The most impressive part of A Bird Story is not what it does well, but what it doesn’t do. Until the end credits, not a single line of dialog is written or spoken at any point, and that lack of traditional language forces it away from conventional storytelling techniques. Instead, A Bird Story is told visually, relying on subtle animations, and deliberate art design to craft an effective and evocative narrative.
The main character in A Bird Story is a young boy whose imagination often leaves him at odds with the world around him, and every visual moment has been crafted to reflect this. Throughout the entire game, only his character and two others ever have completely formed sprites with recognizable faces. All other people in A Bird Story are near-transparent shadows, suggesting that the boy doesn’t interact or relate to them, instead seeing through or around them in his loneliness. He’s often pulled away by his creative tendencies and need for self-expression, but his shyness prevents him from doing so around others.
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