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The font? The art style? The fluidity on a mobile device? It's fantastic. I wasn't able to deliver packages but I was too mesmerized to be mad about that. Beau

The font? The art style? The fluidity on a mobile device? It's fantastic. I wasn't able to deliver packages but I was too mesmerized to be mad about that. Beautiful game. Kudos. Edit: I did figure it out and completed all the deliveries. So many potential. It reminds me a bit of Sky by thatgamecompany Edit 2: for the author, I noticed several players approached me and tried to communicate. Please explore games like Journey (thatgamecompany) to see different ways people communicate without chatting. People can help each other, veterans can guide newbies all without using words. Every time I met a player in the game back in the days, they sent me a heartfelt message.

logicallee 1y ago
I played for a few minutes. I wasn't able to deliver packages either.
- riggsdk 1y ago
  The game doesn't really explain that too well. You have to go find the packages first before you can deliver it. For example the old lady asks you to deliver an offering at a temple.
  - snerbles 1y ago
    Teaching gameplay without an overt tutorial is a difficult skill, maybe this dev can pull it off? It's hard to get into the "new player" headspace without feedback from actual playtesters.
    - TeMPOraL 1y ago
      After clicking through the first popups with the player's inner monologue, I fully expected some help text like "Use W S A D to move" to pop up. I had no real reason for that expectation, except this is how several games I played in recent years handled it - which made me realize now, that explaining gameplay to new players is something that's actively evolving. There may not be a rulebook, but there are clear trends.
    - Noumenon72 1y ago
      He did not pull it off. You can't click on things, there are no "you can't do this yet" signs if you get to the temple without a package, there is no "following your nose at the start leads to your first quest". Utterly inscrutable.
      - djeastm 1y ago
        That's part of the charm, in my opinion. It encourages just trying things out and learning on the fly. With such low stakes, I think it was a great way to go.
- JKCalhoun 1y ago
  If you find a guy in a cave, you're on to your first delivery.
DenisDolya 1y ago
I also didn't really understand how to do it, but I liked the game, it's so beautiful and peaceful, it's a shame there's no chat and you have to speak through emojis.
- red_trumpet 1y ago
  Some people have an arrow on top of their head, and when you approach them there is a dialog balloon with "...". If you click on them they give you a task.
  - DenisDolya 1y ago
    Thanks
kaismh 1y ago
You need to click on npc to start conversation, one of them is office worker, he will give you a delivery
- fouc 1y ago
  I thought it could be operated entirely from the keyboard, thanks for the tip on clicking! lol
shayway 1y ago
It really is lovely. I had the same thought about refining interactions a bit -- I would also suggest Meadow by Might & Delight as an example of nonverbal communication done well.
Blahah 1y ago
The game is wonderful and I'm so glad it doesn't have chat! My 9yo niece and I played it through side by side and if it had chat or consistent remote player presence that wouldn't have been appropriate.
- firefoxd 1y ago
  That's why I suggested other means of communication other than chat.
  - web007 1y ago
    There's a poop symbol on the bottom right, click it to see ways to communicate. I was surprised to learn the random messengers are other humans!
  - Blahah 1y ago
    Absolutely - I love those. I wonder if there are any other simple web games like this that run on mobile with more nuanced interplayer comms as you suggest.
    - colkassad 1y ago
      Hearthstone (while not web-based) is a deck building game that you play against others and you can only communicate with a small set of inoffensive phrases that cover broad sentiments. Makes multiplayer endurable, and you can turn them off if you like.
Levitating 1y ago
I think it's the curvature of the world that's making it run so well on mobile. There's never to much models on-screen to draw.
- kridsdale1 1y ago
  Don’t neglect that 2020+ mobile chips are better at graphics than PlayStation 4.
  - peanutz454 1y ago
    Even if it is only true in theory, it is still amazing to know.
  - crumby 1y ago
    I did not know that.
  - CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
    Fun quip but doesn't seem to be true in practice (if we're talking strictly smartphones, not tablets). PS4 specs: ~1.84 TFLOPS FP32, 18 GCN CUs @ 800 MHz, 8 GB GDDR5 @ 176 GB/s. I think maybe some released-yesterday phone might get close on spikes/bursts, but not on any sustained loads, like gaming, nor would the beat the PS4 on image quality either.
    - hedora 1y ago
      The CPU on the iPhone 13 mini (apple’s last phone, in my opinion) wins: https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-sony_playstation_5-vs-apple_a15_bionic_4_gpu https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-sony_playstation_5... Shader throughput (shader count times base clock) is similar too: https://gadgetversus.com/processor/apple-a15-bionic-vs-amd-liverpool-(ps4)/ https://gadgetversus.com/processor/apple-a15-bionic-vs-amd-l... The iPhone wins on boost shader throughput by a lot, but that’ll throttle. The ps4 has more, slower gpu cores. Not sure how gpu memory bandwidth compares.
- Cloudef 1y ago
maplethorpe 1y ago
You can communicate by sending emojis with the menu in the bottom right.
- araes 1y ago
  If you have a keyboard, then upper keys 1-2...9-0 do all the emojis as hotkeys. Ex, 9 does the takeout food, which is probably meant to be "busy, eating" or something similar.
bitbasher 1y ago
I had a great time jumping around and some other runners joined me and I realized I wasn't the only one playing. We began to communicate via jumping.
- supportengineer 1y ago
  Reminds me of dancing with random strangers in "Playstaion Home" on the PS3
  - Den_VR 1y ago
    I’ll admit to missing PlayStation Home. In some ways it was ahead of it’s time. And looking at what’s available now, I’d argue it seems it still is.
antfarm 1y ago
If you want to play as the only player, use Safari on the Mac. The downside is, your clothes are constantly changing. I do not play video games, but I played this one through till the end and wish there was more to explore.
TeMPOraL 1y ago
> The fluidity on a mobile device? It's fantastic. Said more about it here[0] already, but the game works perfectly on a foldable and takes the folding/unfolding in stride, without breaking a sweat. You can also see it on desktop by resizing your browser window to change size and aspect ratio (it's probably the same code paths handling it anyway). Given how almost all mobile and web games I played manage to get this scenario wrong in some way, I applaud the authors for making all the right choices. -- [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45403407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45403407
BrS96bVxXBLzf5B 1y ago
The font is really awful. Misunderstanding aesthetics from difference cultural sources to feed to people who will take them at a surface level, there's nothing of substance. It's giving [0] and it's bad vibes, nothing should aspire to this. It leads me to question every other emotional connection I might otherwise have with the experience. [0] https://i.redd.it/jv2yw7uqmu3e1.png https://i.redd.it/jv2yw7uqmu3e1.png
opem 1y ago
> ....The fluidity on a mobile device? It's fantastic...I wasn't able to deliver packages but I was too mesmerized to be mad about that. Beautiful game. Kudos. exactly, realy well made!

logicallee 1y ago

I played for a few minutes. I wasn't able to deliver packages either.

riggsdk 1y ago
The game doesn't really explain that too well. You have to go find the packages first before you can deliver it. For example the old lady asks you to deliver an offering at a temple.
- snerbles 1y ago
  Teaching gameplay without an overt tutorial is a difficult skill, maybe this dev can pull it off? It's hard to get into the "new player" headspace without feedback from actual playtesters.
  - TeMPOraL 1y ago
    After clicking through the first popups with the player's inner monologue, I fully expected some help text like "Use W S A D to move" to pop up. I had no real reason for that expectation, except this is how several games I played in recent years handled it - which made me realize now, that explaining gameplay to new players is something that's actively evolving. There may not be a rulebook, but there are clear trends.
  - Noumenon72 1y ago
    He did not pull it off. You can't click on things, there are no "you can't do this yet" signs if you get to the temple without a package, there is no "following your nose at the start leads to your first quest". Utterly inscrutable.
    - djeastm 1y ago
      That's part of the charm, in my opinion. It encourages just trying things out and learning on the fly. With such low stakes, I think it was a great way to go.
JKCalhoun 1y ago
If you find a guy in a cave, you're on to your first delivery.

DenisDolya 1y ago

I also didn't really understand how to do it, but I liked the game, it's so beautiful and peaceful, it's a shame there's no chat and you have to speak through emojis.

red_trumpet 1y ago
Some people have an arrow on top of their head, and when you approach them there is a dialog balloon with "...". If you click on them they give you a task.
- DenisDolya 1y ago
  Thanks

kaismh 1y ago

You need to click on npc to start conversation, one of them is office worker, he will give you a delivery

fouc 1y ago
I thought it could be operated entirely from the keyboard, thanks for the tip on clicking! lol

shayway 1y ago

It really is lovely. I had the same thought about refining interactions a bit -- I would also suggest Meadow by Might & Delight as an example of nonverbal communication done well.

Blahah 1y ago

The game is wonderful and I'm so glad it doesn't have chat! My 9yo niece and I played it through side by side and if it had chat or consistent remote player presence that wouldn't have been appropriate.

firefoxd 1y ago
That's why I suggested other means of communication other than chat.
- web007 1y ago
  There's a poop symbol on the bottom right, click it to see ways to communicate. I was surprised to learn the random messengers are other humans!
- Blahah 1y ago
  Absolutely - I love those. I wonder if there are any other simple web games like this that run on mobile with more nuanced interplayer comms as you suggest.
  - colkassad 1y ago
    Hearthstone (while not web-based) is a deck building game that you play against others and you can only communicate with a small set of inoffensive phrases that cover broad sentiments. Makes multiplayer endurable, and you can turn them off if you like.

Levitating 1y ago

I think it's the curvature of the world that's making it run so well on mobile. There's never to much models on-screen to draw.

kridsdale1 1y ago
Don’t neglect that 2020+ mobile chips are better at graphics than PlayStation 4.
- peanutz454 1y ago
  Even if it is only true in theory, it is still amazing to know.
- crumby 1y ago
  I did not know that.
- CaptainOfCoit 1y ago
  Fun quip but doesn't seem to be true in practice (if we're talking strictly smartphones, not tablets). PS4 specs: ~1.84 TFLOPS FP32, 18 GCN CUs @ 800 MHz, 8 GB GDDR5 @ 176 GB/s. I think maybe some released-yesterday phone might get close on spikes/bursts, but not on any sustained loads, like gaming, nor would the beat the PS4 on image quality either.
  - hedora 1y ago
    The CPU on the iPhone 13 mini (apple’s last phone, in my opinion) wins: https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-sony_playstation_5-vs-apple_a15_bionic_4_gpu https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-sony_playstation_5... Shader throughput (shader count times base clock) is similar too: https://gadgetversus.com/processor/apple-a15-bionic-vs-amd-liverpool-(ps4)/ https://gadgetversus.com/processor/apple-a15-bionic-vs-amd-l... The iPhone wins on boost shader throughput by a lot, but that’ll throttle. The ps4 has more, slower gpu cores. Not sure how gpu memory bandwidth compares.
Cloudef 1y ago

maplethorpe 1y ago

You can communicate by sending emojis with the menu in the bottom right.

araes 1y ago
If you have a keyboard, then upper keys 1-2...9-0 do all the emojis as hotkeys. Ex, 9 does the takeout food, which is probably meant to be "busy, eating" or something similar.

bitbasher 1y ago

I had a great time jumping around and some other runners joined me and I realized I wasn't the only one playing. We began to communicate via jumping.

supportengineer 1y ago
Reminds me of dancing with random strangers in "Playstaion Home" on the PS3
- Den_VR 1y ago
  I’ll admit to missing PlayStation Home. In some ways it was ahead of it’s time. And looking at what’s available now, I’d argue it seems it still is.

antfarm 1y ago

If you want to play as the only player, use Safari on the Mac. The downside is, your clothes are constantly changing. I do not play video games, but I played this one through till the end and wish there was more to explore.

TeMPOraL 1y ago

> The fluidity on a mobile device? It's fantastic. Said more about it here[0] already, but the game works perfectly on a foldable and takes the folding/unfolding in stride, without breaking a sweat. You can also see it on desktop by resizing your browser window to change size and aspect ratio (it's probably the same code paths handling it anyway). Given how almost all mobile and web games I played manage to get this scenario wrong in some way, I applaud the authors for making all the right choices. -- [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45403407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45403407

BrS96bVxXBLzf5B 1y ago

The font is really awful. Misunderstanding aesthetics from difference cultural sources to feed to people who will take them at a surface level, there's nothing of substance. It's giving [0] and it's bad vibes, nothing should aspire to this. It leads me to question every other emotional connection I might otherwise have with the experience. [0] https://i.redd.it/jv2yw7uqmu3e1.png https://i.redd.it/jv2yw7uqmu3e1.png

opem 1y ago

> ....The fluidity on a mobile device? It's fantastic...I wasn't able to deliver packages but I was too mesmerized to be mad about that. Beautiful game. Kudos. exactly, realy well made!