Some solid mechanics here!
The animations were silky smooth and really well executed (better than anything I've ever made). The dashing, lunging and book animations were really top notch!
Sound effects were good, though the crafting book gave me horror vibes rather than survival/adventure. Made me *not* want to open it to craft. 😣
Graphics were solid, though the grass kind of messed with my depth perception. I can see that it's stylized, but without a border along the edge it kept making my eyes hurt. Also the exit's being *exactly* where the maps end broke my immersion once or twice (seeing the skybox *under* the floor tiles and all), but it's a game jam and I can't fault ya for that.
I think we need to change the music category to "Sound Design" so I can give you guys a higher score. Your guys sound design was effective, but as is I can't give full marks for music that isn't there.
The story was... there? I can assume game design took precedent over story development; fun as hell for the Minecraft generation, not so much for the bibliophiles. P.S. Dramatically revealing their name to be Jack but leaving it as Lucas in the menu was hilarious.
Overall an amazing display of your design prowess as well as the potential of Paper Maker, kudos!