Get On The Horn by kadexus

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made by kadexus for LD36 (COMPO)
A simple game that takes us back to the days of marvelous T9 texting.

Credits to my cousin Anthony for being the voice of the game.

Tools Used:
Sublime Text
Google Fonts
Audacity
Bfxr

Feedback

z6v
28. Aug 2016 · 10:16 UTC
I love the idea, I'd never thought about a typing game like this! I think it could be really good with some more style (e.g. an image of an actual phone). I also loved the unexpected announcement of my score, it was a nice touch

Simple idea but very nicely done!
hugeturnip
28. Aug 2016 · 12:43 UTC
I really like this!
hugeturnip
28. Aug 2016 · 12:44 UTC
It took me a while to learn I had to press 0 after every letter, but it was really fun

The score announcement was very nice too
ginjaninja1337
28. Aug 2016 · 16:57 UTC
great and creative game that i thoroughly enjoy! glad to be the voice of the game, really makes me feel special(: enjoy everybody!
psilon
28. Aug 2016 · 17:14 UTC
Oh, memories. This is a real ancient technology. I like this game very much. Very good use of the theme .
Ghen
28. Aug 2016 · 18:05 UTC
ahahaha, good ol' technology indeed, where keypad still a thing, man...i miss those days
fenwick
28. Aug 2016 · 18:19 UTC
Having flashbacks... very clever indeed. I wish the number pad on my PC was the same layout so I could really fly with my time-earned texting skills.
fitret
28. Aug 2016 · 18:23 UTC
Ahahaha, I hated having to type like this, and I still do! Love it for LD. Agree that the score announcer at the end was awesome.
phantomunboxing
28. Aug 2016 · 18:33 UTC
<3 the narrator
ReboundGames
28. Aug 2016 · 18:55 UTC
Clever interpretation of the theme. I expected it to work like most flip phones I've seen where if you want to type two letters one after another on the same button you just have to wait a few seconds for it to register, but having a next button probably lets you type faster.
McMutton
28. Aug 2016 · 19:15 UTC
Keep it simple, stupid.
A well known principle quite well demonstrated. :)

The game is fun (even though a bit shortlived). As many of the others here I had the same problem: Realizing that I have to use the "next" button instead just typing the next digit.
SetTheBet
28. Aug 2016 · 19:42 UTC
Great idea, not sure that this is how my T9 worked though (pressing 0 after every single char?) . Simple in design, simple in art and sfx but hey. It def got the work done. Still it's a 3 min fun game. Nothing more...
Traf d-Lo
28. Aug 2016 · 20:09 UTC
Hehe, well done.
CMLSC
28. Aug 2016 · 22:03 UTC
Funny idea, but it doesn't have very much content. You could turn it into the player texting someone and the AI responds with being very confused about the random words you are sending. XD
PotatoIng_
29. Aug 2016 · 00:26 UTC
Cool idea! I still renamber the amount of times I have to press the keys:3. It would be nice, if you could controll the game with actual keyboard. Overall, really fun:)
MaTeX-7seven
29. Aug 2016 · 00:53 UTC
its simples but it works ! gj
KevKevOnFire
29. Aug 2016 · 06:33 UTC
Holy hell how did I ever do this shit quickly. Like people said, it works, and there's some fun in it. But... its hit the point of simplicity that I have to judge against it a little bit. I would think that a little more time could be spent on polish or user flow with a game this simple.
neural
29. Aug 2016 · 19:29 UTC
cool idea, without egyptian stuff :D
Geared Games
30. Aug 2016 · 08:02 UTC
What an original way to make a typing game! It was nice and simple :)
qookiezzz
30. Aug 2016 · 08:28 UTC
Really nice!
BossHunters
30. Aug 2016 · 14:29 UTC
Never saw a game like this. :D
Unfortunately I got an old mobile phone with T9, so I'm not amused as expected. I think you should bring out an android or iOS version. That would be funny. Btw: Your cousin's voice is hilarious!