Postal Town by FreezedIce
Welcome to Postal Town!
Draw the posties' paths so they do their job as best as they can! Deliver letters to houses, collect stamps, and deliver... houses?


https://youtu.be/2igFKamB-o0
| Link | https://freezedice.itch.io/postal-town |
| Link | https://freezedice.itch.io/postal-town |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/postal-town |
Ratings
| Overall | 47th | 4.237â | 40đ§ââď¸ |
| Fun | 121th | 4.013â | 40đ§ââď¸ |
| Innovation | 94th | 4.039â | 40đ§ââď¸ |
| Theme | 37th | 4.513â | 40đ§ââď¸ |
| Graphics | 24th | 4.684â | 40đ§ââď¸ |
| Audio | 208th | 3.865â | 39đ§ââď¸ |
| Humor | 782th | 2.758â | 33đ§ââď¸ |
| Mood | 214th | 3.986â | 39đ§ââď¸ |
| Given | 24đłď¸ | 23đ¨ď¸ |
I played several times, just to sink into the beautiful, soft aesthetic you have so perfectly crafted here.
So many wonderful touches - each asset was so lovingly rendered with a consistent, tactile feel - everything from the score icons to the background envelopes just exhales a sense of comfort.
Puts me right back to the release of New Horizons.
Also, you managed to take the classic graph-solving mindset and turn it into a relaxing and fully-engaging game loop - a total act of game design wizardy to make something so familiar and 'banal' into such a charming experience.
I will definitly be showing this game to friends, and only wish I could poke about the source code myself. I can already tell I will be inspired by this game in the future, and count myself lucky to have played it!
It seemed too hard for me to complete all tasks simultaneously but I guess that's skill issue :smile:
One thing is when you get to the later stages and build more houses it becomes confusing to understand what arrow points to which house, especially under the time pressure. But I have no idea how it could be fixed.
Other than that, it is a great entry!