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Hello everyone!

We kindly ask for your support in recommending Mail Time as a nominee for the "SIT BACK AND RELAX" category in the upcoming "The Steam Awards 2023!"

The nomination period starts now and runs for one week. Let's showcase the true power of our community!

Thank you for your support!
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Hi everyone!

We're excited to announce that Mail Time will be showcased at DreamHack Beyond on August 18th, 2023!

Check out the Summer Indie Showcase at https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40157993/sale/DreamHackBeyondSummerIndieShowcase . We’re super excited to see you!

If you want to join the community, follow us on TikTok[www.tiktok.com], Instagram[www.instagram.com], Twitch[www.twitch.tv], and join our Discord![discord.gg]

Thanks for your support and we’re super excited to show off all of our hard work!

Here I am with another patch :) This one mainly focuses on the issues folks were having with the mushroom sample questline. It was acting up strangely where some of you weren’t able to deliver your last samples. To help that I’ve introduced a ✨new thing✨;

This new sign can be found right next to Toph and will be where you can easily see all the various samples and their hints. You can also go to the board to deliver your samples (including those with save files where you previously couldn’t!).

Samples you can deliver will show up as orange with three exclamation points and ones you haven’t found yet are dark brown with a question mark! To change into the various hats you can still go to the hat box.

The mushroom board is a much more clear and reliable way of handling the mushroom samples so I hope you enjoy it!

I see a lot of folks are eager to keep playing after they’ve reached the end of the game and complete some of their final deliveries. Well now you can!

From now on,when you reload a save that you left in the party (or after the credits), it’ll put the game back to how it was before the party. You’ll still be in the location you last were but you’ll be able to go back to delivering your remaining letters!

There is ONE catch though! For those of you that have an existing save file from before this patch, you won’t be able to replay the party on that save file due to how your dialogue history saves. I’m really sorry about that but there’s nothing I can do to help that sadly.

I’m not done with Mail Time yet! There’s a number of things in the works:

• The highly requested map feature (I’m working on it!!)
  
• Continue resolving bugs that come in via Discord/Steam Forums
  
• There’s additional content that I’d love to bring to you all in a content update(s).

No more info on that yet as I don’t want to announce anything until it’s ready but that’s what I’m working on!



If you'd like to backup your save before playing the new patch (just in case), you can find it in the following location:

Windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/MailTime/Saved/SaveGames

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/ Epic/MailTime/Saved/SaveGames

It will be called MailTime.sav so just copy that file to a save location!

If you ever want to play on that file again just put it back in the folder, being careful to make sure the name is still MailTime.sav and you can start the game and play it.





- introduced the sample board (next to Toph) where you can now deliver your mushroom samples and see all the hints (this should also fix save files where the mushroom quest got stuck)
- when at Greg's cave you can no longer accidentally trigger the dialogue that thinks you're at the van
- moved the parrot waxcap mushroom sample from the snowy end area to a new spot for better access, happy hunting!
- on a save file that's already played the epilogue party reloading the save (continue game) should allow you to continue playing.
- dialogue cameras for each NPC are pre-determined and so cannot clip into the player
- localised remaining untranslated text

- moved the 'reset location' location in the pond area so you can't sequence break
- made sure when closing the handbook you regain focus to any other open UI
- prevented HUD from showing in Player Creation screen on new game
- the credits allow you to skip (still needs a bit more work to be solid with hovering and controller nav)
- removed quick start from the main menu to avoid confusion until it can be reworked.
- Express Delivery patch now actually counts seconds (not minutes). (there's still some work to be done here to make the patch more reliable as people are reporting it not working)
- controller navigation issues addressed across a bunch of UI screens
- Kaz no longer becomes unavailable during the Heist storyline as that could interfere with other -deliveries to him.
- fixed an issue where dialogue would never start in the opening sequence if you opened the handbook before it started the dialogue
- resolved a bug where two images in the credits would never show
- resolved errors in Korean translation

- fixed a deep hole in the terrain under the waterfall in the pond area
- made mycologist patch count samples delivered accurately
- when loading in a save in the epilogue the party tables won't be invisible
- reduced particles at the big waterfall near Jim & the snowy area
- secret admirer patch will show 1/1 when completed and hovering in the handbook
- introduced the publisher and developer logo to the main menu
- edited the credits to not mention Nintendo Switch or Playstation
- resolved dialogue tags showing in Janet's dialogue on the Japanese translation
- on first startup of the game the game will now attempt to sync with your PC's system language (if possible)
- parrot waxcap mushroom sample now has the correct UI art
- integrated some backend work for the upcoming map feature so that in future all save files will be able to support that. (also compatible with older save files)
- excluded confirm tab in handbook from bookmark cycle so it doesn't close accidentally when using Q/E (keyboard) or L/R (controller)
- renamed 'switch joysticks' to 'swap joysticks' in the settings for clarity
- resolved an issue where for some players not all water would load in
- prevented the game from loading double (reduces load on PC slightly)

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ty that's all!

bye bye! <3 ヾ(•ᴗ•๑)o

Kela

🌈 Make sure to join the Discord[discord.gg] to come hang out with the whole community

Hey scouts!

First of all I want to thank you for the absolutely incredible launch of Mail Time <3 It’s been an incredibly overwhelming few days and I’m so happy to see so many people enjoy this silly little mushroom game.

Now, you’ve all done a really good job informing us of bugs you’ve encountered and I’m here with a patch that’s out now that should address *most* of them!

• resolved a bug where you wouldn't be able to click the 'woooooo' button when a character gives you an item
  
• the game will return any items you might've not received before to your inventory due to a bug
  
• reordered which UI should be on top of which one so that the handbook will always be on top of any other menus
  
• made sure the "override save file?" confirmation always shows when potentially overriding a save file
  
• fixed hair colour selection not saving properly from the player creation menu
  
• when loading an existing save (continue game) the game will attempt to correct any steam achievements that you incorrectly hadn't received before

If you'd like to backup your save before playing the new patch (just in case), you can find it in the following location:

Windows: %USERPROFILE%/AppData/Local/MailTime/Saved/SaveGames

Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/ Epic/MailTime/Saved/SaveGames

It will be called MailTime.sav so just copy that file to a save location!

If you ever want to play on that file again just put it back in the folder, being careful to make sure the name is still MailTime.sav and you can start the game and play it!

I’m aware there have been some issues with achievements, I’m really sorry! I’ve now implemented a feature that will attempt to give you any achievements you should’ve received already when you continue your game (press continue game from the main menu).

Specifically the bureaucrat achievement had an issue with a misspelling in the backend making it impossible to get which is resolved now. I’ve also implemented some additional checks for “express shipping” and “next day delivery” which should make it so that you can get those achievements as well.

To 100% test achievements and resolve them will likely take a bit longer as it’s a complex task. For now we’ve unlisted achievements from the main store page as to not disappoint anyone and it’s something I’m working hard on to resolve asap. I appreciate you all documenting where the problems are <3

Toph is a character that is giving quite a few of you issues with his mushroom samples quest. That is *not* being solved in this patch yet. It’s something I’m working on and as long as you keep your save file with the mushroom samples I hope I can resolve it in such a way that you’ll all be able to finish the quest.

• resolved bug where you wouldn't be able to click the 'woooooo' button when a character gives you an item
  
• the game will return any items you might've not received before to your inventory due to a bug
  
• reordered which UI should be on top of which one so that the handbook will always be on top of any other menus
  
• made sure the "override save file?" confirmation always shows when potentially overriding a save file
  
• fixed hair color selection not saving properly from the player creation menu
  
• when loading an existing save (continue game) the game will attempt to correct any steam achievements that you incorrectly hadn't received before
  
• fixed a bug where sometimes you wouldn't be able to move after getting an item from a character

• fixed textures in player creation screen loading blurry
  
• menu to change player customization is now always accessible from the handbook > settings (blue tab) > "player" (left side)
  
• menu to change player customization has a player preview + reset button
  
• disabled controller rumble until we can properly implement intensity settings for it
  
• Daisy no longer has a "quest available" orange popup above her head when she has no delivery to give you. On older save files she'll still have this sadly.
  
• re-eanbled the invisible walls above the fence in the farm area to prevent you getting out of bounds >:(

• deliveries that are ready to be delivered won't show items missing in the deliveries tab of the handbook
  
• removed some foliage around Irene to make her more easily accessible
  
• prevented amethyst deceiver mushroom from disappearing
  
• moved floating water drop to actually be on lily pad
  
• fun fact: Soks isn't allowed back in Vegas since the incident.
  
• prevented Kaz "raven black feathers" dialogue box from jittering
  
• prevented Next Day Delivery patch UI from jittering
  
• cleared more space around Egbert to prevent camera from clipping into him during dialogue
  
• moved the line where music between the starting and village area switches so it's not so close to Kiki
  
• fixed a few spots where you could get stuck around the map
  
• fixed an issue where walking between Toph and the hat box could not allow dialogue to start
  
• made it so that when you hold the turn buttons in the player creation menu the player preview turns faster
  
• moved some out of bounds characters so they're not visible from within the map

Hello Mail Scouts! It’s finally happening!!!


HUGE thank you to all of you for supporting Mail Time during development and I hope you love it <3.

If you find a bug (not the ladybug kind) let me know in the official Discord [discord.com]server, where we have a dedicated section to reporting bugs! If you don’t want to join the Discord you can also leave it in the Steam Forums.

now go deliver all the mail!! and commit crime

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If you need me I’ll be half crying half laughing while fixing as many bugs as I can and hanging out in the Discord :’)

If you enjoyed the game, please leave a review, it helps a TON!

bye bye! <3 ヾ(•ᴗ•๑)o

Kela

It's been a while, I hope you're all well <3

Because we're nearing the end of the development of the game there's no new ✨stuff✨ I can show you but I'm happy to catch you up on the past weeks in Mail Time's development and some plans for what's next.
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Beta recap

I want to thank those of you that played the Mail Time beta for all your help! We used the Discord to receive bug reports and you all used it so well that it was very manageable for me to keep an overview of what I needed to work on.

Releasing the game in April is going to be pretty scary but it was really calming to be able to release it to you first and get some feedback before we do the big release.

During the beta you reported 56 bugs & I published 5 patches that fixed 88 bugs! (I found some you hadn't yet hehe >:) ).

I'm also happy to report that in true Mail Time tradition, someone did find a way out of the map. Since it's pretty difficult to find and do I'm going to leave it in (at least for now). BUT I did a good job making it really difficult as CMax said "Kela's done a real good job of patching out ways to get up there" (˘ ˘ ˘) hehe.

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While the beta was taking place we were also working on localization. We've worked closely with the localization team because Mail Time is quite a unique challenge to translate. Because one of the pronoun choices is gender-neutral pronouns (they/them), every translator had to figure out if that could work with their language. The translators delivered some amazing work and were able to incorporate gender-neutral pronouns for almost every language Mail Time will be available in! The only exception is the French translation where it's not yet quite possible due to the way their grammar is heavily gendered :(

look it's not English!! I don't remember what this says at all '^^
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also, maybe watch the MIX showcase this friday 10am PST, no reason at all of course 👀

when: Friday 10am PST / 7pm CET

where: Twitch[www.twitch.tv] + YouTube

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ty that's all! more info this Friday!!!

bye bye! <3 ヾ(•ᴗ•๑)o

Kela

🌈 Make sure to join the discord[discord.gg] to come hang out with the whole community