Every night, you awaken in your studio and paint your masterpiece. 

Or, at least, you try to.

Oh, if only your muse would return.

If only lifting your brush didn't fill your fingertips with agony.


Note: Web version may be laggy. For the best experience, please download and play on your OS!

It Paints Me is a short visual novel about art, love and pain. It features:

  •  3.9k words
  • 3 endings
  • hand drawn artwork
  • original music
  • partial voice acting

Originally created in one week for Scream Jam 2023.

Note: Due to people not reading the instructions and downloading the outdated version instead of the current build, the jam version is no longer available.

Content warnings:  

Violence, death, body horror, chronic illness, grief, dysfunctional relationships.

Misophonia note: Contains squelching/squishy sfx


Art, music, story, programming & sound design by Endysis.

Casting by Phebe Fabacher

Voice Mixing by Mark Mullens

Cast

Sam - Callum Sanders

Marie - Shellah

Sam's Mother - Maria Corcobado

Sam's Father- Ethan Grant

sfx includes recordings by:

fattirewhitey, TiesWijnen, spookymodem, Cell31_Sound_Productions, nuronidas, Foxfire-, daandraait, magnuswaker, sillygrizzlies, thepodcastdoctor, Profispiesser, julianmateo_, nathvandykOWI, michael_grinnell , mydo1








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It Paints Me now has a fan game by robobarbie!


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this was very beautiful, i love the art style and va's!!

the style of the game just made me attached fr, i teared up yall 

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this is the second vn of yours that i've played (first was snow white ashes) and i have to say-

the way you write is hauntingly beautiful; the atmosphere, the dread, the melancholic longing, etc. your words definitely have a way of pulling the reader in. it was incredibly short, and while i do wish there was even more (i'm greedy heh), everything about this was incredible

also my god, the music?? and the voice acting?? amazing ^^

This was an amazing game 

First endysis game I ever played and I wished people gave these games more recognition!!

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This is a beautiful game! The art was beautiful, same with the voice acting. I cant wait to recommend it

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this author! I can’t with her stories. It doesn’t even feel like I’m playing a game, rather I am in the game, in the story, spectating the masterpiece 


and not to mention, the voice acting was top notch. Truly felt every words 

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Hello! Finally played this game after months of having if in my downloads, and I must say, great story telling, only wished there was more! Of course great art style and music as well! Thank you so much for making it!

Thank you so much for playing!!

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I have no words to describe the joy and uneasiness and the pain and everything else I feel. This is magnificent, a true piece of work. The music alone brought a few tears to my eye; I can see myself listening to it alone, humming along as a lullaby, falling asleep. The art work is exquisite. I was gaping the whole time I saw each portrait, and must I mention the voice acting?! Amazing. I have no other words to say except praises, so thank you for such a lovely game.

Thank you so much for playing it and for the kind words! ^^

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beautiful game.

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This is just beautiful, as an artist myself the portrait ending hit too close to home. I played it with my sister by my side at night and, in her own words, not even the ¨uncanny imagery¨ of Samuel is actually disturbing due to the context and atmosphere, actually, it´s pretty much endearing. The story is lovely, the gameplay was smooth even in the web version and the writing, art and music are gorgeous.

English is not my first language, so I´m sorry if there´s something that sounds odd.

Looooved it

Beautiful.
Aestethic, music, writing.
Great job <3

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I... cried.
That's all I got to say.
Thank you.

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something that i can only describe as hauntingly beautiful— the art, which looks like a real life painting itself; messy yet tender brushstrokes that create a dark, melancholic atmosphere. the story and dialogue, haunting and dreamy at the same time. the voice acting, gentle but dipped in poetic rawness in all the right ways.  

more than a story it's a work of art ; a chilling painting come alive. 

ahhh idk how you did it but this is absolutely stunning <3 im looking very forward to checking out more of your other works. thank you for this precious work of art!  

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Yeah, the comment above yours is one I had reported. they are posting onto games every 20-30 seconds (it led me to your game funny enough) almost did fall for it at first (but didn't click the link thankfully)

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Beautiful work!

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I cried while playing this, definitely going to make a few words from here into my own vocabulary, lol

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Every single game by Endysis is always a masterpiece. It's so engaging and fun, and the art is beautiful!!!

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*Bawling* THIS WAS AMAZING

I love love love tragic and angsty stories, and this one did not disappoint. The art, the voice acting, the writing, absolute chef's kiss!!! ( ╥ ᴗ ╥)

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I loved the story, got endings 1 and 2, nice artwork!!

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Game was so good that I had to create an account to comment. I only finished the Muse ending, and hell, this was incredible. I couldn't believe it was free.


Amazing art, amazing voice acting, amazing ambience, and amazing writing, will play more!

This game was so beautiful with the atmosphere and drawing i wish to show my love through a fanart. ill attach the link below and tag you on instagram <3

This game is beautiful. Made me cry. I loved the music.

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What is the main character background story?

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DEAR LAWD THIS MAN IS FINE. 


anyways, this game is so intriguing and genuinely impressive, the art and voice acting are immaculate. 

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Its such a beautiful game. The descriptions and sounds together w the music and voice acting make it such an immersive experience, its lovely.

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it was absolutely stunning playing this game, probably my favortite visual from now on (great job!)

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I meant to comment here a while ago and kept forgetting.
This was the first Endysis game that truly captured me.  It's haunting, unforgettable, and beautifully crafted. If you’re a gothic soul who craves heartache, Endysis’ games are essential.

I really liked the art and the 2nd perspective.

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such a beautiful and sad story, the music was well fitting and add lot of vibe, def a 10

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This was an excellent story I played it just to see all 3 endings and they were all amazing, well done 💙💙

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I love the story very much!It is good!🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Can I cry real quick?

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It was very scarily beautiful. definitely a 10/10

You could tell how Sam vengefully loved Marie. Like he was a loving husband to her. But also a very envious one aswell, which is what i got from certian endings . And Marie also knew she was spending less and less time with Sam but also kind of ignored it at the same time as she probably felt like her relationship thus far was enough.

I'm really glad we got Maries pov aswell as we really got to understand her situation aswell. AND I GENUIENLY GOT CHILLS WHEN I SAW SAMS CURRENT FORM ◉_◉. SHIT I WOULD SCREAM TOO MARIE

But this was a really nice depiction of a tragic couple and im also very interested to play the rest of the games posted by this creator 

o(〃^▽^〃)o

My favorite itch.io visual novel. The story was amazing and some of the body horror elements shook me to my core. Check out my playthrough here:


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Incredible art. Made me cry. Short but poignant.

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this guy sucks at being dead (good game though seriously IMPECCABLE art grahhh)

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I have never played a visual novel that has brought me to tears (this one did), the story is so well written and everything else about it just makes the experience of playing so much better. This game is truly amazing, thank you.

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