Please, Touch The Artwork

Thomas Waterzooi Developer

Thomas Waterzooi Publisher

2022-01-26 Release

Action Indie Strategy Casual RPG Adventure Simulation F2P Sports MMO Racing Singleplayer Multiplayer Coop EATags

Game News Posts: 13

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support

https://www.studiowaterzooi.com

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Cerebral Puzzle Showcase Stream

To celebrate Please, Touch The Artwork taking part in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, Thomas (the solo-developer of this game) is playing the game. Hope you enjoy! Thomas

[ 2024-05-24 19:10:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Chinese (Traditional + Simplified), Japanese, Korean glyphs fixed

Heyhey art-lovers! After a localization QA it turned out some glyphs were missing for several languages such as Chinese (simplified + traditional), Korean and Japanese. This was due to a recent retranslation of the game in these languages and not updating the fonts. My apologies! However, this should all be fixed now. Hope you enjoy the art-touching! Thomas

[ 2024-05-22 15:08:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

The StoryTeller's Festival 2024 broadcast (prerecorded)

Welcome to The Storyteller's Festival 2024! Watch a developer playthrough of my game that is now in discount. Also be sure to check out the page for my upcoming (free!) sequel 'Please, Touch The Artwork 2' based on works of James Ensor
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2600140/Please_Touch_The_Artwork_2/ Hope you enjoy the festival, Thomas

[ 2024-02-02 02:44:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Linux + Steam OS Version Available Now!

Hey there art-touchers! I finally took the time to build the Linux version of the game and properly test it in a (virtual) Linux environment (Ubuntu 22 LTS). Sorry it took so long! Hope you enjoy! Thomas

[ 2023-05-17 21:48:00 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update Notes Jan 27

The Style: Fix for day 7 museum visit
Aliasing fix on arm cursor
UI glitching fixes
Bugfixes and general improvements

[ 2023-01-27 18:11:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

IndieCade 2022

It's IndieCade again! Only the best cross-Atlantic indie-festival in the world. As an IndieCade alumni (I was nominated in 2018) I'm featured on their event page and I'm doing a discount and streaming the game, to celebrate their existence! Take a look at all the demo's, I'm sure you'll find some future gems in there. Cheers, Thomas

[ 2022-11-05 02:20:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Guerrilla Collective Stream

Streaming live during Guerrilla Collective to show the directors cut of the game!

[ 2022-06-13 03:11:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Chinese Translations (Simplified + Traditional)

N ho! N ho ma? You can now enjoy all galleries & stories in Simplified & Traditional Chinese. Xixi n li wn! Thomas

[ 2022-02-05 00:23:01 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.1

Additions

Added Chinese translations (Simplified & Traditional)
Added volume sliders for music and sound (replaces on & off toggles)
Memory optimizations
Changed Boogie Woogie & New York City icons to be more easily distinguishable

Fixes

Added missing Japanese characters in intro.
[New York City] level 24 was bugged on some resolutions
[New York City] Fixed 'Changing Perspective' for real this time
[The Style] Made hints visible on black planes

[ 2022-02-04 23:55:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Japanese + Korean translations are live

Language Update

You can now enjoy all the galleries, puzzles and stories in beautifully written Japanese and Korean.

! Coming later this week !

Chinese (Simplified & Traditional)
Arabic

[ 2022-01-30 18:49:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Update 1.0

Bug fixes & improvements

Windowed mode
Resolution dropdown
Achievement fix for *Changing Perspectives*
Level 46 fix for The Style (some black lines were hidden behind black planes)
Cursor behind exit game's "Are you sure?" message box fix

[ 2022-01-30 18:41:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Japanse & Korean coming this weekend!

By the end of this weekend you will be able to enjoy all the stories in all galleries in beautiful Japanese & Korean. Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Arabic are following soon after.

Happy touching! Thomas

[ 2022-01-28 17:38:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Please, Touch The Artwork is out now !

Hey art-touchers! It's done. You can finally touch the untouchable.

Please, Touch The Artwork is out now on Steam!

[previewyoutube=wFymuyX35WE;full][/previewyoutube] What happens if you DO touch the artwork? In this relaxing narrative zen puzzler you'll unravel the secret world behind some of the most iconic abstract paintings made in the 20th century. There are 3 games in this game, each based on a different artwork. Each game has it's own original puzzly-mechanics and a story driving the gameplay. After 4 years of iteration after iteration I'm so excited to finally share this cozy game with you! I took the time to carefully craft every experience and make it the most relaxing experience possible. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.

I'm just a solo-developer working on this project so I would be super grateful if you could help me with:

Spreading the word about the game at your next family event ;)
Leaving a review on Steam
Sharing on social media

And of course, you can join my small community on Discord, to talk about art, games as an art-form or anything else. Happy touching and thanks again! Cheers, Thomas

[ 2022-01-26 15:51:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Part of the fun in this game is finding out what the rules of the puzzle are. But there are always hints to help you progress! In essence it's just a calm casual puzzle game where you play with art without shame or punishment.
It answers the question: What if you DID touch the artwork?

There are 160 paintings to touch (3~4 hours of gameplay) spread over 3 unique games,
The 1st game tells the origin story of pure abstract art. It’s a challenging puzzle where you’ll add colors and lines to a canvas to recreate abstract paintings.

In the 2nd game you’ll move to a big city, only to be overwhelmed with mixed emotions. You'll be exploring the maze of New York City while collecting words from a poem.

In the 3rd game you’ll help Boogie & Woogie, 2 squares who just want to be together, by figuring out how obstacles influence Woogie’s path, in a complex growing society.

Three different games in one
Simple controls
Casual gameplay
Fit for ages 13-99
No time-pressure, cozy zen-like
Relaxing music
Iconic universal art
Fun art facts
Quotes
Lighthearted and bittersweet stories
Calm but compelling
Hints when stuck
Over 160 levels
3~4 hours gameplay

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu or equivalent
Processor: 1 Ghz or fasterMemory: 1 GB RAM
Memory: 1 GB RAM

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