Local Paper Small Town
Local Paper Small Town is a 2-player co-op puzzle game about spreading happiness around a quirky papercraft town.
Team up with a friend, using a physical newspaper and VR, to discover Smalltown and its charming cast of characters by communicating and relating between both formats.
One player explores the town in VR, solving puzzles by moving cardboard cutout characters around, entering codes, and working with the second player to fill in their newspaper crossword puzzle and deducing each character’s story and place in the game world. The second player, equipped with the PDF of the Smalltown newspaper, reads and scans pages for clues that may help both players advance the game state by solving puzzles in VR thanks to their shared understanding of the characters, similar to a collaborative escape room, but with more narrative flavouring.
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How to play:
In this two-player experience, one player is equipped with a newspaper from a fictional Canadian town, and the other player explores a papercraft version of this town in virtual reality. Please find the newspaper PDF in the game folder.
- This game is for two players: one with the newspaper, one playing VR.
- The game lasts about one hour, and is best played in local co-op with a speaker for both players to hear the audio.
- Be sure to communicate well with your partner to solve puzzles, discover character stories, and complete the game.
- VR player: In addition to teleporting, you can grab characters and move them around to solve puzzles.
- Newspaper player: The game was designed to be played with the newspaper player not seeing the game screen. However, if you prefer to have an easier time, you could check what the other player is seeing in VR.
Have fun in Smalltown!
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Created as a mixed media semester project at the Cologne Game Lab. Nominated for the Ubisoft Newcomer Award at the German Developer Awards 2020.
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Игра 'Local Paper Small Town' – это увлекательный симулятор управления местной газетой. С первых минут погружаешься в атмосферу небольшого городка со своими тайнами, интригами и, конечно же, новостями. Очень понравилась необходимость принимать решения, которые напрямую влияют на репутацию издания и отношение горожан. Выбор статей, рекламных баннеров и даже формата газеты – все это имеет значение.
Отдельно хочется отметить проработанных персонажей и их истории. Вроде бы просто жители, но каждый имеет свою уникальную мотивацию и влияние на события. Иногда приходится идти на компромиссы с совестью ради выгоды, а порой – стоять на своем, защищая правду, даже если это непопулярно.
Из минусов могу отметить, что иногда не хватает глубины в управлении финансами. Бюджет кажется немного оторванным от реалий газетного бизнеса. В целом, игра затягивает своим геймплеем и предлагает интересную альтернативу типичным экономическим симуляторам. Рекомендую всем, кто интересуется журналистикой и любит игры, в которых каждое решение имеет последствия.