Morse Messanger by Alexander Tan

made by Alexander Tan for Ludum Dare 53 (JAM)

Ever wondered how morse code works? How someone can read dots and dashes to decipher a message? Why my parents won't love me? or How is it possible that beeps and boops can form words? :thinking:

Well I can help answer some of these questions with my game MORSE MESSANGER! :smile:

In this Short game, you will learn how to read, listen and DELIVER messages in morse code in under 10 minutes! (If you or my code doesn't suck) :sob:

MORSE MESSANGER puts you in the shoes of a young recruit learning how to use a Morse Code Telegraph in the army. Live out your fantasies on what it's like to be young again, also in the army i guess...

The Controls can't be any easier! It's literally just 1 button(The spacebar). It's so easy that you can play it if you are physically handicapped too! (EXCEPT BLIND AND DEAF PEOPLE....I mean they can try but it will be on extra hard mode for them by default).

It took me about 38 Hours to make this game, I made everything except some art assets. I did what I could while I was busy so please be kind. :bow:

If you have enjoyed the game, Thank you very much. If you didn't, its ok. I still love you :heart:

Please feel free to check out another game that I'm helping to develop called Midwest 90: Rapid City. A Story-based Restaurant Tycoon game with a twist(facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gaming/midwest90.rapidcity || Discord:https://discord.gg/caHsRg62yy).

Original URL

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/53/morse-messanger

Ratings

Overall	334^th	3.808⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Fun	408^th	3.615⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	151^th	3.904⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Theme	527^th	3.962⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Audio	327^th	3.636⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Humor	257^th	3.68⭐	27🧑‍⚖️
Mood	430^th	3.712⭐	28🧑‍⚖️
Given		31🗳️	48🗨️

Feedback

Emily-TTG

01. May 2023 · 17:13 UTC

Good game! Pretty fun idea and the humour - whilst crude - fits in with the styling. It'd be nice to have a little more urgency over the whole experience but in general very well put together!

Swordfish

01. May 2023 · 17:53 UTC

I couldn't finish it (skill issue lol) but I got to the second part where you have to decode a message. Not sure how far in that is but was playing for a few minutes. I think it is good, neat concept. I think the writing was funny and It fits the theme in my opinion. I think it would have helped to change the timing on the dash, it was a bit long to hold and I accidentally dotted too many times.

AXH

01. May 2023 · 21:33 UTC

Really cool little game, my main complaint would be having to restart the whole word is a shame. Might had been nice to create your own code to undo a letter.

The style gave my Inscryption vibes and I feel this would be a really cool game in that very moody dark style of Inscryption.

Awesome work !

🎤 Alexander Tan

02. May 2023 · 02:27 UTC

@axh Thanks for playing! I thought about it wanted it to be "authentic" since you can't undo a letter in real morse code. Am super happy you said Inscryption vibes because it's one of my favourite games!

🎤 Alexander Tan

02. May 2023 · 02:28 UTC

@emily-ttg Was thinking about it too! but was worried it would stress people out. I should have made a hard mode haha!

Chucks Feed and Seed

02. May 2023 · 08:55 UTC

Very fun. The frustration of messing up the last letter and having to redo the word added a lot to the experience (and the play time) - I'm glad it was designed that way.

lima victor

02. May 2023 · 09:11 UTC

Interesting idea, good implementation but probably too hard. I've managed to decode "SOS" but the next message is something. Might be I am the only one who has troubles recognising the code but if I am not then there is a reson to think about it. If I understand correctly it just repeats letters of some word and it feels like missing one letter might make the word unrecognisable especially for non-native english speakers. Might it be better to make a special signal on the first letter of the word so the player could know where to start and could count written and unwritten letters? Overall as Swordfish said it might aswell be a skill issue but in that case I want a record to see what's next in the game! Wish you a good jam

LDJam user 261489

02. May 2023 · 09:20 UTC

Very cool game, but it seems to me that the dash delay needs to be made smaller and the spaces removed

Blueanoli

02. May 2023 · 14:07 UTC

Very cool game and a fun idea for this jam's theme! Learning morse code was always on my to-do list hehe

CodeRaurus

02. May 2023 · 17:12 UTC

Pretty good game, I like the funky tunes and the beep boops. I got stuck but I just realized it was just my brain doing its thing. Mistook 0 for O.. But it was pretty cool doing the morse.

The current text animation makes it unreadable until it stops, so I would highly recommend revealing characters in their intended position. I believe there is a setting for that in Unity as well, though I can't recall it.

🎤 Alexander Tan

02. May 2023 · 17:18 UTC

@coderaurus Great feedback about the text!

Ryan Bonadie

02. May 2023 · 22:20 UTC

Nice game! I enjoyed the idea of morse code is pretty unique while still fitting the theme. I think voice acting could have been an awesome addition if you were thinking of improving on the game as I feel it would add to your aesthetic.

marzenie

03. May 2023 · 09:25 UTC

I really enjoyed the concept of the game :) would love to see it developed further! <3

Shawn Beck

03. May 2023 · 09:43 UTC

Any chance of a WebGL or MacOS build? 🙏

Wompus

03. May 2023 · 10:59 UTC

Laughed out loud a couple of times, loved the window in the back. Unique take on the theme also. That last message took me longer that I'd like to admit :blush:

🎤 Alexander Tan

03. May 2023 · 12:15 UTC

@wompus wow! I didn't expect you to complete the last one! It's usually too hard for people and they give up.

Wompus

03. May 2023 · 14:32 UTC

@alexander-tan Thanks! The puzzle part might scare some people off, but not me.

Skleembof

08. May 2023 · 18:42 UTC

That was a surprisingly fun puzzle game! I imagine this isn't much of a game for someone who is already familiar with morse code, but it was a new experience for me. I actually managed to beat the game but I had a little trouble with the last one because I deciphered the message out of order, as in I didn't know which character started the message.

kyleflick124

11. May 2023 · 21:28 UTC

Really liked this game! It's a different approach on the theme and I personally really enjoy deciphering code. I don't really know all the morse code by heart, but this game was very fun and a nice way to teach people how to understand morse code, and that mistakes need to be evaded at any cost. People who write morse code fast must have trained a lot, because writing fast without mistakes was really hard.

The font is good but some text could me mistaken, like O with 0, and S with 5. Also, on the last promp I wrote the actual message first, rather than the answer needed, and laughed a lot with this.

Pretty nice submission!

Nastasya

15. May 2023 · 11:58 UTC

Interesting game. Everything is pretty good! Really good job

Steve Sparkes

18. May 2023 · 21:38 UTC

A really cool concept! I've wanted to learn morse code for a while, so it was cool to jump in and start trying it out so quickly! As some others have said, messing up the last letter of a word because of the timings not being exact got a little frustrating. I kept ending up with "passwort", "passworwe" and such, where I just really, really wanted to be able to delete the last letter inputted... I appreciate you going for the realism approach, so maybe for the sequel you give the morse coder time travel powers for lore purposes. ;)