The Gray Painter

Is beauty merely a surface trait? Explore this question in a provocative, sensual, and unnerving journey.

In this mature, atmospheric tale with a defined protagonist, guide Ash—an ordinary office worker—as they gather the courage to connect with new people in a private nude drawing circle. "The Gray Painter" is a 145,000-word interactive novel spanning 20 chapters. This text-only experience is driven entirely by the limitless force of your creativity.

Customize Ash's sex, gender, and orientation. The story begins with Ash in a relationship with Harper, a partner whose gender you can choose. You will have the opportunity to end this relationship in Chapter 9.

Praise for The Gray Painter:

* "I haven't been able to stop thinking about it."

* "I started with no expectations and was thoroughly impressed. The characters are deeply flawed yet relatable. My initial assumptions about everyone were completely mistaken."

* "What just happened? I never saw that coming—stop messing with my head!!!!"

"The Gray Painter" contains depictions of drug and alcohol use, smoking, implied suicide, explicit sexual content, horror, and intense violence and gore. Themes of body insecurity and dysmorphia are also explored. This story is intended for adult audiences aged 18 and older.

* Play as straight, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, or any combination.

* Encounter seven intricate, imperfect, and profoundly human characters.

* Lose yourself in the detailed landscape of New Jersey circa 2012.

* Steer a mild-mannered accountant toward a life filled with sex, drugs, and rock & roll.

* This game holds no secrets. And if any did exist, it's wiser not to seek them.