A Signal In The Forest by gamesplusjames

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made by gamesplusjames for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

You awake in a forest, not knowing how you got there. All you find is a handheld radio nearby. Follow the signal with the radio and find out what's going on.

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Controls:
Move - WASD (Left Stick)
Look - Mouse (Right Stick)
Jump - Space (Button South)
Radio On/Off - Right Click (Button West)
Sprint/Tune Faster - Shift (Left Trigger)
Tune Up - E (Right Bumper)
Tune Down - Q (Left Bumper)
Interact - Left Click (Button North)

Follow the signal to find the truth

Ratings

Overall 507th 3.479⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 349th 3.479⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 476th 3.313⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 257th 4.021⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 595th 3.348⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 385th 2.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 453th 3.583⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Given 53🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 82995
Apr 21st · 17:13 UTC
My memory is not good enough for this... Also I'm scared. Awesome game!
Adam Gallina
Apr 21st · 17:17 UTC
Nice puzzles! I really liked the Reveal puzzle - I was confused by the design choice to let the player walk around and see the answer, so it was a funny reveal that that was what the character did in the past lol. Overall nicely done!
TheDugnutt
Apr 21st · 17:18 UTC
Cool game! I wish there was a way to manually recharge the battery on the radio. Also it would be nice if you could see the battery level without having the radio on.
Nice job!

Also it reminded me of a certain part of Outer Wilds :P
LDJam user 0
Apr 21st · 17:19 UTC
Fun idea with the Radio Signal the Batery drain makes it a little hard tho
Astoeth
Apr 21st · 17:38 UTC
I Loved it ! I was feeling a bit bad to cheat at the second one until he said that's what he was doing too :sweat_smile:
Reached the end thanks to that, i'm afraid i would not have been able to remember all of thoses and the end versions of the two other puzzles were challenging enough !
Great entry !
harujam
Apr 21st · 17:45 UTC
Very nice mix of searching and puzzles! Matches well also with the jam topic. I ran out of batteries so many times, but were able to get to the second puzzle. Found also some cheese: By rocking right mouse button one can enable radio even if battery is dead ;)
Xiao Duye
Apr 22nd · 00:55 UTC
Very good game, tooks me a little while to figure out how to follow the signal lol
pro4
Apr 22nd · 03:22 UTC
Pretty fun concept of following the signal around to navigate what felt like an infinite forest. It took me a moment to realize the signal strength indicate on the right side of the radio, but once I figured it out i was able to quickly zip around and solve the puzzles. Nice job!
MaruMari
Apr 22nd · 03:59 UTC
I liked the music in this one
ursagames
Apr 22nd · 04:02 UTC
Pleasantly reminded me of outer wilds! Following the signal was pretty intuitive for me and felt good to use those mechanics. I did wish the buttons on the Simon game clicked in when you pressed them, I feel like that might have helped me a bit. I'm very bad at Simon though, but I managed to get through all of them until the very final one, it was just too tough for me and I had to record my video and write down the patterns lol. I think it also goes pretty fast at the final round, my partner also had a hard time following it and she's way better than me at Simon. Personally I think the game might have been a little more effective with maybe one or two fewer puzzles. I did really enjoy the pipe puzzles though! The fallen out pieces were really clever way to spice up that up. The narrative was fun, but I feel like a little bit more between the puzzles might have made it feel more engaging as well.
LDJam user 410492
Apr 22nd · 06:03 UTC
damn, couldn't get past the start screen for some reason it hangs every time for me :(
Lizadettlaff
Apr 22nd · 10:34 UTC
Really cool game
jetrumbel
Apr 22nd · 10:40 UTC
wasn't sure how to follow the signal at first and it took me a while xd
DariZz
Apr 22nd · 10:59 UTC
The radio in the forest is a really cool idea! I had the same. I enjoyed the puzzles, but some of them made me question my own skills. Cool. However, the large gray shapes. Maybe it was mountains. Were quite confusing, and I had no idea where to go, since the signal was right behind the wall. I was also a little disappointed that the game was stuck in a loop. I expected to find my way out of the forest by solving the puzzles, but instead they kept leading me in circles. But I still really enjoyed it. The music is nice.
YALI_Lily519
Apr 22nd · 11:53 UTC
The retro modeling is very textured! I like your game!
Volkolak
Apr 22nd · 12:13 UTC
At first I couldn't figure out what they wanted from me in the first puzzle, but then I figured it out and got through the rest without any problems)
someone
Apr 22nd · 13:46 UTC
The radio mechanic was cool. I didn't realise it recharged when off at first and tried to conserve the battery.
I liked the wire puzzle, especially with the missing pieces.
Hated the light sequences.
Cheated all the flags ones, glad that was possible since the first one I encountered I pressed the button before figuring out what to do.
I got to the end but felt it cut to the credits too fast to figure out what was going on.
MEM0
Apr 22nd · 13:54 UTC
Almost quit during the first puzzle because the buttons lacked animations, making it hard to understand. Glad I stayed though, because the rest of the game was really interesting!
Borbi
Apr 22nd · 17:34 UTC
greate concept for game, I really enjoed it, but after third puzzle i got looped to the first one and the game never ended I dont know if this was intended way, music is amazing I love it, good job overall!!
Avzgui
Apr 22nd · 17:36 UTC
Wow ! Really good entry ! Nice mix beetween the witness, slenderman and (of course) outer wilds <3

Great Job :)
Elbapotsnugg
Apr 24th · 02:29 UTC
Live the vibe & aesthetic - and very strong use of the theme! Messed up the first puzzle because i couldn't see where i was aiming - a reticle would help a lot. Great job overall!
Surfa
May 01st · 21:05 UTC
I liked a lot about this entry but there was also a few things I was not a fan of. I wish there was a bit more environmental decorate so you could orientate yourself. I felt like there was maybe too many repeats of the puzzles with no much differentiating the last two times I did the puzzles. I also would have likes for the music to play in the background not just with the radio on. Also a small amount of background sounds would have made it less silent and empty feeling.