Dilly Delivers starts in Pudding Town. Dilly is a duckling courier in a teal cap, and her first four days on the job run through its streets, from the post office of Granny Plume, the owl in glasses, to one front door after another. It’s Monday, so let’s meet five of the neighbors waiting behind those doors.
The picture at the top is Pip at the yellow house on day 1, with stars for eyes. Pip has just been handed the heaviest thing on the street.
Pip and the giant cheese
Pip is a small mouse with pale lilac fur, a pink tail and a yellow bow between the ears. On day 1, First Rounds, Pip orders “a giant cheese,” and it’s the first heavy parcel in the game. With a heavy load on her back, Dilly still jumps just as far, only lower, so the puddles and rocks along the route take a little more care.
Bring the cheese in great shape, and Pip can hardly believe it: “You carried THIS all the way here?! You’re the strongest duck in town!” If it arrives a little worse for the trip, Pip is just relieved: “Phew! It’s here! Help me push it inside?” And if the trip was rough, Pip still finds the bright side: “It’s a bit wobbly... but so am I! Thank you!”
Fennel, the painter in a beret
Fennel is an orange fox with a cream belly, a white tip on the tail and a lilac beret. Fennel’s parcel comes on day 2, Grumpy Street, and it’s paint tubes, marked fragile. A fragile parcel pays double for every knock. Granny Plume warns about the day before it starts: “Clouds today. And I hear Mr. Guard down on Maple Street is in a grumpy mood.” The short way to Fennel’s door passes a guard dog’s yard.
A perfect delivery, and Fennel announces, “I’m painting YOU next!” A few bumps leave a few smudges, and Fennel will “call it ‘abstract.’” Our favorite is the line for a parcel that had a hard time: “The blue leaked into the yellow. Hey — green! I needed green!” On day 4 Fennel gets a box of crayons, which is a lot harder to spill.

Mallow, who knits
Mallow is a sheep so fluffy there’s hardly anything but wool, white with a pink blush, plus a pink scarf. On day 2, Mallow is waiting for balls of yarn. The short way there has a crossing with traffic lights and a stubby bulldog on a short chain.
Mallow takes it well either way. A soft, dry parcel gets a promise: “Fluffy yarn, still fluffy! I’ll knit you a tiny scarf!” And a soaked one gets a plan: “Soggy yarn... I’ll just knit very wet socks.”
Mallow means that promise, too. On day 4, Big Biscuit, Dilly brings knitting needles, and Mallow remembers: “My knitting needles! Now that tiny scarf for you can finally begin!” If one of them arrives bent, that’s fine: “Bendy needles make curly stitches!”

Lulu, the singer
Lulu is a green frog with a pink bow, long lashes and a song for every occasion. Lulu’s day 2 parcel is sheet music: “My sheet music! La-la-la! I’ll sing it for you, Dilly!” If a puddle gets to it first, Lulu doesn’t mind: “The ink ran... now it’s a brand new song!” On day 4, Lulu gets something fragile, a tiny microphone: “Now the whole pond can hear me sing! Ribbit-la-la!”
Lulu also turns up later in the game. At Mirror Lake, the fifth chapter, Lulu’s door is in a little round hut on a lily pad, and four more parcels go there: a lily-pad hat, a ukulele, a music box and a message in a bottle. At the end of day 17, Otto the otter has a comment for Dilly: “You hopped the lilies like a frog! Lulu will be jealous!” And after day 19, Sunset Haze, Lulu has a thank-you ready: “I’ll sing you a sunset song, Dilly! La-la-laaa!”

Nutmeg, who can’t wait
Nutmeg is a hamster with honey-colored fur, round pink cheeks and a pink flower tucked behind one ear. Nutmeg’s day 2 parcel, sunflower seeds, is marked urgent. An urgent parcel’s hurry bonus is worth one and a half times as much, but it runs out sooner.
Nutmeg knows exactly where those seeds are going: “Sunflower seeds! For my cheeks! Thank you thank you!” If a few spill out, there’s “more room in my cheeks!” If they get wet, they become “Sprouted snacks!”
On day 4, Nutmeg orders a hamster wheel, and this time it’s heavy. A good delivery gets Nutmeg’s most ambitious line: “My new wheel! I’m going to run a hundred miles. Well, ten. Well, one!” A squeaky one is fine too: “Squeaky music while I run!”

Pudding Town, chapter 1, with all five of these neighbors, is free to play in your browser at dillydelivers.com. The full game, all six chapters, Lulu’s lily-pad hut included, is $4.99, paid once. More about the game is on its Dilly Delivers page.



