Blokia Designer

by titos2k

co-authored: @outstar

It's 2000. You're a Junior Product Manager at Blokia, a mobile phone maker, and your boss Bob wants hits.

Working from your trusty Fenestra 98 desktop, you design phones from scratch:

Build the body from stencils: keys, screens, speakers, panels and antennas.
Draw the wallpaper pixel by pixel.
Write the ringtone note by note in a 3310-style composer.
Customize it to look however you like.
Then launch your phone and see what the reviewers think. Teens, business people and seniors all want different things.

Each turn is one quarter. Fund research, keep an eye on your rivals, answer your e-mail and hit Bob's sales targets. Can you climb from junior to CEO by 2004?

Every phone gets a seed code you can copy and share, so friends can load your design.

Made in 72 hours for Ludum Dare 60 (theme: Old Tech).

Comments5

Gevernus19 Oct 2026, 11:34

This is amazing for a jam! The BIOS boot and the Fenestra 98 desktop with e-mail, finance and market windows nail the year-2000 vibe, and the phone designer is genuinely deep: dragging keys and speakers onto the body while the design checker tells you "the speaker must be above the screen (teens don't mind)" is great feedback. The 3310-style ringtone composer and pixel wallpaper editor are lovely touches. One of the most complete entries I've seen, great job!

CptDrusha19 Oct 2026, 14:24

Beautiful visual style! The main menu was a lovely surprise, and the sounds fit perfectly. Really hit me with a wave of nostalgia :)

I got completely hooked on designing my own ULTRA MAX NOKIA PRO DELUXE EDITION 2000 with 20 speakers and 4 buttons only :D

DekiSenpaiTM20 Oct 2026, 10:21

Yet another goated entry - i finally could build my dream phone the Mokia-6769!! And it was a hit, i mean i knew, cause its my job, but it was a hit and I didnt get fired by bob.

My condolences to the guy who died in the meeting, I will bring a cheese plate for the event in the kitchen.

Nuts, what you guys managed to do - everything is crisp and smooth, an insane level of polishing as well.

10/10 entry!

dagon20 Oct 2026, 13:18

You did so much in just 72 hours! Really interesting game

Wouter5221 Oct 2026, 13:46

I'm always blown away with how much you can do in 72 hours! A complete phone designer with a userinterface that actually works as expected, slappin' background music with media player and a complete marketing system-mechanic and so much emails that are not there for the progression of the game, but are there just for fun and vibes?! I mean.. How???

I love it. Although, after two phones my time was up and I needed to think about this feedback. A view nitpicks I think:
- For the first phone I was asked to guard progress, which meant "skip round" I think. Only later rounds those turns can be used for research and such.
- In the Wizard, you can use checkboxes to select between Business, Teens and Seniors. I would have expected radiobuttons instead for the functionality you're going with there
- Some icons would have been nice, like pick up phone, hang up phone, some arrows, some other icons like "iMode" or something 😁

Also, I love the alternative names for all the brand names haha

I had fun playing yours, keep up the great work

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My first phone

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Edit: there is a freakin' "continue" option?! Mind blown haha, ok I'm playing this at a later point more seriously I decided 😁

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