The Bureau of Civil Harmony by hajpappan

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made by hajpappan for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

It is 1981. You are a telephone operator for the Bureau of Civil Harmony in the People's Republic of Drenova. Your job is to connect calls. Your other job — the one nobody wrote down — is to listen. The Bureau is always grateful for loyal citizens who hear things they shouldn't.

Connect and monitor the calls of citizens and flag any calls hinting at disloyalty or corruption to the authorities. Ignore any calls that you deem safe. Be aware — you are not the only set of eyes on this network.

The game has multiple endings depending on your choices. There is also a secret ending, try to see if you can find it.

Ratings

Given 3🗳️ 3🗨️

Feedback

IndigoWolf
Apr 20th · 17:43 UTC
I really wanted play through the whole game, but looking up the lines in the directory was frustrating and broke the pace too much. The concept is really good and the game looks great though.
juyr
Apr 20th · 19:36 UTC
Has a great vibe - reminds me of Papers Please in a good way. With some more polish on the UI this would be as close to perfect as a jam game gets.
042a
Apr 20th · 19:52 UTC
Yo! Maybe it could start out with just three lines or something in the beginning? I played three shifts and the last one where I had some UI understanding I could start enjoying the drama.

But I really like the writing, and it's key that it's also short sentences but still holds nuances. Looking forward to read more world building/immersion tales in the future!
TairyTei
Apr 21st · 13:30 UTC
I like the detail that if you are connecting wrong lines the call starts anyway, and peoples doesnt understand whats going on. Simple, but nice. In my mind the shift ends a little abruptly