{"id":233349,"date":"2026-01-14T20:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233349\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:44:09","slug":"kami-is-another-unhinged-game-that-will-break-your-foldable-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233349\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Kami&#8217; is another unhinged game that will break your foldable phone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Kami-foldable-game-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Falling firmly in the new category of \u201cgames that will break your foldable phone\u201d is a new open-source origami simulator called \u201cKami,\u201d and it works exactly like you think it does.<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks ago, an open-source project called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/03\/flappy-bird-clone-for-foldables\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foldy Bird<\/a>\u201d appeared from the shadows. The game uses your foldable phone\u2019s hinge to register input in the same way you would tap to make the little bird avoid deadly obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, someone on Reddit posted their very own foldable phone game online called \u201cKami.\u201d This one uses folds to literally fold paper in the game. It can be rather complex, actually. Getting the paper lined up on the line determines where the fold is. With a simple physical fold of your Galaxy Z Fold 7, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, or other device, the paper folds along the line.<\/p>\n<p>The creator makes the entire project <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/maxwase\/kami\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available online<\/a>, for anyone to use or modify as they see fit. To play it, users can head to the game site and play, since much like \u201cFoldy Bird,\u201d Kami is a web-based title.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>In reality, these fold-based games are awesome. Unfortunately, they come at the cost of expediting wear on your phone\u2019s hinge. These phones are only meant to take on a certain number of fold cycles per device before the manufacturers like Samsung or Google expect the hinge to wear out. Generally, folding and unfolding happen a handful of times a day. Playing a game like this exponentially increases that.<\/p>\n<p>This is very much a \u201cplay at your own risk\u201d game. Still, that doesn\u2019t make it any less cool.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/43RjEnY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-701536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/iMazing_-WWDC25_9to5mac_750x150@2x-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Falling firmly in the new category of \u201cgames that will break your foldable phone\u201d is a new open-source&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-233349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}