Among flat

by nosoy

Hide among the cardboard, don’t stand out, and follow the instructions to escape.
E - to flip instruction, and eteract

The downloadable build is more stable (on Google Drive).

Comments46

AppoxGames
AppoxGames19 Oct 2026, 22:43
Not sure if i'm doing it wrong, but i stood on the highlighted cog and pressed E but couldnt pick it up. Also i could not look around? Is that intended? Very interesting game tough, let me know and I'll revisit since i got stuck.
Ulziton
Ulziton19 Oct 2026, 22:47
Maybe the best vusial I saw on ludums ever
demarsh7219 Oct 2026, 22:47
@appoxgames Please try clicking the screen with the cursor to activate it. If it still doesn’t work, you can download the Windows build. Thank you for your understanding. We’re school students, we’re 17 years old.
Lvsth0pe
Lvsth0pe19 Oct 2026, 22:55
The visual aspect of the game really caught my attention. It reminds me of a cartoon from my childhood, where a character, a sort of rag doll, had the number 6 drawn on their chest. If you know what cartoon I'm referring to, please let me know—I've been searching for it for a while.

Overall, I'm not entirely clear on how the scene is developed, but I still like it.
demarsh7219 Oct 2026, 22:58
@lvsth0pe кинь че в переводчик накатал пж, спасибо за отзыв
Lera19 Oct 2026, 23:00
@lvsth0pe Do you mean the animated film “Nine”? I love it very much. We’re glad you liked our style, and we wish you good luck in your game.
1ncors19 Oct 2026, 23:14
Cool style, great concept. But it seems too hard for me I didn’t realize at first that you need to jump several times before turning the wheel. Very mean colleagues.
AxolotlUwU
AxolotlUwU19 Oct 2026, 23:17
Visual style is something, but i saw somee problems with tutorial - it is'nt native thing and i'm as a person with eye problems feel too uncomfortable to play it actually. But at all it's great job guys!
FWAEH19 Oct 2026, 23:35
poor sound design, poor controls, excellent graphics
Maxim Cheryshev20 Oct 2026, 00:06
If this was truly made in 3 days, then the developer has been touched by God
Arina Belova20 Oct 2026, 00:09
The best visual! You can quickly create a game with such cool visuals and a great mechanics, too, perfect. The programmers and artista must xlearly wanted to die while making this - well done, guys. I like that textures, looked so good.
dimanuello20 Oct 2026, 00:14
Best vusial on this ludums
EOShadows
EOShadows20 Oct 2026, 06:14
Great game, really loved the graphics. I especially loved the main menu, felt really polished. I literally just moved the volume control back and forth for a while cus of how cool it was. Enjoyed the gameplay as well though it took me a bit to figure out what I was supposed to do (for some reason I was completely oblivious to the ticket beckoning me over to the desk haha). Love the drawing mechanic as well, allowed for some extra fun inbetween making gears. Also liked the Halloween drawings thrown in there for the season. Overall I have to say this feels like a really cool demo for a bigger game, the comment on the other side of the instructions and some of the other mechanics kinda give me the impression there's a larger story intended. (also I agree with the other comments, incredible what you achieved in under 72 hours)
Gayane
Gayane20 Oct 2026, 10:03
Очень нравится визуальный стиль, видно что постарались и вложили всю душу. из самого сложного было понять что надо попрыгать чтобы вырезать шестеренку.
woona20 Oct 2026, 10:07
I liked how many interactive objects there are in the game. Drawing on top of other "workers" who are actually just slacking off is fun.

To be honest, I couldn't figure out how to play. I figured out that I can place the gear in the machine but couldn't find where to get new sheets for making new gears. More detailed instructions would be great!
Nursultan20 Oct 2026, 11:00
Nice work! Really fun core loop and a clever take on the theme. Had a great time playing through it!
Left my scores. Greetings from the Meow Bomb team — if you're looking for more games to play and rate, come check out our bomb-crafting cat!
Re-Markable
Re-Markable20 Oct 2026, 12:31
Such a lovely art style and I absolutely love the drawing mechanic!!! Would love to see a bigger narrative with this where you escape becoming another "cog in the machine" yourself.
psst20 Oct 2026, 13:28
It's really nice to play this game! I really liked the mechanic with drawing the people. Keep it up
Milana20 Oct 2026, 13:45
Wow! Just wow! I have no words, the visual style so so good!
Endejck
Endejck20 Oct 2026, 14:23
Воу! Визуальный стиль просто огонь, очень круто! Рад, что раза с 5го смог пройти, очень круто и красиво сделано!
AdelinaArtist17
AdelinaArtist1720 Oct 2026, 15:27
The visuals are very cool, but the controls were not very clear, there was a lack of a tutorial.
Uliana20 Oct 2026, 17:44
The game is very beautiful and atmospheric. I liked that there are many different mechanics, especially the fact that you can paint humans.
Was difficult to understand how to make gears. and the second type of gear when I made it, the mechanism didn’t accept it, nor did it change externally
Lera20 Oct 2026, 17:47
@uliana Thank you for the kind words. Make sure you’ve made a suitable gear. If the mechanism doesn’t accept it, make sure you’ve dipped it in a suitable container of water. Have fun playing!
Maksim Shalaev
Maksim Shalaev20 Oct 2026, 19:03
Крутая игра, можно рисовать всякие гадости на лицах недовольных
ronychh20 Oct 2026, 19:54
Визуал реально очень классный, да и сама идея, багов никаких не было. Ребята большие молодцы, очень интересная и классная игра
battlecaster10820 Oct 2026, 21:05
игра имеет шикарный визуальный 3D стиль, механика интересная однако не совсем понятно управление и пришлось долго думать как выполнить задачу, а игра сама по себе очень хорошая и круто сделана, анимация смерти прикольная
KsenOzwar20 Oct 2026, 21:24
Большой объем для людума и очень цепляющие визуал с идеей. Более чем уверен что игра бехолдер была у вас в рефах, обожаю подобную стилистику. Теперь оч хочется продолжение или вторую часть
Lera20 Oct 2026, 21:51
@Ksenozwar Спасибо за теплые слова! По большей части мы вдохновлялись bendy и paperhead, но у бехолдер тоже очень похожий визуальный стиль, рады что вам понравилось. Хорошей игры!
JohnCoffee20 Oct 2026, 22:06
i was primarily confused about what to do, but looks nice. Well done.
AO-85
AO-8520 Oct 2026, 22:15
Awesome, your game is magnificent! I had a blast playing it, really cool stuff
rat-balls20 Oct 2026, 22:22
Few bugs here and there but overrall what a super good project. Very polished graphics, nice sound design, and quite a lot of gameplay for a jam game ! Nice idea, and the game has a fun tone to it, great job.
Markwer20 Oct 2026, 22:41
It’s a really cool game, but it lacks a cursor in the center of the screen or some kind of center‑point indicator, because I missed a couple of times when interacting.
Tetracold
Tetracold21 Oct 2026, 00:12
absolutely love the art direction I think super fun that you guys chose cardboard and makes the game stand out so much, this will definitely be one of my favorite games visually this jam. The game oozes charm with all the little details, especially the death animation where they physically carry you to the press I thought it was actually really funny.
Really cool that the game lets you draw on the characters I think it's both a cool little feature even if it is just for fun. I wish there was a music track it would have been perfect

It took me a bit to understand what to do but once I did it was pretty clear. it is pretty clearly communicated, I should have just read the instructions a little more carefully lol. I did not understand how balancing the tray works it just always fell no matter how tried to control it and it seems like the workers just sit in the lunch room for the rest of the game, i was hoping that they would eventually return in the main room
corruptde
corruptde21 Oct 2026, 01:16
это очень красиво. классная игра вот правда
TOSHIY
TOSHIY21 Oct 2026, 06:45
невероятный визуал, очень люблю такое! проделана большая работа, вы молодцы!
mailsbert21 Oct 2026, 11:09
The in-game graphics look like they were made for Steam—everything from the textures and models to the animations. I’ve figured out what I need to do, but not how to actually do it.
Still, drawing nasty things on the backs of people’s heads is pretty fun.
Roitchie
Roitchie21 Oct 2026, 11:55
The art style in this is so cool. One of the best of the jam for sure. The death animation where I got pressed into the machine by all the characters was intense and funny to me. Really enjoyed it. I like how the instructions and tutorial is diegetic and part of the scene. This was a really unique and fun entry.

If there's any improvement I could suggest it would be having some interact prompt appear when you can interact with something.

Great entry overall, well done!
Diana Zubareva
Diana Zubareva21 Oct 2026, 11:58
Визуально очень круто и геймплейно тоже, как кнопочки двигаются, как все сделано, а механика маркера пробудила художника, всех разрисовала сердечками и огромными глазами👀
Scribee21 Oct 2026, 12:58
Great visuals and super interesting gameplay!
Scribee21 Oct 2026, 12:58
Great visuals and super interesting gameplay!
apokrypha
apokrypha21 Oct 2026, 12:58
I love the aesthetics of the game and the cardboard theme. The game is well polished and the environment is well done !!
Lopstar_VI21 Oct 2026, 15:30
Cool game with interesting plot and art. I recommed to play this game.
Zaikorrr21 Oct 2026, 18:57
One of the best (if not the best) 2D visualized. Congratulations!!
Zaikorrr21 Oct 2026, 18:57
One of the best (if not the best) 2D visualized. Congratulations!!
Helgust21 Oct 2026, 20:30
That great! I couldn't imagine how much effort was in this game! Very good for 3 days!
Nice art and mechanincs!

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