A little ink goes a long way.

Orifude is a folding and ink puzzle for your terminal. Fold a small sheet, brush ink through its layers, and open it to find the pattern.

See how it foldsGet Orifude

Version 1.1.1 is ready to unfold. Read the notes

The first paper in Orifude. Fold once, brush once, then open it.

Take your time. Undo is always there.

There’s more to a little sheet of paper.

A fold brings distant places together. A single brush stroke reaches every layer. The surprise comes when you open it.

  1. A target with two adjacent ink marks in its second row, beside a blank four-by-four paper.TargetYour paper

    Look for the pattern.

    Two marks sit side by side. Your paper starts flat and dry.

  2. The left half folds across the center crease onto the right half, leaving two stacked columns.

    Bring the edges together.

    Fold the left half to the right. It settles on top of the other half.

  3. A single brush mark reaches the top layer and the bottom layer underneath it.TopBottom

    Let one dot travel.

    Touch the brush to the stack. Ink passes through both layers.

  4. The opened four-by-four paper has ink in columns two and three of the second row, matching the target.

    Open something lovely.

    Unfold the paper. One dot becomes two, exactly where they belong.

This is the real first lesson. The opened ink must match the target exactly.

All you need is a little curiosity.

Every paper is drawn in your terminal. Use the keyboard to choose a crease, place the brush, and look through the stack before you open it.

The lesson in your terminal, one fold and one dot in. The stack shows both inked layers and the row each began on. Press Enter to open the paper.

Leave the clock outside.

There is no timer or streak to protect. Undo a mark, start again, or come back another day.

Keep what you solve.

Every finished paper becomes a keepsake you can replay one step at a time.

Keep it close.

Your progress stays on your computer. Play offline, or bring your own puzzle packs.

A squirrel holding a folded paper sits on a berry branch inside a brush circle.

Forty papers, eight gifts.

The journey moves from single marks to layered folds in eight chapters. Finish one, and the squirrel carries a gift home to your branch. Between chapters, open today’s paper or wander the endless garden.

  1. Ink on papera first leaf
  2. Across the creasea pair of leaves
  3. Gathered layersa berry cluster
  4. Uneven edgesa folded boat
  5. Fold ordera small bird
  6. The long brusha longer branch
  7. Mixed brushworka berry sprig
  8. Under the canopythe full canopy

Make a puzzle pack.

Have a pattern in mind? Turn it into a paper someone else can solve. Start with our example pack, try your own folds, and send it for review.

A guide to making packs
How to submit a pack
  1. Fork Orifude on GitHub and copy the example pack into community/your-pack-id/1.0.0/.
  2. Edit the puzzles and pack.toml. Include your name and a license that allows redistribution. Play every puzzle, then run orifude verify PATH and orifude solve PATH on the folder.
  3. Open a pack pull request from your fork to shrek. Include the command results, play notes, and source credits.
  4. Isolated CI runs the validator and solver. A maintainer reviews the puzzles, text, and license before publishing a versioned ZIP and checksum here.

You can also keep your creations to yourself. Every pack plays offline.

Reviewed puzzle pack, version 1.0.0

Paper garden

Three small papers showing the community pack format.

3 puzzles by Orifude contributors
Apache-2.0, for Orifude 1.0.0 or later

Download Paper garden ZIP SHA-256 checksums
How to install

Download the ZIP and checksum file, then check the SHA-256 checksum. Install the ZIP with:

orifude pack install FILENAME.zip

Open Orifude and choose Puzzle packs. To update a pack, remove the installed version first. Your saved progress and keepsakes remain.

Release and reviewPack source

ZIP SHA-256
bdce44bad07e92faf4bc1d564b14b913e1e90a6b9581c4ad9f3633984eeef2e6

Make yourself at home.

Choose the installation method for your computer, then open your first paper. Orifude plays entirely offline.

Install Orifude

For Linux, macOS, and Windows.