色 Iro

A small spirit of light drifts through a grey, forgotten world. Wherever it passes, color returns.

IRO (色, "color") is a gentle exploration game with no combat, no timer and no way to fail. You are a tiny spirit. Wander through a quiet forest, a hamlet beside a stream, a market town and the small houses within it, and watch grey fade to warmth around you. Some places want you to stop and linger. Finish a place, and the world answers: leaves stir, smoke rises, lamps glow.

Before you begin, you will meet a line of old Japanese poetry or proverb about journeys, to set the mood.

What you will find

• A hand-built world of forest paths, a lake, a waterfall and stream, a hamlet and a market town
• Four little house interiors to wander into: a living room, a tavern, a kitchen, a bedroom
• Four seasons, each with its own colors and weather: spring, summer, autumn (falling leaves) and winter (snow)
• A soft, changing soundtrack that moves from sparse and distant to warm and close as the world comes back
• Places to discover off the road, for the curious
• About half an hour of play, unhurried and in your own order

How to play

• Move: W A S D or the arrow keys
• Dash: Shift
• Wander anywhere / choose a season / credits: M or Tab (opens a small menu)
• Stand on glowing rings to bring a place back to life, step through doors to go inside, and just explore. Colors you restore stay restored.

Good to know

• It runs in your browser. If sound does not start, click the game once and press a key.
• Your chosen season is remembered between visits.

Credits
Made by 10K Game Studio — 10kgame.studio/iro

• Art: Pixel Art Forest, Village and Interior asset packs by zedpxl (zedpxl.itch.io)
• The spirit: Pixel Spirit (animated) by akoro (akoro.itch.io)
• Music and sound: Ovani Sound, ELVGames, pegonthetrack
• Opening sayings: Matsuo Bashō and the Japanese proverb tradition
• Typeface: Noto Sans JP, SIL Open Font License 1.1
• Made with Godot Engine