Devlog - May 8, 2023

Hello. I am excited to tell you that Landline will be released on May 19, 2023 at 6PM PDT. If you haven't wishlisted the game yet, I recommend you to do so.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2347090/Landline

This is the new pause menu. The three page notes I mentioned a few months ago seemed too inefficient in informing players. So I moved the numbers instruction and the objective information page to other places. If you've been following this devlog for a while, you'll notice other stuffs that have been improved or changed.

I am currently thinking about whether the game could be played only with mouse. Setting mouses the only input device will probably make the game more accessible to people who are not familiar with digital games. But at the same time, it might make it a little bit unconfortable to people who are used to playing games. Maybe it's not something to worry about, since I just can enable the game to be played only with cursor, while adding some keyboard shortcuts!

One of the things bugged me for a long time is the difficulty in teaching the game rules to players. I thought about interactive tutorial, video explanation, etc. But I ended up just placing these texts. Simple solutions are sometimes better than using fancy ways that might generate adverse effect by misleading players.

As I told you above, Landline will be released on May 19. Wishlist Landline on Steam so you don't miss it!