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Help rescue people as a 911 operator in HERO Unit, now out on Google Play

Released by Jassam Albuarki, Hero Unit is a new entrant into the field of text based gaming. In Hero Unit, players assume the role of an emergency dispatch operator, handling incoming calls as part of a 911 center. So, players will field the calls that are centered around topics that are quite intense. As an example, players will receive a call from a child, whose mother has been hurt by his step father, and the child is not only scared for her, but for himself as well.

Players will need to navigate through each situation using dialog options to try and achieve the best of multiple endings. Once a call is completed, players can view a news clipping to see what the outcome was to the crisis they were involved in. Each scenario and caller is different, with each of them having multiple endings available to the player.  For each of the scenarios, the range of possible endings can swing from only one, to as many as fifteen; the number of news articles that players can unlock on a scenario rages from one to five, so it’s possible to take multiple paths to the same article. All ends and news articles can be eventually unlocked, by accessing them through an Archive, within the game.

HERO Unit Features:

– No ads & IAP
– Different callers and scenarios.
– Multiple endings for each call.
– Different paths and outcomes.
– News articles related to each outcome.
– Additional calls coming soon.

All of the calls/scenarios are available to players at the start of the game, and can be chosen at the player’s convenience, so there aren’t any untimely notifications from the game. The only real “penalty” found within the game would be prematurely disconnecting the call, before a resolution is achieved. The dialog options will tend to focus on retrieving relevant information from the caller, that will allow help to be sent.

So, desired information can include things like the caller’s address, or offering advice to callers that can help prevent the situation from deteriorating until help can arrive. For whatever it’s worth, the game completely lacks any and all audio. This decision stems from the idea that the game is striving to emulate a “police app” of sorts, where the player is assuming the role of someone who’s enlisted in a department that is on call at all times, and such an app would inherently lack sound effects, to begin with. The developer does plan to add several more call scenarios in the March/April range of this year.

HERO Unit is currently available from Google Play. The game can be purchased up front for a flat cost of $0.99. Interested players can see a bit of gameplay in the trailer below.

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