#papercade

2014 has been an incredible year for us here at Hololabs, and we have you - our friends, family, and supporters - to thank for it!

Lots happened this year, including some good funding news from the CMF, the launch of Phonophotopia, and of course, the worldwide launch of Papercade.

There's lots more in the hopper, and we can't wait to share 2015 with you.

It's that time of the year again!

MIGS 2014 is just around the corner, and Hololabs will be there in full force. We will be showcasing the latest version of Papercade in the new Demo Zone, and Astrid will be speaking about the Canada Media Fund.

If you're coming to town and are interested in meeting please do send us an email, or get in touch on LinkedIn.

Hello Papercaders!

A new update to Papercade is now live on the App Store: recording and sharing videos directly from the game. Videos, like this one, or this one, can be made while playing any of the mini-games in the Play tab or even while crafting your own. There are two types of videos that you can record, which are outlined below.

Basic Video Recording At the end of any Papercade you will see a new button (under replay and like) that says Share Replay Video. Tap that button and you will instantly be able to share your gameplay with friends on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, or by email.

Recording Live Commentary Before beginning any Papercade - where you see the game information if you're playing, or the kit information before crafting - you will notice a new set of buttons at the bottom of the card (under the play / start craftingbutton). These are to enable audio recording or even a picture-in-picture video recording to accompany the gameplay.

Advanced Features In the share window there are a couple other options available to make your Papercade video more personal. One is to add your own message and hashtags to encourage friends to watch your masterpiece. The other is to preview and edit the video by tapping the video thumbnail.

That's it! Remember to share your videos with us and the Papercade community on Facebook and Twitter.

The evening of October 16, 2014 we will be presenting Papercade at the October edition of the MRGS Craft Meetup. Held monthly, these meetups focus on the craft and experience of designing games.

Throughout Papercade's development we have often sought feedback from local game developers and enthusiasts. Our presentation on Thursday will be a discussion on the evolution of Papercade as a result of this feedback and - now that Papercade is live on the App Store - what type of improvements can be made to create a better in-game experience for our budding creative community.

Mobile app lets players transform photos into games and broadcast interactive, 3D stories to the world

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MONTREAL – October 9, 2014 – Independent game developer Hololabs today announced the launch of its mini-game maker, the mobile app Papercade.

Papercade debuts in the spotlight, headlining as an Official Digital Selection at this year’s international game festival IndieCade, October 9-12 in LA. Designed for all ages, free and easy to use, Papercade delivers a new experience to the growing worldwide audience making and sharing games today. Players can create “storygames” from funny to fantastical, from personal to political—and everything in between.

“We were inspired by the miniature worlds and dioramas that we built inside shoe boxes when we were kids,” said Hololabs Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, Paul Warne. “Papercade brings back this simple joy of crafting and sharing stories from things we make ourselves.”

Charming sets and a vintage feel form the backdrop for Papercade, where players can place their own heroes, villains and props into the mix. Papercade provides a range of tools and actions to make original storygames and share them with friends. Players can easily customize characters from images of family, friends and pets, placing these cutouts into 3D scrapbook environments. “In designing Papercade, we challenged ourselves to develop a mobile game that brings together the hands-on and nostalgic elements of today’s maker movements with the world’s insatiable appetite for taking and sharing photos,” said Hololabs Co-founder and CTO, Mike Wozniewski. Papercade is available now on the App Store for iPad. Click HERE to download.

Watch the Papercade trailer HERE. About Hololabs Studio Inc.

Hololabs is an award-winning production studio founded by industry veterans Paul Warne and Mike Wozniewski with the aim of developing new technologies to better serve creativity and play. The studio's latest title Papercade, a mobile app for creating and sharing storygames, was financed in part through the generous support of the Canada Media Fund.

Links:

Download Papercade Papercade Website and Trailer Media Kit Facebook Twitter Hololabs Corporate Website

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We are delighted to announce that Papercade is now available for iPad in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. So hit that download button and join in on the scrapgaming fun!

Need a refresher? Papercade is an iPad game for playing, crafting, and sharing mini-game dioramas. You can use Papercade to:

Play storygames made by fellow community members from around the world

Create custom characters by importing your own photographs into your dioramas

Personalize each mini-game with backdrops, music, paper cutouts, speech bubbles, and more

Share your creations with friends and the community

It's been a long time coming for us to get Papercade up into the App Store, and we are really looking forward to seeing what you make!

Of course, this is just the beginning, and we will be working on adding lots more features to the game as the community grows. You can help shape the creative community - and the game itself - by letting us know on Facebook and Twitter what you would like to see, or like to see changed, in Papercade.

Happy crafting!

Hey there everyone,

Get ready to say hello to scrapgaming! All of us here at Hololabs are excited to announce that we have officially launched our first public version of Papercade- and it’s free right now in the Australian and New Zealand App Stores.

Need a refresher? Papercade is a free game for iPad where you assemble playable dioramas from paper cutouts. You can customize the characters by using your own photographs, and make original cutouts with colourful digital paper. You can also personalize your dioramas with backdrops, music, and themed cutouts that come with the game.

Papercade is a free-to-play game where you can:

Craft paper cutouts using your own photos or digital paper

Use themed cutouts, backdrops, and music already in the game

Assemble stories using playable kits

Link kits together using Multibox Mode

Publish your stories for others to play

Play Papercades from around the world

Fun stuff.

So get crafting! Be the first person in the world to make an interactive rugby diorama or play mini-games made by your friends.

Remember to share your screenshots with us on Facebook and Twitter.

Stay crafty, Team Papercade