The Circulation Desk

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.37
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.09
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.66
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.72
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.36
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You are a librarian in the 1980s! Perform tasks in the *order* that they appear!

* Use the arrow keys and the rest of the keyboard to do tasks.
* *How long can you survive?*

Credits:

* Art - Kier Eyles
* Programming - Jack Davenport

(The song "Screen Saver" is by Kevin Macleod)

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Comments17

FireTwin
FireTwinauthor5 Oct 2020, 22:47
Thought I would use this comment just to let everyone know that there are a few game breaking bugs that we are in the process of sorting out. Please check back later for a proper experience!

*Edit*
We have fixed a most of the issues now, so I would like to invite you to try the game again if you did so previously! :)

*Edit*
Made a fix so the arrow keys can't just be spammed randomly to finish the tasks :)
Dis0rder
Dis0rder6 Oct 2020, 18:35
Unfortunately I think there's some bug or other problem that hinders the game.

The screen is black at start (my real monitor, not the in-game one) until I press SPACE. I can progress up until 4-5 questions, until the book appears. After that, the screen goes black again. I can press SPACE to reset, but the book disappears and I have to start from the beginning. That means I'll be stuck in the loop and can't progress (quite fitting in a way, ha!)

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I really like the music and minimalist graphical style!

I'll gladly revisit the game if there will be a bug-fix or something.

(...if the way I got stuck was really unintentional, and not planned that is!)
FireTwin
FireTwinauthor6 Oct 2020, 23:25
Thank you very much Dis0rder for the feedback. I have done a bunch of bug fixes now so hopefully your issue should be fixed now. :) The book issue is because the instructions aren't shown in the game yet. Try using the arrow keys for now.
Jam37320 Oct 2020, 12:38
Played it, was fun and nicely polished, got to 78 days (let me know if I missed any content by stopping there). Visuals are very evocative of the time and mood (music does a great job with that too).

Feels good when you get yourself into a rhythm, kinda reminds me of the Cook, Serve, Delicious! games.

Good job!
Zarki
Zarki20 Oct 2020, 18:19
It's pretty fun, maybe some more sound effects would have been nice (but I'm just being picky i guess) Way to go!
kingofsquirrel20 Oct 2020, 18:23
Great Game, the only thing I'd recommend is to punish if you press a wrong arrowkey, because you can just spam the keys and press n and y and easily get a high score. But very good game anyway
ZoeAgxn22 Oct 2020, 10:51
Didn't run into any bugs. The art style and colour choice fits well with the theme of the game and is nicely consistent! Very good entry.
RMarmalade22 Oct 2020, 20:32
Great idea, I liked how the game scaled, some more lose cases would be great for difficulty
Emkani23 Oct 2020, 10:51
Style is really evocative of the (ingame theme), solid but simple gameplay.
S J Palmer23 Oct 2020, 11:22
I really like the style and atmosphere of the game, I've gotten to around day 50 a few times and I would like to play more but when I lose I'm never sure why! Some feedback on what I did wrong would be helpful
gamescodedogs
gamescodedogs23 Oct 2020, 14:31
I really like Papers, Please vibes the game gave me :) Best of luck!
hgcummings23 Oct 2020, 15:19
Nice atmospheric/mood. The graphics and music work really well together. Reminds me a little bit of Papers Please. Would be a good basis for a more narrative game.
Flying Dog Fish
Flying Dog Fish23 Oct 2020, 18:31
This game gave me great appreciation for librarians everywhere. The graphics is simple but nice and consistent and the soundtrack fits well.
rodobodolfo
rodobodolfo24 Oct 2020, 02:21
Ahhhh this game screams for sound effects! a shame you didn't get to add any. Loved the graphics and the PaperPlease vibe. When I loose, I'm not really sure why.
Meatball
Meatball24 Oct 2020, 05:57
That's great. Dream job!
sakura_magika
sakura_magika25 Oct 2020, 21:45
i really liked this! the music and graphics fit perfectly together, and i loved the visual style. it felt very meditative and relaxing to play, even as it got harder. i wonder if there was any kind of ending, or way to break out, or if it just gets impossibly difficult...

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