SincerelyDamnSignal by CoolPurpleRat

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made by CoolPurpleRat for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

Key info:
WASD -- move
Tab -- open/close phone
Shift -- move slowly
Esc -- pause
E -- climb tree
Press any key when phone is open to type message.
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Poor Bartolomeo has lost in the tundra. Help him to write his long message of help, while dodging polar animals and fighting for signal. Watch the time, you don't want your phone to run out of battery.
Some tips: 1. Use the environment(bushes, trees, holes) to slowdown or confuse enemies.
2. Use holes to randomly travel map!
3. Enemies can't get you on trees. Some signals better there.
4. Fox can be caught in corners.
5. You need a signal to type. With a better signal, the message will be sent faster.

Sorry for no audio.
Changelog
22.04 16:56 Forgot to embedded .pck and add licenses to Windows build. No game changes.
22.04 23:56 Found how to use markdown. No game changes.
01.05 13:04 Added link to itch.io, in case game doesn't open in fullscreen 06.05 16:04 New better preview, which reflects gameplay. Fox steals the phone Fight with the wolf Example of typing mechanic

Ratings

Overall 520th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 375th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 293th 3.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 57th 4.4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 587th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 64th 4.028⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 521th 3.472⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 41🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

RizBleu
Apr 21st · 21:55 UTC
a really fun game good job !
Alex de la Cour
Apr 22nd · 21:05 UTC
Okay I laughed way too much about this guy going on and on about the beautiful aurora borealis and all manner of ridiculous inconsequential things while trying to get rescued and slowly running out of battery. Quality!
voxar
Apr 22nd · 21:09 UTC
Really good idea!
ZedGame
Apr 22nd · 21:12 UTC
Great game with a fantastic atmosphere! I really felt the rush of a battery dying on you outside! To Bartolomeo, would you kindly get to the point already?! That was a fun gag.

By the way, I've noticed you haven't rated a lot of games yet. In order to get other people to notice your game, you need to go out there and leave ratings and comments on others' creations! Then it will get boosted by the algorithm.
CrimsonTrouper
Apr 23rd · 02:09 UTC
cool game! very fun to play but I am annoyed by those polar foxes who ALWAYS STEAL MY PHONE!!!! Would like if you could trap them for good in those holes. But overall that was fun, also would like to have more sounds, but that's not a big deal
Jajo
Apr 24th · 13:08 UTC
chasing the foxes to get my phone back gave me a good laugh, really funny animation! I was also really impressed with the hills and auroral, which I was led to in one of these chases
Roman Novikov
Apr 24th · 13:26 UTC
Nice jam game, i like visual and gameplay, it was fun but more challenges would be great as for now you could just stick on the tree and write almost full message by changing 3 of them.
Shnappy
Apr 25th · 11:02 UTC
Love the combination of frustration and humor. Sad there is no audio, but otherwise I feel like this is an amazing work for a solo project. Fits well with the theme and the game design is in check. I had hit a game breaking bug when you pull out phone at the same time it is getting snathced you loose control of your character. But overall - great work! c:
JCoMcL
Apr 25th · 11:16 UTC
what he said ^
robin_schmitz
Apr 27th · 20:18 UTC
Hooray! I'm safe! :D

![image2.png](///raw/797/64/z/72d4f.png)

Great take on the theme. I like the straight forward-ness of your game. Feels simple to get started, has quite some things to explore, going on a mountain climb to look at colorful lights, playing tag with wolfes and climbing trees :) Very very cool entry, good job! Keep on making games :)
attentionadmin
May 01st · 10:19 UTC
I loved the graphics
ieee333
May 05th · 17:57 UTC
I successfully sent it. Really creative gameplay, and it’s not too difficult. The character talks a bit too much, though, haha.
Antoine Bodin
May 06th · 22:22 UTC
Perfect jam game!
🎤 CoolPurpleRat
May 08th · 09:01 UTC
Thanks for playing and commenting @rizbleu @alex-de-la-cour @voxar @zedgame @crimsontrouper @jajo @roman-novikov @shnappy @jcomcl @robin-schmitz @attentionadmin @ieee333 @antoine-bodin!
I plan to finish the game (audio, 2-3 more levels, replayability, etc.) this summer, you can follow updates on itch.io.
GuyUnger
May 08th · 16:39 UTC
survival instincts of a match stick