Unleash your inner artist in Behind The Frame: The Finest Scenery — here are some top tips to help you get started.

The painterly puzzle game Behind the Frame: The Finest Scenery takes you into the world of a painter preparing pieces for an exhibition while observing her fellow artist neighbor and his playful cat. The game was updated in June 2022 alongside its Switch and PS4 release to feature a new chapter to its story, which gives a new angle to the tale.

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While indebted in style to the art of anime (and the French film Amélie) Behind the Frame's gameplay takes its lead from point-and-click games, and the assumption that players will be able to work out the next step as it presents itself. Classically, this isn't always the case, and you might find yourself stuck on what to do next to progress the story and in need of a hint.

Explore your surroundings with a watchful eye, as even things you miss or think are unimportant at first, like the paintings on the walls, might become essential to progressing further. A good place to start is the fact that the painter enjoys her morning routine.

You may also be tripped up by the fact that the game's story progresses according to the next color she needs on her palette. Once you have done as much as you can with current colors you won't be able to continue painting, so use the notes acquired in the sketchbook as a guide to the next important object. If something is underlined, it's probably important.

The game creates a language of symbols and colors that match up, and if you're stuck with the game's later puzzles, remember that things you have collected throughout will hint at the answer, even if they're not one-to-one.

The symbols you've seen, and the locations they cropped up before may not be in exactly the same spot, but abstracting them to use in other solutions is how you will complete the game. Plus, if playing the game on Steam, exploring and prodding things that appear multiple times with your mouse is key to unlocking achievements.

Don't worry too much about the quality of your painting, unless you are role-playing as the artist, since if you cover most of the area loosely with your brush or pencil the game will fill out the rest.

Also, the paint dribbles that appear on the canvas are cosmetic and don't affect the outcome of the game. The painting mechanic does however operate on a painting inside the lines rule, so if you are using the wrong color according to the story, or the right color in the wrong spot, you will find out.

You might find creating your own notes and sketches of the game useful, creating an artist's sketchbook all of your own to make solving later puzzles less of a chore or memory game.

There are specifically a couple of puzzles in the later main levels which will be easier if you have a pencil and paper handy, rather than the required back and forth that you would otherwise have to do if you don't have a sharp visual memory.

To access a further chapter to Behind The Frame's story you must first finish the main storyline. At the end of the main game, there is a section that leads to a name being signed on the outer wall of the apartment.

When you return to the main menu, clicking on that newly signed name on the wall will take you to a new section in the story of the two painters, and one which puts a reflective, affecting angle on the main game's perspective.

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Oma is a writer, game developer and artist with over six years working in games. They have an interest in everything from the smallest interactive fiction experiment to the biggest new console releases, since it's all grounds for a unique experience. Their favourite games are the ones that disappear down the side of the sofa of history, and they've written everything from poetry to guides on the topic of obscure games.