The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons

About

The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons is a narrative-driven adventure game set in a near-future Japan where rogue machines called artificial pigeons have disrupted all communication. You play as Sora, a teenager who builds a makeshift radio to reconnect with a world severed from technology. The story kicks off when Sora intercepts a broadcast from his own future announcing his death. Determined to change fate, he revisits a crumbling terminal tied to his family’s tragic past, where he encounters Hazuki, a mysterious girl with her own ties to the crisis. The gameplay blends dialogue choices, environmental exploration, and radio-wave puzzles as you figure out the mystery of the pigeons and the forces manipulating time. What stands out is the game’s quiet, character-focused storytelling and its eerie atmosphere. The conflict between Sora and the AI-infused pigeons isn’t just sci-fi spectacle, it’s a grounded tale about loss and connection. While not widely discussed in mainstream circles, it has a small but dedicated following for its melancholic tone and subtle twists. The 2018 release brought a niche blend of cyberpunk themes and emotional stakes, making it a sleeper hit among fans of cerebral adventures.

Storyline

July 10, 2061, Sunday. City: Nariyama. Prefecture: Chiba. Yamanashi Sora designed a new radio using spare parts. "Phew... Just in time." That day marked the fifteenth year since the artificial pigeons started devouring all radio waves. On it, Sora began broadcasting using the transceiver left to him by his father. The day after his first rocky radio program, the radio picked up a different mysterious broadcast. "This is a follow-up report on the fall of "Blue Sky." The person caught up in the accident at the former site of Terminal 1 has been identified. The name of the deceased is Yamanashi Sora. Furthermore, many injuries are being reported at Nariyama Sky Academy." It was a radio broadcast from the future. "I'll... die in three weeks?" After listening to the ominous broadcast, Sora stepped into the terminal for the first time in fifteen years. It was once the former gateway to Japan, and the place where Sora lost his parents. The building was in ruins, a shadow of its former glory, little more than a nest to countless artificial pigeons. There, Sora met a silver-haired maiden. She looked straight at Sora, gently stroking an artificial pigeon with her finger. "...You won't die." Sora was dumbfounded. "I won't let it happen." "Because I want you to look up at the sky and smile." This is how Yamanashi Sora and Hazuki Kaguya met.