White noise by Nikiroz

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made by Nikiroz for Ludum Dare 59 (COMPO)

You don’t remember who you are. You don’t remember how you got here. Fighting your way through a blinding white storm, you found shelter.

You can interact with objects by pressing the “E” key. The terminal accepts keyboard input. Restart isn’t implemented yet, unfortunately.

Phew, this is my first successful compo. I hope you enjoy playing it. Most of the art consists of AI-generated placeholders. I plan to refine them over time, but for now, this is how it is. Enjoy!

Ratings

Overall 255th 2.955⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 257th 2.676⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 261th 2.726⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Theme 141th 3.722⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 241th 2.922⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Audio 132th 3.333⭐ 53🧑‍⚖️
Humor 154th 2.403⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Mood 72th 3.788⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 75🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 280624
Apr 20th · 02:14 UTC
Short but atmospheric game. Congrats with first successful compo!
pkenney
Apr 20th · 02:43 UTC
Very cool and moody - loved the total lack of tutorializing. I went from having no idea, messing around, having a thought as I experimented, and then managing to figure it out and reach the end of the story.

Nice job!
sinemual
Apr 20th · 09:37 UTC
A nice, atmospheric little game! The key layout on the terminal seemed a bit odd (not three keys per row). I really liked the sound design! Great work!
Igor Korobeinikov
Apr 20th · 09:53 UTC
Nice game
I liked artstyle and listening mechanic
Though, a bit more gameplay would be nice, really cool anyway
Good job
🎤 Nikiroz
Apr 20th · 10:06 UTC
@igor-korobeinikov The idea also included a mechanic where you’d have to periodically restart an electric generator, as well as gather firewood to avoid freezing. But unfortunately, implementing that within the compo format would have been unrealistic.
Sergey Kuznetsov
Apr 20th · 10:37 UTC
I lost one number somewhere. Bad ending is real cinema. Congrats on your first compo.
Igor Korobeinikov
Apr 20th · 10:46 UTC
@nikiroz yep, understandable
And also agree with last commenter, really nice ending
Enryu Mirik
Apr 20th · 13:54 UTC
Little, but so atmospheric. Good job
jester1454
Apr 20th · 15:32 UTC
I finished the game quickly, it was very atmospheric. It was a bit awkward to turn the levers and the number layout on the computer was strange, but I liked the graphics and the overall aesthetic of the game.
metalgear
Apr 20th · 16:54 UTC
I am the GOD, I am the LIGHT, I ended this world!
juyr
Apr 20th · 19:11 UTC
The controls on the UI were a bit dodgy, nice job generating the game! :)
Mekuire
Apr 20th · 19:43 UTC
It's a pretty simple idea, and the game looks good. But unfortunately, because of the excessive noise and the fact that English isn't my native language, I couldn't understand the code.
GideonGriebenow
Apr 20th · 19:44 UTC
I made it. Nice idea to have the three parameters of the signal to be set :)
Congrats on your first COMPO. This was my first Game Jam ever!
🎤 Nikiroz
Apr 20th · 20:22 UTC
@mekuire I was thinking about adding a few languages, but then it would be hard to fit into the deadline. I'll probably add them later. After all, almost all countries have numbers stations.
HDVR02
Apr 20th · 21:42 UTC
A small but atmospheric game — nice to see you in the compo!
tenthousandfireants
Apr 20th · 23:28 UTC
Great fit for the theme, wasn't expecting this, very good mood
debugman18
Apr 21st · 00:46 UTC
Really cool use of the theme. Once the solution clicked it was fun trying to beat the clock.
Slowline
Apr 21st · 01:40 UTC
The dials a bit weird, nice idea though!
LDJam user 428140
Apr 21st · 06:26 UTC
Simple and moody, love it
Jiri Hysek
Apr 21st · 07:15 UTC
Congrats on your first compo! The mood is awesome! Audio fits the mood so well, the same with graphics. Looks like a beginning of a great game.

I'm not sure about AI generated art, though. It may fall into Jam category or at least there should be disabled Graphics rating. Graphics was great but now I don't know what part of it should I rate and what part is generated :( Player placeholder is OK, the rest was drawn or generated? For now, I'll keep graphics category unrated. Anyway, kudos you mentioned it, that's fair.
Jiri_One
Apr 21st · 09:06 UTC
quite atmospheric and the audio is nice, it's a bit short though.
🎤 Nikiroz
Apr 21st · 09:24 UTC
@jiri-hysek All generated images were manually refined and brought into a consistent style. I also plan to continue improving them to achieve a cohesive look that doesn’t feel like placeholders. I’ll leave the final rating up to you—after all, this is just a jam, not a million-dollar competition.
Jiri Hysek
Apr 21st · 09:44 UTC
@nikiroz ok, thanks, sure it's for fun after all and your game has great mood and looks awesome. To be honest, I'm not sure what's the best approach for AI generated content for Compo. Rules doesn't mention it. So I understand it that you made a derivative art from generated content, which is OK by the rules. So I will rate accordingly :) Because you did great job in making it look cohesive and well fitting to the overal mood. Good job and thanks for clarification!
LAN_041
Apr 21st · 09:48 UTC
I really like the atmosphere in the game. Backgrounds, animations, sound, everything is done very well!
Special thanks for the game where you need to adjust the wave in the oscilloscope. This refers me back to the days when I studied at the university :')
Tanjou
Apr 21st · 16:50 UTC
I like the atmosphere! Animation is also pretty sweet!
LDJam user 235915
Apr 21st · 17:02 UTC
That's a cool idea. The game is too short! I liked the idea of catching the signal)
Avhatar
Apr 21st · 18:03 UTC
Really deep, almost visceral mood to the scene. And here's a fun thing — the game actually made me grab a pencil and a piece of paper from my desk.

![Screenshot_4.png](///raw/6fc/d1/z/72145.png)
LDJam user 240296
Apr 21st · 18:44 UTC
Really atmospheric! Unfortunatelly, I've played several times and each time couldn't hear the numbers well. But still, idea of this hearing mechanic is nice and bad ending is absolute cinema :thumbsup:
awdsasdaw
Apr 21st · 22:06 UTC
cool <3
Winbion
Apr 22nd · 10:12 UTC
An atmospheric game. Perhaps it was worth adding the ability to turn the radio settings with buttons. It was inconvenient to do this with a mouse
MaruMari
Apr 22nd · 17:21 UTC
Cold winter atmospheric game. I like the setting
Frib
Apr 22nd · 19:59 UTC
Turning the knobs was a bit challenging, but other than that it was cool to play through this game! Definitely a great atmospheric mood, well done!
anku
Apr 23rd · 20:13 UTC
Excellent visuals with ambient sound that complements them really well. I’m a big fan of snowy settings, and this game is definitely worth checking out.
Shram
Apr 24th · 20:11 UTC
Круто, за звуки из сигналиса отдельный лайк.
🎤 Nikiroz
Apr 24th · 20:36 UTC
@shram спасибо, а они там есть оказывается 🤣 видимо мы одними и теме же ассетами звука воспользовались
Dennis
Apr 26th · 16:09 UTC
great art
thunderklaus
Apr 26th · 20:22 UTC
The dude is animated quite nicely!
SteveOfStevesGames
May 07th · 13:04 UTC
Short and sweet. I was hearing the code wrong at first but i did it on the second try.