SOUTHSTAR DYNAMIC SYSTEMS
INFORMATION SERVICES WORKSTATION 4.2

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SDS Information Services Desktop
SDSNET://INFORMATION_SERVICES

YOU HAVE
1 NEW TICKET_

Modern IT problems.

An internal support system that should have been retired sometime around the first Jurassic Park.

Diagnose users, inspect devices, chase outages, make questionable decisions, and keep Southstar Dynamic Systems functioning.

CURRENT STATUS: SOMEHOW OPERATIONAL
[ ENTER WORKSTATION ]
WHY THIS JOB IS GOING GREAT

REAL PROBLEMS, BAD DESCRIPTIONS

Tickets are symptoms, not answers. Inspect accounts, devices, logs, networks, permissions, software, and user history to figure out what actually broke.

ONE PROBLEM, SIX TICKETS

A dead access point might appear as bad Wi-Fi, frozen Teams calls, unstable VPN, and "the internet is broken." Learn to fix causes instead of chasing noise.

THE COMPANY REMEMBERS

Grant everyone admin rights because it is easier? Ignore backups? Keep deferring updates? Fine. The simulation remembers your choices and eventually sends the consequences back as tickets.

CURRENT SYSTEM HEALTH
SERVICESTATENOTES
AUTH-SRV-01ONLINE14 DAYS
FILE-SRV-02DEGRADED94% FULL
WAP-F2-EASTOFFLINE17 USERS
M365 SYNCONLINEOK
PRN-ACCT-3FUNKNOWNAGAIN
Endpoint Compliance Utility
DEVICE: SURFACE-LT-024
OS: WINDOWS 11
BITLOCKER: ENABLED
MFA: MICROSOFT AUTHENTICATOR
USB-C DOCK: CONNECTED
COMPLIANCE: FAILED

Service Request Management System v3.7
OPEN: 14   WAITING: 6   ESCALATED: 2   OVERDUE: 4

STATUS MESSAGE:
IT IS AWARE.
ABOUT THE GAME

YOU HAVE 1 NEW TICKET is a single-player IT support simulation about keeping a modern company alive through a hilariously obsolete internal workstation.

Most problems are grounded in believable support work. Some are ridiculous. A few probably should not be happening at all.

Play continuously. No daily gates. No energy meter. No waiting until tomorrow because somebody decided that was "engagement."