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Just another quick minor patch. Thank you for your keen eye and attention Data Conversion Operator ✉
New in v1.6.4
Bugfix for a specific detail that wouldn't get cleared out of memory properly, if one were to end a playthrough and started a new one immediately.
It has been 1 year.
I've decided to commemorate with a small bit of making-of reminiscing.
As a project with the central theme revolving around a distinctly physical medium, it seemed pretty un-deniable that it would involve a lot of paper textures.
In 2021, as a person whose entire career has more or less existed inside whirring boxes and glowing screens, I found myself a little bit artistically exhausted with the digital- craving any sort of excuse to bring in more physically sourced elements.
So, as DEAD LETTER DEPT. development went on, I found myself increasingly now collecting envelopes in the mail that caught my eye, as well as collecting odd pieces of paper found on the ground. I wanted a varied range to source from. Anything now with a stain on it was suddenly incredibly valuable. The rare occasion that some mail got returned to me, was a precious gift. I wish now I had kept the mail that I burned (rather, what remained of it).
Creating the mail was always a big mixture of physical + digital work. Mangling physical paper with writing on it, and then scanning it in was significantly faster and easier to get the right vibe (rather than trying to do it from scratch with digital), and it always seemed to give a better a natural look.
It was also consistently a lot of fun to figure out many weird ways to beat up an envelope.
Audio-wise, for a long while now I've made it a habit to always travel around with a portable audio recorder in my jacket whenever possible. Especially whenever I might end up say, in a random warehouse somewhere, with no one around, and a free moment to capture what something snapping or banging in it sounds like. It's a room tone to me that feels fixed somewhere between a church, a cave, and a tomb.
After doing this for a long while I ended up with a collection of weird & unique sounds I loved, that also came from some key fond memories, but ultimately I never quite knew what to do with them. Until DEAD LETTER DEPT. finally gave me some opportunities.
In the past I was also extremely lucky enough to sometimes work with access to great audio professionals like Daylon Walden, whom I would regularly pester. And who would dispense onto me random jewels of knowledge and processes that would begin to make a huge difference.
You would think after 1 year I would have figured out something flowery and brilliant to say here in conclusion. DEAD LETTER DEPT. felt like a gigantic weird risk of a project, I am insanely grateful to you all. Whether you left a review, told a friend, or simply just got what I was even going for.
Whenever I try to find the words, the only thing that comes, is always:
Thank You
Welcome Data Conversion Operators, both junior and senior. Thank you for your hard work. This is just a quick minor patch.
New in v1.6.2
Quick fix for when Mouse Smoothing is set completely to OFF (previously the Yaxis apparently still received a smidge amount of dampening that would apparently cause light nausea to those sensitive to it)
Update to fix Unity security bug for good measure. This was fairly low risk already thanks to the mitigation efforts of Steam, but it's still good to have killed it for good.
░░ AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW AT VERY OK VINYL ░░
I'm happy to announce the Vinyl Edition of the DEAD LETTER DEPT. OST has been produced and is now available for purchase thanks to the efforts of Very Ok Vinyl.
Float and melt into paranormal drones & sizzling industrial rhythmic sound, stalking the full journey of your Data Conversion experience.
I've worked with Very Ok Vinyl to make sure every order also gets a Bandcamp code to obtain a free digital copy of the OST to download as well. (It's something new VoV is trying out, so if you don't end up receiving the code somehow, don't hesitate to reach out to me or VoV)
If you'd like a DLD shirt and/or hoodie, there's now a distant machine somewhere on the Earth that will whirr wheeze & dispense it at you.
░░ CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT PRINTFUL.COM ░░
Thanks for reading. May you have a brilliant October and happy hauntings ▀̸̺̼͉̯͕̉̊̃̕
-Mike
Sorry, no plushies to be found here. But some folks have inquired about wearables, so I've opened up a tiny Printful store for t-shirts and hoodies. What better way to head into fall than by showing your friends you're into obscure typing psychological horror and possibly also reading their mail.
Incidentally it's easy to expand it to other kinds of wearables, so if you're looking for something else in particular, feel free to let me know.
GRAB THEM HERE
Signups for a Very Ok Vinyl vinyl version of the DEAD LETTER DEPT. soundtrack are still open. I don't have a good timeline on this unfortunately but it *is* moving along.
Interested? Register HERE
*all purchases of the vinyl edition come with a free Bandcamp code to download the digital version*
Steam(a great choice)
Bandcamp (the best one)
Spotify (the worst one)
YouTube (the meh one)
Apple Music & iTunes (the feh one)
Right. Thanks for bearing with me here. I'm not used to tap dancing about architecture.
-Mike
Hello new DCOs. Thank you all for your continued support and your bug reporting.
Here's what's new in v1.6.2
Fixing an uncommon softlock bug that could occur if you rapidly opened and closed the Pause menu repeatedly, that would prevent you from being able to interact with anything until Saving & Loading your game. 👉🔨
Hi folks. Thanks very much for your patience. So I know this took awhile, but I'm happy to announce that the DEAD LETTER DEPT. Original Soundtrack is now officially released! 25 tracks of paranormal drones & sizzling industrial sound, stalking the full journey of your Data Conversion experience.
Created and composed by Mike Monroe. Best listened to at night.
>> Grab your digital copy of the DEAD LETTER DEPT. OST on Steam << >> Also available on Bandcamp <<
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Looking for a physical vinyl version to be released? Well it's officially in the works! It might be a ways away still, but let me know if you're interested in grabbing one. I'm currently working with the excellent Very Ok Vinyl on creating a special release.
SIGN UP FOR THE DLD VINYL WAITLIST
Finally, DEAD LETTER DEPT. is currently on SALE for the Steam Summer Sale. If you haven't snagged it yet well here's your chance buckaroo. And if you have a free moment don't forget to leave a review for DEAD LETTER DEPT. here on Steam. And always, I'm extremely grateful to those who have.
That's it for now. Go tell all your freaky friends about DEAD LETTER DEPT.
Mike
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