Foldscape

A hand-drawn perspective puzzle, made for iPhone Duo.

The phone is an architect’s sketchbook and the fold is its binding. Every puzzle is one small building drawn twice: the plan from above on the lower half, the elevation from the front on the upper. Open or close the phone and the elevation tilts with the hinge, and what you see is what is true.

Trailer, 33 seconds, with sound. The phone is a drawing; the game runs at iPhone Duo’s screen size.

On iPhone Duo, the hinge is the dial

The game on iPhone Duo’s inner screen beside a side view of the phone opened to 138 degrees: the elevation tilts to 45 degrees and two ledges meet. — **Half open**The hinge at 138° tilts the elevation to 45°, where two ledges meet in the drawing and Nokta walks across.

The game with the phone opened flat: plan and elevation lie on one page. — **Open flat**Past 170° the elevation lies down on the plan, and the last chapter plays on one page.

On every other iPhone the same book plays with a dial drawn on the binding.

Seven chapters, one book

II · Point of ViewTilt the elevation to see what the plan hides.
III · IllusionWhere two ledges meet in the drawing, Nokta walks across.
IV · Pop-upTurn past a card’s fold and it stands up out of the page.
V · Worm’s-EyeBelow straight on, the elevation looks up from underneath.
VI · WaterStop the outlet and the pond rises, carrying Nokta with it.
VII · One PageLay the book open flat and plan and elevation join.

The book

Puzzles: 71, in seven chapters
Pace: No timers, no fail states, graded hints
Drawn: Every line, letter and icon by a simulated pen
Heard: A generative score for each chapter
Access: VoiceOver, Reduce Motion, Increase Contrast, Larger Text
Languages: English, Turkish

Coming in 2027 to iPhone and iPhone Duo.A game by Can Cermikli.