Galactic Postal Servitude

First play party build

First version after the first play party

Improved journal functionality

Increased sender hitbox

More aliens, destinations, and items

Items have time limits

Added menus

• Main menu
• Credits
• Pause
• End Screen

Added item tracking

Major updates to environment

• New window
• Pipes
• Bench for future content 👀

Score tracking moved into scene from HUD

Letter grades and rank meter based on score added to end screen

Bug fixes

First playable 🥳

Work in progress parcel workbench

Decontaminator

End Screen icon updates

Bug fixes

New Content:

• Parcel contamination
• Workbench and decontaminator tool
• Active scanning
• Alien caller
• Save files

Gameplay Updates:

• Parcels can now be contaminated, contaminated parcels give off a green glow
• Contaminated parcels can be decontaminated using the decontaminator tool
• Aliens are now called to the desk manually using the alien caller
• Scanning parcels is no longer instantaneous
• The first three seconds of a scan will reveal nothing, beyond this the information gets more accurate
• Time per parcel is longer
• Timeouts no longer trigger an end to the parcel

Visual Updates:

• Replaced Flub and Lumi placeholder sprites and icons

Scoring Updates:

• Multiplier for consecutive correct decisions, only applies to decision points
• Removed the flat penalty on timeout
• On timeout score received for a correct decision is halved and penalty for an incorrect decision is doubled
• Score penalties for not scanning and just guessing
• Bonus for decontaminating a parcel
• End screen displays score bonuses

UI Updates:

• Revamped journal UI
• Moved HUD elements into the environment
• Sent parcels are displayed at the top of the screen

Main Menu Updates:

• Added high scores and options pages

New Content:

• Parcel Stamping
• Art updates
• Intro Cutscene
• Achievements and stat tracking
• New scoring systems
• Improved save files
• Improved Main Menu

Gameplay Updates:

• Parcels need to be stamped before they can be sent
• Decontaminator improved with better visual  indicators
• First parcel is now never contaminated

Visual Updates:

• New workbench
• New cursor icons
• New journal icons
• New intro cutscene on game start

Scoring Updates:

• Ranks adjusted
• Plus or "+" ranks added for when score is near the next breakpoint
• Multiplier changed to "chain" system each parcel correct in a chain gets bonus points

UI Updates:

• Added placeholder text to indicate the items in scene 

Main Menu Updates:

• Added how to play page
• Added achievements & statistics page

New Content:

• New room layout
• Coloured intro cutscene
• Further Art updates
• Animated objects in background

Gameplay Updates:

• Moved parcel scanner to front-right corner
• Moved workbench and toolbar to the back wall
• Moved Parcel sender to the back left corner

Visual Updates:

• Intro cutscene is coloured, audio still to come
• New parcel sender model
• New cursor icons for stamping
• New texture for stamps
• Added looping animations to background objects

Main Menu Updates:

• Added placeholders for achievements

New Content:

• Employee guide
• Audio

Gameplay Updates:

• Parcel sending now uses a button in the scene
• Camera movement reworked
• Mouse now locks to window

Visual Updates:

• Added decorations to office
• New splash art

Audio Updates:

• Added menu music
• Added cutscene music
• Added game music
• Added button sfx
• Added scanner sfx
• Added decontamintor sfx
• Added alien caller sfx
• Added decision sfx
• Added end screen sfx
• Added gleeble sfx

Main Menu Updates:

• Full rework of main menu and corresponding pages
• Added bluesky button
• Added hidden minigame

Gameplay Updates:

• Added scanner button to scene
• Removed scanner button from HUD

Major bug fixes:

• Parcels would only mark as rejected

New Content:

• Improved intro cutscene
• Tooltips and highlights on interactable objects
• Tutorial prompts
• Parcel animations
• New models in scene
• Added a "tutorial parcel" before the game starts

• You can now stamp any non-interactable asset in the scene
• Reworked the workbench to function with the updated camera

• Updated the parcel scanner's model and display
• Added more decoroations to the office
• Added models for the bell, stamps and device buttons
• Updated environment animation
• Updated the wallpaper in the room
• Parcel animates when being used by devices
• Removed floating text in scene, replaced with tooltips

• Added music and voiceover to the intro cutscene
• Added working audio sliders to the options menu
• Added more audio ques to the different devices in the office
• Replaced many placeholder audio sound effects

Gameplay Updates:

• Added colours to the item tooltips in the journal
• Changed some item colours
• Added cooldown to displaying the guide tips

• Changed some fonts
• Added tooltip to the scan and send buttons
• Changed mentions of the 'tablet' to 'journal' in the employee guide
• Amended posters in the environment
• Parcel decision trackers removed from scene and added back to UI

• Mouse over highlighting now works on all interactable objects
• Fixed bug that prevents the space key from closing the journal
• Fixed bug that wasn't skipping the pause menu when closing the guide from a notification

New Content:

• Added alien idle and walk animations
• Each parcel has an expandable info section in the post screen
• Added flavour text to all items
• Decontaminated parcels now glow, the glow dissipates as it is cleaned

Gameplay Updates:

• Parcel scanner information is now displayed in scene
• The journal can now be opened during scanning
• Added new items to the journal
• Enhanced end screen
• Decontaminator now requires you to hover over the parcel to clean it
• No decontamination score penalty

Visual Updates:

• Added more decor to the scene
• General model polish
• Updated fonts in journal
• Destination board uses text on the screen like the scanner

Audio Updates:

• Music fades out when you send a package.
• Volume adjusted for several sound effects.
• Added sounds for scanning.
• Added decontamination completion sound.
• Replaced tablet sounds.
• Updated stamp sound.
• Fixed bug where sound wouldn't play.

• Cursor no longer changes from the held tool when clicking on Journal UI
• Cursor icon goes to default when opening the pause menu
• Cursor returns to the held tool icon when leaving pause menus
• Pause and journal buttons are no longer usable in the main menu/intro cutscene
• Parcel decision on post game screen now no longer stretch when chained
• Fixed decontaminator sound not ending
• Clicking the bell while the test package is scanning doesn't end the scan
• The game ends before the last parcel send animation is finished