The Painter's Playground

Now this is a strange one. Basically, it's MS Paint but, using the magic of the internet, tied into a system where other players can view and buy whatever crazy pictures you've come up with. As you spend more time doodling you can buy more tools and colours, thus hopefully improving the quality of your pictures. I've played it on both a desktop and a Surface Pro 4 and it works well. The selecting of tools and colours can be a bit squiffy (might be because of the battery) on the Surface while using the pen, but the actual drawing part works really well. You can see that from some of the works the community has somehow managed to produce, despite the fairly limited array of tools available. My favourite part of the shop is the option to buy some inspiration. The sound effects and music are fairly minimal, but are pleasant and overall playing the game is theraputic. I really hope this takes off because the community part of the game is vital to its success. So fingers crossed and hopefully see you in Painter's Port!

If you enjoy Passpartout: The Starving Artist but want more to do and being able to view other peoples art and even sell to them. The UI is easy to work with and if you've ever made a piece of art with MSPaint or Photoshop then you are ready to make your masterpiece in Painter's Playground. Colors, brushes, and canvas options are available for purchase with the in game currency which include Smudge Tools, Watercolor Brushes, etc. And while you don't get the layering options of Adobe Photoshop you can atleast use the many tools to simulate a painting on real canvas. I recommend this if you're into doing digital painting, screwing around in MSPaint, or just want to show off your doodles.

show your own painting to the community beautiful hand drawn menu backgrounds / watch the trailer gallery you can sell your pictures career mode . earning exp and money buy new skins brushes canvas colours zoom in to paint every pixel a lot of achievements very satisfiying to see your own creation finished or just take a look at the community gallery

I love this so far, even if I do feel like it's a tad more expensive than I think most people will be willing to bite for. It's basically MS Paint: Online, where you draw what you want, you put it online for others to view, rate and buy for their personal gallery. You level up, buy new tools and paints and that's pretty much it. While Passpartout beats this in terms of aesthetic, Painter's Playground gives you a good toolset, an easy way to view/admire others work and is generally a great way to spend some time doodling and improving your mouse-drawing abilities. Highly recommended, but do think the price should be about 80% of what it currently is.

Like MSPAINT but way more awesomer. Very astonished that penises have been filtered out of the online Gallery, there must be some crazy tech behind that. Pretty impressive to see what some people are painting!

Whether you’re a casual doodler or professional illustrator, The Painter’s Playground is a fun experience for the artist in all of us. The paints and tools can be limiting compared to simply running drawing software and using that to make things, but often times the game’s limitations do well to add to a no pressure environment. You’ll get rewarded for simply trying to make anything. The game really shines with it’s online features though. You can sell you artwork to other players using a marketplace, and use that money to either buy other people’s work, or more tools to work with in your studio. Or you could send your artwork to a gallery where people can give it a thumbs up if they like it. It’s a great feeling when you see that someone else liked what you did enough to give you a little virtual tip or thumbs up. The artwork that’s currently in the game’s online galleries covers all the bases from abstract MSpaint style doodles, to awe-inspiring masterpieces and everything in between. If you’re an artist of any skill level, I’d say The Painter’s Playground is worth jumping into, as it’s a great way to get your creative gears working. If you’re not an artist at all, but still enjoy messing around in things like MSpaint or looking at other people’s work, then I’d also say you should give it a shot.

It's not quite Photoshop but a novel, relaxing "game" with redux painting tools, where you progressively unlock colors, tools and canvases, exhibit and buy and sell artwork in the community market, including other players' works of art. Two works that I'm personally proud of include my Gordon Freeman and Dr. Evil portraits. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1222674616 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1221956021 Also, that's my awe-inspiring "Mind your own Bee's nest" masterpiece that can be seen in the game trailer.