Touch the artwork and help a lost skeleton artist find its way home in a surreal, hand-painted universe.
Collect hidden objects for its quirky inhabitants, solve casual puzzles, and restore cracks in the fabric of the paintings.
This slow paced relaxing adventure was carefully crafted from works by James Ensor, a Belgian pioneer in the world of Modern Art.
Features:
- Hidden object adventure
- 5 unique worlds
- Hints when stuck
- Casual point & click gameplay
- Zoom-in for extra details
- Real hand-painted art
- Atmospheric relaxing sound
- Silly and quirky
- Slow-paced & relaxing
- Fit for ages 12-99
Hey everybody!
I'm happy to introduce my new art-inspired spin-off game: Please, Watch The Artwork
Pitch:
Night surveillance at the museum but the paintings are alive. Watch, listen and report all changes. A lonely clown roams the canvases. Eerie. Weird. Melancholic. Relaxing? No jump scares or monsters, but the game can feel oppressive at times. And there's a cozy mode!
Day Of The Devs
It was announced yesterday during the Summer Game Fest : Day Of The Devs livestream, together with the launch of the Steam-page.
You can all enjoy my ASMR middle-of-the-night recorded introduction here :
https://youtu.be/oEm6wAdqfEY?t=3411
And of course visit the new game's page here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3542500/Please_Watch_The_Artwork/
What about Please, Touch The Artwork 3?
'Please, Watch The Artwork' is a spin-off from the 'Please, Touch The Artwork'-series, but NO WORRIES: 'Please, Touch The Artwork 3' is also in the making! I just wanted to do something different in between projects.
Thanks to the lovely people at Iam8bit and Double Fine Productions who are doing this as an all-volunteer non-profit to celebrate the magic of videogames!
Have a nice weekend!
Thomas
Hey touchers-of-art!
Today/tonight I'm revealing my new art-based game 'Please, Watch The Artwork' during the Day Of The Devs stream, part of Summer Game Fest.
'Please, Watch The Artwork' is a spin-off from the 'Please, Touch The Artwork'-series, but NO WORRIES: 'Please, Touch The Artwork 3' is also in the making!
I will give a small introduction on why/how I made the game and you'll get to see the world premier of the trailer!
Tune in Friday June 6th (today) at 4pm Pacific Time, 7pm Eastern Time, 1am CEST, right after the official livestream of Summer Game Fest.
Link to the livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Hr6Q2hln_M&ab_channel=thegameawards
Link to the steam-page:https://store.steampowered.com/app/3542500/Please_Watch_The_Artwork/
I'm excited, hope you are too!
Thomas
[b]A reminder: for those who were eager to support me in the making of Please, Touch The Artwork 3, the cosmetic DLC's are now live for Windows, Mac and Linux!
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TGAGWCAGA
Proud to say that Please, Touch The Artwork 2 was featured in TGAGWCAGA 2024-The Game Awards for Games Who Can't Afford the Game Awards!TGAGWCAGA highlights incredible indie games that truly deserve more attention while also poking a little fun at the exclusivity of The Game Awards.
The live-stream was last week friday (sorry a bit late with my announcement) but you can rewatch the stream here:
https://www.youtube.com/@TGAGWCAGA
Well also be part of the TGAGWCAGA Steam Event running from December 13th to December 22nd, featuring tons of amazing indie games!
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45328769-The-Great-Awards-for-Games-With-Creative/sale/tgagwcaga
Hey Touchers-of-art!
I am overwhelmed with the positive reactions this game has received since its release earlier this year. We've reached more than 4000 reviews and a 99% positive to negative ratio making it one of the top 10 best rated games on Steam in 2024!
!!! THIS IS INSANE !!!
First of all: there will be a sequel!
Here's how you can help to make this happen:
Many people have written they would have paid for this game (or would still like to pay for it) and so I thought about a way for them to do this without compromising the free nature of the original product (which will always stay 100% free!).
DLC's
Ive introduced 3 DLCs that are PURELY COSMETIC.
This means they wont influence the gameplay and only add visual changes to the game.
They are meant to support me in making more games like these (more about that later!)
However, I did want to give you something in return to there are 3 features you can unlock:
- Your name will be mentioned in the credits of the game as seen on the screenshot.
- Your Steam Avatar is a painting somewhere in the game. It's still a hidden object game, so it's up to you to find it!
- Your Steam Friends are shown as paintings somewhere in the game. It's still a hidden object game, so it's up to you to find them!
The large donation (Donation L) unlocks all 3 features.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3351000/Please_Touch_The_Artwork_2__Donation_L/
The medium donation (Donation M) the first 2 features.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3350990/Please_Touch_The_Artwork_2__Donation_M/
The small donation (Donation S) unlocks only the first feature.https://store.steampowered.com/app/3350980/Please_Touch_The_Artwork_2__Donation_S/
Thank you for your support.
Merry Christmas, and a happy new year!
Hey lovers-of-touching-art!
I'm happy to announce that "Please, Touch The Artwork 2" is now also available on Linux with a native build.
It was already SteamDeck compatible but that via Proton (a tool that makes Windows games run on SteamOS/Linux)
It's also still a 1000% free!
Have a nice weekend,
Thomas Waterzooi
Hey lovers-of-touching-art!
I'm happy to announce that "Please, Touch The Artwork 2" is 1000% Steam Deck compatible.
It's also still a 1000% free!
Have a nice weekend,
Thomas Waterzooi
- Bugfix (gamepad + Steamdeck) in The City where you couldnt move in the painting with the lady in front of the window.
- SteamDeck: show onscreen keyboard for inputfields
- SteamDeck: automatically show/hide hand when playing with gamepad vs touchscreen
- SteamDeck: disabled windowmode and resolution selection because resolution is fixed
- Added numbers to levelnames to avoid confusion in level-order
- Made level names also clickable to start level
- Small fixes & improvements
- Fixed save/load issue with doors in the wedding
- Fixed issue with audio settings being reset
Newsletter is now double opt-in to conform to anti-spam laws.
- Fixed a small save-load issue where ending would not be unlocked even after completing the game.
- Added Hints toggle to Settings to make it more clear you can actually disable hints if you want.
Hey there!
To celebrate the release of my second game about touching art we're gonna stream the day (and night away).
Please, join the Discord for a cozy art vibe and ask me anything!
Also, don't forget to check out my first game here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097100/Please_Touch_The_Artwork/
Happy touching!
Thomas
BROKEN DEMO LAST NIGHT
For everybody who downloaded the demo between 8pm and 1am PT last night: it was broken :)
Please download again.
Thanks!
Dear artventurers!
Join us as solo-dev Thomas Waterzooi talks about the making of Please, Touch The Artwork 2, a hidden object adventure set in the surreal world of Belgian painter James Ensor.
Why does he make games about art and whats the roadmap ahead for future games?
All while playing the soon to be released game (19th of February!)
! By the way !
The game will be 100% free in honour of the 75th Anniversary of Ensors death, so there is no reason not to wishlist ;)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2600140/Please_Touch_The_Artwork_2/
Check out the first instalment in the series here, which is a cozy puzzle game inspired by art-movement The Style. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1097100/Please_Touch_The_Artwork/
Get in touch via the Discord:
Cheers!
Thomas Waterzooi
Dear artventurers!
Join us as solo-dev Thomas Waterzooi talks about the making of Please, Touch The Artwork 2, a hidden object adventure set in the surreal world of Belgian painter James Ensor.
Why does he make games about art and whats the roadmap ahead for future games?
All while playing the soon to be released game (19th of February!)
! By the way !
The game will be 100% free in honour of the 75th Anniversary of Ensors death, so there is no reason not to wishlist ;)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2600140/Please_Touch_The_Artwork_2/
Check out the first instalment in the series here, which is a cozy puzzle game inspired by art-movement The Style.
Get in touch via the Discord:
Cheers!
Thomas Waterzooi
Minimum Setup
- OS: Ubuntu or equivalent
- Processor: 1 Ghz or fasterMemory: 1 GB RAMStorage: 3 GB available space
- Memory: 1 GB RAMStorage: 3 GB available space
- Storage: 3 GB available space
Recommended Setup
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
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