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The Painting
A short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone. An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.
Release Date:
Sep 27, 2024
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Tymedust Games
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Curator Review

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By Iv's space room November 3, 2024

“It was a pretty and sad story to go through.
The art was really nice, although it is a very short visual novel, barely took about 10 minutes to finish.”

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Features
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Profile Features Limited 
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔
Includes 1 Steam Achievements
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Reviews

“This is a great emotional piece that shines through with beautiful art, fitting piano music, and sincere writing.”
User Review

“A wonderful exploration of grief.”
User Review

“It's not often that a visual novel actually makes me cry like a baby, but this one did.”
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About This Game



The Painting is a short, emotional visual novel following a grieving man who relives memories of days long gone.

An exploration of loss presented honestly and kinetically.



<1,000 words (10-15 minutes of playtime).
A kinetic, hard-hitting story.
Hand-drawn visuals.
A Steam achievement.

This game was made for the O2A2 VN Jam 2022, a micro Visual Novel jam with strict asset limitations and a 1000 word limit.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This game contains depictions of loss and grief.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7
    • Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Yes
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS Catalina 10.15.3
    • Processor: 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Yes
    Recommended:
      Minimum:
      • OS: Windows 7
      • Processor: 1.8GHz Dual-Core CPU
      • Memory: 4 GB RAM
      • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
      • Storage: 3 GB available space
      • Sound Card: Yes
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