Space Mail (2023)

Devlog

• Second Cutscene is Done 4/15/2023
  May 15, 2023 by AKD1017

  The second cutscene is officially finished and animated. It is a rough cut similar to the first version, but once again it will be edited and refined throughout the rest of the time we have. The secon... Continue reading
• First Cutscene is Done 4/10/2023
  May 15, 2023 by AKD1017

  I have officially finished the first cutscene for the game. It is for sure a rough version and will be polished in the weeks leading up to the game’s release. The cleaning cutscene is officially don... Continue reading
• Assets have been Created 4/3/2023
  May 15, 2023 by AKD1017

  The assets have been finalized for the cutscenes. Since there weren't certain assets for the cutscenes as the animation team was a recent addition that no one initially planned for. Due to this, asset... Continue reading
• Cutscenes Decided and Development Begins 3/20/2023
  May 15, 2023 by AKD1017

  We have all the cutscenes’ stories decided and storyboarded so production of them can finally begin on Adobe Animate. Due to it being a program I’ve never used before production will be slow at fi... Continue reading
• Ideas Created for Cutscenes 3/8/2023
  May 15, 2023 by AKD1017

  After recently joining the animation team I’ve begun to brainstorm ideas for cutscenes for the game. These will act as connectors from one mini-game to another so everything feels more unified. We... Continue reading
• Greg Beaudoin Devlog #6 (5/11/2023)
  May 11, 2023 by GregBeaudoin

  Well, this is it. We finally did it! Space Mail is now completed and our beta build is available to be downloaded and play! Before I go into future additions and plans for this project, I wanted to ta... Continue reading

  
• Front Page Design
  May 10, 2023 by N_Giampaglia05

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  For the front page of this Itch.io page, we wanted to bring something that is relative to the art style and theme of the game without revealing any details about it. Ricardo made a great background th... Continue reading
• Staff Characters
  May 04, 2023 by JDMarist

  Over the last few weeks I have begun designing and implementing the dialogue for a set of side characters: The staff of FSPS. They are aliens from the various planets, but with different color schemes... Continue reading

  
• Nicholas Fisher: Playtest Results - 5/4
  May 04, 2023 by Galacterax

  Hey all! As we enter into the final stretch, I'm uploading a list of major fixes that should probably be implemented before the final build: Global: Cutscenes and dialogue are the same during every ru... Continue reading
• Cutscene Background
  May 04, 2023 by Mister_Shinx

  I have created a third background for the cutscenes. So far, we have the hangar and the boss' office, and now we have a break room. There's not much to say about it. I wanted to fill it with stuff you... Continue reading

  
• Guess what. We have more CUTSCENES!
  May 04, 2023 by A122345#Narrative

  It's happening folks! Cutscenes have now been added to the end of missions! Get to know the customers of Space Mail like you never knew or asked to know them before! These folks have a lot of needs an... Continue reading
• Greg Beaudoin Devlog #5 (5/1/2023)
  May 01, 2023 by GregBeaudoin

  While I don't have any huge updates for today, since we are currently in the midst of getting the last changes and additions in for the beta launch next week, I wanted to take some time to discuss som... Continue reading
• Upgrade Shop
  May 01, 2023 by Christopher.Rogers1

  Recently, most of my work has been focused around the upgrade shop and system. I first implemented a basic shop and playerprefs to indicate if the player has purchased each upgrade. Within the last co... Continue reading
• Finalized writing
  April 24, 2023 by JDMarist#Writing

  The dialogue and writing angle for Space Mail is fully organized and almost finalized! Over the week I had put myself in charge of ensuring we had all the necessary content available and organized for... Continue reading

  
• Stability Upgrade
  April 23, 2023 by OumOW

  Hey everyone, This week I wanted to talk to you about another upgradable aspect that you will be able to control in the game, and that is the ship's "stability". When the ship gets hit by an asteroid... Continue reading
• Greg Beaudoin Devlog #4 (4/21/2023)
  April 21, 2023 by GregBeaudoin

  This week was another big week for us as it was both when our alpha demo was due and it was when we were showing off our game at CURSCA. Originally, we had no plans to show off our game outside the cl... Continue reading

  
• Nicholas Fisher - Playtest Results_Alpha Build
  April 20, 2023 by Galacterax

  Hey all! Just writing a post to compile all of the feedback we got from playtesters during CURSCA, as well as some additional feedback from my own playtest of the alpha build. CURSCA Feedback: Text ne... Continue reading
• Nicholas Fisher - Playtest Results_Pre-Alpha Build
  April 20, 2023 by Galacterax

  Hey all! Just gonna compile the playtest results from the pre-alpha to ensure that everything listed gets fixed by the next build. Global: Need Accept and Decline Buttons that are in the style of the... Continue reading
• Nicholas Fisher - Playtest Results_4/13
  April 20, 2023 by Galacterax

  Hey all! Just wanted to let you in on the results of the latest playtest regarding the 3/27 build. Global: Need a way to pause and exit to main menu. Add ability to skip cutscenes? Main Menu: Start an... Continue reading
• Cutscene Dialogue
  April 19, 2023 by JDMarist

  The final step for the writing team is to write some final dialogue for the game. Due to the 8-bit style of this game our options for visual humor are slightly limited. However, we've concluded that t... Continue reading

  
• Design Document / Booklet
  April 19, 2023 by JDMarist

  We are near the end of establishing a fully updated and stylized design documentation, listing the various details of our ideology and accomplishments towards making the game. We plan to format this a... Continue reading

  
• New Packages
  April 17, 2023 by Mister_Shinx

  I noticed through a number of playtests through this game that the variety in the packages that appear in the package minigame is lacking. This is because I only made a handful of packages at the begi... Continue reading

  
• New Cutscenes!
  April 17, 2023 by A122345

  Get ready for a weird and wacky update to the space Odyssey known as Space Mail! Traverse our colorful cast of characters as they deliver packages across the cosmos and see the day to day hijinks of t... Continue reading
• Icons for the Upgrades
  April 15, 2023 by Mister_Shinx

  Over the past few weeks, I have been working on the sprites for the upgrades purchasable by the player in between missions. There are 15 upgrades, separated into two categories: tiered and repeated. T... Continue reading

  
• Shields
  April 13, 2023 by OumOW

  Hi Everyone! Today I'm excited to reveal one of the upgrades we have been working on for the game: Shields! Players will be able to purchase shields, which will make them immune to damage for a set am... Continue reading
• Greg Beaudoin Devlog #3 (4/10/2023)
  April 10, 2023 by GregBeaudoin

  A little bit late on this post but that's mostly due to the fact that I was on Easter break the past weekend. However, I do have some exciting news to share: We finally fixed the gameplay loop! For a... Continue reading

  
• Creating Unique Characters
  April 06, 2023 by N_Giampaglia05

  Our approach to creating unique characters were to draw inspiration from characters from all over media, and to not overlap any of the inspirations. For example, we thought that Lord Cade should follo... Continue reading
• Marketing Poster Concepts
  April 06, 2023 by JDMarist#Marketing

  Members of the Writing Team such as myself have been transferred over to Marketing now that we are getting closer towards the games' launch. These are just a few of the initial concepts for promotiona... Continue reading

  
• Major Bug Fix
  April 05, 2023 by Christopher.Rogers1

  Recently, a new version of Space Mail was made which fixed a massive bug. Previously, whenever the game was replayed the second time through none of the minigames would work and it would just freeze... Continue reading
• Brianna Lee Devlog - 04.03.23
  April 03, 2023 by briannaxlee

  This week, I worked on implementing my scoring system so that each block will give the player 100 points. I am still having issues with figuring out how the scene is reset during the game loop. I have... Continue reading
• Collection Sprites and UI
  April 03, 2023 by WolfyVST

  This past week I worked on making the sprite that collects the packages in the QTE minigame and also making some different backgrounds to the same mini game also i worked on the speech bubbles and the... Continue reading
• Nicholas Fisher: Devlog - Updated Character Sprites
  April 02, 2023 by Galacterax

  Hello everyone! I am writing this to inform you all of some updates that I have made regarding the game's character art assets over the past few weeks. The first major item of note is that, in additio... Continue reading

  
• Greg Beaudoin Devlog #2 (3/31/2023)
  March 31, 2023 by GregBeaudoin

  I'm going to start writing these more weekly now because 1. We haven't really had access to the itch page until now and couldn't write anything and 2. We're more than halfway through the game's produc... Continue reading

  
• NPC Dialogues - Jason dos Santos
  March 30, 2023 by JDMarist#Narrative

  One of the many things I have been working on for Space Mail 2023 is the lore and dialogue options for some of the planet NPCs / clients. The main two in which I have been working on are a red alien h... Continue reading

  
• Brianna Lee Devlog - 03.24.23
  March 30, 2023 by briannaxlee

  Throughout this process, there have been many changes regarding the mini-game that I have been working on. Before Spring Break, the idea of the mini-game was to have a drag-and-drop puzzle, but this c... Continue reading
• Upgrade System
  March 28, 2023 by OumOW

  Hello Everyone! Recently I, along with the rest of the team, are in the early stages of creating an upgrade system for the game. This will give players something to work towards besides just trying to... Continue reading
• Daniel Bilotto Drawing and Custom Cursor
  March 28, 2023 by DCB01

  One thing that I developed for the "charting the course minigame" is the drawing mechanic and custom cursor. The drawing mechanic uses the line render component to draw out a line ONLY IF you start at... Continue reading
• Chris Rogers Devlog 3/26
  March 27, 2023 by Christopher.Rogers1#Programming

  One of the biggest things which I have learned through Space Mail's development for this current build is the saving of data and transferring data across scenes. Up to this point, I had never needed t... Continue reading
• Visual Leaderboard
  March 26, 2023 by OumOW

  Hello everyone! I'm writing to update you about an exciting aspect of our game! With a primary component of our project pertaining to following your progress as you climb the leaderboard, our design t... Continue reading
• Kevin Moran DevLog 3/26
  March 26, 2023 by kevmoran

  Within the early stages of developing Space Mail, we happen to realize this is one of the few opportunities to step in and contribute to building a fully developed digital game, regardless of the plat... Continue reading
• Gameplay Loop Framework
  March 26, 2023 by Ethan Hobbs

  As one of the senior designers on Space Mail, I would like to talk about the framework pertaining to the gameplay loop that Space Mail uses. First however, there is important context to speak on. The... Continue reading
• Progressing the Narrative
  March 25, 2023 by N_Giampaglia05

  While discussing the early stages of Space Mail, we the writing team thought it would be best that the story is through statically programmed check ins, depending on where the player is on the leaderb... Continue reading
• Greg Beaudoin Devlog #1 (3/24/2023)
  March 24, 2023 by GregBeaudoin

  Our game has come a long way since its inception back in January. This week has served as no greater example of the progress we've made and how far we've come since then. For starters, this week was t... Continue reading

  
• New Cutscenes
  March 23, 2023 by A122345#Animation

  New cutscenes have come to the game Space Mail! Were excited to announce that the wacky space hijinks are no longer relegated to the gameplay itself but outside of the gameplay. With a group of wacky... Continue reading