Paint Pals

The visual quality and animations are amazing. They look really polished and give a strong satisfying feeling. I also liked the playback after finishing a drawing — it reminded me of Gartic Phone a bit, and it was fun to watch the whole thing play back.

While playing though, a few things didn’t feel as good as I expected. I was hoping the gameplay itself would feel more satisfying, but right now it doesn’t quite get there. The biggest issue for me is that the character can’t move diagonally. When there are diagonal areas to paint, I keep accidentally painting the wrong tiles because of that. Diagonal movement would probably make the controls feel much better.

Another thing is repainting tiles. When I make a mistake, switching colors and repainting doesn’t feel very fun. It’s also sometimes hard to clearly tell which tiles I’ve already painted, so the gameplay ends up feeling a bit clunky at times. Because of that, the satisfying feeling I expected kind of disappears.

I also think a couple of modes could fit the game really well:

• Single color mode: each player only paints with their assigned color (or a few colors), which could create some fun chaos.

• Satisfying mode: you can’t paint the wrong tiles and never need to repaint anything. That way it could also work as a relaxing “turn your brain off” kind of mode.

Overall though, the visuals and animation work are really great already. Good luck with Steam

This is awesome! Wishlisted on Steam :)