Inspired by origami and papercraft, the game mechanic in A Fold Apart is completely new, allowing you to fold and manipulate a paper world so as to navigate a long distance relationship. Based on a true story, players can choose any gender combination for their character couple while exploring over 50 unique puzzles and a heartfelt emotional narrative.

A Fold Apart is based on a true story: the real life long distance relationship between Lightning Rod Games’ co-founder Mark Laframboise and his now wife, Robyn.

Just as in the true story, when career choices force the characters down separate paths, they vow to make their relationship work despite the challenges of living apart. Though they frequently communicate through text messages, misunderstandings are inevitable and cause the characters to erect emotional barriers that physically bar their path. By folding the pieces of paper these characters inhabit, players are able to help the couple safely navigate around their relationship hurdles and find a way forward.

"When we first started developing A Fold Apart in 2015, my goal was to tell a touching story about the romantic, sentimental, but fundamentally lonely feelings that my significant other and I experienced while living apart,” explains Lightning Rod Games Co-founder Mark Laframboise. 

"We never would have imagined that we’d be releasing the game in an environment where nearly all of us around the world are physically separated from loved ones and experiencing that loneliness firsthand. Whether you are self-isolating, distance learning, telecommuting, or keeping in touch online, we are all in one form of long-distance relationship or another. Creating A Fold Apart was a way for me to navigate those difficult emotions and I hope that the game can help others find some hope and comfort (and, most importantly, fun!) in these challenging times as well."

Key Features

• Completely new mechanic: folding paper
• Over 50 unique puzzles exploring an emotional narrative
• Where Love is Universal: play as any gender combination
• Based on a true story: one of the developers’ own long distance relationship

A Fold Apart is coming to Apple Arcade (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Apple TV, and Mac), Nintendo Switch and PC in April 17, 2020, with PS4 and Xbox One versions to follow at a later time.