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Nominate DEAD LETTER DEPT. in both the Steam Awards & The Horror Game Awards

[p]Hey ey look, it's a shot in the dark. If this voting for GOTY is your thing, and you enjoyed DEAD LETTER DEPT. here you go.[/p][p]If you are into the Steam Awards thing specifically, consider nominating DEAD LETTER DEPT. using the widget above.[/p][p][/p][h2]HORROR GAME AWARDS[/h2][p]Additionally, DEAD LETTER DEPT. has been nominated at the Horror Game Awards for BEST INDIE HORROR GAME of 2025. Holy shit I don't think I even stand a chance, but the PUBLIC voting is OPEN right now so... if you are so inclined, consider going to cast a vote for DEAD LETTER DEPT. over at The Horror Game Awards website.[/p][p]thehorrorgameawards.com[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Have a safe and sane holiday folks 👁[/p][p]-Mike[/p]

Patch Minor Update 1.6.3

[p]Welcome Data Conversion Operators, both junior and senior. Thank you for your hard work. This is just a quick minor patch.[/p][p]New in v1.6.2[/p]
  • [p]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)[/p]
  • [p]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.[/p]

VINYL SOUNDTRACK NOW AVAILABLE ░̵̰̩̈́͒͗́͜▐

[p][/p][h2]THE VINYL IS COMPLETED ░░̵̰̩̈́͒͗́͜▐▒̴̰̕▀̸̺̼͉̯͕̉̊̃̕[/h2][p]░░ AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE NOW AT VERY OK VINYL ░░[/p][p][/p][p]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.[/p][p][/p][p]Float and melt into paranormal drones & sizzling industrial rhythmic sound, stalking the full journey of your Data Conversion experience.[/p][p][/p][p]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)[/p][p][/p]
SHIRTS AND HOODIES STILL AVAILABLE ░̵̰̩̈́͒͗́͜▒̴̰̕
[p][/p][p]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. [/p][p]░░ CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT PRINTFUL.COM ░░[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Thanks for reading. May you have a brilliant October and happy hauntings ▀̸̺̼͉̯͕̉̊̃̕[/p][p]-Mike[/p][p][/p]

Slime your body with DEAD LETTER DEPT.

[h2]Trap your skeleton with horrible comfort[/h2][p]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.[/p][p]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.[/p][p]GRAB THEM HERE[/p][p][/p][h2]DEAD LETTER DEPT. Soundtrack Update[/h2][p]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.[/p][p]Interested? Register HERE[/p][p][/p][p]*all purchases of the vinyl edition come with a free Bandcamp code to download the digital version*[/p][p][/p][h3]Additionally the DLD OST is currently already available on these platforms (now including streaming):[/h3][p][/p][p]Right. Thanks for bearing with me here. I'm not used to tap dancing about architecture.[/p][p]-Mike[/p]

Patch v1.6.2

[p]Hello new DCOs. Thank you all for your continued support and your bug reporting.[/p][p][/p][p] Here's what's new in v1.6.2[/p]
  • [p]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. 👉🔨[/p]