Backlog Buster

You are a hard-pressed IT administrator, single-handedly supporting an endless stream of colleagues with tech troubles. 

From CRM queries to deploying AI solutions, configuring security updates, troubleshooting cloud connections and more — the requests never stop coming.

Your colleagues are impatient. 

They march toward you demanding answers, and if you can't help them in time, they'll escalate. 

Three escalations and it's game over.

Create solutions at your workstation and dispatch them down the desk before anyone reaches you. 

Can you clear the backlog and save the day?

Backlog Buster is inspired by Tapper, the 1980s arcade classic. The setting has shifted from a bar to an open-plan office, and the drinks have become tech solutions, but the gameplay will feel familiar if you played the original.

KEYBOARD CONTROLS

Key	Action
↑ / ↓	Switch rows
← / →	Move along desk
SPACE	Create / Deliver solution
M	Toggle sound
F	Toggle fullscreen

HOW TO PLAY

1. At a laptop: press SPACE to create a solution
2. Green tick appears when ready to deliver
3. Press SPACE to share the solution
4. Solutions must reach your coworkers in time
5. Catch follow-up questions or lose a life!
6. Collect coffee cups for an energy boost
7. Clear all coworkers and questions to advance to the next level