Rulebook: current entry rules, two-page spread

About this game

Developer: Lucas Pope · Publisher: 3909 · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Pixel art · Screen type: Encyclopedia / Codex

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What to study

The rulebook is the game's database drawn as a spiral notebook: two RULES pages list every current requirement as a one-line plain-language entry ('Entrant must have a passport', 'All documents must be current'), with empty slots below showing where tomorrow's rules will land as the list grows. Because the book sits on the same desk as the documents, checking a rule is a physical act of opening it rather than pausing out to a menu. Frame at about 1:19 in the Papers, Please Trailer (Steam).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

codex reference-list diegetic-document

Components

Parts on screen.

Tabs Document Slots Button prompts

Screen inventory

• two-page rulebook spread
• one-line rule entries
• spiral binding
• bookmark tab
• empty rule slots
• drag documents here desk prompt

Top 3 colors

#191111 25%#e2e4b8 22%#171010 18%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Lucas Pope / 3909, Papers, Please screenshot: Papers, Please Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by 3909.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-20. verified 2026-10-20: frame extracted from the official Papers, Please Trailer (Steam) and inspected visually; real game UI (rulebook) confirmed visible

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