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Paper Trail, A First Look by flotsam #1323780
06/20/24 10:42 PM
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This is a fiendish top-down world based on paper folding.

It reminded me of Garogoa, and then it reminded me of Contrast. Both are games in which the manipulation of the world in different planes matters.
I am only about 40 minutes of playtime in and it is already hurting my brain. It's simple in its construction, and way less so in its solution.

Simplistically, you fold the scene in front of you like a big piece of origami in order to progress through the world. A bridge might be broken which is preventing you from getting to where you want to go; can you fold the world in a way that will produce a complete bridge? You do that by dragging the scene from any corner or edge, and rest assured a way forward will eventuate.

At first it's straightforward, but very quickly becomes way more elaborate; fold this, move there, fold it back, move somewhere else, fold something else, and move on. Hopefully.

I have recently needed to push boulders around, in order to just move past them and then to trigger pressure pads to remove blockades. I expect there will be other similar things to come.

Your character's thoughts are voiced, everything else is heard in gibberish and subtitled.

I am point and clicking but the keyboard works as well.

The autosave feature has meant I have needed to play beyond when I wanted to stop. I do wish games wouldn't do that, but it's the only negative aspect to date. Everything else is so much puzzling fun.


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Re: Paper Trail, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1323784
06/20/24 10:57 PM
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Thanks flotsam (and Drac)! This is also on my wishlist. I hope those autosaves aren't too far apart.

Re: Paper Trail, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1323820
06/21/24 08:48 AM
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Thanks so much for this first look, flotsam! Much appreciated. thumbsup

And thank you too, Drac. wave

Re: Paper Trail, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1323824
06/21/24 09:11 AM
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This looks like a lot of fun.

Thanks for the first look flotsam and thank you Drac


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Re: Paper Trail, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1323825
06/21/24 09:13 AM
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Thanks so much for the first look, flotsam! It sounds like fun!

Thank you Drac!

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Re: Paper Trail, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1324507
06/30/24 11:05 PM
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A bit over 2 hours in and have finished the first substantial area (The Cave) and it continues to be beguilingly challenging.
Not surprisingly, the more you play the more you learn about how the game works. The domino tiles and the right click that reveals information on the back of what you might fold are two cases in point.
The autosaves do seem to be closer than I appreciated.
You can find origami figures just for fun and do other things to receive achievments. It adds to the challenge or perhaps not, depending on whether you want to chase them.
Based on the world map I have 7 more locations to complete, which suggests a whole lot of folding is still to come!


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Re: Paper Trail, A First Look by flotsam [Re: Draclvr] #1324510
07/01/24 01:16 AM
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I hope it continues to be enjoyable for you! The game will remain on my wishlist for now.

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