Such a calmly experience! Thanks for that! Visuals are very stunning. Well done, bro!

This was a very pleasant and fun experience. It was just a nice world to simply exist in. If there was one grip I had, it would be what felt like tonal dissonance between the calming and somewhat fable-like visuals, with the silly comedy. Regardless, it did not ruing the experience for me at all. I wish it we longer so I could play more of it. ^_^

Wonderful game, but I would love to see where it continues. You made a fantastic format for story-telling (need to check your other games too, as you seem to create games with pretty covers, so they are very tempting :P)

Theme:

I have really enjoyed your theme interpretation and that it really affects your story and art style (getting darker). Also, not sure if it was intentional or not, but I've found the other way to interpret it (less story, more wondering :P as I felt like the story was cut off a bit early and had to think myself of how it went further).

Visuals:

Your art style is beautiful! Love how well you are maneuvering with colors, light and cute art.

You also had a great idea with those particles that are in the background/foreground and with their parallax. However, maybe it would be good to consider modifying them a bit. For those that were at the background (the smaller ones), they seemed like stars, or some little lights floating in the air. If it's how you imagined them, I would suggest making them spawn a bit higher (so they don't appear on the ground tiles)(also you can duplicate it and make another, even smaller version that moves slower on parallax), or use some layer mask for the ground and for those bigger ones that appear more rarely. It might be good if you tried spawning just a little more of them, and they can overlap ground. It might give a beautiful multi-layer effect, that might look a bit more natural.

One more thing that I would recommend is the jump animation. I felt personally like there were 1-2 frames not enough to make it as the same fluency as walk animation (he basically teleports his leg while in jump, and it would look really well if it was a bit smoother).

PS: Beautiful font choice and I love your text boxes and text shake, it looks amazing!

Innovation:

There are many story-telling games, but yours feels truly unique. I really enjoy the idea with Valorie actually hating light and (at least how I've felt that) how it influences her behavior (aggressive, anxious, like many people that are insomniacs or spend their entire time apart from the entire world (like me basically :P)) I also very enjoy the motive with lighting off the lights. In many games it's usually the opposite (to make graphics pop up more and more throughout the game).

SFX:

Amazing sounds, they fit game really perfectly. Great job on changing the pitch, so they don't repeat and make the game very depthful.

As for music, I've noticed you didn't make it, so unfortunately it lowers the score a little, but choosing the right music for your game is also very challenging and when done properly, gives the game it's wholeness. And I have to say that you did that perfectly. Music is beautifully chosen :)

Gameplay:

Even though your game is not about gameplay itself, you've connected it with the story really well.

Obstacles are not frustrating, and they are also ideally challenging, so it adds a little of variety to your game :)

Game Design:

Again, beautifully made. You lead the player well, interactions are interesting and story gets you into. I just wish it was even a bit longer, and so we can see how to progress (maybe one more event after this tree, like walking in complete darkness and maybe realizing how lonely it gets (just one of my interpretations after the game)). I really appreciate the last line you write at the ending. There were some games that didn't give any feedback at the end, and so I felt a bit unsatisfied. Just this one line was enough for me to feel that 'ok, it ended, what a calm-hearted story', so thank you a lot for that :)

That was an amazing, pretty short, but intense experience :)

The little subtle text shake is a great touch. Smooth, gorgeous game. Really enjoyed this.

I had a blast playing the game! It's very poetic yet at the same time very funny in its dialogues :D

Congrats on the game ! :)

I love the artwork and music but what really stuck out to me is the dialogue. It has its own style and that kept me engaged. I would definitely like to explore more of this game and delve deeper into the story. Great job!

I liked how the dialogue sort of stuck out from the cutsy esthetic of it all. The play on darkness and light also was beautifully done. I loved the different art work used and the narrative, however I missed a sort of ending. 

Well done on your game, needs a way to speed up the dialogue and the swearing seems unnecessary and detracts from the atmosphere. However the art and music are wonderful. Definitely something you can build on and flesh out into a beautiful game if you choose!

The atmosphere with the visuals, the sound, and the music is amazing! But my favourites parts are definitely your take on the theme and how you tell the bird's story via the interactions! I think one little improvement is to reduce the time the player spends where there are no interactions and non-platforming.

Nice work ! I love the atmosphere and the chill sound design and music. :)

Lots to like here: cool glowing look, solid platforming, inventive dialog.

the music is 10/10!

Beautiful game with a lovely atmosphere! The platforming is nothing extravagant but gets the job done to put the emphasis on the narrative. However, that ending kind of caught me by surprise. I was hoping for a twist reveal or something?  A little bit more work on the dialogues' text and overall storyline would be great! Good job!

I actually enjoy your game, conversations are a bit weird and if you would improve them they would surely improve the experience! I think you could also implement button to fast-forward the text typing because sometimes the conversations felt too long. I enjoy the theme and music! Did you use the assets that already exists or did you make your own? Either way good job!

This was really cute. The music you have really created a beautiful world that is worth exploring. The only thing I'd say is it would be cool if I could hold a button to speed up the text. I normally read through this kind of thing pretty quickly and having to wait is a bit annoying, but other than that, this was great!

Very well done and polished game. I love the music and sounds! Especially the tingly noises
the platforms make when you jump on them. They remind me of minecraft crystal blocks :D.
The visuals are insane! The glow and passion put into them make for a really special experience.
Also the contrast between the darkness and light is lovely.
can't say a single bad thing about this game! It's amazing!

Amazing Job! the graphics and music was really nice! I like the small story added into the game about how the bird hates light! Overall amazing entry! probably my favorite entry so far!

That was some pretty aggressive dialogue coming from that bird, lol. I can feel the angsty teenager vibes coming from her. For the game itself, the graphics and sounds are done really nicely, and I like how you implemented the dialogue as speech bubbles. I would make two additions though: First, add coyote time to the platforming. It would help especially at the last part of the game. Second, make it so that if you press E while a dialogue text is moving, it skips to the end. I did feel like the text moved a little  too slowly. Overall though, great entry!

Not a fan of platformers but liked everything else.