Neighborhood Delivery by Pannda

[raw]
made by Pannda for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Banner.PNG

⚠WARNING: This game talks about one's existential crisis. This game also talks about the uncertainty of what is after death. ⚠ If any of these warnings fill you with bad thoughts or dread of the unknown, please skip this game and remember that you matter! ⚠

Picture5.Jpeg

Originally developed with the intent to be a phycological horror game.

A pretty short game where you play as a delivery person fulfilling their job throughout a week, while trying to see the good parts of life.

Picture9.Jpeg

An endless cycle of life experiences; doing the same job over and over again, until you die. What is life?

No matter how rough life gets there are very beautiful parts within it, you just have to focus on them.

Picture8.Jpeg

Friday is, by far, my favorite day of the week.

no spoilers :)

Ratings

Given 8🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

tinykidtoo
01. May 2023 · 21:40 UTC
There seems to be a formatting issue![Delivery_Neighorhood_JDUXmH0EQX.png](///raw/8e4/z/5946a.png)
A lot of the text appears to be ontop of each other, so I can read it. I like the atmosphere based on the things I could make out. Seems really creepy along with the general vibe.
Raivk
01. May 2023 · 22:05 UTC
Nicely made mood, really loved the way the ambience settles in day after day. Congrats!
Devez
01. May 2023 · 22:07 UTC
I wish I could read the text. other than that I also liked the vibe and effects on friday :stuck_out_tongue: . On the theme, I sympathize. Honestly there is no point in life, but one thing I realized through the years is that life is like someone brought us to an amusement park, we can either sit on the side and sulk over the fact that we'll only be here for very little time and everything is ultimately pointless or just enjoy as many rides and games as we can while we're here. Cheers!
Weston Goggins
01. May 2023 · 23:06 UTC
Very creepy, but relatable, theme. Loved it!
Zhiteng Chen
01. May 2023 · 23:14 UTC
I enjoy the feeling!
Nathramn
02. May 2023 · 00:32 UTC
This. Very. Cool.
This atmosphere and feeling that this game gives. This is real and happens to many people all the time. I myself take antipsychotics and antidepressants and understand you very well. Everything will be fine, friend. Sooner or later.
LDJam user 240168
02. May 2023 · 08:00 UTC
I have a feeling that I've just watched an arthouse movie, in a good way :) Everything was fine with text for me, by the way. The low-res art style is an interesting choice, though it might be a bit painful to look at when you don't have perfect eyesight. The gameplay loop is too repetitive, but I guess this is the whole point? :) Personally I wish there was a bit more story to that, but, again, maybe it isn't intended to be a story, but rather just an experience. The music, text & visual effects definitely set me into a proper mood by the game's end.

Happy for you to be able to express your feeling through a game. By the way, in my opinion doing something like participating in world's largest game jam and managing to make a game that truly evokes one's feelings is really far from "just existing" :)
Emily-TTG
02. May 2023 · 18:17 UTC
Really good! The dialogue was perhaps a tad on the nose at times, from the perspective of presentation rather than content. It was a little hard to read the text as has been said above - but overall it was quite well put together from a technical standpoint, controls well etc. Good job!
🎤 Pannda
03. May 2023 · 01:17 UTC
@tinykidtoo and @devez , I wanted to ask you two if you were both on a Macintosh/Apple computer? I would like to fix the text bug, but I'm not quite sure what causes it. From all of my tests, the text is fine on the Windows application but I do not own an Apple pc to test it. Thank you.
tinykidtoo
03. May 2023 · 01:43 UTC
@pannda I am on windows 10. I am using a 4k screen if that helps.
Devez
03. May 2023 · 06:19 UTC
@pannda I'm on windows and I played windowed mode. My monitor is 1440p and 165hz.
🎤 Pannda
03. May 2023 · 09:36 UTC
@tinykidtoo and @devez thank you both for the reply and specs, I will see what I can do to fix it in an upcoming patch; also thank you all for playing! and for the very kind words and support!
fusionnist
03. May 2023 · 19:17 UTC
Cool entry! Great job getting this out on this polish level. Playing through it once made me think I missed some details, which makes the experience more profound, I think. I feel like the writing says out loud what the game already implies really well on its own. And I had no clue why I had a zoom and a sprint meter. The zoom sort of let me see the ceiling detail? Either way, good stuff. Cheers!
BorderDestroyer
07. May 2023 · 02:53 UTC
That was a really good experience! It felt super well made for a game jam submission and it got the horror ambiance really well done! Absolutely loved this one!
CO5MONAUT
15. May 2023 · 09:32 UTC
"Just played this game and it's so creepy and atmospheric! The text was a bit hard to read, but overall, I enjoyed the vibe. Well done, developer!