Signal Path by Caelestial
Signal Path
Signal Path is a minimalist puzzle game where you control a drone by sending timed signal pulses.
Combine short and long inputs to build commands, guide the drone across a grid, and reach the exit.
There are 5 levels in the game — enjoy!
Ludum Dare Version
This page contains the original version created during the 72-hour Ludum Dare jam.
Updated Version
A more polished version with improved visuals and audio is available on itch.io.
No new gameplay features were added — only visual and sound enhancements.
Play the updated version here:
https://caelestial.itch.io/signal-path
If you’d like a better overall experience, feel free to try the itch.io version.
What’s Next
Interactive tutorial is coming soon.
Dear players, thank you for all the feedback, it really helps a lot!
| Itch.io | https://caelestial.itch.io/signal-path |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/signal-path |
Ratings
| Overall | 266th | 3.804⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 253th | 3.647⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 289th | 3.588⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 133th | 4.216⭐ | 53🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 135th | 4.317⭐ | 54🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 552th | 2.476⭐ | 43🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 426th | 2.767⭐ | 47🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 453th | 3.583⭐ | 50🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 42🗳️ | 55🗨️ |
visuals are great, nice colors
the whole idea of kinda programming your actions and then watching it play out is really cool and fits the jam theme well
had an issue with the tutorial at the start, the close button was hidden behind something so I couldn’t click it, probably a resolution thing
also feels like it’s missing some background sound and sounds of controls, would add a lot of juice
The art is really cute too, and the HUD is very smooth
Overall it's very good, good job!
Good job!
I bet the sound was supposed to be awesome too. I'll give this game another shot later — maybe it'll get patched
Finding the input sequence to finish the map in one go however felt more like work because one fuckup means starting over from scratch and having to input all instructions again. The morse-code-like input fits the theme but doesn't really make it very efficient to do that unfortunately. I'd have wished for a way to change like one instruction without having to start from scratch.
These are small nitpicks though. I hope I'm not sounding too critical.
Cute game though. Overall very smooth. The graphics and the background audio make it feel very cozy.
Games like this could even be shown to children as an educational introduction to programming - nice work!