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I went all the way to the edge, then fell off and was able to look up behind me and see everything drifting away from below! :)\nNice idea","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1195754,"author_name":"mc shopot","author_uid":"mc-shopot","epoch":1776760920,"text":"Saved the kingdom, then fell through the map like an idiot. Watched everything float away from underneath. Best accidental experience ever.\n\nLove how the music shifts with each location \u2014 tension never stops. Solid fucking concept.\n\nNice glitch. Great game.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1196075,"author_name":"Rocotos","author_uid":"rocotos","epoch":1776764557,"text":"The concept is fun, the music really adds up to the atmosphere, you even expect something more complicated than fire in the horizon (like enemy army or whatever) \nExpected some sort of twist in the end, but no, I just saved the realm. \nPretty decent game, though. I had a good time.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1196076,"author_name":"Rocotos","author_uid":"rocotos","epoch":1776764557,"text":"The concept is fun, the music really adds up to the atmosphere, you even expect something more complicated than fire in the horizon (like enemy army or whatever) \nExpected some sort of twist in the end, but no, I just saved the realm. \nPretty decent game, though. I had a good time.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1196176,"author_name":"Max Corke","author_uid":"max-corke","epoch":1776765424,"text":"Going into this I wasn't sure what to expect, whilst it wasn't a puzzle game or action game I felt it really told a story. Transitioning to the next location and playing as a brand new panicked and confused beacon guard was great, the growing tension from the music and changing environment added a lot. Felt like I was in Lord of the rings or something. Seeing the castle appear and knowing I was going to have conveyed a message across the realm in a matter of minutes was a triumphant feeling.\n\nReally liked this, fantastic work and a cool twist on signal","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1198395,"author_name":"Myezko","author_uid":"myezko","epoch":1776783854,"text":"actually original. the pixelated filter makes it hard to spot the smoke sometimes but its fine.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1203753,"author_name":"Haoxuan","author_uid":"haoxuan","epoch":1776846253,"text":"great game i would share it to my friends\n","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1203799,"author_name":"VenomousMouse","author_uid":"venomousmouse","epoch":1776846893,"text":"Kingdom is saved! Nice game!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1211805,"author_name":"squimmy","author_uid":"squimmy","epoch":1777021783,"text":"Cute.\n\nI particularly liked the music. It really helped give the game a pressing mood.","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1213763,"author_name":"BadPiggy","author_uid":"badpiggy","epoch":1777100653,"text":"![A Call to Arms 25-04-2026 12_07_48.png](\/\/\/raw\/8f7\/d2\/z\/72a7a.png)\n\nAlways love the moody atmosphere that your games have. The atmosphere of this game was immaculate and the music complemented it beautifully. Definitely felt like that scene from lord of the rings.\n\nSince this is your first Unity game I was expecting some jank, but damn. This game still feels amazing lol. The vistas were beautiful. I think the placement of some of the invisible walls was a little annoying though, especially when I was trying to platform upwards and get a vantage point to see the next signal\n\nThat said, cool little narrative game in a way. Loved how you could feel the danger in the first area with the sounds of the town during a battle\n\nAlso, floating tree ftw\n\n![A Call to Arms 25-04-2026 12_01_54.png](\/\/\/raw\/8f7\/d2\/z\/72a83.png)","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1215163,"author_name":"peak_vinnie","author_uid":"peak-vinnie","epoch":1777159387,"text":"I loved the locations, the jungle settings are really. The concept is cool and the game can be developed into a powerful contemplative experience. Also I don't want to be THAT guy but I gotta encourage you to develop without vibe-coding :pray: ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1219027,"author_name":"LDJam user 0","author_uid":"0","epoch":1777466062,"text":"I beat it! I really enjoyed this. I liked the environments and the atmosphere was very strong. The chime when locating the fire was nice feedback.\n\nI was also impressed with how many interesting levels were made for this. Nice work. ","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1219796,"author_name":"Gmax Games","author_uid":"gmax-games","epoch":1777574938,"text":"Very, very cool, music was brilliant, rising tension was definitely felt, and once I got what you were getting at with the signals everything felt very creative. Nicely done!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1223681,"author_name":"deadjolly","author_uid":"deadjolly","epoch":1778169923,"text":"Great visual puzzle game. I loved that you could recognize previous landmarks at each new location, made the realm feel vast and that I was actually making a difference lighting the smoke signals. Also the subtle progression from mountains, to desert villages, to the final castle made the experience feel like a journey. I imagine this is how Hadrian's Wall or the Great Wall of China must have been like ;)\n\nMusic was hype, battle sounds added to the urgency. Loved the lofi-crunchy 3D polygons. Great aesthetic! The graphics were awesome overall but the fire effect felt a little undercooked and didn't match the rest of the aesthetic. \n\nThe first or second signal was hard to actually get lined up in my sight circle to actually trigger it, all of the others worked well without issue. That one seemed fidgety though.\n\nOtherwise great job doing this solo!","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/49\/491fb52f1740157ea2afe1f55a59dbfd7ea8d4ec2dcb291b2ec71e71d78d18ad.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1XqsGB-0Pk4ZZ4tOUbEuvjce3sI_eSNzb\/view?usp=sharing","text":"Link"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"73598","g_author":"1008851","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"311516","g_title":"A Call to Arms","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"395","g_commentcount":"15","g_site2_node_id":"430396","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"430396","n_urlkey":"311516","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/a-call-to-arms","n_slug":"a-call-to-arms","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"8851","n_created":"1776702213","n_modified":"1779104918","n_version":"1368733","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":7,"author":8851,"body":"## A Call to Arms\n\nThe realm is under attack... **only you can save it**! You will play as the watchmen tasked to spot distant fires, and light your own beacon.\n\n**Spot fires** by holding **right click**, then **light beacons** with **E**.\n\nLet the flame travel across the land!\n\n![cta4.png](\/\/\/raw\/392\/2\/z\/71e4f.png)\n\n![cta3.png](\/\/\/raw\/392\/2\/z\/71e53.png)\n\n\n## Special mentions\n\nMy son Sai for hanging out with me and drawing cool castles.\n\nTextures by wriks  : https:\/\/wriks.itch.io\/wrad-textures!\n\nSkybox by vladislavzh : https:\/\/opengameart.org\/content\/retro-skyboxes-pack\n\nChat GPT may have been verbally attacked while helping with vibe coding this game.\n\n\n### About development\n\nThis was my first experience making a solo project with Unity 3D. It was quite challenging but the result feels very rewarding.\nIn the end I'm happy I was able to commit to this simple idea and make each location a little different.\nI may polish this and put it on itch.io when it's a little better.\n\nPlease consider following my work on itch https:\/\/thomasolsson.itch.io\/","comments":15,"comments-timestamp":"2026-05-07T16:05:23Z","created":"2026-04-20T16:23:33Z","files":[{"author":8851,"id":47886,"name":"$$embed-47886.zip","node":430396,"size":43517610,"status":64,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2026-04-20T16:29:47Z"},{"author":8851,"id":47888,"name":"aCallToArms.zip","node":430396,"size":43517610,"status":9,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2026-04-20T16:31:45Z"}],"files-timestamp":"2026-04-20T16:31:45Z","grade":{"grade-01":21,"grade-02":20,"grade-03":21,"grade-04":21,"grade-05":21,"grade-06":20,"grade-07":17,"grade-08":20},"id":430396,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":81.649658092773,"feedback":11,"given":12.75,"grade":20.125,"grade-01-average":3.605,"grade-01-result":395,"grade-02-average":3.417,"grade-02-result":396,"grade-03-average":3.842,"grade-03-result":142,"grade-04-average":4.026,"grade-04-result":251,"grade-05-average":3.605,"grade-05-result":500,"grade-06-average":4.139,"grade-06-result":71,"grade-07-average":2.567,"grade-07-result":501,"grade-08-average":3.889,"grade-08-result":277,"smart":-4.7722572914465},"meta":{"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","author":[8851],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/392\/2\/z\/70b59.png","link-01":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1XqsGB-0Pk4ZZ4tOUbEuvjce3sI_eSNzb\/view?usp=sharing","link-01-tag":[42337]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-18T11:48:38Z","modified":"2026-05-18T11:48:38Z","name":"A Call to Arms","node-timestamp":"2026-04-22T01:10:56Z","parent":424249,"parents":[1,5,9,424249],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/a-call-to-arms","published":"2026-04-20T16:32:03Z","scope":"public","slug":"a-call-to-arms","subsubtype":"jam","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":1368733},"text":"## A Call to Arms\n\nThe realm is under attack... **only you can save it**! 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