Oh I adore this!!! As a letter-writer myself, I really appreciate the call to action, and I really enjoy that there's a win either way. It captures how I feel about writing letters: It's not necessarily about getting that reply back, or the equivalence of the reply, but instead it's a way to show someone I am thinking of them, and a way to spread a little bright moment in the distressing thing that is our world right now.
Plus, I stan the U.S. Postal Service, and I love any excuse to use a stamp!
Thank you so much! That is exactly what I wanted to communicate with this. I'll admit that I was a bit hesitant to publish this, feeling that it wasn't really "worth" making a game about. I'm so happy to see that it's connecting with folks!
I am SO glad you both made the game AND pushed back against that anxiety and published it anyway. I've never found much point in arguing what is or isn't worth making a game about. Everyone's taste is so personal, and that's why a multitude of games exist! I have gained so much joy and comfort in reading through all the beautiful entries for this jam, and I haven't even finished going through all the ones that caught my eye. Your game is just as important as the other games, and it's quite timely, and I'm grateful I get to be one of the folks connecting with it!
Thank you for such kind words. I definitely agree, this jam has produced so many awesome and inspiring entries. I'm waiting for it to end before I really look at all of them in detail, but what I have seen so far has been great.
I love this! I just made something about writing greeting cards recently, and I love how this captures everything I said in 36 words. AND you win! Mine had no winning lol
haha thank you so much! Great minds think alike, I'll have to check out your game as well! And yes I felt that adding winning to this might help encourage people juuust a little bit more. Thanks!<3
You're so welcome! And yes, lol, I think there's such power in associating good feels with doing good things like writing letters. I'm still learning to do that with small rewards for small wins for myself, but I never considered how simply saying "you win!" can actually be super effective like this.
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*chef's kiss* I'm so so glad you made this, I feel like I have to sticky note this to my monitor
thank you !! that's such a compliment wow. I'm glad you like my silly lil game <3
Oh I adore this!!! As a letter-writer myself, I really appreciate the call to action, and I really enjoy that there's a win either way. It captures how I feel about writing letters: It's not necessarily about getting that reply back, or the equivalence of the reply, but instead it's a way to show someone I am thinking of them, and a way to spread a little bright moment in the distressing thing that is our world right now.
Plus, I stan the U.S. Postal Service, and I love any excuse to use a stamp!
Thank you so much! That is exactly what I wanted to communicate with this. I'll admit that I was a bit hesitant to publish this, feeling that it wasn't really "worth" making a game about. I'm so happy to see that it's connecting with folks!
I am SO glad you both made the game AND pushed back against that anxiety and published it anyway. I've never found much point in arguing what is or isn't worth making a game about. Everyone's taste is so personal, and that's why a multitude of games exist! I have gained so much joy and comfort in reading through all the beautiful entries for this jam, and I haven't even finished going through all the ones that caught my eye. Your game is just as important as the other games, and it's quite timely, and I'm grateful I get to be one of the folks connecting with it!
Thank you for such kind words. I definitely agree, this jam has produced so many awesome and inspiring entries. I'm waiting for it to end before I really look at all of them in detail, but what I have seen so far has been great.
Great game, I'll try to send some letters this year!
Thank you! Same here, I just gotta figure out what to put in them....
I love this! I just made something about writing greeting cards recently, and I love how this captures everything I said in 36 words. AND you win! Mine had no winning lol
Very cool, and the title is awesome as well 🥳
- ✨Beth
haha thank you so much! Great minds think alike, I'll have to check out your game as well! And yes I felt that adding winning to this might help encourage people juuust a little bit more. Thanks!<3
You're so welcome! And yes, lol, I think there's such power in associating good feels with doing good things like writing letters. I'm still learning to do that with small rewards for small wins for myself, but I never considered how simply saying "you win!" can actually be super effective like this.
- ✨Beth