Paper Man

Paper Man is a short dual-character puzzle prototype set inside an artist’s studio.

Players alternate between a first-person Artist and a Paper Person who moves across drawings and other created surfaces. Each character can observe the consequences of the other’s actions, but neither can progress alone.

Core Mechanic

The Paper Person’s body is also the resource used to draw paths. Longer lines create more traversable space, but remove parts of the character and reduce their movement abilities.

Players must balance the immediate benefit of creating a route against the abilities required to finish it.

Features

• Switch between a first-person Artist and a 2.5D Paper Person
• Draw traversable paths using the Paper Person’s body resource
• Experience movement changes as the character loses body parts
• Move between artwork surfaces positioned throughout a 3D studio
• Cross connected surfaces and ninety-degree wall transitions
• Reset failed drawings without reloading the scene

Controls

Artist

• WASD — Move
• Mouse — Look
• E — Interact
• Tab — Switch character
• Esc — Pause or release the cursor

Paper Person

• A / D — Move
• Space — Jump
• Tab — Switch character
• Left Mouse Button — Draw and commit a path
• Right Mouse Button — Cancel the current drawing
• R — Reset drawings, body resource and checkpoint position

Development

Paper Man was developed by a four-person student team during a short production sprint.

Ian Chen served as Team Lead and was responsible for game design, gameplay programming, level and system design, technical integration, and project management.

Team Credits

• Ian Chen — Team Lead, Game Design, Gameplay Programming and Technical Integration
• Arlen — Secondary Programming and Technical Support
• Sue — Environment Art and 3D Assets
• Sana — Concept Art, 2D Assets and UI

Download and Launch

1. Download the Windows ZIP file.
2. Extract the entire folder.
3. Run Paper man.exe.

A 64-bit Windows computer and keyboard and mouse are required.

Prototype Notice

This is a student prototype and may contain unfinished presentation, balancing issues or technical rough edges.