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A jam submission

Hello OperatorView game page

Play as a 1920s telephone operator and solve crimes
Submitted by nobody5050 (@nobody5050) — 3 hours, 26 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Originality#18163.2333.233
Overall#38652.2112.211
Fun#47881.6671.667
Presentation#48281.7331.733

Ranked from 30 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
You connect people’s phones together

Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam

Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?

Yes

We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam

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Comments

Submitted

This game is very buggy. Despite the instructions given at the beginning, I was still lost as far as what to do. I am all for authenticity, but it may have been best to dumb down the process of being a switchboard operator, perhaps using symbols or colors instead of numbers. Also the buttons constantly danced around and didn't want me clicking on them! I also got a lot of text indicating that the people on the phone only said "undefined" to one another before hanging up.

I know that is a lot of criticism. I absolutely LOVE the underlying premise. It's retro and charming to think of switchboard operators.

Developer

hi! This is very common feedback. The game was released without a win condition and with some buggy text because of running out of time, but I’m working in a post jam version thats  easier to play, and hopefully more fun. I hope you’ll play it!

Very cool new idea!

I'm sorry to say this, but after reading the tutorial three times I still don't understand how to play. Most of the numbers in the Call Monitor don't appear in the phone directory. Furthermore, when I click connect the status changes to 'connected' but I don't know if I'm doing it all right. 

It is a pity because the game looks super original.