Art House

Art House is a 2D puzzle platformer in which you play as a woman who gets trapped with her children inside the paintings of her recently deceased mother. Navigate through painting rips and use a magical paintbrush to escape and come to terms with your grief.

Following the death of her mother, Lisa and her children — Ollie and Zoe — discover the left behind oil paintings in her old home. Upon the collection of various objects around the home, the family is thrown into the magical canvases laden with puzzles and warped shadows. Explore evocative creations and dodge distorted shades alongside Lisa as she treks through the oil paintings that her mother loved to create while searching for her children. Paint your way through puzzles, uncover the past of Lisa’s mother, and find the closure to finally lay her mother and her faded memories to rest.

Features:

• Two gorgeous hand-painted levels to explore
• A strong female protagonist to follow throughout the game
• A haunting and introspective soundtrack
• A thought-provoking narrative focused around grief and closure following the death of a parent with dementia

This is a USC Games project that will be released for free on May 13th, 2025!