For LD-53.

You are the new postmaster. This is your first day. Postage Please!

Premise

Postage Please! is a post office simulation game in the style of Papers Please. Your new king has started a postal service for the benefit of the people. And yet, the rules seem a little much...

Postmaster’s Handbook Errata:

  • To use a stamp, place it on the envelope and press firmly! (Drag the stamp onto the envelope and click.)

Further details

Created for the Pico-8 fantasy console, “Postage Please” is a mouse-driven game for teens and up.

Made in <72 hours by Ben Sherratt (@btsherratt)

NB: Uploaded binary files on May 5th. These are the same as the version submitted to the jam.

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postmaster.p8 54 kB
postmaster_windows.zip 983 kB
postmaster_linux.zip 743 kB
postmaster_osx.zip 3.2 MB

Comments

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Today, I learned that return addresses are put on BACKS of envelopes outside the United States. Heck of a way to discover that. I'm guessing a lot of players (like I did with the first letter on the final day) will automatically void everything at that point, wondering why they're being told it's incorrect to do so, not even knowing they CAN flip envelopes over (I'd discovered that accidentally earlier). Nice little game, though the interface is a bit wonky (it seems random whether clicking an edge will flip something/turn a page or not; it's obnoxious that the text boxes from the customers cover the weight display until they disappear) and that cultural difference (which I'm guessing you had no idea about, I certainly didn't) will unintentionally stump a LOT of players.

Hi! We played your game on stream and really enjoyed it!

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Thanks Renkon & Daikon!