Tilt Brush

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Tilt Brush is a single player simulation game. It was developed by Google and was released on April 5, 2016. It received very positive reviews from players.

Tilt Brush lets you paint in 3D space with virtual reality. Unleash your creativity with three-dimensional brush strokes, stars, light, and even fire. Your room is your canvas. Your palette is your imagination. The possibilities are endless.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 933 reviews

graphics7 positive mentions

optimization3 negative mentions

Tilt Brush offers a magical and intuitive experience for creating 3D art in virtual reality, making users feel creative and powerful.
The app features a variety of satisfying brushes and effects, great for relaxing, experimenting, and enjoying artistic play even for non-artists.
It provides the ability to walk around and inside your 3D creations, offering unique immersion and creative freedom that impresses users of all ages.

The software has been abandoned by Google, with no support or updates, and it is recommended to use the free, actively developed Open Brush instead.
Tilt Brush lacks critical features for serious artistry such as layer support, stable brush controls, erasing partial strokes, and 3D sculpting tools, limiting its usefulness.
Users report various technical issues including compatibility problems with some VR headsets, occasional crashes, and difficulty understanding controls without tutorials.

graphics
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics in this VR art tool are praised for their stunning visuals, intuitive brush interactions, and the ability to create immersive 3D artwork that users can explore from any angle. It offers a vast universe of colors, effects, and customizable tools, allowing for unique creations that can be exported as images or videos. While highly engaging and visually impressive, some users note limitations in workflow integration and features like selection and scaling that could enhance usability.
- “Outstanding tools for drawing infinite scenes, in an almost infinite universe of colour, effects, and actions, plus you can bring in your own graphics to create whatever your imagination can conjure up!”
- “The brush interactions feel good and the visuals are stunning.”
- “The graphics are the best I have ever seen.”
- “Sadly, there is only a small hand-picked number of artworks you can open in the game.”
- “I think we need some sort of vector graphics.”
- “Would be cool to have options to select, scale, and rotate selections and/or the whole artwork.”
music
28 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users praise the music aspect for its relaxing and immersive qualities, highlighting how sound-reactive brushes and audio features enhance creativity and make the VR art experience feel like a music visualizer. The ability to play personal music in the background while drawing adds enjoyment and flow, making the software appealing even to non-artists. Overall, music integration is seen as a standout and mood-enhancing feature that deepens engagement.
- “The haptic feedback, positional audio and the ability to draw in the air with your finger are fun enough but the new addition of brushes that respond to music playing on your PC as you draw with them just blew my mind.”
- “Part of that may be because you can have any music on in the background, and certain brushes actually react and pulse with the beat!”
- “I showed my mum some of the art I have been at least attempting to make in Tilt Brush and when I turned on the audio reactive features that move with whatever music you have playing she started crying.”
- “I showed my mum some of the art I have been at least attempting to make in Tilt Brush and when I turned on the audio reactive features that move with whatever music you have playing, she started crying.”
- “While there is much fun to be had with Tilt Brush (I really like the music-affected brushes!), the huge amount of missing options keeps it from being serious software.”
- “Right now I'm having issues recording videos using the camera mode. Somehow the video makes the images stop randomly and just get stuck while the music keeps going; still looking for answers.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story aspect is seen as emotionally impactful but somewhat sappy, with no clear narrative path. However, users express disappointment over lack of updates and compatibility issues, diminishing the experience for those hoping for immersive storytelling.
- “It is my 'killer app' and the whole reason that I am so passionate about the enormous potential of immersive storytelling.”
- “There is no set path, but it is hard to imagine what an art game with a story would be like.”
- “Despite the sappy emotional story, I encourage everyone at any age to pick up the Vive controllers and create something in Tilt Brush.”
- “Doesn't even work with Quest 3. I found they stopped updating this long ago and simply abandoned it.”
- “App doesn't work on my Oculus Quest through Oculus Link.”
- “There is no set path, making it hard to imagine what an art game with a story would be like.”
emotional
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players highlight the game's strong emotional impact, noting it evokes a meaningful artistic experience and encourages creativity. Despite some describing the story as sappy, many feel inspired and empowered to express themselves through the game's tools.
- “This is the first game that made me feel like I could be an artist.”
- “Despite the sappy emotional story, I encourage everyone at any age to pick up the Vive controllers and create something in Tilt Brush.”
- “Made me feel like an artist until I saw what I created.”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The optimization of the program is inconsistent, with some users experiencing poor performance despite powerful hardware, suggesting inefficient use of resources. However, upgrading to a more balanced system can result in smoother performance, indicating that optimization may favor specific hardware configurations.
- “- Smooth performance”
- “Now I realized that the performance could be an issue, so I sold my old computer and upgraded to a GTX 1060 OC on an i7 4770.”
- “I have a powerful PC, but this program is so poorly optimized.”
- “The Google team seems understaffed or to have a very slow moving roadmap and their own idea of the software being more of a YouTube or Twitch performance showcase rather than something useful for 3D artists.”
- “Now I realized that the performance could be an issue so I sold my old computer and upgraded to a GTX1060 OC on an i7 4770.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The pictionary mode offers extensive replayability with endless possibilities, though its appeal may be limited for those less interested in art.
- “The Pictionary mode (the dinosaur icon under the labs menu) has a lot of replay value.”
- “The possibilities are endless here, limitless replay value.”
- “However, if you're not that interested in art, you may not find it having that much replayability.”
gameplay
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay offers solid mechanics and good VR implementation with many options, but it may quickly become boring for players without an artistic interest or inclination to engage deeply with its features.
- “Good mechanics, good VR implementation, a lot of nice options.”
- “If you want to buy this game for a fun VR experience, I wouldn't recommend it, because you'll get bored quickly. You need an artistic gene to stay with this game and play with every mechanic.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is widely appreciated for its clever and amusing moments, such as funny observations about memory and playful comparisons to traditional art tools. Players find it genuinely entertaining and enjoy the lighthearted tone it brings to the VR artistic experience.
- “Hilarious and awesome.”
- “It is funny that you cannot remember what a chicken looks like even though I have seen thousands of chickens.”
- “As a full-time animator, I can say that Tilt Brush is definitely no Photoshop, but I think people will look back on this program as what started artistic VR 'games.' It's funny that I say 'I'm going to play Tilt Brush' and not 'I'm going to use Tilt Brush,' like I would with Photoshop (or GIMP, or Krita).”