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One Bird's Fowl Fight Against Evil - Well Dweller, Published by Top Hat Studios

You play as Glimmer, a tiny little bird living at the bottom of a well in a forest within a rotting queendom. When his siblings are snatched from their nest by a hunter working for the kingdom's wicked queen, Glimmer sets out to rescue them, armed with nothing but a matchstick that waxes and wanes based on your health. Look at that. Not a thought in Glimmer's head. Welcome to Well Dweller  by Kyle Thompson, published by Top Hat Studios. I love the use of fairy tales throughout the game and how they help tell a much bigger story about the world. Along the way, you meet all sorts of interesting characters, each with their own little histories and stories that you can discover through the storybook pages scattered throughout the world. I really enjoyed this aspect of the game because it makes the world feel so much bigger than just Glimmer's own journey. At first, everything feels fairly whimsical and charming, but there are definitely moments where things get DARK. It honestl...

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