Chapter 4 - Stranger

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Chapter 4 - Stranger
Synopsis Night falls over Colortown. Tap still hasn’t recovered from his injury and Koru has no idea what to do. Suddenly, the Purple Spirit, one of the world’s color spirits, appears in the hideout. He explains to Koru that what he and Tap experienced today shows that something is seriously wrong with Colortown. To fix the city, Purple needs the help of a Tinker, and though Koru doesn’t know it, he actually is one of them.

After he agrees to assist Purple in fixing Colortown, the spirit lends Koru his power. With it, Koru is able to heal Tap and have him sleep soundly. As Koru sighs with relief, Purple opens up a glowing portal and asks Koru to step through.

Trivia


 * The female NPC raising the bridge is also the first NPC you meet in the game (besides Tap). She’s always friendly with Koru and might just have a crush on him.
 * The speech bubble saying *NOISE* was intended as a placeholder, but we kind of liked the effect of having a sound taking physical shape and left it in the game.
 * The idea for the Purple Spirit came pretty late in development. We always knew the antagonist had to trick Koru in releasing the Bleakness, but this character in particular lent a certain honesty to the endeavor.
 * The reason why portals always appear on the floor is that we already had the animation for Koru being sucked into a bleak vortex and had no time to do a separate one.