Fold & Forge

The idea

Fold & Forge is a small experiment: a puzzle where the shape comes from a sequence of folds rather than from drawing. Paper, an anvil, a blueprint.

The mechanic

One gesture, one fold. The blank has to match the blueprint on screen; a fold cannot be undone, so every step is a decision. Levels are short, ten seconds to a minute, sized for a coffee queue.

State

A prototype: the core mechanic and a level editor work, final art and sound do not exist yet. The project is deliberately kept narrow to find out whether it deserves months of work.

Why bother

Prototypes like this are a cheap way to test taste. If a mechanic cannot hold attention across ten levels, it will not hold across a hundred.