u/heximortal

I'm a solo developer from Canada and I've been working on a meditative flying game for the last few months as my first ever venture into game development.

Paper Kites is an endless flyer that is designed to calm your nervous system down.

5 kites that you can unlock by collecting stars, each with its own music theme.

Game features its own day night cycle and each play starts at a random point of the cycle, so it will give you glimpses into the beauty of this paper world.

No ads, no in app purchases and fully offline.

Hope you'll have fun playing it as much as I had building it.

Paper Kites https://apps.apple.com/app/paper-kites/id6761085038

It's been a few days since I got my Paper Pro after reading almost everything people have posted in this subreddit. Amazon launched their new Scribe Colorsoft just a day after I bought my Paper Pro, and here's why I'm keeping my Paper Pro.

Unboxing

First, I have to talk about the unboxing experience. reMarkable has perfected the unboxing with the Paper Pro. Every step had a reason and a logical flow. It's a fine blend of Apple taste with Nordic minimalism and I really liked it.

Design

The tablet feels premium and the texture on the back and sides is pleasant to the touch. I do wish the edges were less sharp though. I still haven't found a comfortable way to hold the tablet for long reading sessions. Some of you would say that's not the intention of this device, but I disagree — this Canvas Color display is a thing to behold and you'd be doing it an injustice by not doing heavy reading on it. More on that later. Overall this device feels amazing to hold. Doesn't feel cheap. The front glass texture feels great to the touch and I like that they kept the font in that plain off-white color. It blends well with the 11.8" Canvas Color display.

Display

This display is the perfect size for reading magazines and articles. I don't know enough about the whiteness of E Ink Gallery™ 3 display tech to do any comparisons, but the off-white color reMarkable chose for the Paper Pro gives off that printed magazine paper look from a bygone era. I love the nostalgia this display invokes when I read magazines on it. Colors look more like printed paper. The texture of the glass adds an effect that, again, makes it look a lot like old magazine pages. Manga and comics also look amazing on this screen.

Being used to the reading light on my Kindle Paperwhite, I was surprised by how low the max brightness is on the Paper Pro's backlight. In a well-lit room, I don't see any effect on the first three brightness levels. Light then starts to bleed out of the edges when you push it any brighter than that. I have mixed feelings about it and I simply haven't used this device enough with its backlight on to decide. This is mainly because I prefer to read with some other light source in the room instead of the backlight. The gap between the display and the front glass is extremely low on the Paper Pro, and if I had to pick a good backlight vs this almost seamless screen, I'd go for the screen every single time.

Marker Plus

The Marker Plus surprised me with how good it feels in my hands. The weight just feels right. I was comparing it with the Apple Pencil Pro as I'm writing this. The Apple Pencil Pro may be a tad heavier than the Marker Plus, or they're very close; it was hard for me to pick.

What's instantly noticeable is the rubber-like texture the Marker Plus has. It's grippier than the Apple Pencil and out of the two, I prefer the feel of the Marker Plus in my hand.

Writing Experience

The only other comparison I can make against the Paper Pro on writing is my iPad Pro. I did not enjoy writing on my iPad at all. The smooth glass skids the pen and for some reason just didn't give my brain the stimulation it needed to get into a zone. Slippery glass feel on the pen almost felt like cheating. Compared to that, the writing experience on the reMarkable is many times better. The texture on the glass gives off a feeling similar to writing on a blackboard with a piece of chalk. I like that feeling.

I think this one is here to stay.