
Postal Dash!
Note!! Please use the itch.io link to play the game. The platform won't let me remove the downloads :)
Have you ever dreamt about managing your own post office? You probably haven't! But in Delivery Dash, you can! And, as it happens, this is a really busy and understaffed office- so you'll have to take care of deliveries AND pick ups. Oh, and you also have to take care of the office pet, and make sure it stays alive... Should be easy, right?
The game starts simple- All you have to do at first is pick packages up from the clients waiting in the queue, deliver them to the delivery area and return to the client. But as you progress, you'll unlock more tasks to do with the packages to be delivered: Make sure they have the right weight, make sure they're using the correct stamp... Oh, and that they do NOT explode!
Have you ever dreamt about managing your own post office? You probably haven't! But in Delivery Dash, you can! And, as it happens, this is a really busy and understaffed office- so you'll have to take care of deliveries AND pick ups. Oh, and you also have to take care of the office pet, and make sure it stays alive... Should be easy, right?
The game starts simple- All you have to do at first is pick packages up from the clients waiting in the queue, deliver them to the delivery area and return to the client. But as you progress, you'll unlock more tasks to do with the packages to be delivered: Make sure they have the right weight, make sure they're using the correct stamp... Oh, and that they do NOT explode!
Tools: Unity
Comments19

LDJam user 2347535 May 2023, 00:17
Very cute game!
I got confused at the start as i didn't know that i can get behind the counter - probably a good idea to either start the player there, or show some objects directly behind the counter - i thought the yellow background was a wall. Next thing that happened I sent a package but couldn't return the receipt, so i got on the road and i filled in the bowl which wasn't even needed on the first day
I got confused at multiple other steps - it's not very clear how exactly to do the stamps, or where to get inbound packages from so explaining the exact steps of how to interact with the game is very useful, not just the high-level description of the job. I'd say as a general rule, err on the side of giving too many instructions rather than too few - this is after all a post office simulator not a post office job - I'm trying to have fun here not just feel like a disappointment :P
Once i got past the confusion with the mechanics I really enjoyed it, seems like a very fun idea, and you do introduce the mechanics over time in a very nice way - just needs a bit more of explaining and i'd think it would be very fun!
I got confused at the start as i didn't know that i can get behind the counter - probably a good idea to either start the player there, or show some objects directly behind the counter - i thought the yellow background was a wall. Next thing that happened I sent a package but couldn't return the receipt, so i got on the road and i filled in the bowl which wasn't even needed on the first day
I got confused at multiple other steps - it's not very clear how exactly to do the stamps, or where to get inbound packages from so explaining the exact steps of how to interact with the game is very useful, not just the high-level description of the job. I'd say as a general rule, err on the side of giving too many instructions rather than too few - this is after all a post office simulator not a post office job - I'm trying to have fun here not just feel like a disappointment :P
Once i got past the confusion with the mechanics I really enjoyed it, seems like a very fun idea, and you do introduce the mechanics over time in a very nice way - just needs a bit more of explaining and i'd think it would be very fun!
Alyssa Sanden5 May 2023, 00:25
The character creation is so cute, and I cannot belive you accomplished that. The movement is slightly jarring, but the overall mechanics are great!!

YurisCat5 May 2023, 10:24
This is a very interesting delivery game. I spent a long time looking for the pet on the first day, only to find out that I could take care of it on the second day haha. I really like the part where I can customize my character, it allows me to create my own character. Sometimes, the character's layer would be covered by items, or there would be glitches where the character could pass through objects. There were also times when the character couldn't interact with the items, which required restarting the game. However, overall, this is a very good game and I am looking forward to seeing more updates and improvements!
miao5 May 2023, 14:02
i like your art style the pixel character is nice too

LDJam user 2574385 May 2023, 14:16
Nice game but pls if you are working on this game!!
add a tutorial man!!!!
Overall, good game with nice sfx, audio and gameplay!
add a tutorial man!!!!
Overall, good game with nice sfx, audio and gameplay!

BmanStudio5 May 2023, 14:18
I would love for a tutorial or some kind of how-to, as I wasn't able to understand by myself lol :) Seems great, but I didn't played so felt unfair to rate :)

Yossarian5 May 2023, 14:23
Character creation is great! Beyond that, it was very difficult for me to tell what to do. I was able to pick up a broom, but not sure where to take it.
LexUor6 May 2023, 19:33
Interesting game with good progression. I was very pleased with the character constructor, good pixel art and nice music. Often there are bugs, but it's still fun to play.
LDJam user 24316 May 2023, 21:42
Nice! The game just kept getting more and more content.
Quinnster6 May 2023, 22:10
Cool little game! My only question is how did you manage to get character customization in the game on time?!?!?!

Pink shard games7 May 2023, 12:23
@quinnster Actually, the character creation took like 40% of my time!! We wanted to have randomised NPCS, so we had two choices: either we created a pool of like 10 different NPCS or we created random NPCS with like randomised clothings and random colors. We went for the second option (which was probably a mistake, I mean, I could’ve invested my time in something else), and once I had the system to create the random NPCS, applying it to the main character and creating a character creation menu was simple enough. I’m glad you liked that!!
Daveybb9 May 2023, 06:33
Hahahahaha oh my god, our games both even have character customization! Out of all the games I've played, yours and mine are the only ones I've seen that support it, and... we both also have similar ideas on the core game loop. Even with the notebook that can be hidden and shown again. Wow.
That being said, your game is basically what I was hoping my game would end up as, and has features that I would have liked to have had (a scale to actually measure the packages, etc).
Bravo to you and the team for accomplishing this for the game jam! I had a lot of fun playing around in it.
That being said, your game is basically what I was hoping my game would end up as, and has features that I would have liked to have had (a scale to actually measure the packages, etc).
Bravo to you and the team for accomplishing this for the game jam! I had a lot of fun playing around in it.
Bluepir10 May 2023, 12:34
This is very well made!! I'm impressed to see a game with a functioning character creation process in a Jam!
There's a couple criticisms I've got, but feel free to ignore me, you did only have three days after all
There's a couple criticisms I've got, but feel free to ignore me, you did only have three days after all

OddballDave10 May 2023, 19:19
That was fun. It works very well as a game. There are plenty of elements to juggle. As others have said it's a little confusing at points. The graphics were great.
Good stuff :8ball:
Good stuff :8ball:
adjo10 May 2023, 21:43
As others have said, it's not clear what you need to do, ends up being a bit of trial and error, first package I sent, the receipt didn't seem to be accepted by the customer, which made it a bit confusing, but I restarted and was okay!
Impressive to get character customisation in the game!
Impressive to get character customisation in the game!
kaliuresis11 May 2023, 05:24
Putting character customization in a jam game is impressive, and the core game loop is pretty fun. After the 2nd or 3rd day it seemed like every package I sent out was considered a mistake, even though the weight and stamp seemed fine and it didn't set off the bomb scanner. I'm not sure if it was a bug or if I'm missing something.

gamescodedogs19 May 2023, 07:44
Great job, solid pixel art style, fun to play!


This is very close to a real life simulator xD Made me think of Paper Please in some way. Very great job, keep going !