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I'm Not a Paper Person! by Linus Lindberg

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made by Linus Lindberg for LD26 (COMPO)
In this simple puzzle platformer you use the mouse to place items on the on the screen to help the paper person get to the star on each level.

The minimalism lies in the one-button controls and the visual style.

Controls:

Left Click - pick up/place item
R - Restart level

You cannot control the paper person. He will walk in one direction until he hits a wall and then he will walk the other way. When rotated he will keep his walking direction, not as you see it, but from his point of view.

I hope you enjoy it!

Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/eqkl6uicvxuusw4/PaperPerson.zip?token_hash=AAGi0RGJvhD7S-N-uuhpd-_U3E5T_pzk1eyVJuGaGazDlw&dl=1
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/9qt0iwll6ryuvfe/PaperPersonMac.zip?token_hash=AAHfzg41GmJear-nGwnGfEWr98ecPeAKed3FIprznx3ajg&dl=1
Love 2d file https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/3alq94uy3ql20um/PaperPerson.love?token_hash=AAHKAoPtPuUBwz9Zdsl-6aSme1PNM80njq7VVT7R9LV36A&dl=1
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/ahu8ieiau9d9y3b/Source.zip?token_hash=AAEmk7aw0Bkwh1trN4Nrdzz8hC--5mZe5uH3DWxDd8Q-9w&dl=1
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=20066

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.35 375
Audio 2.38 748
Fun 3.23 332
Graphics 3.33 352
Humor 2.39 452
Innovation 3.19 494
Mood 2.74 696
Theme 3.55 545

Feedback

zanzindorf
28. Apr 2013 路 23:05 UTC
Nice. I liked the puzzles. They had a good learning curve.
Kiwiboi
29. Apr 2013 路 06:30 UTC
Cute and interesting game! I liked the sounds haha.
馃帳 Linus Lindberg
29. Apr 2013 路 06:58 UTC
Thanks guys! :)
Updated, Now it runs on mac!
guestcheap
29. Apr 2013 路 07:18 UTC
Love the art style. Game mechanic is well-implemented too.
Mekuri
29. Apr 2013 路 07:40 UTC
Very good game. I even managed to beat it :-) It was very fun, and I would definitely play this game if more levels were added. Very good job!
JaJ
29. Apr 2013 路 08:23 UTC
I wouldn't really count mouse controls as "one button" since you have full use of the x and y axis,but it was a really fun and clever game.
Tahooey
29. Apr 2013 路 08:24 UTC
Nice game, funny sounds :)
Gustera
29. Apr 2013 路 08:25 UTC
I need a button to restart level !
Sebastian
29. Apr 2013 路 08:26 UTC
Cool puzzles, graphics are pretty neat too!
KristianGibson
29. Apr 2013 路 08:28 UTC
I quite liked it it invoked thought.
Idovoodoo
29. Apr 2013 路 08:29 UTC
I like the paper artwork!
馃帳 Linus Lindberg
29. Apr 2013 路 08:32 UTC
Thanks guys!

@Gustera: You can restart the level by pressing "R".. I wrote the in the description but I didn't have time to write it in the actual game... sorry about that!
kurrik
29. Apr 2013 路 08:36 UTC
Some of the puzzles seemed a bit speed-focused (difficult on a trackpad) but I enjoyed figuring out the tricky ones! Nice work!
martijn
29. Apr 2013 路 08:41 UTC
The fact that you sometimes have to react fast at the start is somewhat annoying
rockford
29. Apr 2013 路 08:41 UTC
Quite fun, well done, very playable, however repetitive.
Xgor
29. Apr 2013 路 10:11 UTC
Pretty nice, would be nice if you had a bit animation and the collisions would be better but otherwise it looked good.
Needs a restart button, I got stuck in a loop on one level and had to close the game. :(
馃帳 Linus Lindberg
29. Apr 2013 路 10:49 UTC
To restart press "R"

I really should've written that somewhere in the game XD
donan
29. Apr 2013 路 11:17 UTC
Wow, really nice puzzles game. Like the drawn style and the gameplay.
Corofides
29. Apr 2013 路 11:23 UTC
I really loved the art of this game I must admit. Something about the crudely shaded squares, just, yes. The game was pretty fun too with some nice puzzles.
Jod
29. Apr 2013 路 11:29 UTC
LOVED this. I am impressed with how well this fits the theme. The simple gameplay is pretty addictive (I got stuck around level 7 ><). Colour me impressed!

Hah, get it. Colour? Because it's in black and white.

...

I'll get my coat.
HelkeGames
29. Apr 2013 路 12:55 UTC
I loved this game!! :)
enzo
29. Apr 2013 路 18:24 UTC
if I had one word to describe this game, it would be 'crisp', from the textured backgrounds to the puzzles to the nice crunch when you put down an item
hgouveia
29. Apr 2013 路 22:37 UTC
Love the art , very good game
maloki
30. Apr 2013 路 01:14 UTC
Love the art. :D The puzzles got sneakier later on, but the earlier levels prepared me for it. Nice work on puzzle design!

At first reminded me of VVVVVV, and then suddenly it was not just up and down but left and right.

Just when I was having fun, it ended. :(
EdoMiyamoto
30. Apr 2013 路 07:31 UTC
Despite the lack of animation, it's a pretty game with solid gameplay :)
Ysty
30. Apr 2013 路 13:39 UTC
Very nice concept, and the puzzles are really well designed.
馃帳 Linus Lindberg
30. Apr 2013 路 14:51 UTC
Thank you guys so much for all the nice comments :)
Jellycakes
30. Apr 2013 路 22:02 UTC
Nice! Liked the mechanics and the sound effects. One puzzle took me a little bit but it was interesting to play. Nice one!
fr_automatik
01. May 2013 路 18:04 UTC
That game feel unpolished, it could profit from some animation of the character.
Good idea.
little_polygon
05. May 2013 路 03:45 UTC
Heh, this is in the same spirit as our game eraserland but backwards! awesome!
Milo
05. May 2013 路 21:45 UTC
This is a pretty interesting puzzle. I got stuck on one level fairly far in, but until then, the difficulty seemed to increase nicely (although a lot of this increase was in time pressure more than intrinsically more difficult puzzles). I agree that animation would help this - if only because the arrows, as they are now, are kind of confusing since I usually think in terms of flips rather than rotations. I do like the graphics here though - it's got a nice aesthetic, and the audio helps reinforce that.