Welcome to the Night Shift.

You are the overnight switchboard operator. The year is 1952. The office is quiet. The calls are not.

Your job is simple: answer the line, find out who they need and patch them through. Do it fast enough and everyone goes home happy. Fumble too long — and the line goes dead.

Sit in your chair. Pick up the cables. Listen carefully.

How to Play:

• When a jack light starts blinking, an incoming call is waiting
• Plug the back cable into that jack to answer
• The caller will tell you who they need — check the directory on your desk
• Plug the front cable into the correct jack
• The call connects automatically
• When the light turns red, the call has ended — unplug both cables and move on

(There's a slight problem with the unplugging part; it comes out if you pull it quite far down.)

The night gets busier as the hours pass.

Controls:

• Left Click (and Drag) — Pick up / release cables, interact
• Left Click on Book — Open subscriber directory

Made for: GameDev.tv Game Jam 2026