OVERPRINT

About the game

Keep the presses running at The All-Nighter. The current Overprint prototype is a five-minute Shop Floor run: steer Pip, let three Burst drums print automatically, mix their ink fields and collect type for upgrades. Four paper-moth silhouettes chase you across the shop. This is a playable proof of the core loop, with the full nights and story still in development.

Features

Play a five-minute Shop Floor proof with a floating touch stick. Pink, teal and yellow Burst drums fire automatically.
Mix ink layers into Flare, Vine, Plum Sink and Key. Visible fields match the active ink in the run.
Collect type for XP and pick from a twelve-upgrade pool. Health, level, moth count and the proof timer stay visible.
Face four paper-moth silhouettes—Flyer, Receipt, Newsprint and Envelope—using a shared chase behavior in this prototype.
Pause, resume, reach win or loss results, and start another proof.
Save a 1024 × 1448 print PNG on the device at the end of a run. The prototype saves it in app storage; it has no public gallery or share sheet.
All three drums start at level one in this proof so mixing can be tried immediately. The planned game still starts with pink alone.

Concept art

Concept art explores the intended look; it is separate from phone prototype images.

Pip in a yellow apron holds a pink roller inside a print shop beneath three swirling bands of ink. — Concept artTitle artwork used by the phone prototype. Art direction, separate from a game capture.

Top-down concept of a print shop with Pip, paper moths and overlapping pink, teal and yellow ink fields. — Concept artPrint-shop combat concept: a visual target for the finished game. The current proof uses simpler moth silhouettes and flat ink fields.

Character design sheet of Pip with goggles, a yellow apron, teal trousers and a pink ink roller. — Concept artPip character concept. The apprentice at The All-Nighter.

Phone prototype images

Unretouched phone captures and the app’s saved print from the five-minute playable proof. This is a small slice of the planned game.

Pip surrounded by overlapping pink, teal and yellow ink fields, with health, XP and drum levels in the HUD. — Phone prototype imageThree Burst inks overlap around Pip. The pink drum has reached level two. Actual Galaxy S25+ gameplay.0.2.0 · build 73 · Galaxy S25+ · 13 October 2026

The Press screen offers Start five-minute proof beside Pip and the title artwork. — Phone prototype imageStart the five-minute proof from The Press. The full night is still on the press.0.2.0 · build 73 · Galaxy S25+ · 13 October 2026

The Ink drying pause overlay shows Resume, Settings and Return to shop. — Phone prototype imagePause, visit settings and return to the paused run with Android Back. Actual phone capture.0.2.0 · build 73 · Galaxy S25+ · 13 October 2026

The floating stick is held to the right beneath Pip on the Shop Floor. — Phone prototype imageDrag to steer Pip while the drums aim themselves. The floating stick is held to the right in this phone capture.0.2.0 · build 73 · Galaxy S25+ · 13 October 2026

Late Edition results show 55 seconds, 70 moths and level five, with the message Print saved on this device. — Phone prototype imageThis phone attempt ended in a loss after 55 seconds: 70 moths, level five. Save your print confirms the PNG was written on the device.0.2.0 · build 73 · Galaxy S25+ · 13 October 2026

The exported Overprint print shows time 00:55, 70 moths, level five and the run’s accumulated ink marks. — Phone prototype imageActual 1024 × 1448 PNG saved by the phone app after the 55-second loss shown above. This is the run’s ink record, not a completed five-minute run.0.2.0 · build 73 · Galaxy S25+ · 13 October 2026

Story

The night before Larkfield's first Zine Fest in twelve years, paper moths pour into the town's all-night print shop to eat every poster, flyer and zine. Pip, the teenage apprentice, picks up the ink roller. The story below is the opening-script draft for the planned full game; the current five-minute proof tests its combat loop.

Manuscript

1 · The shop that stays awake

Larkfield goes to bed at ten. Except for one shop. The All-Nighter prints anything, for anyone, any hour. This week: everything for Zine Fest.

2 · Then the moths came

A paper moth lands on a fresh flyer and eats the Z. Then the moths came. Hundreds of them. Hungry for fresh ink.

3 · Pip wakes up

MARGO: Pip? Are you asleep on the A4 again? PIP: No! Yes. A bit. Margo, there are moths. MARGO: Paper moths. Don't let them near the Zine Fest pile. Rosie's loaded. Go.

Flows and diagrams

SVG diagrams explain structure and flows; they are not phone prototype images.

Venn diagram showing how three ink layers combine into Flare, Vine, Plum Sink and Key. — SVG diagramThe ink-mixing rules used by the five-minute Burst-drums proof. Key deletion is capped per press cycle.

Art direction

Warm paper, key-black type and three spot-colour inks: fluoro pink, teal and sunflower yellow. Rough edges, halftone dots and imperfect registration make every screen feel freshly printed.

Notices

Concept and title artwork include AI-assisted imagery.