Although, bonus points for featuring cassowaries as mail carriers, a species whose first Google autocomplete suggestion is "cassowary attack". But the good people at Stonewheat & Sons are clearly cowards, because they picked kiwis, the little avocado-shaped birds of New Zealand. Gun to your head, if you were forced to staff a post office with flightless birds, which kind would you pick? Personally I'd go with ostriches, because they are both tiny of brain and aggressive of temperament (plus their long necks would reach high shelves and they would be very fast at delivery). I can't wait to see how it evolves and to spend many amazing nights with those I love playing as two birds trying to make a name for themselves in one whimsical post office.There are many cute details in this co-op kiwis-running-a-post-office puzzle game, but ultimately its puzzles become frustrating too often to be properly fun.
I know I'm biased by my love for New Zealand and the wonderful Kiwi bird, but I found KeyWe to be a special game that you just get when you first see it. We don’t want to say too much too soon, but a long-standing postal motto is “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds,” and that’s giving us inspiration for how we theme new challenges in KeyWe." "Beyond what we showed at PAX East, other examples of postal tasks include packaging shipping crates or working the front desk to sort incoming and outgoing mail. While Stonewheat and Sons aren't ready to talk about everything they have planned for KeyWe, they did reassure me that they are using a "long-standing postal motto" as inspiration to keep the gameplay fresh. The one issue with simplicity, however, is that it can get boring if the same tasks must be performed over and over again. What works so well about these types of games is the realization of Bushnell's Law - "All the best games are easy to learn and difficult to master." It's easy to become the Kiwi bird and stomp your butt on keys to type out a message, but to get the highest scores and rewards, you need to not only learn to be the best Kiwi bird you can be, you have to be a good teammate. For a game that won't be released until 2021 on PC, it felt extremely polished and so ridiculously cute, especially the little movements that made these creatures feel so alive. A standout was the Cassowary bird that was your mail courier, waiting for you to give him/her letters you have successfully labeled. I was playing with one of the developers, and although we hadn't met prior to my time with the game, we instantly started shouting out commands and laughing at such moments as my Kiwi falling off the level and adorably parachuting back in, never giving up on our mission.Īnother aspect of KeyWe that caught my attention was the superb animation of the Kiwi birds and other moving parts of each level. There is just something special about working together towards a common goal, and KeyWe instantly won me over in that department. Coordination was key, as some keys and labels would shift and rotate and move about the level. I then excitedly took my fancy Kiwi birds into the demo’s two stages - one that tasked us with typing out messages on a typewriter with keys scattered all over the level, and another that had us labeling letters to mail out to the other inhabitants of Bungalow Basin. I chose to play as a panda/penguin-looking Kiwi that wore a classy top hat. In the demo build, you were able to customize Jeff and Debra with different hats and even change their colors. Oh, and they aren't lying when they mention fancy rewards.
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