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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #979 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
| Overall | #1616 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
| Fun | #1731 | 2.958 | 2.958 |
| Presentation | #2113 | 2.958 | 2.958 |
Ranked from 24 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 work as a telephone interchange operator and must connect callers with similar interests.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
No
We used pre-existing art
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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An interesting take on the theme and was enjoyable. It reminded me of game that would work for mobile. I played it here:
Thanks for checking it out! btw. I'm not sure you noticed (I didn't see it in the video) but the point of the game is to connect as similar interests as possible while avoiding having the cables intersect. This is what makes it more interesting than just connecting matching icons :)
score = 10 * common interests / cable intersections
This leads to situations where you might have to connect suboptimal matches, just because the optimal match would have too many intersections, or wait for some calls to complete before you connect others. One part of this that is bugged is that getting this wrong only deducts from your score, not your customer satisfaction, so you could make terrible matches, have the game continue happily, and so not notice this mechanic at all.
You're right about the art - we used emoji as our artist dropped out early in the jam.
Good job on the audio! I liked the choices you made visually too.
Man this game got stressful really fast! It's like you make the first connection and then you're thrown into it. It was really fun trying to keep up and make connections, but I think there should be more visual feedback, like a shaking ui if I'm about to fail, or like red flashes on phones if they're not common interests. There is a lot for my eyes to keep track of.
Good entry!
that got stressful so fast but stayed fun somehow
Really fun and then it gets really hectic and stressful, which isn't a bad thing :). My main gripe is that there are too many icons on the screen and so many phones that you get so much sensory overload. I really like the simplified aesthetic going on with the emojis!
Great concept! I couldn't figure out if the drum clicks were tied t how many calls there were or if it just felt like it - either way it added to the stressful fun!
An Interesting Idea, but I would say you need to simplify the icons quite a bit. Having three icons per call, for a total of 6 icons per line, is just too much.
Nice idea and really good presentation. I realised quickly you could connect random users together and effectively never "lose" but have a poor score, maybe the user satisfaction could've taken a hit instead of score for these cases.
Nice concept
Fun game! Great use of emoji and the music is jammin'.
Who hired me for this job? I'm terribly underqualified for this!!
Very fun game, quite addicting
That got awfully out of hand awfully quickly, lol
Good, clean, fun game! Good work.