Today is No Food Waste Day, a great day to introduce a new gaming mechanic: stealing food delivery boxes! That’s right, our raccoon is becoming a porch pirate! In front of some homes, you’ll find cardboard boxes (carelessly not yet brought in by the humans) that are a little tough to open (try swatting at them a few times). Inside, you'll find delicious fresh food. As for the trash bin in front of the same house? Well, they won't have any food inside because there was no food waste.
This addition to the game was inspired by a collaboration with Goodfood, a Canadian meal kit service whose mascot is Richard the Raccoon. Richard is a grumpy raccoon who doesn’t like Goodfood, because their meal kits are perfectly proportioned - so there’s no food waste.
For the next month, if you're playing in Canada, you'll play as Richard, and the boxes are Goodfood branded boxes. Players in Canada can find a special item inside - one that will give an actual IRL promo code valued at $250CAD!
Over the coming weeks I’ll be adding new boxes to be found in front of homes and the ability to pick up boxes and carry them away earning points for each theft. The pickup/carry mechanic is still a little buggy, so I won’t be introducing this until it’s functioning as intended.
