The Familiar

== A Spring Thing 2023 Entrant ==

You are a witch's crow familiar, headstrong as anything but still young and untested.

What starts as a normal day soon takes a harrowing turn when your pacific caretaker, Valmai, is struck down by a terrible hex of mysterious origin. Now it's up to you, little bird, to cure your caretaker and discover the hex's source.

Are you up for the task?

• Beginner-friendly parser commands peppered with choice-based elements
• Limited vocabulary: you'll only need LOOK, TAKE/GET, DROP, PECK, and CAW
• Free to play; formatted for browser, tablet, and mobile
• More than 30 unique, hand-crafted pixel art scenes
• Roughly 60-90 minutes of play time
• Cute woodland animals

• Accessibility features: optional tutorial, dynamic TASKS list, three varied fonts, dark/light mode, and toggle-able text indicator for 'press any key' commands

For both detailed step-by-step and spoiler-free walkthroughs of the game (and information on how to obtain the secret ending), click here.

• Written by groggydog
• Raven portrait pixel art from craftpix.net
• All other pixel art by groggydog
• Created in the Adventuron Engine

Many thanks to my alpha/beta testers:

Alpha: jbeebs305, manonamora

Beta: Christopher Merriner, Dee Cooke, Mike Russo, Travis Moy, ZAG On Em Clan