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Hue: Building the Spectrum

Hue is a puzzle platformer about finding color in a black and white world.  Eight colors, to be specific. The color of the world is nil.  The skies have greyed and the sea is black.  Hue finds a letter that tasks him with exploring the area around his home for the actual blocks of color absent from his world.  The woman who reads the letter knows him and begs him to find her.  And you're off.  You're technically off to the races and puzzles before learning any of the aforementioned, which is all learned in the first moments.  I always enjoy a game that slaps you right into the action and lets you learn to play before it gives you a cutscene.  Yes, it's easier to do that with a game of this scope, a sidescroller, but giving control to the player first is still welcomed.   Hey. Hue gives you one color to start, the bright blue of the sky, a color people can see every day.  New zones begin in grey, and only one color can...