Narrative Adventure 'Bub' Blends Papercraft Art With Memory Exploration
The game's analog-material art style and memory-sliding structure stood out among the Day of the Devs lineup as a distinctive tactile experience.
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At Summer Game Fest 2026, Day of the Devs featured a hands-on demo of 'Bub,' a narrative adventure from New York-based studio Paperfrog. The game uses paper-cut, paint, and collage visuals to depict memories. Play involves movement, interaction, and timed input sequences, with transitions from conversation to memory fragments.
At Summer Game Fest 2026's Play Days event, the Day of the Devs showcase included a hands-on demo of 'Bub,' a narrative adventure developed and published by New York-based studio Paperfrog. The game, created primarily by Case Jernigan and Todd Anderson, uses thousands of paper-cut and painted frames to create a handcrafted visual world. According to its Steam page, the story is about turning memories into art while you still can.
The demo, under 20 minutes, begins with a protagonist carrying a bicycle down stairs in the rain. Controls are limited to movement and interaction, with scenes advancing through investigation and dialogue. Trivial exchanges and unexpected events trigger shifts into past memories, with transitions reflected in changes to the artwork. A music-game-style timed input sequence also appears, using directional prompts that match the game's artistic presentation.
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