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Car-Vup looks like your typical cute Amiga platformer at first glance, but it’s got this weirdly satisfying twist—instead of jumping on enemies or collecting coins, you’re just… coloring in girders. Yeah, you read that right. You drive this little car back and forth across these monochrome platforms, and every section you touch fills in with color. It’s oddly hypnotic.

The controls are dead simple: drive, turn around automatically at edges, or hit the jump button to hop gaps. The enemies move in predictable patterns, so dodging them feels more like solving a puzzle than frantic platforming. It’s not flashy, but there’s something weirdly relaxing about methodically painting the whole level while avoiding those little hazards. Definitely not what I expected from the title—no actual carving involved, just a pun that still makes me chuckle.