{"author_link":"\/author\/chrismcmath\/","author_name":"Chris","author_uid":"35889","comments":[{"author_name":"yodamaster","author_uid":"38165","time":"Aug 25, 2014 @ 8:54pm","epoch":1408999740,"text":"Solid build. Nice theme and mood. Game itself is a bit tricky."},{"author_name":"liquidminduk","author_uid":"37631","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 2:46am","epoch":1409020860,"text":"Game starts, and I just see the fuzzy screen :-(\r<br\/>Played it earlier though, great work!!!"},{"author_name":"liquidminduk","author_uid":"37631","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:15am","epoch":1409022600,"text":"Got to play it all the way through, the frustration level is perfect. Great experience"},{"author_name":"Warboys","author_uid":"33962","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 3:18am","epoch":1409022780,"text":"This turned out really well! Intentionally frustrating and I even exclaimed &quot;Stop thinking, woman!!&quot;, so you really nailed what you were going for.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>Great stuff :)"},{"author_name":"JackDegree","author_uid":"38813","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 1:29pm","epoch":1409145840,"text":"Ok, so let me start by saying that it indeed crashed my computer, so I did not play to the end.\r<br\/>What I can say from what I've played is that this is a great, great, great game. First, your take on the theme is quite original (I mean, I'm kind of getting sick of having to connect or collide planets); the art style and sounds were are on the spot, and the gameplay mechanics totally unexpected and quite profound in how they somehow pit the player's responsiveness against the character's impatience. All in all, fantastic job!"},{"author_name":"tmpxyz","author_uid":"39382","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 2:51pm","epoch":1409150760,"text":"quite a style, almost crash my computer though :)"},{"author_name":"Stepwise","author_uid":"41055","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 5:09pm","epoch":1409159040,"text":"oh man!! It crashes me indeed. I need to see the ending of this!! the mood and pacing are great - I can't believe that this was the result of a pivot. It feels like this is exactly what you set out to do and nailed it. and I felt so dumb for not writing the numbers down. so, so dumb. If it plays all the way through on your machine, I'm eager to try it out. (We should do a post-dare beer night or something!)"},{"author_name":"Ofursnati","author_uid":"22793","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 1:05pm","epoch":1409317200,"text":"the main game is hard. but the story and mood of the game is great. GJ."},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 1:27pm","epoch":1410009720,"text":"The mood is great, but the game crashed for me. :("}],"images":["ld30\/35889-d83eb0bc7791b1d70f038774cc3fa608.jpg","ld30\/35889-943bb3cf56ceba4e07a2c42e8906ced7.jpg","ld30\/35889-c5cd2be0b4d7c61f5a6e05cd2454d5c1.jpg","ld30\/35889-95166237e9750e075d847412970d87af.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/44424438\/operator\/web.html","text":"Web"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/44424438\/Operator.rar","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/44424438\/Operator%20copy.zip","text":"OS\/X"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"17466","g_author":"35889","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"17495","g_title":"Hello Operator","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"159","g_commentcount":"9","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35889-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35889-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35889-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/35889-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"*********************\r\n*** PLEASE NOTE ***\r\n*********************\r\nThis game almost certainly will crash, perhaps even crash your computer (witnessed on OSX). Regrettably this traces to an issue deep within the innards of a library used extensively in the app. This is a 'will not fix' issue, so please continue at your own risk!\r\n\r\nA complete play-through can be found here:\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1CSy3l56LvI\r\n\r\n*********************\r\n*********************\r\n\r\nNot so much a game, more a story with a game inside it.\r\n\r\n'Hello Operator' is a narrative based exploration of the Connected Worlds theme.\r\n\r\nStep back to early 20th century Sheffield.\r\nLive out your fantasy as a switchboard operator.\r\nClick, drag and read your way through five days of monochrome vignettes.\r\n\r\nEst. Play time: 10 - 15 mins\r\n\r\nBig big thanks to Marck Thornton and Jin Chan Yum Wai for artwork.\r\nFurther thanks to Sam Green and Dan Mist for helping bring that 'uncouth American' to life. Check out their game here: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=37631\r\n\r\nPart of Beijing LD Jam 2014.","title":"Hello Operator"}