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Underworld Postal Service by Beep Boop

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made by Beep Boop for Ludum Dare 48 (JAM)

LudumDare48_FXMp9dQOio.png You are a newly recruited apprentice for the postal service of hell and have been tasked with sending a very important and urgent package to the devil himself!

Only... apprentices are not allowed down there, they must start out aaaaaall the way up in the first layer of hell!

Prove yourself as a proper postman of the underworld, rise through the ranks and descend through the depths of hell before it's too late! This package ain't gonna deliver itself...

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Link https://gustavokado.itch.io/underworld-postal-service
Link https://gustavokado.itch.io/underworld-postal-service
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/underworld-postal-service

Ratings

Overall 620th 3.684⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 404th 3.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 348th 3.737⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 568th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1061th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 383th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1331th 3.167⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

duckman
27. Apr 2021 · 10:48 UTC
the anxiety that starts building up when you see a house that you aren't going to yet start shaking is great. big fan of the pixelated design.
although i found myself being overwhelmed with packages rather abruptly, good game
Nicolas Revillon
27. Apr 2021 · 11:20 UTC
wow this was such a great adventure, good job !
paetramon
27. Apr 2021 · 19:30 UTC
Loved it! Very good art, interesting gameplay mechanic, and lovely ending. Great game!
Labete
27. Apr 2021 · 19:32 UTC
Well done, fun to play. The mixed up mail was a brilliant idea :D. Nice ideas of revealing levels and angry green spirits.
Kelvination
27. Apr 2021 · 19:32 UTC
This game is really fun! It's paced well, and definitely stressful when you have a bunch of mail that needs to be delivered. It forced me to come up with a strategy to get them all out as fast as possible. And I love the level design with the ladders going to different levels to make it even more difficult to get to where you're going.

AND it quite literally fits the theme of going deeper and deeper. Just amazing all around.

Everything about this game was awesome, great job!
skelyvelocirap666
27. Apr 2021 · 19:36 UTC
Damn, this is a lot of fun! Its such a fun idea and that idea was executed so well! The entire thing is amazing!
jellycakes
27. Apr 2021 · 19:43 UTC
Pretty fun, got very stressful when you're at the bottom with barely any post left and yet there are lots of houses above you shaking. I kept forgetting the paths to different houses so I couldn't quickly design a route in my head given the post I had.

Also quick note: My laptop screen is 1366x768, so the floating letter tutorial thing at the top right ended up
below the post progress bar UI.

Great job!
Yword
09. May 2021 · 17:07 UTC
Wow, very original and innovative idea, and the gameplay is quite addictive too!
darthone
09. May 2021 · 17:41 UTC
I think this is a wonderful jam entry that is pretty well polished! Not sure if anyone else had the same, but there were two instances where the two an from numbers were swapped and I only found out when the other house started to shake
Paul Nadan
11. May 2021 · 05:45 UTC
I really enjoyed this! The circles of hell-themed levels were really nice, and it was neat how they each had their own scenery. I really appreciated how missing a letter didn't make you instantly lose, but just added a new mechanic of enemies to avoid once you got to the late game. The progression felt very good, as you had to go further and further each time, and having the 666 letter from the very beginning made the payoff for winning feel really satisfying. Awesome entry!
dingdingding
13. May 2021 · 21:58 UTC
Took me some time to figure out how everything worked and then I could not get the second set of mail out before I died :( Seems to be a me-problem tho since so many seem to have gotten far haha. But clever concept and cool graphhics!
frokes
13. May 2021 · 23:13 UTC
Mechanics and visuals are really solid. I think dying from a single touch is a bit too punishing, especially given how little the player can do againts the enemies. Finally, a little tiny bit of sound/music would make it feel way more polished but overall and given that it is your first jam, well done!