DEAD LETTER DEPT. News

Fixing a video codec issue that would cause some letters to not appear correctly, usually as a complete solid black or solid white object, and basically be unsolvable for users on certain Windows machines.

Please reach out to me ASAP if you find yourself encountering this in version 1.0.1 or higher.

Taking a temp job while you get situated in a new city, you are tasked with data-entry-like work of typing up the words and addresses on mail & letters that were not deliverable- due to bad handwriting or other odd reasons. As the days pass, strange stories begin to emerge from the mail, you can't ever shake this feeling you're being watched.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Working in a dingy warehouse, isolated from anyone and everyone, your only connection to the outside world are glimpses of letters that couldn't reach their destination. As time goes on, working conditions become questionable and dreamlike. Oddities and cracks begin to appear. Making money for rent is important, but at what cost.

• USE YOUR COMPUTER KEYBOARD to type in various prompts, and attempt to decipher damaged images
  
• MULTIPLE ENDINGS & buried secrets to uncover
  
• NO TWO PLAYTHROUGHS are exactly the same
  
• A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF MAIL to voyeur through, and catch glimpses into other lives
  
• ATMOSPHERIC HORROR MOOD with rich sound designed to crawl under your skin
  

A technological & voyeuristic ghost story. Type your way to freedom or into oblivion.

The sun is setting, it's time to go to work.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/Dead_Letter_Dept/


If you encounter any issues in your journeys, please don't hesitate to reach out or create a thread in the Steam forums. You can also find Feedback/Bug links in the Pause menu.

[h2]DEAD LETTER DEPT. ARRIVING JANUARY 30TH FOR
WINDOWS + LINUX / STEAM OS[/h2]



It's a long story really. What began as a casual investigation into making sure the game functionally runs on Steam Deck, turned into: 'Oh, the game appears to run surprisingly well on Linux???' Frankly I anticipated random filesystem explosions and graphical razorblades to have to solve for this, like with any port. But nope? It's been tested on 4 different distros (Zorin, Arch, Ubuntu, and the SteamOS of course) and appears to run pretty identical to its Windows counterpart. So I think that's cautiously optimistic enough results to try.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1627350/Dead_Letter_Dept/

Frankly making a Linux version automatically solves a MASSIVE GAMEBREAKING VIDEO CODEC issue if the game would be run under Proton (on the Steam Deck), so I might as just publish a Linux version.

I realize the Linux user demand for this game isn't necessarily huge (to be fair I haven't listed it as Linux supported yet either), but I'm willing to give it a fair shot. Linux fascinates and terrifies.

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
It's been a strange & difficult path but it is with great pleasure I'm able to announce DEAD LETTER DEPT. is finally going to be arriving on STEAM, this month on January 30th.

Taking a temp job while you get situated in a new city, you are tasked with data-entry-like work of typing up the words and addresses on mail & letters that were not deliverable- due to bad handwriting or other odd reasons. As the days pass, strange stories begin to emerge from the mail, you can't ever shake this feeling you're being watched.

Working in a dingy warehouse, isolated from anyone and everyone, your only connection to the outside world are glimpses of letters that couldn't reach their destination. As time goes on, working conditions become questionable and dreamlike. Oddities and cracks begin to appear. Making money for rent is important, but at what cost.

Please do me a favor if you can and do share DEAD LETTER DEPT. around, whether it be the TRAILER or the STEAM PAGE. And if you are media/a creator and need assets, please check out the presskit and reach out if you need anything.

-Mike