Origami Lovers seeks a misplaced good friend on a papercraft island. It may be laborious to go looking an entire island usually, however having the ability to fold your self into animals makes it simpler.

In Origami Lovers you’re a human at first, exploring a world fabricated from cardboard and paper. Sometimes it crumbles and you need to discover new paths. I like this fashion of art work, which feels so distinctive and charming. Everything works like your common platformer recreation, with you exploring the island and looking for the correct paths that may result in your lacking cherished one. As you go additional within the recreation, nevertheless, indicators inform you learn how to fold your self. You don’t need to bodily fold your character – they do that mechanically – however the factor that you simply grow to be typically helps you get to the following space.

The first animal I ended up close to was the paper swan, which allowed me to glide over huge areas. Becoming a swan as an alternative of an individual is so simple as pushing a button whereas leaping, after which you may fly throughout quick distances. The subsequent character I ran into was a goat, which might ram the atmosphere to interrupt by obstacles and create new paths. Using these completely different talents to work together with the world provides a puzzle factor to the sport, particularly as you purchase extra animal kinds to modify between.

I used to be in a position to play a brief demo of Origami Lovers at Gamescom, the place I used to be drawn in by the artwork fashion. It obtained me very excited to play on this pretty world. I cherished the concept of having the ability to grow to be completely different paper animals and the way they’d aid you discover your love. 



Origami Lovers is at the moment in growth, however within the meantime, you may seize an early demo from itch.io.

Jupiter Hadley

Jupiter is a prolific indie recreation journalist, writing for Metro UK, Big Boss Battle, AlphaBetaGamer, and plenty of extra, all with a concentrate on smaller indie gems. She covers 1000’s of recreation jams and indie video games on her YouTube channel, letting each recreation have a second within the highlight. She runs indiegamejams.com, a calendar of all the recreation jams happening on the earth, judges many jams and occasions. Jupiter can also be the Adept Games Wizard at Armor Games.