30th Century Post Office
Removing 30th Century Post Office from Sale
When I initially submitted 30th Century Post Office to Steam, it was before the current system allowing anybody to sell a game on Steam for a fee. I sent an email to Valve, and my game was manually approved. At the time I was incredibly excited, in hindsight I see that I got swept up by this excitement and wasn't considering the reality of my skills, and what I could actually achieve with those skills.
In general I have always been incredibly critical of my own abilities, but the fact that my game, my game, was manually approved for sale on Steam gave me a sense of confidence I have never experienced before. I see now that this confidence was misplaced. The truth is I was just a guy with a computer, like any other.
I managed to squeeze out a few updates, but I increasingly felt more unsure, and less happy with what I was creating. I tried my best to continue, but the more I worked the more my lack of knowledge and skills became apparent. Slowly but surely, I gave up. I should have sought to stop selling it immediately, but part of me wanted to hold out hope I could still work it out.
If I could go back and do it all over again, I would have at the very least developed a more complete, polished game before putting it up for sale, if I would have at all.
To all of my customers, I am deeply sorry, and I hope you can understand why I have made this decision.
Thank you, and goodbye.
Update 4 - Audio and Physics
- Fixed random music selection not working
- Music volume tweaked
- Added impact noises to physics objects
- Changed physics object handling to minimise objects clipping
- Changed quit menu functionality. Quit menu will quit the game when in the main menu, or quit back to the main menu if not already there
Update 3
- Fixed teleportation offset in main menu
- Fixed not being able to pick up plastic tubs
- Fixed some wonky object highlights
- Fixed quit menu highlights not working
- Fixed quit menu text visibility
- Changed wrench icon in tool menu to reflect new wrench model
- Reworked wall collision detection to minimise out of bounds occurrences
Update 2 - Bigger this time
Today's update to 30th Century Post Office is fairly substantial so let's get to it.
For starters, the level select returns, in a new form factor. The level selector will let you select any day you have previously completed and replay it.
Secondly, I've realised how much some people dislike teleportation, so there's now an option to turn off teleportation and use artificial locomotion instead. There is a switch to toggle between them in the main menu, next to the volume sliders.
But most importantly, this update adds the new, second level to the game!
This level will take you to a new facility, at the bottom of the ocean, where you'll face new challenges in your task to sort to the best of your ability.
You might also notice I've made some changes to the shader, giving the game a crisper look. I think it looks a lot better, and I hope you all like it too! Let me know what you think.
Update 1
The first update to 30th Century Post Office should be live as of this posting. Nothing too major today, but keep an eye out for more in the future!
Changelog
- Relocated the gear box to minimise unnecessary teleportation
- Removed level select (for now)
- Fixed day PUC quotas
- Fixed gear box flames not casting any light if lit a second time
- Fixed gear box flames extinguishing too quickly if lit a second time
- Tweaked position of the raygun
- Added new bluescreen and blank fax penalties