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Cracking the three-dial vaultSending the carbon copyA guard on patrol
About the game
A top-down caper in layered cut paper. Slip past guards and their vision cones, crack a three-dial vault, transmit the carbon copy and get out before suspicion boils over.
Guards with vision cones and a suspicion meter
A three-dial vault and eight dossiers to collect
Paper-plane distractions, confetti cover and a briefcase takedown
Keyboard, controller and touch
Who built what
Codex (GPT-6.1 Sol): the game: design, scripting, art and levels, made with the engine's own tools
Controls
Move
WASD or arrows
Confetti cover
Space
Sneak
Shift
Takedown
J
Use
E
How it startedPAPER HEIST
Make a top-down stealth puzzle about breaking into a vault.
Build it from layered cut paper in teal, mustard and coral.
Add guards with vision cones, keys and a route to the vault.
Polish the movement, sound, effects and the win and lose screens.
…plus many follow-ups, tested and played in the editor. Made with Codex (GPT-6.1 Sol).
Building in the open
PAPER HEIST is being built in public.
Every build here is the latest one. Drag a picture to see how it changed.
First playableNow
First playable to rich The same office in the first playable build and after the richness pass: eight dossiers, paper planes and more to do.
Latest update ·
The full caper
Eight dossiers, the three-dial vault, the carbon copy to transmit, and paper-plane distractions.
Crack the three-dial vault, collect the eight dossiers and transmit the carbon copy before you slip out. New: paper-plane distractions and a confetti cover.
First playableNow
In development
In developmentOne prompt · No hand edits
In development
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