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A Stamp-Stealer Postman by Pimeko

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made by Pimeko for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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Each morning, OPEN a fresh new BOOSTER of STAMPED letters.. and for free!

Well that's normal, because it is your job to post them.

Sure, you could simply find your way through the city and distribute the mail... but you could also STEAL the stamps and READ the letters! No one's looking, and who knows, there might be clues in their conversations to find the next SHINY FOIL STAMPS?

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Uncover romances, mysteries and more in your quest to complete your Stamp Book collection!

-> Satisfy your stamp obsession by playing the game here : https://pimeko.itch.io/a-stamp-lover-postman <-

Ezagmos is us.

This game was made with Caeroz, who helped with the level design, character dialogs, ideation process and overall awesome support <3

Everything for the game was hand-crafted for the jam (design, shaders, graphics, compositions, ...).

PS: got a bit delayed for the submission time because I couldn't work on the game (life got in the way...) and hotfixed major breaking issues, but everything should now work fine!

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Link https://pimeko.itch.io/a-stamp-lover-postman
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/a-stamp-lover-postman

Ratings

Overall 201th 3.763⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Fun 247th 3.578⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 108th 3.813⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Theme 63th 4.25⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 432th 3.571⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Audio 233th 3.555⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Humor 116th 3.807⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Mood 189th 3.879⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Given 62🗳️ 112🗨️

Feedback

Andreas Roschal
Oct 07th · 16:37 UTC
That peeling mechanic is super satisfying! Also, very beautiful foil shaders.
Yorsh
Oct 07th · 17:42 UTC
Stealing the stamps feels amazing! Cool idea to give hints at the interesting letters for following days. Great happy music too. Congrats!
thomz12
Oct 07th · 18:58 UTC
I liked navigating around the map without any arrows saying where to go. Collecting the stamps and following the stories is very satisfying. It's super impressive you could get this all in with so little time.

Very well done!
Flying Dog Fish
Oct 07th · 19:13 UTC
Nice relaxed gameplay, good think there is no stamp police. I like the cartoony graphics.
Clément de La Bourdonnaye
Oct 07th · 19:38 UTC
That was fun, love the ability to look at the letters and to steal the stamps! (sorry to all the people that got unpaid bills notice without comforting stamps)
LDJam user 395647
Oct 07th · 19:43 UTC
It was so satisfying to follow the stories and then get the related stamps. And the atmosphere in general was calm and relaxing. I didn't manage to get the last festival stamp though, I probably missed something:(
peggy404
Oct 07th · 19:53 UTC
love the game design, I just indulged in it... it's really cool that the player can choose to look at the letters, maybe can be more exciting if add the mechanism of being cautght while reading or stealing
Doa
Oct 07th · 20:32 UTC
the peeling feels SO good.
Gerrit
Oct 07th · 20:55 UTC
Got every stamp haha :D Nice game! Didnt want to take away the fun of collecting every cute image, so I blurred it! :D
![Unbenannt.png](///raw/31a/65/z/6ec09.png)
raysplaceinspace
Oct 07th · 21:56 UTC
I liked the game. I found just the baseline challenge of delivering the letters to be interesting already.
Anderson Job Loeffler
Oct 08th · 00:44 UTC
Super cool! I found the art style really charming, especially paired with the animations. I especially liked the stamp-stealing animation. The game had a great, chill vibe overall. I did get a bit confused navigating the map at times, but still really enjoyed it. Nice entry!
SergS Workshop
Oct 08th · 00:50 UTC
Great project! I really liked the art style and the postman’s animations. The game concept and sound design are solid too.
gamesplusjames
Oct 08th · 00:51 UTC
This was great. The stamp ripping was very satisfying :D I loved the whole vibe of this game. Great work!
GoogleFrog
Oct 08th · 05:04 UTC
Great chill game. The stakes don't need to be any higher than forgetting which town to go to, or accidentally peeling a duplicate stamp. I like how it is effectively a set of interlocking minigames that support each other really well.
woona
Oct 08th · 06:43 UTC
Great game! There is so much hidden beneath the surface: many characters, a secret cult and a lot of bills and subscription payments. 😁

There is a lot of variety in terms of stories but the gameplay feels quite repetitive to me. Maybe, if the game had unlocks to make the gameplay more engaging, like more movement options or some character customization, it would be even more fun.
bit0
Oct 08th · 06:53 UTC
Amazing game! Controling the bike feels really smooth and ripping of the stamps is incredibly satisfying! Also there's a lot of content for a 3-day-jam, great work! We also made a game about stealing stamps from mailboxes, interesting to see how different they turned out!
azahara
Oct 08th · 10:42 UTC
A fun game about stealing stamps as a postman! The art is super cute, and the peeling mechanic feels really smooth. I also loved biking around the streets. I had to write down the addresses so I wouldn't get lost xD. Great work!
celia14
Oct 08th · 12:50 UTC
Really cute! The animation, music, and the cool stamps were so fun. For me, I didn't find navigating around the towns that fun (although I did love the silly street names!) but it was fun to open letters and see if I would discover something interesting. :D
Cez4re
Oct 08th · 15:19 UTC
Stealing the stamps idea is simply brilliant
Kseon
Oct 08th · 17:28 UTC
You put so much effort into it, it turned out really cool)
kantona
Oct 08th · 19:43 UTC
Really relaxing game and great feeling when you peeled of the stamps! I got really confused sometimes where i was on the map but that might be on my navigation skills :D
Blue Pin Studio
Oct 09th · 05:44 UTC
A lot of effort! I found it really hard to navigate the city tho :((
twistways
Oct 09th · 07:09 UTC
nice game! pretty art, chill sound and the peeling is so good
titos2k
Oct 09th · 10:38 UTC
i would kill a postman for a "You are here" marker on the map
Schu
Oct 09th · 12:10 UTC
Really neat! I found navigating a bit challenging since the direction changes when you move to a different street. I'd love if there wasn't a transition and it was a bit more fluid. But I think the theme works really well and it was pleasant biking around and stealing stamps
Flying Butter Studio
Oct 09th · 19:36 UTC
I stole every stamp and read all letters!! Hahaha! I'm so bad at this job...
Very nice entry, my first idea was to make this kind of game but you made it better than I could. Congrats for this job! My favorite game so far for now :heart:
Keep going making games like this :heart:
ruruie
Oct 10th · 22:25 UTC
I'll have you know I'm a responsible postal worker and would never stoop so low as to read the private correspondence of fellow community members and was well on my way to completing my collection when I guess the cultists caught onto me and trapped me in a void whilst I was detouring through Sasageyo!


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Threeli
Oct 10th · 23:21 UTC
Sorry I'm late to playing your project, today was the first day I could get back on the computer, but I'm here now so let's go!

First off I have to agree with @schu, navigation wasn't the end of the world and graphically I understand why (I think) you chose this route but that orientation changes made it feel a bit discontinuous. Now, that out of the way, what a great idea! I love this silly little world and the narrative elements. I'm drawn to getting all the stamps and exploring every inch. There's just a ton of work in here and it shows. Any plans to keep working on it after the jam is over? Either way amazing work. One of my favorites!
JohnStarich
Oct 11th · 01:59 UTC
Fun story! Ah, the life of an unethical postman.

I found delivering mail to the wrong city didn't have a great hint to bust out of that cycle. Maybe being able to review the mail stacks for undiscovered postage before delivery would've helped me, not too sure. :smile:
Kupnu4
Oct 11th · 12:06 UTC
what a lovely game! couldn't make stealing look more innocent myself :D The artstyle the atmosphere - it's just joyful to play. Very relaxing game, thank you!
dasMaichen
Oct 12th · 10:54 UTC
Very satisfying to peel-off the stamps (especially the shiny ones) :D
Jvdwijk
Oct 12th · 15:42 UTC
Wow, what a cute game! The peeling effect is really well made! I missed two stamps, but got everything else. It might be nice to be able to reread letters after you've posted them, but that wouldn't make that much sense (maybe let the player note things down in a little notebook?)
Great entry!
youpz
Oct 13th · 12:14 UTC
So satisfying game mechanics, I really loved it!! Cute style and atmosphere!
Dining Philosopher
Oct 13th · 21:45 UTC
I started off afraid that I would need to remember all the addresses and was quite relieved to see it wasn't *that* hard :D The animations are really nice, what techniques did you use? Anything Unity-specific/built-in? I use Godot myself but would not know how to do for example the cycling or stamp animation in such a nice way.
birofio
Oct 14th · 08:23 UTC
cool game, it matches the theme and its just fun to play!i couldn't stop playing!
Trezark
Oct 14th · 19:00 UTC
The artstyle is really cute and I love the concept ! congrats :smile:
Eliasou
Oct 15th · 14:38 UTC
Nice and very funny game!
Tsaot
Oct 18th · 21:23 UTC
Great funny game. I loved the silly nature of it.
Floryan
Oct 18th · 21:42 UTC
amazing vibes. Cool. music and funny street names. Cozy short game, perfect gamejam creation!
BlueDandelion
Oct 19th · 14:05 UTC
Nice and relaxing game, the art style and the song go very well together and the street names are very humorous too. Great entry!
LaraZofia
Oct 22nd · 15:53 UTC
I think this is my favourite jam game so far lol, love the concept and got genuinely excited each time I got a shiny sticker :D
zactyl
Oct 24th · 02:03 UTC
Thanks for uploading! This was super cute and fun, navigating each of the different towns was an interesting process, and some of the names definitely got a chuckle out of me! I kinda wish there was a way to always check which stamps you already have just so I can double check that I don't already have one I'm itching to pinch. Speaking of which, the peeling was very satisfying to go through! Really helped the collective feel.