Above: @beezelbee_ is building the 1997 room in miniature, and were loving following the process Hello Unpacking fans! Its been a busy month, but at this point, maybe theres no such thing as a slow month!

ABC Australia Mini Doco

Were very excited that this mini-doco has come outABC Australia came to Wren and Tims apartment on the day of the game launch, and its crazy to think about how far weve come since this day in November. [previewyoutube=OiEg4brhXUA;full][/previewyoutube] We also got reminded that we made our Twitter account four years ago, and its resulted in some nostalgia as we think about where we were at that timeat Stugan, in Sweden, building out ovens and taking the first pass at the 1997 level! Wild to see all that progress.

Listen & Learn

Jeff & Ange have been giving some great behind-the-scenes looks at the sound design behind Unpacking. First up, they were on Level with Emily Reese to talk about sound, music and the complications of recording foley for the game, and then followed that up with a video as part of Save & Sound, which dives into the environmental ambiance of the levels (listen for a school letting out at around 3PM in the first level!), how they tracked the sounds of objects across different surfaces. And keep in mind theres variations on each sound as well! We put together [url=https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackinggame/video/7120658471015435521]a TikTok of some of our favorite soundswhats yours?

Another peek

On the other end of things (narrative and game design, that is!) Wren & Tim have had a few chances to take some deep dives as well. The PlayStation podcast had them on to talk about different playstyles, hidden details (if you shake the PS5 controller, it shakes the item!), and telling narratives in unique ways. Then, on an episode of Noclip, they talked about all the systems behind the game, and the video is a great look at the game being built in Unity as well as the grids on each level for item placement! [previewyoutube=-zaVo2KdMIk;full][/previewyoutube]

Were headed to BitSummit!

So excited to announce that were headed to BitSummit X-Roads this year! We showed Unpacking at BitSummit in 2019, and were so glad to be headed back. If youll be therelet us know!

Easter Egg found!

Were delighted to say that the easter egg from last months newsletter has been found! Its found by interacting with the game console in the 2015 leveland is Witch Beams next game, TemPoPo! Thats all for this month! Next month brings BitSummit and Wrens keynote at NZGDC, and we cant wait to share both with you! Cheers, Emily & the Witch Beam Team

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