Packing House

About this game

Have you ever thought about starting your own online store? But you are too afraid to take that risk in the real world? Then Packing House is just for you! Import goods from wholesalers, display them online, pack orders and send them to your customers! Grow your business, make sure you always have products in stock, seek discounts from wholesalers, and constantly increase the speed of packing and shipping to your customers.

Key Features

• Buying goods from wholesalers and listing them online for a higher price
  
• Packing products and shipping them to customers
  
• Growing your business, making sure you have enough inventory and ship on time
  
• Increasing packing speed, buying better and faster equipment, and expanding storage space.

Plans for the Future

• Expanding packaging capabilities and automatization of the process
  
• Hiring employees
  
• Adding the option to service sold equipment in case of damage

Latest news

• Announcements·10 Mar 2024Official

  Spring Sale 2024 + New Full Release Test Version!

  Hi everyone! Today we've released a new test version of the full release of Packing House! It includes fixes for problems reported from the previous version as well as some overlooked things, like missing outlines on some objects. In order to play it, first you need to own the game. But soon you will have a great occasion to buy it in case you don't have it already. Steam's Spring Sale 2024 is just around the corner and during it the game will be -55% off! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41378311/0255a4a4b08b577b4509e032eac7fdce0f041ccc.png So, how do you get access to the test version? It's very simple! Right-click on the game in your Library, then select Properties. Next, go to the Betas tab and in the input field enter: "PackTestHouse" and click Check Code. After doing so, you should get a blue pop-up that will indicate that you are now eligible to access the testing branch. Select it from the dropdown in the top right corner of the Betas window and wait until Steam finishes updating the game files. That's it! Now you can run the game as normal and start playing! It's best that you start a new game because there might be some issues caused by saves incompatibility. Reporting issues: As this is not a stable version of the game you may encounter some issues and bugs while playing it. You can report them here on Steam in the game's community tab or on our Discord server. If you can record your playthrough or provide repro steps for the problem that would be ideal. Also, please make sure to include your save files and logs from: %USERPROFILE%/Documents/Packing House Feel free to also leave feedback about the changes that we've made and what could we improve before finally releasing the game in its full glory! Thank you in advance for your help! SmartLife and Roman Studio teams.
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• Community & Events·8 Jan 2024Official

  Invitation for Full Release Testing! - Capitalism and Economy Fest 2024

  Hi everyone! Today we are happy to announce that, starting right now, you can help us test the full-release version of Packing House! In order to do so, first you need to own the game. But now you have a great occasion to buy it in case you don't have it already. We are taking part in Steam's Capitalism and Economy Fest 2024 and thus have -55% discount up until January 15th! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41378311/eb01b8e8b3bc3e93b2c35e2db12625332f05be62.png So, how do you get access to the test version? It's very simple! Right-click on the game in your Library, then select Properties. Next, go to the Betas tab and in the input field enter: "PackTestHouse" and click Check Code. After doing so, you should get a blue pop-up that will indicate that you are now eligible to access the testing branch. Select it from the dropdown in the top right corner of the Betas window and wait until Steam finishes updating the game files. That's it! Now you can run the game as normal and start playing! It's best that you start a new game because there might be some issues caused by saves incompatibility. Reporting issues: As this is not a stable version of the game you may encounter some issues and bugs while playing it. You can report them here on Steam in the game's community tab or on our Discord server. If you can record your playthrough or provide repro steps for the problem that would be ideal. Also, please make sure to include your save files and logs from: %USERPROFILE%/Documents/Packing House Feel free to also leave feedback about the changes that we've made and what could we improve before finally releasing the game in its full glory! Thank you in advance for your help! SmartLife and Roman Studio teams.
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• Patch Notes·11 Jul 2023Official

  New Update Announcement!

  Hi everyone! Sorry for the very long silence on our end, but unfortunately, life happened, and working on Packing House had to be put on hold. But we are back, and we are happy to announce the new update is coming to the game in the near future! Before we talk about what changes it will bring, just a friendly reminder that Packing House is available for -50% off during Steam's Summer Sale 2023! 🏝️🏖️☀️ {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41378311/a01c9f60767bbf838765855ba6c0a491e9bf5eaf.png In this update, we want to focus mostly on making the game more user-friendly and improving the UX. To achieve that, we focused on adding more feedback when interacting with game objects or UI elements. Now every interactive element has a hover state indicating that you can do some kind of interaction with it, and we've added audio feedback after using some objects that previously lacked any sound. We've also spent some time improving rotating objects. It's one of the most important parts of the game, but it wasn't always intuitive. To address that, we've changed the math behind applying the rotation based on mouse movement and added rotation on the third axis when holding down Left Shift. To top that, we've also added interactions with many more objects around the house that you can pick up and move. To help new players get more familiar with the game mechanics, we've added nested tooltips with links to the instruction that will help you navigate it fast and efficiently to find the information you need. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41378311/2b17c4bb3b42eaf40d1cf24b242f63d256dc7f60.png Of course, that's not all of the improvements and fixes coming with this update. To name a few, we plan to add smother transitions between animations, make small adjustments to the UI layout, and fix any bugs that are present in the game. For now, we don't want to give any specific dates to not put pressure on ourselves to meet the deadline, but a lot of the work is already finished, so it will be coming out soon™ when it's r...
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• Patch Notes·1 Oct 2022Official

  Employee Update Full Release! - Packing House 0.2

  Hello everyone! It's finally time to release the new update with the employee on the public branch! Since the open testing began we fixed a number of bugs and also added small quality of life features like the option to assign orders directly in the employee window or time speed affecting the pace of printing waybills. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41378311/3c99600bf187accb60d1b3a2304c64d042c216b4.png Below you can once again find the changelog for this update and we hope that you will get to enjoy it without any problems. Though in case there are any bugs remaining feel free to let us know here or on our Discord server ;) Marcin, Jakub & Adrian Changelog: Added ability to hire an employee Changed the entertainment system Changed penalties for bringing entertainment to a low level Added ability to preview items required for orders while being in the wholesaler Added ability to reorder orders without using a computer Added influence of time speed on the regeneration rate of entertainment while watching TV or sitting by the fireplace Added influence of time speed on printing the waybills Changed the warning system (added ability to display multiple at once) Added a warning when the courier is waiting outside the house Fixed bug that activated the tutorial after changing the game language Fixed a bug that caused the item ghost to be missing from the shelf Fixed formatting of prices in the wholesale store Improved gameplay balance Changed the size of some items From now on, sprinting consumes more energy Optimized lighting performance Optimized overall game performance Fixed a bug that could lead to problems with loading game saves Many small fixed and improvements
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• Patch Notes·28 Aug 2022Official

  Employee Update Preview - Packing House 0.2

  Hi everyone! First of all: we apologize that we have been so quiet! The game has not been abandoned, and we are still working to bring you new updates. Many factors contributed to this delay but the main one was the change of jobs of our lead programmer :). As you may know, the title is being developed after hours and therefore we can't rule out further delays. Employee Update Preview: A test version of the latest Packing House update, marked as 0.2 with the new feature of hiring an employee, has just landed on the testing branch. Anyone who is interested can check it out right now! Want to join testing? Right-click on Packing House in your library and select "Properties...". Go to the "Betas" tab. Enter the password "PackTestHouse" and confirm it. Select "test" from the drop-down list and close the window. Wait for the game to be updated. As soon as we finish testing, we will the update available on the main branch. Until then make sure to report to us any problems or other feedback here or on our Discord server. Marcin, Jakub & Adrian Changelog: Added ability to hire an employee Changed the entertainment system Changed penalties for bringing entertainment to a low level Added ability to preview items required for orders while being in the wholesaler Added ability to reorder orders without using a computer Added influence of time speed on the regeneration rate of entertainment while watching TV or sitting by the fireplace Changed the warning system (added ability to display multiple at once) Added a warning when the courier is waiting outside the house Fixed bug that activated the tutorial after changing the game language Fixed a bug that caused the item ghost to be missing from the shelf Fixed formatting of prices in the wholesale store Improved gameplay balance Changed the size of some items From now on, sprinting consumes more energy Optimized lighting performance Optimized overall game performance
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