The world has drained into monochrome.

In Smilemore, the world has drained into monochrome — a city drowned in psychedelic ink, now muted to black and white. Every citizen wears a nano-mask that suppresses emotion, keeping sanity intact while revealing their inner state: Lux, white and good, or Nox, black and evil. Nothing remains hidden.

A glittering consumerist utopia.

The city thrives under Mayor Happy, a master of control, in a glittering consumerist utopia where desires are bought, emotions are rented, and everything — happiness, love, rage — can be purchased with money for a fleeting thrill. Yet even in this perfect monotone, some cannot be contained.

A sudden short-circuit of the mask.

Occasionally, a citizen experiences a paroxysm — a flicker — a sudden short-circuit of their mask. In those fleeting moments, they see the world in selective color and perceive hidden truths. But the mask is fragile. Remove it entirely and sanity collapses within minutes, leaving only the Twisted, spiraling in madness.

A rogue painter. An anarchist. A signal.

At the heart of this world is Kroma, a rogue painter and anarchist, haunted by a tragedy that stole his memories. Lost in a city of illusions, he searches for the truth. Who stole the color from the world? What really happened to the lost city of Wondrix, the place of wonder that once pulsed with emotion?

Through murals of rebellion, hidden messages in graffiti, and daring confrontations with the authorities, Kroma fights to awaken flickers in the people around him and restore the lost spectrum of life.