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Also it would be nice if you could see the battery level without having the radio on.\nNice job!\n\nAlso it reminded me of a certain part of Outer Wilds :P","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1199521,"author_name":"LDJam user 0","author_uid":"0","epoch":1776791950,"text":"Fun idea with the Radio Signal the Batery drain makes it a little hard tho","format":"md","likes":0,"spam":"N"},{"id":1199701,"author_name":"Astoeth","author_uid":"astoeth","epoch":1776793126,"text":"I Loved it ! I was feeling a bit bad to cheat at the second one until he said that's what he was doing too :sweat_smile: \nReached the end thanks to that, i'm afraid i would not have been able to remember all of thoses and the end versions of the two other puzzles were challenging enough !\nGreat entry ! ","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1199764,"author_name":"harujam","author_uid":"harujam","epoch":1776793559,"text":"Very nice mix of searching and puzzles! Matches well also with the jam topic. I ran out of batteries so many times, but were able to get to the second puzzle. Found also some cheese: By rocking right mouse button one can enable radio even if battery is dead ;) ","format":"md","likes":2,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202417,"author_name":"Xiao Duye","author_uid":"xiao-duye","epoch":1776819344,"text":"Very good game, tooks me a little while to figure out how to follow the signal lol","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1202923,"author_name":"pro4","author_uid":"pro4","epoch":1776828152,"text":"Pretty fun concept of following the signal around to navigate what felt like an infinite forest. It took me a moment to realize the signal strength indicate on the right side of the radio, but once I figured it out i was able to quickly zip around and solve the puzzles. Nice job! 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I did really enjoy the pipe puzzles though! The fallen out pieces were really clever way to spice up that up. The narrative was fun, but I feel like a little bit more between the puzzles might have made it feel more engaging as well.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1203345,"author_name":"LDJam user 410492","author_uid":"410492","epoch":1776837796,"text":"damn, couldn't get past the start screen for some reason it hangs every time for me :(","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204273,"author_name":"Lizadettlaff","author_uid":"lizadettlaff","epoch":1776854074,"text":"Really cool game","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204299,"author_name":"jetrumbel","author_uid":"jetrumbel","epoch":1776854409,"text":"wasn't sure how to follow the signal at first and it took me a while xd","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204366,"author_name":"DariZz","author_uid":"darizz","epoch":1776855552,"text":"The radio in the forest is a really cool idea! I had the same. I enjoyed the puzzles, but some of them made me question my own skills. Cool. However, the large gray shapes. Maybe it was mountains. Were quite confusing, and I had no idea where to go, since the signal was right behind the wall. I was also a little disappointed that the game was stuck in a loop. I expected to find my way out of the forest by solving the puzzles, but instead they kept leading me in circles. But I still really enjoyed it. The music is nice.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204666,"author_name":"YALI_Lily519","author_uid":"yali-lily519","epoch":1776858798,"text":"The retro modeling is very textured! I like your game!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1204750,"author_name":"Volkolak","author_uid":"volkolak","epoch":1776860017,"text":"At first I couldn't figure out what they wanted from me in the first puzzle, but then I figured it out and got through the rest without any problems)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1205087,"author_name":"someone","author_uid":"someone","epoch":1776865580,"text":"The radio mechanic was cool. I didn't realise it recharged when off at first and tried to conserve the battery.  \nI liked the wire puzzle, especially with the missing pieces.  \nHated the light sequences.  \nCheated all the flags ones, glad that was possible since the first one I encountered I pressed the button before figuring out what to do.  \nI got to the end but felt it cut to the credits too fast to figure out what was going on.  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Nice mix beetween the witness, slenderman and (of course) outer wilds <3\n\nGreat Job :)","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1211274,"author_name":"Elbapotsnugg","author_uid":"elbapotsnugg","epoch":1776997755,"text":"Live the vibe & aesthetic - and very strong use of the theme! Messed up the first puzzle because i couldn't see where i was aiming - a reticle would help a lot. Great job overall!","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"},{"id":1220339,"author_name":"Surfa","author_uid":"surfa","epoch":1777669554,"text":"I liked a lot about this entry but there was also a few things I was not a fan of. I wish there was a bit more environmental decorate so you could orientate yourself. I felt like there was maybe too many repeats of the puzzles with no much differentiating the last two times I did the puzzles. I also would have likes for the music to play in the background not just with the radio on. Also a small amount of background sounds would have made it less silent and empty feeling.","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ldjam-media\/sha256\/a0\/a0a407a76d7ea3153bf88276119f0b8eeb91f74157870ad68aafe83fb8b93eed.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gamesplusjames.itch.io\/a-signal-in-the-forest","text":"Windows"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"73172","g_author":"1009836","g_event":"LD59","g_eventkey":"113","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"310304","g_title":"A Signal In The Forest","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"507","g_commentcount":"22","g_site2_node_id":"428150","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"428150","n_urlkey":"310304","n_parent":"424249","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/59\/a-signal-in-the-forest","n_slug":"a-signal-in-the-forest","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"9836","n_created":"1776463706","n_modified":"1778632188","n_version":"1367664","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD59","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":14,"author":9836,"body":"You awake in a forest, not knowing how you got there. 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