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Note: Due to people not reading the instructions and downloading the outdated version instead of the current build, the jam version is no longer available.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

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 

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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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This game along with various other visual novel and interactive fiction-types games I've played during the Scream Jam game jams have made me interested in the visual novel-type games. This one in particular stands out for me, not just because of the stunning visuals, the music, and the voice acting, but the story and how it can be interpreted in various ways. 

Keep up the amazing work. Your stories are fantastic. 

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Thank you kindly for checking out my scream jam entries and for the kind words! It's much appreciated!

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I've come to realize, Marie cannot get over Sam, if you look into this work of art, you come to realise, Sam isn't here. Sam is only a figment of Marie's imagination. Yes we first play as Sam, but the final ending, it gives sort of a "oh, it was never real" type of vibe. The game overall presents grief and being unable to get over someone very well "I've moved on" was clearly an attempt from Marie to will Sam away, and with Sam stating it was only a year, that may be seen as Marie being unable to accept it's been that long. The text in red, it seems Marie cannot remember Sam very well, unable to remember just how he would act. Another viewpoint of this, Sam is forever stuck in this world. The red text could show he's losing himself, and his unhealthy obsession with Marie could show that he's trying to cling onto his past. I realized, Marie, she was never alive while staying with Sam, showing either, Sam is like a parasite, slowly killing Marie, or, he's Marie's pillar, that ends up breaking. Now this is an extremely lengthened way of me saying, god this game was harsh, but in a good way. Honestly, definitely one of the best games I've played

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Im confused cause I double click on the game and it seems like its going to open but then it never opens does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Im on mac and the same thing happened when I tried playing Snow White Ashes???

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I think it was one of the best I've encountered so far. All three endings deserve to be done, although I have poor English, I managed to understand perfectly!!

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Eerily beautiful game ❤️ All 3 endings deserve to be experienced

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It is a beautiful dream.  I love the art, music, writing, and voice acting. It's all so beautiful. 

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Thank you so much for playing! ^^

Pretty good 👍

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I cant begin to explain how much I love this game its haunting honestly

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