Original Description:
From jenniferann.org:
First place winning entry 2009
by Jared Sain
From itch.io:
A retro untitled story-game from 2009.
Unititled Bird Game is the winning game of the 2009 Life.Love. Game Design Challenge. It is a game intentionally designed to increase awareness and provide educational information to help prevent teen dating violence.
In 2009, the second annual Life.Love. Game Design Challenge was held. This annual game design competition challenges game designers to create non-violent video games intended to prevent teen dating violence.
For this second of our annual game design challenges, Untitled Bird Game won First Place. The game was developed using Flash, a popular software development platform at the time. Unfortunately, support for Flash ended in 2020.
As a result of Flash no longer receiving support, this game has not been publicly available for years. We are very pleased to be able to share it with you once again and hope you enjoy playing this uniquely compelling game from 2009.
About: Untitled Bird Game
This is a non-traditional video game.
The game player is an observer. The player can only watch the scene unfold while using the necessary prompts to allow its progression. By observing and listening to the game's characters the player will see and hear warning signs of an unhealthy relationship.
As you play this game you might find some of the dialogue to be both familiar and uncomfortable:
Have you heard this before?
Have you said this?
How does it feel to see and hear this from a new perspective?
Untitled Bird Game was developed by Jared Sain. Over the years, Jared went on to create several other winning games for the annual game design challenge including Power & Control, How to Blorrble Blobble, and Rispek Danis. Untitled Bird Game was produced by Jennifer Ann's Group® as part of its Gaming Against Violence™ program and published by Life Love Publishing™.
Game Features: Untitled Bird Game
unique gameplay
relatable dialogue and chararcters
opportunity to identify unhealthy attitudes, beliefs, or behaviors
[Sources:
https://jenniferann.org/2009_game_contest_first_place.htm
https://jag.itch.io/bird]