WJDD AM After Dark
WJDD-FM After Dark
The overnight DJ walked out on Monday. You're the intern. Now five nights belong to you — midnight to 6 AM, a turntable, a cart slot, a phone bank, and a dial.
Keep the station on the air. Keep the callers on the line. See who's still listening by Friday.
What you do
- Spin records - click a record on the rack to put it on the air. Dead air costs you with the FCC.
- Fire Doug's ads - Doug pays for a spot at 1 AM, 3 AM, and 5 AM. The cart is cued all night; press it on the hour.
- Answer the phones - a line lights up when a caller rings. Click it. Pick a response. Hang up if you have to.
- Tune the dial - WJDD sits at 1430 AM. There's another station 10 kHz over. Something bleeds through if you're listening at the right moment.
- Mind the transmitter - if it's off when the EBS test fires, that's a violation. Leave it on.
Controls
- Mouse - everything. Click records, calls, buttons.
- Dial knob - drag to turn, or scroll-wheel to step (hold Shift for coarse).
- Esc/M - pause. Settings and volume live there (and on the title screen).
What each shift really costs
Every call is a choice. Engage, deflect, or brush them off. The game remembers. Five nights, five callers, one week.
*A Ludum Dare 59 entry. Headphones recommended.*
Note: music audio is from Ovani, however all voices are me, so only rate that part of audio.
Other Note: I made all assets for this aside from the aforementioned Ovani music, but I did use Claude Code to assist with some of the coding. Not all of it, but enough that I feel I should mention it.
Other Other Note: I like you.
Also available on itch: https://jddoesdev.itch.io/wjdd-am-after-dark
Tools: Claude
Comments7
Brainoid22 Apr 2026, 15:28
I was only able to play for 3 mins and then accidentally restarted and played for another 3 mins. Then I had to go. I'll return to this game and complete it. It definitely deserves the time. Thanks for putting the effort to design this and the voice acting is really entertaining
jddoesdev22 Apr 2026, 19:47
@sharky3188 Thanks for the feedback. There's a bit of a fail state at the end depending on what you do during the week. You either get hired with a perfect score, do alright, or get a line saying "first and last paycheck is on the board."
kuviman22 Apr 2026, 22:33
maybe having a button to take a nap to skip time could be helpful so im not just sitting idle waiting for the next event to happen. i like the idea of the game but it shouldv been made shorter imo
conduit.games24 Apr 2026, 02:54
ain't nobody got time for dat
All the callers add a really nice element to the game. I would have loved to see more of a fail state? I couldn't quiet tell if there was one or not? or even a day counter where you get paid by the sponsors but you also have fans that listen? Something like that could have made it quiet a balance between playing ads vs music etc.
Overall though a great entry.