Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells News

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[p]Hello, everyone! Thank you for all of the kind words and support this past week! Today we'll be addressing a number of bugs and issues (and acknowledge the ones we couldn't address in time for today's patch). Check out the full notes below! (This changelog includes all updates and hotfixes since release) [/p][h2]Patch Contents[/h2]

• [p]Default volumes for various mixers were set[/p]
• [p]Various animations are touched up or fixed (especially in the case of the second puzzle!)[/p]
• [p]Instances where the wrong layout for textboxes were being used was fixed. (Begone, textboxes stacking upon each other in the middle or chibi sprites showing over the regular scripting!)[/p]
• [p]Especially long text on the confirmation screen has been resized down[/p]
• [p]Achievement progress is now visible within the Extras screen directly[/p]
• [p]Minor grammatical or text appearance errors fixed (content unchanged)[/p]
• [p]Fixed a rare issue where the game would crash after leaving the main menu (oopsie)[/p]
• [p]Attempted to fix an issue with cloud saves not properly registering persistent data (like extras content) [/p]

[h2]Currently known issues[/h2]

• [p]Audio mastering is uneven, leaving some characters too loud or too quiet in some scenes. We're working on it!![/p]
• [p]Button Mode layout has some quirks that need ironing out regarding hitbox detection and hierarchy. This will require a bit of extra work to get right, so we apologize for any difficulties navigating the in-game menus themselves for the time being!
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That's all for the patch notes, thank you again for all of your reviews, comments and excitement! To celebrate the ONE WEEK ANNIVERSARY, we also have a couple special treats for you!

First: Beth Pierce, Rain's voice actress, has uploaded a lyric video of Upwards, Rain!'s ending theme! Check that out here!
Note the lyrics contain minor spoilers for Upwards, Rain! You should really finish it before listening if you haven't!
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Second: A variety of avatars and wallpapers are available on the official Studio Élan website, check them out here! This gallery features a number of extremely talented artists, so there's bound to be something that suits you![/p][p]Thank you so much for the warm reception so far. Please, if you liked the game, leave us a review! It helps us make more games. Finally, if you come across any other issues, please feel free to always leave us a bug report.[/p][p]Take care everyone![/p]

[h2]Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells is now playable on Steam![/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p]Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells is a cute puzzle adventure visual novel in a fantasy post office run by birds, exploring how trust and love can perform miracles. Deciding to break protocol to lend a helping wing, a flighty little courier takes a skittish girl on an adventure through the inner workings of a mysterious post office to search for a letter that may not even exist.[/p][p]With the use of her trusty stamp collection, help Rain solve problems and navigate the post office to find a letter that was never delivered. Use disguises, sneak around the sorting rooms, cheer each other up—it's up to you to find the way through together![/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]This puzzle visual novel hybrid was developed by the creative directors of Twofold, a slice-of-life college aged romance visual novel about relationships. Upwards, Rain! is voice acted in English with additional side content in game such as a lore guide, illustrated side stories, and more.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]Upwards, Rain! was originally made for an internal game jam, but we do have a way to play the original jam version! Simply follow this and you can play the old version.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h3]Bluesky - Newsletter - Patreon - Discord[/h3]

Hello, everyone! We’ve got some really, really, really exciting news to share with you today!


Thanks to all of the love and support everyone has shown towards our little jam game, we’re thrilled to announce that Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells is getting a complete edition, launching July 1st on Steam and itch.io! The complete edition includes a lot of exciting things, such as fully illustrated side stories featuring each of the characters, new and revamped puzzles, a totally brand new ui, overhauled (and additional!) art and full English voice acting! We’ve actually got a trailer to share going over the new details!
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Upwards, Rain! The Post Office of Farewells voice cast
Rain - Beth Pierce
Mila - Mel Valentine
Mizore - William Maloy
Neve - Elissa Park
Caile - Vyn Vox

The Steam page includes a bunch of new screenshots with some updated art! Please consider leaving us a wishlist there if you can, it’ll help us a whole lot.

There’s also one more Rain-related announcement to share today: our flighty little courier has been chosen to be the next plushie we release! Pre-orders are open RIGHT NOW and we’ve even got another video to share!
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If you want to grab a little Rain to call your own, you can pre-order her right here!

Today’s a really big day for us, and we’ve been counting down the days to share all of this with you! Thank you for supporting Rain so much, and we hope you’re as excited to visit Mortem Post again as we are! See you next time!

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