![]() ![]() In between its frequent clever social commentary and moments of silliness, it centers on the parts of creating art that we so desperately try to cover up. Chicory is about how we don’t have to be perfect for anyone to care about us or find beauty within us. But it feels intentional that you’re never quite able to paint things perfectly. It even lets you zoom in and out so that you can more carefully fill things in. Chicory lets you change the size, colors, and styles of your brush. While I see parts of myself in both Chicory and the protagonist, Chicory is an uncomfortable mirror a personification of all my worries and fears displayed on the screen. We’re never enough, and we won’t ever be enough until that final deadline hits and we’re done. They are beautiful and disturbing colorful and empty chaotic and sad - and everything in between in ways you’ll learn over the course of the story.Īnd who can blame them for being messes? Like pieces of art, we are all works in progress who live in a world that makes us feel like we’ve never progressed enough. ![]() Maybe, through gracing the outside world with your messes, you’ll better understand the messes within you and Chicory. ![]() You paint them, see them in the relentlessly charming people around you, and embody them. Every screen is a canvas primed for your personal messes. You can blind the screen with a bright yellow, or submerge it in a dark purple. You splatter maroon paint here, a verdant green shade there. Instead of cleaning messes, you spend the rest of Chicory creating them. You find the Brush and decide to take it upon yourself to restore the world’s color in her absence. But one day, the world’s colors suddenly vanish and Chicory is nowhere to be found. Chicory is everything you dream of being: a superstar artist who inspires the world and its inhabitants with her colors and craft. In Chicory, you are a puppy janitor who perpetually admires Chicory, the latest “wielder” of the Brush. Chicory is all these things and so much more. It’s about drawing art as a gameplay mechanic, yes, but also about how we define art, what it means to constantly put art on public display, and why we’re compelled to create and subsequently measure our value through our creations. There’s no big picture or smaller study I can create that will do it justice. Featuring audio design by Em Halberstadt and A Shell in the Pit (Untitled Goose Game, Night in the Woods).I’m going to spend the next several hundred words trying to illustrate what makes Chicory: A Colorful Tale so wonderful that it’s become one of my all-time favorite games. Play with your friends and paint together in local co-op! Experience 10+ hours of gameplay and dozens of side quests including mail delivery, art classes, photo taking, and more. Discover a world full of 100+ animal characters. ![]() Dress up how you want with collectible clothes, plants, and furniture. Unlock new paint abilities and use them to reach new places. Solve puzzles and manipulate the environment with paint. Explore the Picnic Province, and paint on anything! It’s a big job… but you’re ready for it! Probably! It’s up to you, Chicory’s number one fan, to pick up the Brush and fill in for her. Chicory, superstar artist and wielder of the Brush, is missing, and all the color in the land vanished with her. Use your painting powers to explore new places, solve puzzles, help your friends, and change the world! Chicory: A Colorful Tale is a top-down adventure game in a coloring book world where you can draw on anything. ![]()
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