A Murder of Crows
Earlier his year I read John Crowley’s beautiful novel Ka, which has a crow protagonist. The first screen of A Murder of Crows makes it clear that this game has a crow protagonist, and that one of their friends is called Crowley. Could that just be a coincidence? Uh, well, yes, I think it is. At least I didn’t notice any link to the novel, which is also very different in style and tone.
A Murder of Crows is a sympathetic little game that allowed me to first get a fellow crow to safety and then visit a possible aggressive but actually very nice dog. After that, the game suddenly stopped; I wonder whether that was intended or a bug, but I’ll assume it was intended. I wondered because the game had already proven itself to be somewhat buggy, containing a fair number of typos as well as a Twine programming error. Some extra polish would have gone a long way towards making the experience more delightful.
I did like my few minutes with the game, watching out for unfeathereds and playing with woofers. Once you look past the typos and missing indications of direct speech, there’s an enjoyable crow vibe that I didn’t mind to vibe along with.