Snail Mail by rkeele

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made by rkeele for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Snail Mail is a 2D game about sorting mail! banner-wide.png gameplay-ss.png

Controls

Mouse, Left-Click and Drag

Ratings

Overall 613th 3.56⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 316th 3.72⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 660th 3.26⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 505th 3.98⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 728th 2.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 836th 3.25⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 21🗨️

Feedback

smilewood
02. May 2023 · 03:03 UTC
Fun and frantic. This game quickly crushed my dreams of being on top of sorting the mail. I thought that it was well put together, the stream of letters ramping up was very fun. The music wes also well done and fi perfectly with the sorting. A very well-executed concept, well done!
LDJam user 317693
02. May 2023 · 03:04 UTC
It's really addicting. Though, I couldn't make it to 3 stars. Got to 56 points. It definitely feels a bit RNG with the stampless mail. Still, I liked the simplicity and addictiveness of it!! Really fun.
resacaGames
02. May 2023 · 03:09 UTC
Loved this entry!!! Music worked so well, the letters were hectic enough, was a simple concept well polished.... but I never got any stars 😭😭😭
Sam Gorman
02. May 2023 · 03:10 UTC
Nice and clean, I like it! Reminds me of Papers Please. I really loved all the letters flooding in at the end, for a moment I thought I had to get all of them :O

The scoring seems really tough though, I felt like I was getting through a lot of letters but I still got one star. Maybe I'm just bad though!
bokchoyboy
02. May 2023 · 06:28 UTC
Fun game! Got 2 stars with a score of 55 on my second try. I like the Return to Sender mechanic. Like a another commenter mentioned, it reminds me of Papers Please in a fun way.
Ani
03. May 2023 · 00:39 UTC
I like how fast this plays! It does get a bit overwhelming so I started to stamp letters in batches then sort them afterwards, which made it a bit easier. It's fun!
Cody Raethke
03. May 2023 · 01:27 UTC
Really well-polished game. I liked how original the gameplay was. Took me a while to get the hang of it, but was pretty fun despite being fairly simple. My favorite part was the giant flood of letters at the end :P
ValDevelopment
03. May 2023 · 16:15 UTC
Absolute banger of an entry! Plays VERY well, is very fun, has a high skill ceiling, has amazing mood and is certainly extremely polished. AMAZING job!
jk5000
04. May 2023 · 06:36 UTC
A bit fast, but else a fun little game. I liked it. Well done.
Geekarious Tony
05. May 2023 · 03:56 UTC
I really liked the game, any thoughts on how to accomodate for color blind settings? more of a thought. Great work!
jward
05. May 2023 · 04:01 UTC
Ha, that was fun and a bit crazy! Music fit the mood perfectly. :laughing:
GiGiChef
05. May 2023 · 22:12 UTC
It reminds me Wind Waker's mail minigame but on steroids I love it
Plus, those stamps are quick endorphins shot, that's so evil haha
Great work !
Fedora
05. May 2023 · 22:50 UTC
Really simple but polished game. UI work was great.
Slightly Ajar
05. May 2023 · 23:24 UTC
This game was really fun to play. I enjoyed the music and it fit perfectly with the frantic feeling of the game. Well done!
LDJam user 245740
06. May 2023 · 00:10 UTC
Straightforward, but well-made game. It was extremely frantic, the first round expertly lures you into a false sense of security. I could take or leave the stamping aspect, but it certainly compounds the crazy energy.
Chucks Feed and Seed
06. May 2023 · 00:23 UTC
Simple but polished. This could be a full mobile game already. My one recommendation is to make the success and failure sounds more distinct - especially with the music playing, it can be hard to discern them.
Winter2277
06. May 2023 · 00:54 UTC
Nice polished little game, good job!
Adrien Tremblay
13. May 2023 · 19:16 UTC
As others have said this was a very well polished game so good job! Seems to me to be a stripped-down take on 'Papers Please' gameplay. Take everything I say with a grain of salt. I am personally not a huge fan of real time games. They stress me out too much. I felt like the letters arrived way too fast. I personally also am not a fan of the gameplay. I found it a bit monotonous. What kept me hooked when playing 'Papers Please' was the story, roleplaying, keeping your family fed and clothed between days, etc... But I realize this is a game jam entry!