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Genre: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Simulator, Indie

Unpacking

Play the Unpacking demo now!
The Unpacking demo is available from now until Monday the 26th as part of LudoNarraCon, a digital convention celebrating narrative games.

Experience the first two stages of Unpacking and explore four of the 35 rooms from the full game, coming out later this year.

The demo is playable only for the duration of the event so don't miss out!

Interview with Unpacking Creative Director
Curious about how the idea for Unpacking came to be? Or how a mundane chore could be turned into a fun and chill game? Find out in this interview with Unpacking's Creative Director Wren Brier. Wren will be in the chat to answer your questions, too!

Gameplay Stream with Developer Commentary
Join Creative Director Wren Brier and Technical Director Tim Dawson for a casual playthrough of the Unpacking demo as they reveal secrets and banter about where to put the toaster.

The Unpacking demo returns to Steam for LudoNarraCon!
If you missed our demo back in September or if you just felt like playing it again, you'll be able to give it a go starting tomorrow!

Unpacking will be part of LudoNarraCon, a digital convention celebrating narrative games, from April 23rd to the 26th. Check out the full line-up!

The demo will be playable only for the duration of the event, so don't miss out!

In addition to the demo, we will also have something special for you each day:

Friday: Gameplay Stream with Developer Commentary
Saturday: Interview with Unpacking's Creative Director
Sunday: Developer Stream with Unpacking's Technical Director
Monday: Developer Q&A

Check out our News Hub for times and info about each event! (Each stream will loop for 24 hours after the live event)

We hope you're as excited about this as we are!
Cheers,
Wren

Developer Q&A
Join us on the Fellow Traveller Discord for a developer Q&A! Come ask us anything you want to know about Unpacking. Find us in the Attendee AMA channel once the event starts.

Discord link: https://discord.gg/fellowtraveller

Behind-the-Scenes Developer Stream
Join Unpacking's Technical Director Tim Dawson on a behind-the-scenes tour of the tools and tech used to make the game and learn how the intricate multi-layered rooms are constructed.

Demo update #2
Another minor update! Don't mind us!

Changes include:

  • The sound the Star makes when you put everything in valid places no longer plays repeatedly if you keep moving things about - we were watching people stream the demo and it got super annoying, honestly it's the only reason we're doing this update
  • esc button on the main menu will skip the logo sequence for people who are in a hurry to play our extremely chill slow paced game

Demo update
We've released a minor quality of life update to the Unpacking demo!

Changes include:

  • Made the "Witch Beam" whisper quieter so it's not as scary
  • Added control-click for turning items for our one button Mac mouse friends
  • Several items have been marked up to be allowed in more places
  • Caught an issue where the game might not auto save if you quit too quickly
  • Fixed issue where room icons could show up wrong on load
  • Escape key no longer immediately quits from the main menu


If you've already successfully played through the demo these changes are unlikely to give you a different experience but we're hopeful they'll make things a little bit nicer for anyone who checks it out between now and the end of PAX.

But of course you can play it again if you'd like, that's totally allowed.

Play Unpacking as part of PAX Online!
PAX Online has selected Unpacking as one of the 20 games they’re featuring in their Indie Showcase! Our favourite part of doing shows has always been letting people go hands on with the game, so for PAX Online we’ll have a demo available through Steam for the duration of the show.

The demo covers the first two time periods in the game and only scratches the surface, but it should give you a taste of how the game plays ahead of our full release next year. The full game will have over 30 rooms across eight time periods, so there is still lots more to unpack!

The demo will only be available during PAX Online, so don't miss out!

Let us know if you enjoy Unpacking — we'd love to hear what your favourite items and rooms were.

Cheers,
Witch Beam
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