Quarterly stationery review

Pencil Paper Clash

Tiny pencils. Crumpled ammo. Absolutely no adult supervision.

No timesheets. No sensible decisions. Bring your own eraser.

Office handbook

How to cause stationery chaos

The basics

Move Aim until the ghost ball and circle cover your rival Hold to wind up, then release to throw Stand still beside your basket to collect five balls
Move joystick Aim until the ghost ball and circle cover your rival Hold to wind up, then release to throw Stand still beside your basket to collect five balls

WASDMoveStay on your own desk and use clutter as cover.

HoldAimThe transparent ball shows the landing point.

ReleaseThrowPut the whole target circle over the opponent.

Move joystickDrag the left stick in the direction you want your pencil to run.

AIM joystickDrag and hold to line up the ghost ball, then release your thumb to throw.

Win the desk dispute

  1. Recognise your pencil

    Your camera follows from behind. Your pencil has a wider, faceted eraser; with armour, look for the matching faceted helmet crest.

  2. Hit rivals

    Paper hits shrink them and grow you. Five hits knock a pencil out.

  3. Use desk cover

    Small pencils can hide behind books and office clutter.

  4. Choose a game mode

    Respawn returns you after eight seconds. Deathmatch gives each pencil one life.

  5. Mind your teammates

    A knocked-out pencil's final burst shrinks nearby teammates. Direct friendly fire is off.

  6. Refill at your basket

    Carry five balls. Stand still at your basket to reload.

  7. Earn faster refills

    Hits made while you are full size give reload credits.

  8. Shoot office contraband

    Hit a beacon to claim it: blue armour blocks two hits, green instantly refills, and red adds a bomb that damages every rival it catches.

  9. Stay on your desk

    You cannot cross the gap to the opposing team's desk.

Your pencil

Recognition and pencil skins

Find yourself

The camera stays behind your pencil. Look for the wider, faceted eraser. It is part of the body and turns naturally as you aim.

When armoured

Armour can cover the eraser, so your distinctive faceted shape moves to the outside of the helmet as a crest.

Use skins

Unlock skins through Career totals, then select one in the Career drawer. Skins recolour the eraser, ferrule, crown and armoured crest.

Keep teams clear

Skins never recolour the main pencil body. Blue Leads stay blue and Coral Erasers stay coral.

Single Player

Train first or build an AI battle

Training

Training starts a calm one-on-one match with aim help. It is the quickest way to learn movement, throwing and reloading.

AI Clash

Choose one to six opponents, add an AI wingmate, pick the room and desk layout, then set difficulty, game mode and match time.

2 players

Multiplayer, without the meeting invite

  1. 1Open the drawer

    Choose Play game, set your name, then select Online pencil drawer.

  2. 2Join or host

    Quick-match with one opponent, open a public room, or create a private room with a secret code.

  3. 3Invite an opponent

    Share the room code or invite link. Each player chooses Blue Leads or Coral Erasers.

  4. 4Release pencils

    The host chooses difficulty and single round or Best of 3, then starts the two-player match once each side has one pencil.
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Wall of questionable glory

Receipts from your finest stationery-related decisions, saved on this device.

This wall is painfully blank. Finish a timed match or Deathmatch and give it something to gossip about.

Career drawer

Lifetime totals kept on this device only, and the pencil skins they unlock.

Today’s challenges

Lifetime stats

Private desk report

Insights

This device only

No names, room codes or messages are stored. These anonymous totals never leave this device.

Pencil skins eraser, ferrule, crown and armour crest — team colours never change