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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Visuals | #15 | 4.641 | 4.641 |
| Overall | #25 | 3.987 | 3.987 |
| Audio | #38 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Enjoyment | #39 | 4.103 | 4.103 |
| Gameplay | #88 | 3.821 | 3.821 |
| Innovation | #139 | 3.795 | 3.795 |
| Theme | #307 | 3.564 | 3.564 |
Ranked from 39 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does the game fit the theme?
You are a mediating postman translating messages of different alien civilizations. If you follow the rulebooks all should go smoothly, though there is no margin for human error.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
We made everything ourselves, art, code, sounds, music, ideas, everything.
How many people worked on the game?6
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That's such a great game. I really love it ! You did such a great job in all aspects possible. The Gameplay, the music, the art style. Well done ! It's my favourite game so far
Very cool visuals and overall ambience. Kind of a mix of Chants of Sennaar and That's Not My Neighbour, which are games that I both enjoy. Sometimes hard to see some texts due to its small size. Really good gameplay-wise. Great job on this submission! :)
Thanks for playing! You can zoom in on the text with scrollwheel, that should make it easier to read :)
What. A. Game! A friend of mine clocked it while we were scrolling through submissions, and we decided to give it a try. Best decision we've made today! It was great fun speed-reading through all the books and different ways of interpreting texts, and I got a 41 on my first go!
Definitely a winner contender in my eyes!
Very fun game!
It's amazing! Super game, you are great. Fantastic visuals and great job done.
Awesome this was so fun to play!!!
The art style and sound design create a relaxed, immersive atmosphere that complements the theme nicely. Very great, polished entry! One downside for me - text size is very small, and was really hard to read anything written in the books or letters. Overall, it's a delightful and inventive take on a unique concept. Great work!
Thank you for playing! You can scale books and letters with your scroll wheel :) should make it easier to read!
Very fun game. The translation aspect is well-designed, it feels neither too difficult nor too easy, and different languages have different feeling to them. I loved when they gave me a rock.
Unfortunately, I wasn't sure what were the win or lose conditions, and also I wasn't sure if the items should've been mailed and how. Also, the space got really cluttered with all the books and I couldn't click the one I wanted. Maybe if they would be retractable and could not overlap, it would be better? idk
Really nice
I like the concept here, and the art style is great. It was oddly relaxing to play, I really enjoyed it.
Oh, I love this slow and relaxing game. I love reading letters and translating them with the help of books. I will definitely play this for a long time! The animations are a bit lacking, but overall the game is well made, I like the graphics and the sound.