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Hello and welcome to DevBlog #88! This time, we'll focus on the Mailbox that's going to be released (hopefully) very soon. Let's dive in!

Mailbox is finished!

Like mentioned on the last DevBlog, we've been testing out the new Mailbox feature and now we're finished with the testing and the feature feels like it's ready to ship.

We're currently aiming for the Mailbox to ship during next week. There should be no maintenance on this update. There are a few QoL things, bug fixes and content we're still adding, which is why we're not entirely sure on what day the update will release.

And just to clarify here: trading is not going to ship as a feature with the Mailbox. Trading is still being developed, and we need to try out the Mailbox feature in production, which is why it's being shipped as a standalone feature. It'll be used on some fun stuff even without the trading, which I'll cover in next section!

Some testing mail we've been sending out. The texts are quite silly, don't mind them :D

What is the Mailbox feature?

Mailbox in practise is a new type of Service in the game that you can find in every location that has a bank. You can check your Mailbox from any location just like you can do with your Bank but you can only claim stuff in your Mailbox while you're in a location that has one.

As we've covered in DevBlog #87 and DevBlog #85, Mailbox is a prerequisite for the trading mechanic and it's what we've consider as the second phase of building the trading system. Basically whatever you receive through trading goes to your Mailbox after the trade has completed.

But the Mailbox isn't just that! We've also planned to use this for Events and more in the future. Through Mailbox whatever rewards you gain from the Events will be sent to your Mailbox.

The Mailbox feature will also be shipping with some fun stuff but we want to keep these as a surprise for the release ;)

Other news

Mailbox isn't the only feature we're currently working on! I've been working on quite a lot of stuff, but there's now been progress on the Bank UI rework. I'm estimating that the Bank UI rework is still going to take at least few weeks, as it's quite a massive change to how it functions. Once there's more to show on that, we'll be sharing the details in the DevBlogs.

Myzozoz has already been working on the Trading system itself and progress on that is looking very solid. It's still too early to share any concrete estimates on when trading is going to be finished, but we'll share those as soon as we know.

Content team has also been busy, and there's going to be some light content additions in the next update, which we estimate is shipping next week!

Until next time

That's everything for this week! I hope you enjoyed the DevBlog and you're ready to receive some mail once the update drop. I've been itching to send you all something nice...

Keep walking and stay hydrated everyone!