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"It Paints Me" is a short horror game by ENDYSIS on HTML5, published October 24th, 2023, in the genre of Visual Novel and Interactive Fiction, that explores the psychological struggles of an artist, to create art and to confront a broken relationship and the loss of a loved one. The main character, Sam, struggles to finishing a painting of their beloved Marie, who is no longer alive. Throughout the game, Sam tries to deal with this loss, imaging seeing and hearing Marie in his house. He goes on a harrowing journey of self-discovery, including reliving how dysfunctional his relationship with Marie was, that will affect whichever next steps her takes in terms of his life and his art. No matter which of the two endings the player chooses, they are forced to accept that Marie is gone, but the pain of losing someone they didn't have a perfect relationship with allows them to truly appreciate what art is and search inside themselves to express their grief and heartbreak through art. 

The game is told in beautifully drawn images, with the text spelled out on the bottom half of the screen, as the player navigates through each scene by pressing the space bar or clicking anywhere on the screen. Three times is the player asked to make a choice, the final choice being the deciding one between the two alternate endings.  

Here is the link to the game!



 

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