Chicory: A Masterpiece

My playthrough of Chicory: A Colorful Tale. This was a game I saw and thought looked pretty cute, but it ended up becoming one of the most touching games I've played, and my definite game of the year 2021. I would recommend playing it yourself before watching too much!
featured fan art by (in order):
roctothorpe#6571, / nins_of_wins
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thanks for painting

[@digi284]

Skurry walking around saying “youre [insert color] now” is the funniest thing wver

[@hereticism3202]

you're blue now

[@ruda.adan_sham-hatif]

I was just saying this

[@BirdThatEatsPrometheussLiver]

@@hereticism3202 That’s my attack

[@Edyn42]

@@hereticism3202 NYEH HEH HEH

[@NovaKona.]

@@Edyn42 It is time for my special attack now HUMAN

[@kain1799]

I love how wholesome but also real as fuck this game gets. It's not for everyone but it's a fantastic time.

[@_wheat856]

my favourite games are "look at this little cute guy who is or is fighting the incarnation of evil" hollow knight, chickory, kirby, pokemon

[@sealessseadog2735]

*existential dread: the video game*

[@ocarinatales1331]

@@_wheat856 who would win- your favorite pokemon, kirby, whatever your chicory character is named, or ghost?

[@bgmarshall]

@@ocarinatales1331 kirby has killed 14 gods, the knight has only killed like 3, the only true God of pokemon is arcus I think, this dude has killed 1 god

[@ocarinatales1331]

@@bgmarshall point taken

[@Hazelpls]

I love how literally every game with music producted by lena raine is automatically a masterpiece

[@Brixxter]

Moonglow Bay was released way too early sadly. I'm confident it's going to be great in a few years though

[@blackmage1276]

I kept thinking "damn this sounds like celeste" and it makes sense lol. Shes a great composer

[@Piflle]

Ohh that’s where I heard it

[@Oak_Eggar]

Wait is she in it?

[@Hazelpls]

@@Oak_Eggar Yes the entire ost was made by them

[@sprinklextreme4129]

WAIT, THIS ENTIRE TIME I WAS LIKE "wow this music is so much like Celeste i love it" AND IT TURNS OUT LENA RAINE ALSO MADE THE MUSIC FOR THIS??? LENA IS AMMMAAAZING. Also this is now one of my favorite games of all time :D

[@LieseFury]

following her bandcamp is how i learned this game exists 😹

[@jmiller6066]

@@LieseFury Same!

[@aarepelaa1142]

Weird how the same music artist makes the game someone's favourite thing. I don't really care who makes music, just that it's good, like deep rock galactics music is good and also ultrakill, hades doom eternal and Noita. I mean most games have good music anyways and to be fair the comment doesn't necessarily say that the music artist makes the game good but that's just how it feels like.

[@sandmountainsam9287]

I heard of her from pigstep, learned she made celeste’s music and found this

[@elloelle8251]

The devs of this game made another game I think you will really like, it’s called Wandersong and it’s just as wholesome and cute!

[@firstwaddledee9182]

I would love to see him try Wandersong

[@user-id2nr1zp1u]

THIS IS MADE BY THE CREATOR OF WANDERSONG?! MY HEART IS EXPLODING!!!

[@onlysmiles4949]

@Steven Victor Neiman Lena Raine also composed both games

[@breadcrumb37]

@@firstwaddledee9182 them*

[@firstwaddledee9182]

@@breadcrumb37 is Skurry a ‘them’? If so than I apologize,

[@toonsandwich4284]

Both this and Wandersong are perfect examples of a cheery game with wholesome qualities that slowly start showing that the main character has feelings of self-doubt, worthlessness and not being able to understand anything.

[@yin9008]

they're actually made by the same dev team apparently!

[@Subterranean_sebastian]

I’ve got you another one, spiritfarer

[@jonnaas]

If this game is literally anything like wandersong i have to buy it immediately

[@RothAnim]

Fixfox is also in this category. :)

[@henrybrown8649]

I love how skurry put wet sounds on “love them” mode!

[@nebulae5236]

The alternative is “let’s not”, but who would ever choose to turn off wet sounds!?

[@4rtiphi5hal19]

@@nebulae5236 me and all my misophonia bros

[@nebulae5236]

@@4rtiphi5hal19 we support the misophonia bros

[@TornaitSuperBird]

I dunno about you but I prefer my sounds to be dry

[@k.h.production22669]

@@4rtiphi5hal19 Frrr man, same hat

[@lesliew8362]

1:06:05 Man I never expect this conversation to hit home. The whole conversation just caught me off-guard with its sincerity and honesty. We've all been there, fixating on something so such so that we ignored all the rest of the world, I know I definitely did. Hopefully, there are pieces like this game (or the pixar movie 'Soul' imo ) to remind us that the meaning of life lies within every fleeting moment of it. It is so nice that skurry brought this game to our attention, it's definitely 90 min of my life well spent. Hope anyone reads this have a wonderful day. ✨

[@jellycore1316]

Hope you have a great day, too ^^ Thanks, and thank you for your comment, as well!

[@reagansido5823]

The ability to immediately make graffiti against anyone who gives you even a little shit is far to much power for any creature to have.

[@RodrigoTheHappyDog]

Walk around with spraypaint and you can have this power too

[@wetod4794]

Some one disagree with you just draw abong us

[@carljamessayles3910]

​@@RodrigoTheHappyDog and the power of jail!

[@wildfire9280]

@@carljamessayles3910 Didn’t stop the Romans, it won’t stop me!

[@flyingrainfrog898]

Little mouse: can find the exit when you just draw an L Also little mouse: cant understand when you draw the perfect path

[@SentinalSlice]

It’s in its rebellious phase. It doesn’t like being told what to do.

[@emeraldnightmare2027]

So. The way that sequence works is that Turnip checks for paint leading from them to the door, probably every time the brush stops being used. So, if there's already paint there, ya gotta add something before Turnip actually checks for a path

[@dialog_box]

52:45 woah that anguished yell combined with that face gave me actual honest to god chills

[@ashandgold]

I originally followed this channel purely for the Hollow Knight content, but this video came just at the right time for me as I'm working through many of the same themes that Chicory addresses in my personal and professional life. I think that's the beauty of it, in a way - that just as the experiences of despair, impostor syndrome, and depression are intrinsically human, so is our ability to help one another through them, and surpass them on our own merits. Thank you for introducing me to this game, and for all the content. Really.

[@arken2583]

Yes, yes, be proud of and love yourself. Give yourself the good happy feels.

[@Mr_Zetha]

My GOTY getting the Skurry treatment? Best of both worlds!

[@krieger1969]

Mine are metroid dread and psychonauts 2

[@shinxen8181]

I'm gonna start saying the skurry treatment that's amazing

[@quinnturner3186]

Let’s hold up a second and look how good at drawing Skurry is at drawing. Like that portrait of chickory is actually really good

[@witherr]

they drew it with a controller too :-0

[@JoshTsukayama]

yeah i was high-key impressed. like drawing it pencil on paper is one thing, but with a controller? how tf

[@shyguypro9876]

I’m someone about to graduate with a professional degree. I know I’m good at what I do and have been complemented many times on my work, but I’m still struggling to find a position for after I graduate. Most of my peers have already found one. It’s really been affecting my self-esteem. This video was posted at just the right time. I’ve always loved all your videos Skurry, but you have no idea how much you helped me by posting this today. Thank you so much.

[@somedude4087]

I don't know you nor you know me but I'm sure you'll find just the place have a good time

[@shyguypro9876]

@@somedude4087 Thank you very much.

[@zen8504]

I mean He used UwU brush, how couldn't it help?

[@TheGalaxyWings]

@@zen8504 they

[@exist4046]

@@TheGalaxyWings oh shit Skurry they/them??? Good to know!

[@thestrangefishlikeentity9967]

I feel like the (albeit minor) reveal that the first root was because of BLACKBERRY's self-hatred instead of Chicory's was honestly astounding. 10/10 game, love it.

[@fizzpopboom]

Great to see the highlights of the Chicory streams make it to youtube!!! This is an absolutely breathtaking game and it deserves any attention it gets!!!

[@danielgustafsson486]

Why does the sibling hug make me tear up? It's just so beautiful

[@rey9746]

Skurry doing a grub sound at 41:34 caught me completely off guard

[@chiseledquartz1075]

but it was also the best thing ever

[@mindyyates3624]

This game is a masterpiece Chicory actually seems to portray depression very well And pizza looking up to chicory the whole time is amazing, not feeling as good as her the entire time. This game is actually one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. The story is so deep for a game about painting and it’s insane how in depth it goes EDIT: Wow. The ending of them both achieving the impossible and creating new brushes, while simultaneously facing their fears and creating new opportunities is just. Wow. This game is absolute perfection. End of story

[@empirecrumbles615]

every single indie game ever on its way to be about depression

[@nebulae5236]

THANK YOU SKURRY! I caught a few minutes of the twitch playthrough and immediately downloaded the game. Played it through with my friends, and it became my favorite game of all time :D

[@paulmccartneyofc6883]

Never seen the game but I heard Lena Raine did some of the songs so I suppose the game is automatically a 10/10

[@nebulae5236]

Turns out it’s actually an 11/10 cause this music slaps even by Lena Raine standards

[@calamityalix_tfg]

She actually did all of them One of them also features insaneintherainmusic on saxophone and another one features Emi Evans (NieR) on vocals

[@jonnyblack001]

Every fashion choice Skurry makes is so incredibly enby I love it.

[@Kokuh206]

41:52 got surprised to see russian text on a wall. It translates as "do good things" by the way

[@TheRedKorsar]

Same supresed here. I have also checked developer team, and art designer isn't russian, so I have no idea where that phrase came from D:

[@Nakix4]

41:30 "IT'S THE GRUBS CAVERNS" *Transforms into a grub*

[@Dooty-Doot]

The title isn't lying, that IS a masterpiece.

[@thecyberrabbit1440]

I love how shocked Chicory is by Pizza making a new brush, and Pizza is just like “oh cool. I can fix this then?”

[@small_artist8218]

I want to scream this is absolutely amazing and adorable especially when they both painted each other Edit 1 hour in; I'm in fecking tears ahdjcjjsjfjsjcjjs

[@calamityalix_tfg]

Can relate. The duet scene never fails to break me in pieces just by thinking about it

[@PhongNguyen-bz4hj]

30:49 i like how her painting looks actually adorable like those artists on twitter, and yours looks like an NFT LMAO p/s: no offense btw, i think yours looks great, i wish i could draw like that

[@ocarinatales1331]

Luncheon, the food type eeveelution. That's all I can contribute to anything

[@empirecrumbles615]

Hey guys, did you know

[@MegaNarwhalGuy]

Those paintings at the start were totally a Cucumber Quest reference!! Almond, Carrot, and Parfait are all main characters, it's fun to see a cool game like this squeeze in a webcomic reference like that so soon in the game.

[@byggrynsgroet]

during the fight against the real chicory you can really feel her agony. its a real feat to be able to portray so much emotion into a boss fight. also the animations of that fight looks so sick! love it!

[@LinkLaine]

I absolutley didn't expect my native language(russian) at 41:45. I immediatley started to search who had developed the game and found some russians lastnames so yes. I think I can say that this "easter egg" made my day. By the way it means "make good".

[@ponpabom9913]

i love this game so much. playing it myself i had to make every area colour coordinated and perfect, so the map at the end was VERY satisfying. the cuteness of this game is too much for mee

[@redDawnyy]

i just beat chicory a few days ago myself! absolutely loved this game. now i can watch skurry play it without spoilers : ) my lil protag is called calamari and they overuse the paint bucket

[@silverstar4505]

Let's be honest, who *doesn't* overuse the paint bucket

[@redDawnyy]

@@silverstar4505 ...true, it’s definitely the most useful style

[@scottappleton842]

dude this game is a masterpiece, time to tell my (depressed) bro about dis it teaches you a lot about depression, even if you're not the one playing it.

[@brokensynthetic4215]

Man the line "I felt like a real person for the first time" at 29:48 hit me way too hard.

[@elvalight2135]

Fantastic game. This and Wandersong are definitely in my top 10 games of all time... goes to show a "cartoonish" game without gore or sexual content can still handle incredibly mature themes that adults will appreciate.

[@maddscraft5459]

Oh hey, I just finished this game like a month ago! Absolutely amazing game.

[@Piflle]

69th like

[@kwapow8135]

WAIT U COULD HOLD TO FILL IN SURFACES THE ENTIRE TIME??? I THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE LITERAL LAST ABILITY U GET AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@arillys]

So glad this video is out, I've recently gone back to the vods for some comfort and I really gotta thank you both for the streams and for making me discover this gem of a game

[@vendel8007]

The soundtrack of that game is amazing! Sounds alot like the Celeste OST Edit: It is actually form Lena Raine, no wonders it sounds like Celeste

[@josefreindl2356]

Noo i should study now. But now i have to watch 90 minutes of skurry.

[@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584]

the actual plant, chicory, is a great plant, and has many healthy uses.

[@annagotuaco1709]

this is such a lovely game! it's cute and adorable but also gets really....real. as an artist/creator myself i do feel the pressure of not being good enough and having to live up to expectations. this game managed to capture that feeling in a meaningful and engaging way. thank you for playing this!!

[@datwitchyswordfan]

37:00 Damn, the Void Lords are getting more powerful. They can impersonate people, turn into huge shade gods to destroy other gods, and can even cause feelings of rejection.

[@matthewmcfarland3102]

Just watching you play this game was emotional. Now I really want to play it because it speaks to me so much. It's not all the time that a game's story hits in all the right spots.

[@jademonass2954]

i have no idea why, but the "youre **color** now" reminds me of the "were having soft tacos later"

[@niak5648]

This game is already making tear up and I'm not even done watching the video.

[@brooke-qk7fg]

chat screaming “DAAATE” at the hanging out part 😭😭😭

[@pluto3194]

And then making up ship names later on I fully support Pizzory

[@strogonoffcore]

3:02 yo LISTEN UP here's a story about a little pal who lives a blue world, and all day and all night and everything they see is just blue like them inside and outside

[@commiecat5879]

Can hear skurry blush when the spotted hyena comes on stage

[@negativeiquser5295]

Man, what is it with recent indie games that are seemingly cute and innocent being an emotional rollercoaster that's failed it's safety inspection?

[@unrivaledlukesalazar]

I was not expecting such a cutesy looking game to hit me in the feels so hard, and somehow when the credits rolled and that "With the help of our lead artist:You" line I just broke down and shed some tears

[@cairoraiser9338]

This game is incredible. And I honestly think the entire game is aided by Skurry’s voiceover and control. I REALLY enjoyed this video.

[@ItzPokemon]

Coming back to this video after playing chicory 4 times and listening to the soundtrack for hours on end made me so happy.

[@agoogleaccount5207]

Fun fact: if you refuse to pick up the brush at the start of the game multiple times, it will just play the credits.

[@coywilliams9046]

An hour and a half of skurry content just in time for the weekend??!! Let’s goooooo

[@wiresandwifi]

1:14:04 OMG ITS A WANDERSONG REFERENCE!!!!! I was watching this in the background and was like “oh haha that sounds like kiwi” ABD THEN THE BIRD BARD IS WEARING KIWI’S OUTFIT AND SINGING IN THE SAME POSE…..::.. wandersong is genuinely one of my favorite indie games ever aaa

[@BorderFreak]

I love this game as a concept I just know personally I'd get really frustrated coloring everything in but watching someone that enjoys doing it gives me life

[@mcawesome9705]

32:15 oh my god, that fan art is so adorable

[@opaltoralien4015]

I got about 10 minutes in before I decided I have to play this myself, I'll be back! Thank you for highlighting this game!

[@boglarkarebay]

Thank you so much for introducing me to this game! It helped me get through a recent artblock! I'd recommend it to literally everyone, it's so good! ❤😊

[@cheezpizza9366]

Thank you for playing this game! I hadn’t heard of it before and I bought it almost immediately after I saw you play. I just completed the game today and wow it’s definitely the best game I’ve played in 2022! If you can afford the price tag, stop watching this video and play it! You can always watch it after and you won’t wanna spoil yourself.

[@cosmicmaddles7900]

Thank you so much for making this! Chicory really doesn't get the attention it deserves.

[@charmedpipper1]

I've never wanted to buy and play a game so quickly as when I watched this 😂

[@vee_889]

This is the most wholesome game ever!! You definitely did this game justice, Skurry! I had a ton of fun watching this too. It brightened my day so much 😊

[@floopdawooop3633]

OMG how is no one talking about that grub noise like that was so cute!

[@SentinalSlice]

That was awesome! Especially Pizza being the brush the whole time.

[@wolferngames8024]

Maybe the true brush was the friends we made along the way

[@luna1534]

You always pick the most amazing games to play, whenever you upload its the best part of my day

[@vampie7593]

As an artist with depression i heavily relate to all of this 😭

[@maxhollingsworth-hays5814]

Alright, I can’t be the only person who would love to see Skurry play The Messenger

[@cairoraiser9338]

Can I just say, Chicory has one of my favourite video game soundtracks. Supper Woods and Gulp Swamp have ADDICTIVE songs

[@Ecryen]

Lowkey highkey the most relaxing video on this whole site

[@nullifiedpenguin895]

The corruption is just the one for all omg

[@chaddavis2072]

Honestly, i loved this game so much, i decided to get it for myself just because of how it looked, and I so do not regret it. I ended up getting 100% just because i loved the game so much, and the cutscene i got for it was so fulfilling. 10/10 game, planning to play again

[@astra8815]

Something I like about this game is how you can paint every room and every character the color you want, I think that's very neat

[@jetstreamjackie3437]

Chicory's such a beautiful game

[@noahwennekes8568]

“Oh hey this is a fun game! Let me see how much of a fandom there is” Turns out this video is the biggest piece of media related to chicory. Its sad, but the community thats there is very nice at least

[@NoNameAtAll2]

out of all the video, the most horrific thing is skurry writing letter 'e' from the bottom and not the center

[@therealyoshicrazy7618]

I'll always love Lena Raine's music deep in my heart

[@polyhedronman9975]

dude i love the wandersong reference this game is great

[@fonze5664]

Watching your vod of this made me get this game, so glad to see you edit up a video of this for your main channel!

[@fntthesmth423]

i don't usually watch these kinds of videos, but the fact that this started with the menu is like... so fitting. what a menu it is

[@_zealos_8213]

Just sittin here, vibin', being like "aw man, what a chill game" and then it throws the *_Touhou Eyeball Boss Fight_* at ya!!!

[@femboygaming64]

thank you for showing me this game. I bought it for myself after watching for about 15 minutes and I'm looking forward to watching your full playthrough once I'm done with my own :)

[@rainy4902]

This is just artblock cure the videogame and I fkn love it

[@Enzo-sh8vf]

I can't believe this game almost made me cry chicory is so relatable

[@hello-gm2dy]

I've been waiting for this for so long!!! Thank you!

[@twild2750]

Skurry, this is game is lovely, but I think you really enhanced the experience

[@litteleven7257]

tyvm for playing this game the music really pops off !_!

[@gachareacter4170]

Funny story, so I played this game. But when I got asked my favorite food, I didn’t know what to put down. So I turned to my older sister, and she told me a different funny story about her boyfriend trying to order food. She told me, you could use that word as a name. I decided, yeah, why not? So long story short, me and Whomper 100%[ed] the game

[@bibliosmiia]

"oh theres a lost kid... right here... youre now purple"

[@elusivelord]

I really liked the part "oh its windy now, we're celeste now, truly celeste now"

[@Dan_Blocc]

i stopped watching this to complete the game on my own. Truly. A masterpiece of a game ( still have to 100% the game though )

[@deur]

Это какой то сюр: увидеть арт "твори добро" в рандомной мультяшной игре. Несколько раз проходил мимо его кусков, без понятия, как он просочился в эту игрушку

[@emberlight799]

I absolutely LOOOOVED watching you play this! I have been inspired to play it myself when I get the chance!

[@miaspaghetti]

YES. IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. BUY THIS GAME RIGHT NOW I LOVE IT the dinners theme is a banger btw, my name was also Pizza

[@sfglim5341]

Would love to watch this but don’t wanna get spoiled! Still haven’t played the game yet tho i really should

[@Greggorto]

No one: Skurry with his intro: *WET SOUNDS!*