![]() The decision to add combat into a rather peaceful game was personally, sort of baffling, but at least it’s just sort of boring as opposed to frustratingly difficult. In the last third or so of the game, the darkness takes a rather violent turn Dark Genies begin showing up, emerging from the walls, and the game adds a combat system. The bullies themselves are characters in their own right, growing as the game progresses through flashbacks of the problems that led them to becoming delinquents in the first place. Luckily, they’re very easy to avoid, and usually leave when you’re done with an objective, allowing you to explore fully without worrying about running into them. They’ll even paint over Ash’s art, reducing the vibrant colors to dead whites, but Ash can restore them quite easily. They’ll throw rocks at him and chase him, making a lot of their encounters a game of cat and mouse. The roaming gang of local youth antagonize Ash every chance they get. In contrast to the fine amount of control and freedom you get with your art, there are also the bullies to contend with. The puzzles, by and large, are extremely simple and almost solve themselves, with the extent of Ash’s involvement requiring him to clear the path for his Genies or flip switches that his Genies can’t. Not many puzzles in the game take advantage of the possibility of having multiple Genies following you, with the most complex puzzle I found requiring a blue genie and a red genie in the same room. ![]() These puzzles are extremely simple, requiring only the correct Genie be brought to the object, and require minimal involvement apart from standing at the right place at the right time. Red Genies burn away flammable objects, yellow Genies power electric machinery, and blue Genies blow gusts of wind. They can only travel through walls, however, and they can’t travel through Darkness, necessitating the use of Super Paint to clear the way for them. They cheerfully follow Ash around, helping him solve color-coded environmental puzzles or asking him to play with them. The Genies are incredibly charming, with an array of personalities determined either randomly, or by the body parts you give them. Once all the lightbulbs in a given area have been lit up, the Darkness is pushed back, allowing Ash to progress further into Denska. Only Genies can grant Super Paint, and Genies give you Super Paint energy when you fulfill their requests for a particular object to be painted near them. Certain areas are covered in Darkness, requiring the use of Super Paint to clear. The game gives you a surprising amount of freedom to muck around with the paint, each stroke adding a colorful and vibrant piece of art on the walls like a projection. These objects are found by collecting Ash’s stray sketchbook pages scattered around, with white pages giving new objects and blue pages granting genie parts. ![]() ![]() Controlled either by motion controls or the right analog stick, players are given an array of objects to paint like trees, grass, or stars that they can apply on most any wall in the game. A huge part of the game is using this paint to light up all lightbulbs in a zone to progress. Concrete Genie grants the player a magic paintbrush, used to solve puzzles, make Genies, and paint the town back to life.
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