VOL. 01   NO. 001 The Daily Post PRICE 25¢

PaperRoute

THE MORNING EDITION MONDAY, 6:15 AM SEVEN MORNINGS

GOOD PEOPLE. GREAT NEIGHBOURHOODS.

The morning run

You’ve got papers to deliver.

Hit the streets before breakfast, find the subscribers and land every paper where it belongs. Three lives to do it with.

Your first assignment

A sleepy American street.

Ten waiting subscribers.
Deliver on both sides.

40houses
10subscribers
3lives
Play now
A paperboy on his bicycle holds a rolled copy of The Daily Post above his head.
Small deliveries. A brighter tomorrow.

Controls

Keep pedalling.

Use both hands
A paperboy rides away down a sunlit street with a bag of newspapers on his shoulder.
←→

Steer
Move between both pavements and line up the next delivery.

↑↓

Pedal and brake
Push faster or slow down when the street gets busy.

Space

Deliver
Throw a paper when the mailbox lights up.

Mouse

Aim
The throw follows your pointer across the street.

X

Smash
Chuck a paper at windows, hazards or the dog.

On a phone

Drag to steer, drag up to sprint, drag down to brake and tap to deliver. Hold a second finger and release to smash.

Watch out for…

The street fights back.

A barking dog lunges at a thrown newspaper.

The dog

He spots you at thirty metres. Chuck him a paper to keep him at bay, or pedal until he gives up the chase.

A circular route radar showing the houses ahead.

The radar

Watch the radar for upcoming houses so the next subscriber never catches you by surprise.

Children running into the road, a pothole and an oncoming car.

Children, potholes and cars

A bad line costs momentum, lives and subscribers. Every morning puts more traffic on the street.

A week in Cedar Hollow

Seven mornings. One reputation.

Every day gets busier, faster and less forgiving.

Monday to Sunday, one round each morning. A perfect round adds a neighbour to tomorrow’s list; a missed one takes a name off it. Every morning is graded S, A, B or C.

Mon

The first route

Find your feet on a quiet street.

Day 1 of 7

Tue

Wider streets

More traffic, longer gaps between houses.

Day 2 of 7

Wed

Trickier turns

Cars stack up and the hazards move.

Day 3 of 7

Thu

Growing round

Clean mornings have grown the list.

Day 4 of 7

Fri

Rush hour

The street is at its busiest.

Day 5 of 7

Sat

The long haul

Lives are thin. Set up for the last one.

Day 6 of 7

Sun

The big run

The whole route comes together.

Day 7 of 7

Picture desk

Six frames
The morning brief newspaper laying out the day's houses, subscribers and lives.
The morning brief
A thrown paper bursts a front window into shards of glass.
Window smash
A paper lands at a subscriber's house and the score climbs.
One hundred points
A dog gives chase down the road while the rider pedals away.
Dog in pursuit
The evening edition prints the round's deliveries, points and grade.
The evening edition
The same route on a phone held sideways, with the floating heads-up display.
Sideways on a phone

What counts

Deliveries build the town.

A rolled newspaper ready to throw.

Hit a subscriber and they stay with you. Miss one and tomorrow gets harder.

+100clean delivery
×5top streak multiplier
−1life for a crash
S–Croute grade

Subscribers

Keep the neighbours on side.

Subscribers are your health bar for the week. A perfect run grows the round; a messy one shrinks it.

Monday start 10 waiting subscribers

Rewards

Make the front page.

  • Perfect days2,500 points and a new subscriber.
  • Best runsYour ten highest weeks are kept.
  • Route gradeS, A, B or C, every morning.
  • Front pageShare the edition your week earned.

Results service

The league table

Full leaderboard

    Includes synthetic launch scores. Can you beat them?

    The morning edition is ready

    The neighbourhood is waiting.

    Get on the bike and ride the week.

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