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co-authored: @pilphr

🖨️ The Printer Has Other Plans.

One tiny doodle. One ancient dot-matrix printer. One very bad attitude.

You're a little doodle trapped inside a 1980s dot-matrix printer.

The good news? The printer is creating the world beneath your feet.

The bad news? It really doesn't like you.

Jump across freshly printed platforms, dodge hostile ink creatures, survive paper jams and sudden reversals, and occasionally give the machine a good whack when it refuses to cooperate.

The printer is old. It's angry. And it's absolutely convinced that everything is your fault.

🎮 Play the Game

👉 PLAY LINE FEED IN YOUR BROWSER

⚙️ What to Expect

- Print-to-exist platforming — Platforms appear as the dot-matrix head prints them.
- Mechanical mayhem — Paper reversals, missing ink, paper jams, and moving hazards.
- Printer tantrums — The machine has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.
- Percussive maintenance — Sometimes you really do just have to hit it.
- Personal records — Finish the game, get your performance review, and try to beat your best score!

🕹️ Controls

Move: A / D or Arrow Keys

Jump: Space / W / Up Arrow

Pause: P or Escape

Restart: R

Sound: M

Gamepad supported!

*Tip: Dark printed ink is solid. Watch the printer head to see where your next platforms will appear.*

🏆 Ludum Dare 60

Theme: OLD TECH

What better way to celebrate Old Tech than with one of the most wonderfully frustrating machines ever invented?

We wanted the old dot-matrix printer to be more than a visual theme. Its print head, ink ribbon, continuous-feed paper, tractor rollers, and mechanical failures are the game mechanics.

👨‍💻 Made by HollowTech Labs

A two-person Ludum Dare Jam project.

Team: thedudeintx & Pilphr

Studio: HollowTech Labs

Engine: Godot

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PAPER JAM DETECTED.

CAUSE: YOU.

Comments7

pankun18 Oct 2026, 18:00

This printer creates drawings with a lot of feeling, and the gameplay is fun too, but unfortunately, the printer stutters, making the character's jumps not so smooth.

thedudeintxauthor19 Oct 2026, 00:54

@pankun Thank you for the feedback. I've been able to make some performance improvements.

Z1BIkS19 Oct 2026, 12:16

Visually and conceptually, the game is interesting. I just don't understand how to get past the part shown in the screenshot—plus, the character seems a bit too blurry, and !!! and XXX look kind of strange against the background of the other objects.

ancooper19 Oct 2026, 16:10

The EPIC MAD PRINTER. It was so much fun!

CodeAprèsMinuit20 Oct 2026, 10:26

Fun game, with a gradual and well-balanced difficulty curve! I got fired! :D

Sevansevan20 Oct 2026, 13:57

Impressive! Visuals are so smooth!

tucan21 Oct 2026, 04:54

This is cool, I liked it! My completion time was 4:50.68! I liked how you ramp-up the difficulty level, it kept it interesting the whole time! Good job!