{"id":23990,"date":"2023-12-04T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=23990"},"modified":"2023-11-20T06:01:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T06:01:21","slug":"alive-paint-ps4-ps5-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/04\/alive-paint-ps4-ps5-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Alive Paint (PS4, PS5, Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/alive_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-23988 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ALIVE_BOX-100x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ALIVE_BOX-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ALIVE_BOX.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>Alive Paint is a virtual coloring book program where when you finish a picture, it starts a little animation.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on PlayStation consoles and Switch, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n<p>You move around a cursor on the screen and have dozens of pictures to color.\u00a0 You can only fill in areas, and can\u2019t draw things yourself.\u00a0 You have a selection of colors to choose and can undo moves and even get suggestions on where to start and what colors to use.\u00a0 When you finish a picture, it\u2019ll do a little animation.\u00a0 You can stop and pause the animation, and even try to color it while it\u2019s moving!<\/p>\n<p>There are some nice touches to this one, like the fact that you can color in the title screen and menus!\u00a0 The cursor speed moves around a bit too quickly for my liking and I wish you had more color choices.\u00a0 I can\u2019t imagine this one holding most people\u2019s interest very long, but it might be fun for the very young.\u00a0 I would think the Switch version would have touch controls in handheld mode, but since I didn\u2019t review that one, I\u2019m not really sure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/alive_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ALIVE_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ALIVE_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ALIVE_SCREEN-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ALIVE_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alive Paint is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t really notice anything like that here.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the menus, but not necessary just to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alive Paint is a virtual coloring book program where when you finish a picture, it starts a little animation.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on PlayStation consoles and Switch, but reviewed on PS4 here. 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