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Chill painting game Été beautifully captures summertime in Montreal

Été is a relaxing, slice-of-life game in which you play as an artist who has moved to Montreal for the summer. Not only will you have to paint and sell art to get by, you'll bring the world around you to life by filling it with color.

Developer Impossible pulls off a smart trick here as each object you color becomes a stamp that you can use in your paintings — your artist character is literally taking inspiration from the world around them. I spent several hours ignoring the main missions and exploring the various levels, enjoying myself as I restored color to a market, alleyway, front yard and park. While the narrative is fairly paint-by-numbers, the characters of Été are surprisingly rich for such a short game (it would only take a few hours to beat by focusing on the main story).

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