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novena
novena is a game about the burden of strength and the fruits of perseverance. it was made for the 14th monthly bitsy jam.
- music: arΓͺte by brambles
- instructions: use your arrow keys to walk around and interact
- playtime: ~5 to 10 mins
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bitsy hacks and tools used
- bitsy hacks
- directional avatar (v16.0.1) by Sean S. LeBlanc
- tools
- add bitsy audio by candle
- pixsy by ruin
[originally made in bitsy v4.8, remade in bitsy v7.5]
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Development log
- updated novena to bitsy v7.5 + new thumbnailJul 01, 2021
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Never played anything like this. Intense. I like it. cheers!
Incredible. The repetition works soo well here. That final wish made me tear up.
This was amazing. Iβm looking into bitsy for the first time, I can only hope to make something as impactful as this. Thank you for the experience!
Well it's 2 am and i wasn't expecting to end up here. I did cry, indeed.
Such a short game that managed being so delicately immersive. Each piece helping to bring the poem to life.
Beautiful
Effective storytelling. Nice and simple.
incredible
This is so pretty.
It's short. But sometimes stories are better that way.
This is beautiful. I like the music.
The message is cool. Take care of everyone. Even yourself.
I wish you all an awesome day.
I really liked the game, the aesthetic, the music, everything in general. As a poet, this game touched my sensitive heart (a salty drop flowed down my cheek..) That was beautiful. It's really inspiring and full of wisdom :>
heartbreakingly beautiful, this is such a sweet message
I LOVE this.
The pixel art and the aesthetic in general are just beautiful. This screen took my breath away the second I saw it.
I loved the little bird character. It felt very relatable, speaking as a fellow corvid. :P
The ending is a drop of hope into the wistfulness. I really, really liked it.
This game showed me you can add audio to bitsy with hacks too! I was going crazy trying to make my own chiptune beats sound good haha. The highlighted tiles of where to go to progress were immensely helpful too.
This worked on my iPhone— sound, movement, and all! 11/10!!
thank you! i havent made a bitsy game since they added the built-in music/sfx tool but i still think adding audio files directly is easier/less frustrating haha. glad to hear it works on mobile!
What sweet poetry.
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made me feel stuff i didnt think was possible with such a short experience, makes me inspired too
really nice - music is incredible, original score?
such a heartfelt experience in so little time... thank you for making it. it was great <3
this was so touching
beautiful
This is absolutely stunning! A beautiful and heartfelt work of art. Thank you for making it.
when the second round started, i thought maybe there would be a twist, that people would ask you to make wishes for them.
This was beautiful
Gorgeous game
really really cute ending with great graphics and super music
cute game
<3
this made me very happy
love the music. Love the game. Although, it may be short it's brilliant :)
AWWWWWW THEY WISHED TO COME BACK TOMORROW AWWWE
This game helped me look at game dev from a different perspective. Thank you!
I loved this so pretty and a gem of a game, I loved the poem :)
this was beautiful
thank you
I love this game so much. Thank you
i'm extremely enamoured by novena. i did an audio adaptation of this fantastic little poem, hope you like it!
ahh beautiful piece
Very nice, I enjoyed it a lot. :)
Didn't expect a mini-crisis from a 5 minute interactive poem hahah
This is beautiful.
oh wow didnt expect a mild existential crisis haha
this is beautiful i love it with everything i have
I loved this so much. Thank you for this piece of art.