Local Paper Small Town

Local Paper Small Town is a two-player co-op puzzle game about spreading happiness through a quirky papercraft town. One player explores the town in VR while the other uses a physical newspaper from the fictional Canadian town of Smalltown. The players communicate to solve puzzles and uncover the characters’ stories and places in the world.

Two ways to play

The VR player explores the papercraft town, moves cardboard cutout characters, enters codes and solves puzzles. The newspaper player reads and scans the newspaper’s pages for clues, then helps the VR player advance by working out answers together. The game is designed for the newspaper player not to see the VR screen, though they can look at it for an easier experience.

Puzzles and stories

Players fill in a crossword in the newspaper and use what they learn about the characters to solve puzzles in VR. The experience is similar to a collaborative escape room, with a focus on narrative. It takes about one hour and is best played locally, with a speaker so both players can hear the audio.