Please, Touch the Artwork
2022
Audio: Italian, Japanese, English, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Dutch, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese · Subtitles: French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Korean, German, Japanese, Turkish
- puzzle
- simulator
- adventure
- indie
- arcade
- historical
- educational
- romance
- single player
The story
What happens when you DO touch the artwork? Part Zen-puzzle, part narrative-adventure, you'll unravel the secret world behind iconic abstract paintings through over 160 puzzles. An aesthetic journey to the origins of modern art, set to a soothing jazzy soundtrack.
What it’s like
Flat, saturated 2D art in clean blocks of primary colour, with the painted abstractions themselves becoming the playable stage: shapes slide, fold and bloom when you poke at them, and each puzzle lands like a small, satisfying click. The soundtrack is soft jazz with lazy brushed rhythms and a warm, unhurried bass, and the narration is dry and gently amused, a wry guide who treats modern art as a joke worth taking seriously. The pacing is slow and forgiving, with no timers, no failure states and no real threat, so progress comes from noticing things rather than reacting quickly. Its mood is playful and calm, the kind of quiet curiosity that suits a lazy afternoon, a rainy evening with headphones, or a few puzzles before bed. There is no violence, gore or fear, and nothing mature in content; the only sharpness is the occasional wry joke about the art world. It suits people who want a relaxing, colourful puzzle game with a light educational streak, especially anyone curious about abstract painting and the artists who broke its rules.
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