This Metroidvania About Depressed Garbage Man Is Fully Hand-Painted

These visuals seriously look like they're inspired by Van Gogh and feel pretty unique for a game. Developed by SadMonkStudios, it's an untitled chemistry puzzle metroidvania that lets you play as a sad, little cube-shaped man in a world where everything reacts. The developer says the character needs to look different from the painterly surroundings for story reasons. The story remains a mystery, though. SadMonkStudios shared they use a triplanar shader for repeating elements like streets and sidewalks, but they'd like to optimize it even further. They're still working on a solution for handling shadows and normals.