CANNOT believe i didn’t leave a comment on this because the hunter, the poet and the pheasant was phenomenal! i think you saw me mention this about your postmortem, but the way the story unfolded was incredibly realistic and almost intimate even in just the back and forth of dialogue without inner narration. i thought it suited the nature of this game very well – the juxtaposition of the father and son as well as the pheasant and the hunter very clearly comes through. the poetry was very charming (even if you might not have enjoyed writing it) and i really liked seeing how andrew would bend and change its words depending on what his father said. it felt like we were losing all his whimsy and joy to the real world manly ideal his father wanted him to subscribe too. it was hinted at, but i do believe he’s queer? that’s why his father, even saying that he loves him, wants to kill the only real part of him and leave behind the performative shell of his son.

i also wanted to say, briefly, that i thought the dad was really hot….sorry…..i know hes very toxic masculinity but i liked that he was like im protecting my wife……..sorry……….

but anyways i also thought the three endings were so fitting; either you go one way or another and you revel in the misery that brings, or you straddle the line and end up miserable in a different kind of way. i really liked that you had a half-hearted wishy-washy ending because i feel like that’s where i landed and where a lot of people land too–trying too hard to appeal to both sides, killing more of yourself as you do so. but i think you lent so much realism to the father as well; arguably, he DOES love his son in his own way even if it’s the worst way to love your child. it’s because he comes from a place he believes in that elevates this to a universal experience where love and outcome are completely separate.

there’s a lot of feelings that this left me with, and it’s so hard to put them into words! but i think there’s just a depth of emotion and narrative that makes this work so well in the way it does. you’re not them, in my opinion, refers to how the son could never become the hunter his father wants him to be. he’s the poet and he’s the pheasant and though he can take the gun into his hands, he can’t live with the shot he makes. hunter poet and pheasant is my new soldier poet king now…

I’m honesly awestruck and don’t really know how to describe the emotions this made me feel. It’s written so beautifully and the painterly backgrounds really add to the poetic feeling of it all. I hope for our main character to get their chance to fly one day :’) Thank you for making this, it’s definitely gonna stick with me!

This is the first work of yours that I had the pleasure to read and it definitely makes me want to check your other works as well. Good gods, the emotion in this, the relationship portrayed here, the pain of not having your art understood... it was a beautiful experience all along

the way this was written was so striking and poignant… i enjoyed this entry a lot 🥺 i think i got two endings, but i’m unsure how to get the third one! nonetheless, the hunter, the poet, and the pheasant just hit all the marks for me

The Hunter, the Poet, and the Pheasant has my favorite narrative design of the jam: the structure and presentation of all the choices, the permutations of endings, and the extent to which the presence of that reactivity is conveyed in the script. I am envious of this particular execution.

This hurt in the nicest way possible and the subtext in the writing was wonderful

Oh the writing in this one hit. You could just feel the emotion in the way the dialogue was written, and the poetry in this was such a lovely touch. I greatly enjoyed this one!

You used the perfect amount of art and sound to set the scene, and with that setting the writing got to be as utterly piercing as it was. All my applause and love.

I love this piece--the gui, the environmental visuals, the branching outcomes, and the absolutely beautiful poetry--all stunning! And in this dialogue-forward game, the unspoken words between the two are so present and powerful, got this parent-child duo is breaking my heart... The endings especially with their repitition leave such a powerful impact, got me pondering and thinking like I just left English class.  (´-`).｡oO( ... )

Beautiful vibe, loved the aesthetic, got emotionaly demolished by the narrative, 10/10 recomand

Oh this was fantastic. Incredible dialogue and writing all around. I really loved the presentation, the layout, images, and audio all worked so well together. Going to be thinking about this one for a while I think.