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Title: Please, Watch the Artwork is a puzzle game with eerie paintings and a
sad clown

Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:34:50 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/please-watch-...

Fusing light psychological horror with the quiet melancholy of American
Realist painter Edward Hopper, developer Thomas Waterzooi is following up his
puzzle games Please, Touch the Artwork and Please, Touch the Artwork 2 by
having you just watch the artwork instead. Please, Watch the Artwork is an
upcoming spot-the-difference game featured during Day of the Devs that tasks
you with observing a museum of living paintings and tracking down a sad clown
that may be harshing the other paintings' vibe.

In the game, you'll observe living versions of classic Edward Hopper
paintings, like Nighthawks or Automat, and look for inconsistencies, like a
character behaving strangely or objects being out of place ΓÇö what one could
describe as sad clown interference. You'll then click on the offending area
and it'll be repainted, restoring the living painting to its normal gloomy
self.

Please, Watch the Artwork riffs on popular horror titles like I'm On
Observation Duty, Five Nights At Freddy's and dozens of other similar games
on Steam that make you look at fake CCTV footage of a garages and office
buildings. Waterzooi's game just takes a slightly classier approach. The
combination of classic art and eclectic puzzle mechanics has paid off well in
the past, too: Please, Touch the Artwork was nominated for numerous awards,
including an Apple Design Award.

Please, Watch the Artwork will be available on iOS and Android for $4.99 and
on Steam for macOS, Windows and Linux devices for $7.99. Waterzooi's Day of
the Dev's presentation didn't include an exact release date for the game, but
he did suggest that it will be out around Halloween.

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