Bad Reception by magus77

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made by magus77 for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

This is Bad Reception: you are the radio operator for a post apocalyptic community hiding in a bunker. This is our LD59 JAM submission for the theme “Signal”. We had fun making the game and hope you will enjoy playing it for a bit!

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You can play the game in your browser, but the downloadable (windows) version is a bit better because of sound handling.

Please rate our game and leave a comment so we can return the favour ;-)

Ratings

Overall 758th 2.967⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 699th 2.867⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Theme 515th 3.567⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 571th 3.438⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Audio 449th 3.2⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Given 13🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Tanjou
Apr 20th · 17:04 UTC
Great vibe!! I would suggest reducing the size of the view of the game in itch in the configurations :3
Eugenik
Apr 20th · 21:57 UTC
Very good mood, love the atmosphere and clever gameplay.
goodwayman
Apr 21st · 11:47 UTC
One word that describes this game: paranoia. So many bad people out there. Don't know who to trust. Well done!
j111
Apr 21st · 11:50 UTC
Really fun censorship sim — gave me Papers Please vibes. Would be even better if the hint text in the top-left corner stood out a bit more (bigger/bolder font maybe).
clymm
Apr 23rd · 14:17 UTC
Loved the feeling of this, the bunker was well done and visuals looked good.
The gameplay was intuitive, and was cool to explore. After a while I felt a little confused when it came to what the objective was and if my inputs was helping/hindering my overall objective. I think I let some people in by pressing the green button when it showed up. Turning the buttons was enjoyable but some visual feedback might have helped me understand what I should be doing better - but that could also be I'm not very good at the game. Well done guys :clap:
🎤 magus77
Apr 24th · 11:25 UTC
@clymm Turning the frequency will lower the white noise level when you tune closer to the exact frequency the survivor outside is transmitting at.
Rotating the antenna into their actual direction will raise the volume of their clean signal considerabily.

Listening to the message they are broadcasting helps you decide if you should let them in or not. It's easier to hear what they say if you tune both dials ;-)
plutonicrock
Apr 24th · 13:36 UTC
Great mood and interesting gameplay!
Eric Nguyen
Apr 24th · 13:49 UTC
I might just be too trustworthy for the apocalypse, literally everyone I let in was evil haha. I understand that turning the antenna helps the volume, but maybe it should be a little faster to turn? Overall, the concept is super cool!
Itero Proto
Apr 24th · 17:29 UTC
Is it fallout? 😁
🎤 magus77
Apr 24th · 22:01 UTC
Certainly the aftermath, maybe a little bit closer to thenevent, who knows!
VenomousMouse
Apr 30th · 07:45 UTC
In general, fine game. Quite easy to understand what is where and how to operate. Only 2 thing that could be changed as for my opinion, the resolution on itch, as was said before and the ammount of static that you hear in the start of the game.
🎤 magus77
Apr 30th · 13:11 UTC
Thanks for playing our game and the feedback folks, it's really appreciated and we will learn from all of it
beats
May 01st · 12:38 UTC
i like how the game is contained in one room and the game gives fallout. I wasn't able to interpret good from bad by the audio even after reading the posters and instructions and couldn't find much through the radio.
Marcus Otterstrom
May 02nd · 00:56 UTC
Could not get the web build to work unfortunately, the camera was spinning as if my mouse speed was set to like 100x