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Family channel by squirrelsoft

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made by squirrelsoft for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

Your TV only shows noise, your kids want their anime, will you be a good parent?

Come remember the lost art of arbitrary setting your TV antennas in the hope of getting anything but snow, and discover the many channels you can find scattered on the waves !

Controls

  • Move left antenna using W and S
  • Move right antenna with the mouse up and down (while holding left button down).

Screenshots

LD59<em>Menu.png LD59</em>Screen.png

Itch.io https://squirrelsoft.itch.io/ld59-familychannel
GitHub https://github.com/squirrelsoftcompany/LD59
Itch.io (PostLD) https://squirrelsoft.itch.io/postld59-family-channel
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/family-channel

Ratings

Overall 329th 3.711⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 309th 3.553⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 116th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 83th 4.316⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 306th 3.974⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Audio 149th 3.947⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 17th 4.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 135th 4.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 17🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

Ansible
Apr 21st · 17:57 UTC
So good! It's a simple mechanic and straightforward use of the theme but it comes together so well and oozes style. I had fun finding all the channels. The faces, the tv clips, weird. yeah enjoyed it!
Danibeve
Apr 21st · 20:23 UTC
Interesting idea and graphics, that was fun hahahaha
LDJam user 276593
Apr 21st · 20:30 UTC
Great art and nice interpretation of the theme. Reminds me of the kind of thing we used to tinker with in computer classes at school back in the early 2000s on sites like Miniclip!
Mibi88
May 03rd · 11:53 UTC
Nice game, the audio is very funny, and the multiple endings encourage one to continue playing!

Well done!
zhangzhimu
May 03rd · 13:10 UTC
As soon as you enter, the music is very humorous, haha, haha. It has a very warm family atmosphere. It also adjusts the volume of the music according to the distance. I think it's very well thought out. I think this setting is really interesting!
kack3y
May 03rd · 22:07 UTC
@ansible @danibeve @teddyreid @mibi88 @zhangzhimu

Thank you for your feedbacks.
ectucker1
May 03rd · 23:17 UTC
I love how animated this is; everything is constantly squashing and stretching. Gives it a lot of energy. Lots of humor in the different endings too!
deadjolly
May 04th · 01:30 UTC
That was an experience of the current year. Not sure I can elaborate. Keep making stuff!
oller125
May 04th · 13:27 UTC
Love the art style and the audio. I was surprised by how engaging the game was with such a simple mechanic.
Tetracold
May 04th · 19:52 UTC
Really fun artstyle! I like the combination of meme elements with the paper craft sort of look, it makes the game stand out

the endings were really funny and I think the game manages to use the simple mechanic well
CreeperXD
May 05th · 15:00 UTC
All endings achieved!

![Screenshot 2026-05-05 225409.png](///raw/5c9/86/z/731db.png)

I like how setting the antenna is surprisingly fun despite how simple it is.

In one of the runs I actually do not need to mess with it at all with the television already displaying nicely. Not sure if this is intended though.

Overall, quick but funny game.
very dark lord
May 05th · 18:38 UTC
Very funny! But I'm afraid I wasn't able to figure out how to move the right antenna? Left one worked out with W/S keys, but the right one never moved, no matter what I did to my mouse. Still managed to get 3 of the endings somehow, haha!

Also, the PostLD version link is not working currently. :(
kack3y
May 05th · 22:03 UTC
@tetracold Our inspiration was something between wario ware and paper mario, glad you like the style :)

@creeperxd Well done!
Glad you liked it :)

@very-dark-lord
We fixed the post LD version link ;)
To move the right antenna you need to press the left mouse button and move up<->down
Thanks you for your feedback!
LDJam user 374028
May 05th · 22:13 UTC
A simple and fun game. A bug that you could fix is the cursor getting captured and hidden when you need to click the TV to start the game.
kkkyia
May 07th · 07:02 UTC
Interesting game and the animations are hilariously mesmerizing：D