Paper Cut - Chinese Papercutting Art Game
Play Next
View all →
About this game
Paper Cut is a calming art game built on the Chinese tradition of paper window flowers, where a folded sheet is cut and opened into a perfectly symmetric pattern. Every round begins with a red sheet that folds itself step by step until a small wedge remains. You then drag along dotted lines with a pair of scissors that gently snap onto the paper when your pointer comes close. A finished stroke turns into a real hole, and wrong or unfinished cuts never fail, they only lower the final match rate. One tap unfolds the sheet, and the pattern mirrors itself across every crease while fine snow or petals drift over the finished flower. The revealed artwork is compared with a target mask, and the overlap decides between one and three stars. Twenty four hand drawn templates wait across four themes, snowflakes, cherry blossoms, winter festival motifs and animal silhouettes, each with two, four or eight way symmetry. A gallery keeps every finished design lit, a daily template rotates on a UTC seed so everyone cuts the same pattern, and a free creation mode removes the target entirely for pure relaxation.
How to play
Watch the folding demo, then drag along each dotted line to cut it. The scissors snap on within 18 pixels, so follow a line from end to end. Tap the unfold button and the symmetric flower reveals itself with a match rate and stars.
Tips & Tricks
- Follow each dotted line fully, because a half cut lowers the match rate at the end.
- Start with the small cuts near the centre of the wedge, they form the heart of the rosette.
- The target preview in the corner always shows the finished flower, glance at it between cuts.
- Free creation mode has no target and no stars, perfect for relaxing after a long day.
Frequently asked questions
Can I lose or fail a template?
No. Paper Cut is a zero failure game, wrong or incomplete cuts simply lower the match rate of the unfolded flower, and finishing always earns at least one star.
How is the match rate calculated?
When the sheet unfolds, the result is rasterised and compared cell by cell with the target mask of the template. The overlap of the cut shapes decides your match percentage and stars.
What is the daily template?
Every day a seed derived from the UTC date picks one of the twenty four templates for everyone, and your best match rate plus a streak of consecutive days are stored separately.
