Coastal Postal

by dom

co-authored: @amypie80

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.68

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.53

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.57

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.26

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.09

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Think island life is easygoing? A simple escape, free of challenges? Maybe that’s why you took your new job at Coastal Postal, the delivery service on Coastal Island.
But where resources are scarce, things just aren’t that simple, and as demand grows, you’d better maximise your efficiency- that is, if you want to keep your new neighbours happy!

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Currently only Windows and macOS binaries available (Linux too, but currently untested). This is our first Ludum Dare game so feedback very much appreciated!

Repo: https://github.com/dom96/ld40

Controls

Arrow keys - Move the map

Space - Selects stops and moves the dialogue along

Esc - Show exit title screen (no progress is saved after exit, sorry!)

M - Pause music

P - Toggles delivery route guide

Linux-specific info

You will need to install SFML/CSFML to run the game. This is usually called `sfml`, `csfml` or `libsfml`, `libcsfml` in your package manager.

Changelog

- v1.2.0 - Fixed issues on external displays and added scaling for Windows - 14:37 GMT 05/12/2017
- v1.1.1 - The macOS version is now a nice little .app bundle - 12:50 GMT 05/12/2017
- v1.1.0 - Small bug fixes to text rendering - 02:11am GMT 05/12/2017
- v1.0.0 - Initial release - 01:44am GMT 05/12/2017

Tags: #casual, #delivery, #management

Genres: simulation

Tools: SFML

Comments24

iovorobiev5 Dec 2017, 14:01

Great entry! It was very interesting and I completed the game. Puzzles are not very difficult but still force you to think, which makes the game relaxing and entertaining

meursault5 Dec 2017, 16:25

Very good game, i really like it. The graphics are nice and some of the routes are difficult to figure out. The controls are a little clunky, just not really smooth. Besides that i loved it!

kokirisandfriends5 Dec 2017, 16:28

Nice graphics and very well executed retro vibes! However, the pixel typography is a bit hard to read sometimes but it's still enjoyable thanks to its colors and puzzles!

roNtz5 Dec 2017, 17:22

Nice Puzzle, it makes you think a little bit, and i like the retro graphics =) In the beginning, i didn't get which routes you can take, and which not. The music is relaxing. Well done!

papacheech5 Dec 2017, 17:29

this is great. The graphics were killer especially for such a low res art style.. good work!

flip1205 Dec 2017, 17:35

Nice art, I love it 👍

unfinished5 Dec 2017, 17:59

Great game. I just did not really get, which nodes are reachable from a node and which ones are not. For example I could not go from the post office to the flower farm, but all the way to the residence on the top left? This could be made a little bit clearer? Or did I not get something in the instructions? Nice work anyway!

AmyPie805 Dec 2017, 18:13

Hey @unfinished, thanks for all the lovely compliments. Our stop bypasses were chosen to be relevant to the puzzles- just a little misdirection to keep things interesting! :)

CremaGames5 Dec 2017, 19:55

I'm in love with the minimalist art. Very nice game and a really good idea. Moving the map is a bit pain in the ass but bearable thanks to the lovely graphics and music.

domauthor5 Dec 2017, 20:37

@cremagames thanks! Yeah, I wanted to give it a little bit of a retro feel by making it keyboard-only. Moving the map via the mouse probably would have been much better.

Wakka25 Dec 2017, 21:15

Very nice puzzle game. Played through all levels :)

Nozomu5 Dec 2017, 23:30

I love these graphics, I wish could sprite as good as that! And the game was really fun, thumbs up from me!

AndrewJAdams5 Dec 2017, 23:37

Great concept but I echo what was said above about the controls being a little "clunky". Tapping the cross hair felt a bit jarring, maybe move the cross hair and then smoothly glide the camera to the new position?

Xeloglaz5 Dec 2017, 23:37

Great concept, great execution. I like the style of this game and it demand to think a bit :slight_smile:

Jean5 Dec 2017, 23:40

Nice puzzle with lovely graphics!
The text font is kinda hard to read in my opinion tho :(

Great game!

domauthor5 Dec 2017, 23:43

@andrewjadams I actually had the same idea but didn't get a chance to try it. I wonder if this could count as a bug fix, probably not :)

Jupiter_Hadley6 Dec 2017, 16:18

Very cute game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 40 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlEs2Zt4em8

Sherwood6 Dec 2017, 17:20

Very nice little puzzle game. I really like the way you played on the theme with these kind of puzzle. Also the way you gave it a context.
However I'm being stuck at a the same point as @unfinished. Don't know if I'm not smart enough or if it's a lack of explanations.
Great entry though !

roycocup6 Dec 2017, 19:09

This is very good indeed!
The screen size is actually too big for my screen but everything else is really good fun :)

domauthor6 Dec 2017, 22:52

@roycocup what's your screen resolution? :)

arly7 Dec 2017, 06:46

Sweet interpretation of traveling salesman! :grin: I really liked the art style and music - they really conveyed the homey island feel. Thought it was a bit confusing that you could cross back over small sections of roads, even though you couldn't pass the same stops again. Maybe to move through the map, you could actually just jump right between different nodes, since they're on a grid system anyway?

stmatn7 Dec 2017, 08:17

Very nice game! The music is great, but the program crashed when it seemd, that the music track reached its end. It was a bit strange, that I couldn't move to the flower cottage directly, while there was a crear path. It would be nice, if you could make the movement radius visible, somehow. However I really had fun playing the game. Great work!

domauthor7 Dec 2017, 20:52

@stmatn interesting. What OS is this on? Thank you for the kind words. We tried to get you to explore by making the paths a little less clear, hopefully it wasn't too confusing (although I also wonder where you were travelling from) :)

tuzepoito9 Dec 2017, 11:55

Nice little "travelling salesman" game! I like the simple, relaxing retro graphics. As stated by another commenter, the main drawback is that it's sometimes not very obvious which locations are reachable from a given location, and which ones aren't. Good job, overall!