Switchboard Operator by CaptainSpoof
Only when every call of the day is correct the game will confirm your choice!
Mariner’s Rest is a small coastal town. For the past few months, the town has become more restless than usual: the main radio antenna collapsed during a storm, forcing residents to use the old municipal manual switchboard, brought back into service after twenty years.
The town council has called you, the temporary operator, to manage communications until modern systems are restored. Due to unstable lines, many people are recorded in the logbook with only essential information: name, address, and job.
The citizens do not have access to the logbook for security reasons; it is up to you to discover who they are referring to and connect them to the right person.

| ITCH.IO | https://captainspoof.itch.io/swichboardoperator |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/switchboard-operator |
Ratings
| Overall | 252th | 3.821⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 362th | 3.463⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 124th | 3.875⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 89th | 4.304⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 262th | 4.052⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 301th | 3.589⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 241th | 3.32⭐ | 27🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 310th | 3.821⭐ | 30🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 22🗳️ | 40🗨️ |
The execution in term of puzzle is really good (I just have trouble on the last day to figure out why the guy who talk about the leaking appartment above , need to be link to he nephew (the aunt has move to his house? It logic out of the box, but nothing indicate that the aunt wasn't in her home, so it feel like a huge gap when you're trying to decipher 3 puzzle at the same time) and I like that you kept the message in the log book.
The biggest problem are the numerous bug due to 3D jankyness and some cable who looks deconnect but are still connected. Maybe making the game in 2D with false "3D-ness" would have been better? But it's a lot to ask in a jam setting.
Anyway, very cool game! I loved it! Would love to see a full game like that where you can add info on people by hand to spice up the whole game
What a great solution for the puzzle. If I am right, it was exactly like that in the past. Working on the station to connect people and looking at the "cheat sheet" to understand where to move the cable felt like an actual project on the market. Just add few more details, a bit of lore and realise it! That game would be hype!
P.S. Cables are a bit annoying to connect due to the camera angle, but making it in a front view would ruing the atmosphere. So just need to somehow make it work better xd
I like that project very very much! you've done well!
Nice job on the narrative and the unique mechanics!
Audio was very satisfying with the clicks and page turns.
I did run in to some bugs such as in one run the computer just stopped connecting and giving me the information and just having general issues with plugging in the cables. Starting a new game helped solve the problems I was running in to at least. Not sure if I was doing something wrong or just had some bad luck.
Still enjoyed the game regardless. Fantastic job especially as a solo project. Well done!
Excellent work -- well done!