Summertime Madness
DP Games · 2021 · Surreal, Puzzle, Exploration, Puzzle Platformer, Atmospheric
PC
Mostly Positive75% · 99
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About Summertime Madness
Summertime Madness is a single-player first-person puzzle game.
The player, in the role of a painter who has made a deal with the devil, has to find his way back to the real world after being cheated and trapped into one of his canvases. A dreamlike journey into a surreal world of the artist’s own creations where the atmospheric gameplay provides mysteries to discover, puzzles to solve and artistic landscapes to explore.
You find yourself on an evolving island.
As you investigate your surroundings, the island will start to change. The appearance of a ship, the rise of a lighthouse, each mystery you uncover and puzzle you solve will unfold new wonders and unveil new places to explore. But be forewarned, the scene you find yourself in, this breathtaking land of paint and oil is not always as straightforward as it appears. This intriguing world within the canvas holds more mysteries than even the artist intended.
Prague
July 20th 1945
The city of Prague was under siege, ravaged by war.
Buildings were falling, churches were burning, and everything was to be washed away forever.
A painter lived there, isolated from the outside world. The worse the terrors of war became, the more the artist obsessively painted beautiful landscapes as a contrast to the evil he had witnessed. One night, a mysterious figure appeared in the house seemingly out of nowhere. The stranger walked slowly around the room, inspecting the paintings. He then sat down in front of the artist; to offer him a deal.
The chance to enter one of his own creations, far away and free of war. But he would have to find his way back out before midnight, or else his soul would become trapped in the canvas forever. Feeling alone, on the edge of madness, terrorized by the scent of death creeping in from the streets, the artist shook the mysterious man's hand, accepting the deal.
A few moments later, the house was empty.
The player, in the role of a painter who has made a deal with the devil, has to find his way back to the real world after being cheated and trapped into one of his canvases. A dreamlike journey into a surreal world of the artist’s own creations where the atmospheric gameplay provides mysteries to discover, puzzles to solve and artistic landscapes to explore.
GAMEPLAY
You find yourself on an evolving island.
As you investigate your surroundings, the island will start to change. The appearance of a ship, the rise of a lighthouse, each mystery you uncover and puzzle you solve will unfold new wonders and unveil new places to explore. But be forewarned, the scene you find yourself in, this breathtaking land of paint and oil is not always as straightforward as it appears. This intriguing world within the canvas holds more mysteries than even the artist intended.
STORY
Prague
July 20th 1945
The city of Prague was under siege, ravaged by war.
Buildings were falling, churches were burning, and everything was to be washed away forever.
A painter lived there, isolated from the outside world. The worse the terrors of war became, the more the artist obsessively painted beautiful landscapes as a contrast to the evil he had witnessed. One night, a mysterious figure appeared in the house seemingly out of nowhere. The stranger walked slowly around the room, inspecting the paintings. He then sat down in front of the artist; to offer him a deal.
The chance to enter one of his own creations, far away and free of war. But he would have to find his way back out before midnight, or else his soul would become trapped in the canvas forever. Feeling alone, on the edge of madness, terrorized by the scent of death creeping in from the streets, the artist shook the mysterious man's hand, accepting the deal.
A few moments later, the house was empty.
KEY FEATURES
- Unique artstyle and a surreal environment to explore
- A collection of clever puzzles that will challenge your creativity
- An ever-changing world that develops as you progress
- Hidden secrets to find
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Visually It's really nice looking game and the colors are even my vibe. Story wise It's good either but since this game is based in Prague and I do live in The Czech Republic I know that The Bombing of Prague didn't happen in July 1945 but in February 1945 cause in July the Prague was already under the Soviet flag saved from Nazi Germany. Over these good points the game isn't good in gameplay. The puzzles are nothing but tedious. Collecting 30 fireflies to build stairs? WTH?3 found this helpful
i wanted to enjoy this game. played it during a indie fest iirc and only got around to playing it 2 years later. but the puzzles arent really puzzles, more of a test of endurance. nothings intellectually stimulating and just feels like a bore. not to mention, the controls for some of these are really jank making the puzzles much more infuriating than they otherwise should be (looking at the flower scales specifically here). yeah i could look up answers just to get through it quickly to see what the end is but the story isnt interesting enough for me to care to do so. game does look really nice though, especially with the paint effect ill give it that3 found this helpful
Difficulty : 2/5 (Normal) Global : 0.5/5 (Bad) Summertime Madness is a 3D puzzle game, you're a painter trapped in his painting and you solve puzzles to escape. The game has a timer, or rather you're supposed to play with a timer (the lowest "difficulty" disables it fortunately). I don't understand the timer thing when you have a world to explore and collectibles to find but whatever. Even with the worst timer (3h) you should be good. The island you see in the screenshots can be explored but the game is not an open world, it's linear with puzzles appearing one by one. Now what are those puzzles about? What's the special mechanic? Well, there is none. The majority of them consists of slowly exploring a big maze and pulling levers that activate things. And that's why I can't recommend this game. Maybe if the running speed was 2 or 3 times faster, the game would've been decent. That's a shame because it's not VERY bad, the mazes are not totally braindead but the gigantic amount of time you waste walking is just not acceptable. Summertime Madness is a collection of tedious and not very interesting puzzles, and games that blatantly try to waste your time are a big no.2 found this helpful
It looks quite nice but that's about it. tedious, long walking sections and a lot of backtracking, pulling levers here and there, mazes... some of the mechanics dont even make any sense. i.e. how am I supposed to know that I have to set the audio volume to zero in the game settings to progress the game at one point? I lowered mine cause the sound was annoyingly loud. but to zero? who comes up with this? I quit probably somewhere mid to end game....I dont know and dont care tbh - was just not fun.
UEVR not working with this.
flipping switches hurts my brain but it's probably worth the $1 on sale https://youtu.be/QKOtyK_V0Lg
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