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The Nexus Hope Mission by Carrerino

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made by Carrerino for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

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In The Nexus Hope Mission, you are the last line of defense against Earth's total energy collapse, operating the advanced systems of the spacecraft "Cooper" to locate and extract a miraculous mineral on the alien planet Nexus Hope.

This intense sci-fi arcade experience challenges your precision and speed as you scan a vast alien world, pinpointing volatile quantum signatures and stabilizing their erratic waveforms through a high-stakes decoding interface.

Every second counts as you battle signal interference and glitches to deploy recovery landers, knowing that each successful extraction brings humanity one step closer to survival in a high-score-driven race against the clock.

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What will your score be? My best score is 1 minute and 42 seconds.

Thank you! :-)

Link https://carrerino.itch.io/the-nexus-hope-mission
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/the-nexus-hope-mission

Ratings

Overall 359th 3.655⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Fun 221th 3.69⭐ 31🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 500th 3.283⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Theme 230th 4.067⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 334th 3.917⭐ 32🧑‍⚖️
Audio 337th 3.5⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 484th 2.615⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Mood 498th 3.518⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

NE-Aquilon
Apr 19th · 23:41 UTC
Stuck on the blackscreen after any node completion. Music is nice so.
Ray Dino
Apr 20th · 07:45 UTC
This reminds me of the frequency mini game in the Batman Arkham games. Good execution, good graphics, and fun music. I appreciate that there were several different types of waveforms to break up the repetition.
nathmate
Apr 20th · 08:50 UTC
Hello fellow waveform enjoyer. Nice polished graphics and UI.

![2026-04-20-184758_1182x758_scrot.png](///raw/102/b5/z/7084d.png)
beareye
Apr 20th · 11:08 UTC
this game reminds me of Marvel's Spider Man 2018 police towers mini game, and I liked it there and like it here. Various shapes of signals is cool addition to this mechanic. I must say that UI and overall look of the game is so incredible. Is time 2:17 good enough btw?)) Good job!
Laura-Swift
Apr 20th · 11:28 UTC
I got sent to and stuck on a black screen after matching each time I played, but the vibe is immaculate. Great visuals and sound design!
Avi
Apr 20th · 19:08 UTC
Woa! this is so polished! Great work!
babyfoodstudios
Apr 21st · 01:15 UTC
Amplitude maxxing strat was my go to. Simply addicting! Music is top notch. Well done!
lloydlobo
Apr 21st · 01:27 UTC
Great approach to the signal theme. I enjoyed how it tests your patience with the signal lock.
I liked how both our games approach the same concept with different approaches. This gave me few ideas, so thanks for that!!!
Very chill, very focused, and top notch oscilloscope meets world map remix. It's very cool!
LDJam user 424326
Apr 21st · 05:11 UTC
The visuals and audio are absolutely excellent
The game is short and not too difficult, which makes it perfect for a game jam
TureGrappa
Apr 21st · 07:02 UTC
Awesome game and good vibes. Congrats and keep it up! The music is amazing!
GideonGriebenow
Apr 21st · 19:22 UTC
I saved the earth in just over 3 minutes! It's really well polished, visuals and audio is great. Well done!
BorisFromMurmansk
Apr 21st · 20:54 UTC
i stuck on a black screen after i manage the right waveform. log have zero errors
TechnicalityCreations
Apr 22nd · 14:34 UTC
I got stuck on a black screen 30s into the game, but the music was nice
WhoIsEthan
Apr 22nd · 15:24 UTC
I did it! ![chrome_AuVjasC0c7.png](///raw/968/56/z/724ac.png)

Fun game and pretty simple concept, I also enjoyed it showing me how accurate I was with my matches. It would be neat if the end screen showed me a total accuracy or if my accuracy counted towards the score somwhow in combination with the time.

Fun game to play and great application of the "signal" theme :)
Perovic2018
Apr 22nd · 21:24 UTC
cool graphic
matt2728
Apr 23rd · 12:35 UTC
The longer the music goes on, the catcher it gets :D
note: **if you get a black screen** that happened to me on firefox after decoding, instead **use chrome** and it works
My time: 3:51.

Nice job, very polished.
NorseOne
Apr 23rd · 15:47 UTC
Good music and clean interface! Reminiscent of those mini-games in Spider-Man
VenomousMouse
Apr 23rd · 16:08 UTC
In general, nice music and good work. But in my case, every time i managed to hit the rite tuning, i got black screen and needed to restart.
Garaptic
Apr 23rd · 20:43 UTC
This is wonderful. Even though the game is quite short, it definitely has its own fun, I really liked the visuals
FadingDreamStories
Apr 24th · 03:50 UTC
Really nice crisp UI, great concept, and terrific execution. Music is great too, and just a general cool theme/backstory to it too - not just a tune some signals, but actually a bit of lore? Love it.

First run wasn't great, but second was decent.
![nexus-hope.png](///raw/266/86/z/72895.png)
shadow64
Apr 26th · 07:20 UTC
Had a similar problem of the game halting in Chrome, but switched to Firefox and it ran alright. Managed to save the planet in 1:55! Really nice presentation and the game loop definitely felt complete and opens things up for a longer version. Congrats on finishing!
LDJam user 389319
Apr 26th · 16:35 UTC
well that was actually super fun, the only thing was the music which really didnt fit- but honestly the rest was perfect :D <3![Screenshot 2026-04-26 183448.png](///raw/7c0/f5/z/72c3a.png)
Quackqack
May 04th · 09:24 UTC
Very polished, nice art and great menus and interfaces!
LDJam user 423693
May 04th · 09:53 UTC
A shame that we got stuck on a black screen and needed to reset... The design is really great and the concept is really nice !