks (Poem Whistle and Assembly Song).

Other music tracks used in the game was sourced from the Free Music Archive, all falling under Creative Commons license. Specifics about the artists whose work is used in the game (and more license info) can be found by following the links below.

Chris Zabriskie ||| Air Hockey Saloon | It’s All Around You | Julie Dream | Can you Even Fucking Imagine Being a Teenager Today? | The Stars Are Closer Than You | You And Me Should Go Away | You Are a Pipe |
Your Skin’s Not in the Carpet Anymore
HoliznaCC0 ||| Americana | Cob Webs |
With Wax Wings Too Close to the Sun

Content Warnings

This game contains:

  • Mild swearing
  • Tangential discussions of death
  • Frank discussions of anxiety and self-doubt
  • The sound of a homunculus squeezing behind a laundry machine

Trashwing Crowchild was created using TyranoBuilder.



StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(10 total ratings)
AuthorFeatherBoy
GenreVisual Novel
Made withTyranoBuilder
TagsAtmospheric, autumn, birds, crow, Cute, Halloween, LGBT, necromancy, Short, Spooky

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Crowchild for Windows! 224 MB
Crowchild for Linux! 229 MB

Development log

Comments

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And if I cried about the little trash baby when then.....

This was such a sweet game! I loved the crows' manner of speech. The Crowmother's sort of archaic speech was very charming, and I liked Crowchild's adorable pluck! Also really enjoyed all the references to the garbage that Crowchild is made of, haha. I only got the one ending (presumably the best one?) and while I usually like to play for multiple endings, I really don't want to see a bad ending for little Crowchild haha;;;

I liked how each character's story was touched on! This feels like the perfect amount of game; not too much, and not too little. The story was told excellently within the short time frame that you had for it.

Thanks for sharing this game with us!!

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(Copied from my Spooktober rating page review to help this game within itch.io's algorithm!)

An adorable and touching little story with an endearing cast of characters. The writing was fantastic and the papercraft influences were a wonderful artistic touch. You can feel so much love, warmth and care emanate from this game.

Highly recommend everyone give this title a moment of their time. Thank you for making this!

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A touching narrative with endearing characters.  I’m not ashamed to admit that I cried at the end.  The mixed-media presentation is lovely. The collage-like paper cutout characters juxtaposed against loose, impressionistic backgrounds create a unique and charming aesthetic. Music is well-composed and aptly chosen. It enhances the resonance of each scene, immersing you further into the world of the characters.  I really enjoyed this game!

I named Crowchild as Crowey. And stook to it, the entire game. Best decision ever.

I just loved the feeling, the vibe of the entire game. The way the interpersonal relationships you make along the way affect you and those around you, and how the very begining puts in question both, who you are, and who you owe your existence too, for in the end, your existence being acknowledged as a true individual. The psicologic concept behind the game is exquisite, and is approached with much care and love, in a way I've never seen before.

I could talk about the lovely graphic style, the music, the dynamic of how the characters, specially Crowchild, moves, but heck, that all goes to second place against what I said above. Thank you for putting up such a lovely game out!

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Every single inch of this game is filled to the brim with heart and beauty. I adored the terrific, unique character designs, the music is warm and lovely, and the story speaks so well to the overextended "gifted" kids and the insecure "things come hard" kids both, without belaboring either point. And the ending  made me cry in the very best of ways, without being maudlin or sticky-sentimental. 🥲 What an absolute treasure Trashwing Crowchild is; thank you for a wonderful, wonderful game!!

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Everything about this exudes warmth and care, from the charming art to the heartfelt story and the musical accompaniments. It just emanates those 'everything's going to be okay' kinda vibes. I played through this a few times to pick different choices and stuff before bed, and I feel like I can sleep soundly it's relaxed me so much :3 The tenderness level is off the charts, haha.

Easily one of the most heartwarming, fuzzy-inducing games I've ever come across x3

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This game is so cute! It was a quick game, but wonderfully executed. Teddy, Quyen, and crowchild were such quirky and unique characters, I would have gladly played a much longer game with them in it!