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PRIM, A First Look by flotsam #1332291
10/24/24 08:08 AM
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It's been a few years between the release of the demo and now, but on the strength of the 2 hours or so I have played to date, Common Colors is on a winner here.

This is a black-and-white point and click 2D animated adventure, tinged with Tim Burton looks and an Addams Family feel. It revolves around Prim, a young girl who has gone to live with her father after the death of her mother. Whereupon she learns that her father is Death himself and home is now the Underworld. Unhappy with her circumstances and her father's rules, her 16th birthday seems like the perfect time to embrace her emerging other-worldly powers and see what might become.

Self-described as creepy cute, it's an apt description. The visual style is engaging, the characters are spookily charming, and the sights and the sounds are a kooky joy. The eyeball on legs is also most splendid accomplice.

After an opening sequence, once you gain control of Prim you are confined to a single room. Needless to say, your first task is to get out. Once you do, it's not long before the available locations considerably open up. The more constrained start helps you settle in and also provides some tutorial moments.

The game is entirely point and click and you can save at will. Scenes might slide left and right, and exits are indicated. The space bar highlights hotspots (once you initiate it early on) and the mouse wheel brought up my inventory. Right click to examine, left click to use. It includes a diary which has a to do list and the capacity to access hints. You will acquire a fast travel map, and the puzzling to date has all been inventory based.

It can be all sorts of things, from tongue-in-cheek humour to poignant melancholy. I suspect there is a lot more of the latter to come.

I am enjoying it a lot.


Gardens put to bed. Time for more reading and gaming.
Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332297
10/24/24 08:53 AM
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Now that is how you develop an adventure game:

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The game is entirely point and click and you can save at will. Scenes might slide left and right, and exits are indicated. The space bar highlights hotspots (once you initiate it early on) and the mouse wheel brought up my inventory. Right click to examine, left click to use. It includes a diary which has a to do list and the capacity to access hints. You will acquire a fast travel map, and the puzzling to date has all been inventory based.


Thank you flotsam and Drac


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Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332300
10/24/24 10:00 AM
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Thanks for the First Look flotsam! This game has intrigued me since first announced!

Thanks, Drac!

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Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332310
10/24/24 12:33 PM
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Thank you for that intriguing first look, flotsam (and Draclvr) thumbsup


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Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332314
10/24/24 12:41 PM
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Thanks flotsam (and Draclvr)! I don't remember seeing an announcement but I now have gone and wishlisted it. Steam has it in a few different bundles right now which lowers the price by 20%.

Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332320
10/24/24 01:00 PM
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Thank you so much for the first look, flotsam! thumbsup

And thank you too, Drac. wave

Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332336
10/24/24 05:47 PM
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I put this one on my wish list!


Gardens put to bed. Time for more reading and gaming.
Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332784
10/31/24 09:29 PM
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I just finished Prim this afternoon. I remain totally enchanted with the world the devs created. A very special game...a treat for point and click enthusiasts. Highly recommend.

Re: PRIM, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1332785
10/31/24 09:49 PM
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Thanks KatieB!

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