Switchboard Operator

This is hilarious, my cofounder and I were discussing doing a switchboard style game in retrospect from a humorous angle after our submission. My idea was that you would be a switchboard operator who fell asleep during orientation and awake to being assigned your first job. Originating connectors would have a request, and you'd essentially have to guess based on a pattern or hint to land the phone plug in the correct spot or be fired.

Thoughts aside, excellent gfx, you nailed the theme and the core game loop is spot on. Great job!

Oof at first it made sweat cuz my brain was actively trying to search for letters but then kinda got the idea it!

Nice game! It's a fun concept and well-implemented. Definitely not a mindless game to play, but it's not frustratingly difficult either. It was quite satisfying:)

I did have some difficulty precisely connecting cables to the correct ports though, it might have been me doing something wrong, but I couldn't figure out how to do it reliably the first try every time.

Thank you for the mention, it's very sweet ^v^ I am glad you finished your entry and now we can play it! :)

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Ok, I did spend quite a bit of time on it! :) At first I felt a bit confused and went into a huge debt, so I reset a few times to figure out the details. Then, as I realized I have to connect AND wait for a bit (oops), it went quite smoothly! I didn't rush at all, and managed to complete a lot of tickets still and not go into debt at all :)

In the end, I had to stop myself from playing simply because I have to work and play other games as well; it ended up being quite addictive and actually meditative! So I was right - it is meditative after all! xD

I really like just the process of connecting and disconnecting these plugs. It does feel satisfying! I thought maybe a little sound while connecting would be nice, though I don't know if it will clutter the overall audio background as we also have sounds for the orders arriving, being complete or failed.

Also, it is a bit hard to tell some letters apart (especially B and E). I feel like quite a bit of my failed orders were failed for that reason ^^'

Overall, I think it turned out great! Actually feels polished and complete, in my opinion, and quite relaxing despite the timer! I am glad you published it after all :)

Simple but addictive! Great job.

I have more orders then kfc or burger king XD

This is awesome!!! I love the art and feel!!

Good thing I'm not an operator though... No one would get a call through! 😬 😝 I suck at this. Makes my brain hurt. LOL.

My only bit of feedback is I had a hard time telling the diff between B and E sometimes. My brain kept making it an E.. and I couldn't understand why I was failing so bad. The font is surprisingly readable for a pixel art font though!

It's so well done. Great entry!!

Really fun game! Feels like a mini electronic version of Overcooked

Oh my this became chaotic very fast, I had a big smile on my face playing your entry. Glad you uploaded it!
I knew about pico8 and tc80, but picotron is also a thing? Is that one new?

It was a bit hard to see which tickets were dealt with once they 'collapsed' to the right of the screen. Other than that I think this was designed very well

The way you managed to translate the historical telephone switchboard concept into a digital game is fascinating. This whole entry is really well done!