When I previewed Ete last year at Gamescom, I called it ‘the anti-PowerWash Simulator’. You walk around a colourless section of Montreal and spread paint around, gradually filling in each object and thus bringing colour back to the world. It’s still that, but having played the whole game, it’s also so much more.
Ete is a game about art. You are a painter fresh in town, and paint to get by. Various citizens will give you commissions, you make money by selling art in the local cafe, and ultimately work towards hosting your own art show. As you wander through the various locales, each item you fully colour becomes available for your paintings later on, so the more you look around town, the more varied your paintings can be.
