August 11, 2026 · Concept

The first screen that did not become final

Our first concept helped establish Paperlore’s look. The screen layouts still needed testing.

Editorial pencil illustration of three early jigsaw-game screens — Editorial illustration inspired by an early concept, not a historical screenshot.

On August 11, we saved our first sheet of three game screens. The working title was simply “Puzzles”: choose a picture, choose a difficulty, then assemble a fox. The warm paper background, dark green and terracotta were already there.

We wanted to see how the game might look as a whole. The concept had no ads, coins or daily rewards. Choosing a picture and taking your time with it was the main activity on screen.

Why we paused

A drawing cannot tell you whether a piece is easy to pick up with a finger. Where should loose pieces go? How do you move the board without accidentally dragging a joined group? The sheet left those questions open. We kept it as concept v0 and went back to rough layouts we could test in a prototype.

Surviving early concept: three screens of a mobile fox jigsaw game — Archived concept v0 from August 11, 2026. An early hypothesis, not Paperlore’s final interface.

The archived sheet below shows that starting point. Some of its visual choices survived in Paperlore; the layout changed as we worked on the controls.

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