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Online as of October 15, 2018, Cardboard Computer stated in their announcement [https://twitter.com/cardboardcompy/status/1052007818902102017 tweet] and [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo-brUABAgf/ Instagram post] that "if you find it reassuring, you may add it to your 'speed dial.'"
On January 28, 2020, the number switched to operating as the hotline for the '''Department of the Real'''.
== Development Status Hotline ==
[[File:Dept of the Real.jpg|thumb|right]]
[[File:Dept of the Real - dream journal.png|thumb|right]]
On January 28, 2020, Cardboard Computer announced a collaboration with [[wikipedia:Iam8bit|iam8bit]] on a physical releases of the game for several systems, in addition to vinyl releases of [[Ben Babbitt]]'s [[music]] related to the game. The hotline was rebranded to the '''Department of the Real''' and Cardboard Computer began advertising it using the numerical phone number.
=== "The number you have dialed is not real" ===
''Dates used: January 28 - February 18th18, 2020.''
[[File:1-858-943-6579 - January 29th.ogg]]
* '''January 28–29:''' Discarded snakeskin, empty buildings, music from a passing car, silence, frogs, the house you grew up in, the house I grew up in.
* '''February 12–13:''' Chemicals.
* '''February 14–17:''' Thunder, your favorite song, the sound in your ears just before you fall asleep, a child's drawing of a building complete with a chimney and smoke, residual lacquer, snow.
=== "Please open your dream journal and turn to page 81" ===
''Dates used: February 18 - March 3, 2020.''
[[File:1-858-943-6579 - February 18th.ogg]]
=== "Please open your dream journal and turn to page 92" ===
''Dates used: March 3 - March 23, 2020''
[[File:1-858-943-6579 - March 3rd.ogg]]
This segment includes an interactive quiz, asking the caller the question, "How many grooves are on each side of one polyvinyl chloride circle?" If the caller dials any number other than the correct answer of "1", the quiz will loop indefinitely until the correct answer is chosen.
=== "Please open your dream journal and turn to the first blank page" ===
''Dates used: Since March 23, 2020.''
[[File:1-858-943-6579 - March 23rd.ogg]]
[[Category:Real world]]