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About Été
Été is a relaxing painting adventure where you play as a budding artist exploring summer‑time Montreal. The game lets you wander open‑city scenes, collect visual ideas, and turn them into watercolor artworks.
Beyond painting, you can furnish a personal studio, fulfill NPC commissions, and even exhibit your creations. With no time limits or failure states, Été encourages a calm, self‑paced experience focused on creativity and exploration.
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Explore Montreal
Roam the peaceful, open city of Montreal during summer, discovering everyday wonders like flowers and birds. Every new sight you encounter is automatically added to your album as a collectible stamp.
These stamps serve as building blocks for later artworks, letting you mix and match discovered elements. Exploration is unrestricted; there is no required order or time pressure while you wander the streets.
- Take time to notice small details; each unique element becomes a stamp for future use.
- Compare different neighborhoods to see a variety of visual ideas for your album.
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Create Artworks on Canvas
Use Été’s unique canvas system to craft 2D watercolor pieces. Any stamp from your album can be placed, resized, recolored, or spun in 3D on the canvas, giving you full creative control.
You may paint unrestricted works or accept NPC commissions that request specific subjects. Finished pieces can be displayed on walls, auctioned at a café, or potentially featured in your own exposition.
- Experiment with rotating stamps in 3D to add depth to your paintings.
- Try recoloring collected stamps to see how they change the mood of a piece.
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Decorate Your Studio and Apartment
Gather furniture and decorative items throughout the city and arrange them in your studio or apartment. Items can be placed precisely, combined into larger set pieces, and recolored to match your aesthetic.
The decoration system is flexible, allowing you to build a personal creative nook that reflects your style while you work on paintings and fulfill commissions.
- Mix and match furniture colors to create a cohesive visual theme.
- Use the precise placement feature to design functional workspaces.
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Mix Your Own Colors
Hidden pigment collectibles scattered across Montreal let you create new dyes. These pigments can be combined to produce fresh colors for both artworks and decorations, expanding your palette beyond the default options.
Finding rare pigments adds a layer of discovery, encouraging thorough exploration and rewarding curiosity with unique hues for your creations.
- Search less‑traveled areas for rare pigments that may yield unusual colors.
- Compare new dyes with existing ones to see how they affect the overall composition.
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Relaxed, No‑Failure Playstyle
Été is designed as a deeply relaxing experience with no failure conditions, time limits, or forced quest order. You can paint, explore, and decorate at your own pace without pressure.
This open approach lets you focus on creativity and immersion, making the game suitable for casual sessions or longer, uninterrupted play.
- Take breaks between painting sessions to enjoy the city ambience.
- Use the lack of time constraints to experiment with complex compositions.
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