Couleur

Platformer · dye gun

Couleur

An industrial dye works has drained the world grey. An apprentice escapes with a dye gun, and everything he repaints stays coloured behind him.

Play in your browserSee the five worlds
Lou, the apprentice with the dye gun, and Granny Indigo in the workshop.

Worlds

Five worlds, from the workshop to the tower

Each world has its own colour and backdrop. The higher into the factory, the more the dye matters.

  1. 1

    Granny’s workshop

    The first world. Jump, wall jump, madder, saffron, water: you learn it all here.

    12 levels

  2. 2

    The vats

    Basins, valves and pumps to set back the right way round.

    12 levels

  3. 3

    The drying loft

    Clotheslines, a blower and a turning drum. Nothing stays where it was.

    13 levels

  4. 4

    The lance room

    Stripping lances: they erase the dye while you stand on them.

    8 levels

  5. 5

    Javelux tower

    The world has gone grey again. This is where it all plays out, and where everything gets repainted.

    8 levels

All the levels

Cast

The characters

Lou repaints, the others remember what colour used to be.

  • Lou

    Lou

    The dye apprentice. White apron, goggles pushed up, gun on the back.

  • Granny Indigo

    Granny Indigo

    She runs the workshop. Her blue spreads everywhere, on her hands and on her shawl.

  • Octave Grisaille

    Octave Grisaille

    Very tall, very grey, top hat and monocle. He drained Saint-Pigment.

  • Mr Carmine

    Mr Carmine

    A face from the neighbourhood that Lou meets along the way.

  • The Dyers’ Mops

    The Dyers’ Mops

    Round robots, one eye, a lot of zeal. They clean everything, colours included.

Lou in Granny’s back room, on the first level, with the timer and the controls at the bottom.
Lou runs right through the back room, the grey walls still drained.
Lou jumps over a bleaching vat.
The game menu: Start, Chapters, Workshop, with the map of Saint-Pigment.

Dyes

Three dyes, three ways to move

Each dye changes the physics of the surface it touches. Once applied, it stays.

Water

Erases the dye. It resets the surface, so you start from a clean page.

Madder

Bounces. The floor throws you up, a wall throws you sideways: a springboard you paint on demand.

Saffron

Grip. You can run along walls and across ceilings for as long as the dye holds.

Ink never runs out. The level decides where madder and saffron work: on mortar the dye holds; on chrome it slides off.

Controls

Keyboard, mouse, controller or touch. Every button can be changed.

Keyboard

Move
ZQSD or WASD (arrows too)
Jump
Space
Restart
R, from the last checkpoint
Pause
Escape

Mouse and controller

Aim
Mouse, or the right stick
Dye
Left click, right click, E
Jump on controller
A
Move on controller
Left stick

Questions

Where can I play?

In your browser, on a computer and on an iPhone in landscape, from Safari. You can also add it to your home screen from the Options menu. A separate iPhone version is planned but not available yet.

Is it inspired by Splasher?

Yes, for the feel: a cartoon, inked platformer with a dye gun. The world, the character and the levels are our own. We do not reuse Splasher’s characters, logos or sets.

Who is the main character?

Lou, a dye apprentice in a white apron, goggles pushed up, a dye canister on the back.

Can I change the controls?

Yes, the dye and jump buttons can be reassigned.

Guides

ChangelogPress kit, screenshots and changelog