Placing down a waterfall, some seaweed and some dragonflies gave one wall a swamp look. Every object fits into the look and feel of the section and you can go wild on a wall by painting as much as your heart desires.

Each page in the book has a specific style from the first forest collection to the ice and even underwater. This involves you solving puzzles to get to higher locations and into rooms previously-locked by obstacles, avoiding the town bullies that are constantly chasing Ash and bringing creations to life as you expand on the designs available to the player.Įvery page you collect fits into a category of the “Zone” you are painting. The goal of the game is to light up bulbs scattered around the town by painting near the wall where they are situated. The “Genie” aspect of the game takes the form of creatures that you can create at specific points that aid Ash in his adventure.įrom the surface, Concrete Genie looks like a painting simulator but it is so much more than that. Thanks to Ash’s encounter with the disturbed bullies, his notebook is now empty and every page you find is a new design for the masses of art you draw and paint in the game. After an unfortunate incident with the town bullies, Ash loses all the pages of his book and sets off to track them down.Ĭall if having a wild imagination or just Ash being on a crazy pill but his creatures, specifically Luna come to life to aid him in his grand adventure thanks to the help of a magical paintbrush that brings anything he draws to life.Īsh takes it upon himself to use this new power he has found to paint life back into the dark and dreary town of Denska and throughout Concrete Genie, he evolves not only as a person but his artistic approach changes due to the new art forms he obtains. Ash is an artist and draws doodles in his notebook. The game follows Ash, a shy young boy that has been emotionally afflicted by the town’s ultimate downfall and often thinks about the memories he once shared with his family in specific locations of the town.

The way the game unfolds is truly magical as newspaper articles and tidbits of backstory portray the once-thriving town as a place anyone would like to grow up in.Ĭheck out our video Concrete Genie video review During the game, you learn more about this town and how it became to be in the state it is in. The game is set in the town of Denksa which has been abandoned and polluted. It relies on a simple story that plays into undertones of depression, global climate change and of course, childhood bullying. There were often times where I was left in awe during my time with Concrete Genie.

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