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Heart of a Bird in a Cage

warmth, bitterness, longing, compromise.

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Developer
SnowyYANG
Publisher
逐夏
Release
Coming Soon
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About the Game

Heart of a Bird in a Cage is a short visual novel presented in roughly 880 words of text.

It sheds light on the story between Sa the mountain guardian and Alice the bird spirit.

It features 20 sets of vivid artwork, a sweet female voice and soft and sentimental musical compositions.

A tale intertwining warmth, bitterness, longing and compromise.

Listen closely to bird spirit Alice's story of life.

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