Unpacking News

Hey Unpackers!

It's official, we finally have a release date!

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Over the course of 8 house moves, discover the story of a character you never see and a story you're never told. Pull possessions out of boxes, fit them into a new home, and use the items to learn about the life you're unpacking and create a cozy living space.

Whether you found out about Unpacking years ago or just now, we're grateful for all of the support you've shown us. If you can, don't forget to wishlist the game on Steam and share the news with your friends, family, community, or even your favorite content creator. As an indie team, it means a lot. But regardless of all that, we just can't wait for you to finally be able to play the game.



We're extremely honored to be nominated for 4 Australian Game Developer Awards! We're up for:

• Excellence in Art
  
• Excellence in Gameplay
  
• Excellence in Accessibility
  
• Game of the Year
  

To have our game next to a lot of stellar titles is so exciting, and we can't wait for the award show to begin. This year’s AGDAs will be held online on 6 October at 7 PM AEDT on IGEA’s Twitch channel, so if you're around then, we hope you can tune in! Fingers crossed we walk away with something. :)



And that's it for this dev log! Our heads are down and focused on getting this all done in time, but we'll have some events and announcements leading up to launch, so please keep an eye out. And if you want to join in on our excitement, you can always find us on Twitter and Discord. Don't forget to wishlist the game on Steam too, if that's your preferred platform!

Cheers,
Victoria and the Unpacking team

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Twitter Discord

Hi Movers!

It's been a busy month for the Unpacking team - we're making steady progress on the game and getting closer and closer to when we'll finally be able to announce a release date... but today is not that day! Instead, here's a small dev log on what we've been up to.

Nintendo Switch progress

• Added touch controls for the Switch (and any PCs with touch capabilities)!
  
• Saving implemented on the Switch
  

Quality of life progress

• Hooked up rumble system for gamepad
  
• Got all of the text in the game localized and implemented
  

Game progress

• All stages now have music tracks!
  
• Designed a new UI screen and some buttons
  
• All art for Stage 4 is now done
  
• Environment art for final stage is done
  
• Item art for final stage is 75% done
  
• All views outside windows across the game are done
  
• Credits sequence fully implemented
  
• Made a bunch of changes to items and environments based on feedback from internal playtests
  
• Added some secret unannounced features.........ssh!
  

Have you been keeping an eye out on our social media pages too? We've been having a ton of fun with the community!


We ran a community voting round to choose a couple of the chick plushies that'll appear in the game. Our Discord and Twitter community each got to vote on a different set of chicks, and the winning one from each platform will be in! Thanks to everyone who voted and helped us decide.

[h3]Twitter winner: Chick 4![/h3]


[h3]Discord winner: Chick #1![/h3]


Be proud of knowing that you had a hand in making this all happen! And make sure to join our Twitter and Discord for future community events like this.

We also got some great fan art votes! Thank you to @ronjanatt on Twitter for making this amazing cross stitch!



We recently created a TikTok account for all things Unpacking! Please give us a follow there if you're interested in seeing more Unpacking action.



That's about it on our end! We'll keep these monthly updates happening. Can't wait for you to finally get your hands on the game eventually. Can you believe 2021 is already more than halfway done?

Cheers,
Victoria and the Unpacking team

Hi Unpackers!

First, a quick introduction - I’m Victoria, the new Community Strategist for Witch Beam. :) We’ll be seeing a lot more of each other online and in these dev logs, so it’s nice to meet you! I can’t wait to… unbox… more of this game with you. Ohohoho.

*Ahem* anyway.

The Unpacking demo was recently part of the Steam Next Fest, and in the spirit of sharing, here’s some info, cool stats, and fun tidbits for your viewing pleasure.

• People from over 126 countries played the demo!
  
• 94% who started the demo finished the first level, 81% who started the demo finished both levels!
  
• One person played the demo 27 times!!! WOW???
  
• 24% of people found out the mannequin could dab, which is down 5% from last year’s PAX Online experience. Tragic. 
  
• Only 1% of players made sure that the toilet roll went under, not over (the great toilet paper debate… is solved??)
  

We also launched a Discord alongside the Steam event, and we already have a lovely community of over 700 movers! Make sure to join it if you haven’t, especially if you like cozy spaces, behind the scenes stuff, and chatting with us. We’re lucky to have gotten a bunch of great fan art from a bunch of members like:


By: ImSara


By: stretchmaybesketch

By: keroppibeehive#1027


By: BluPirate

And finally to round it all out, here’s a list of just a few places that covered the demo:

Join Art Director Wren Brier for a look at how the art for Unpacking is made!

Technical Director Tim Dawson and Creative Director Wren Brier will be playing the demo live, answering questions and revealing secrets!