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White noise

By nikiroz

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2552.9558
Fun2572.6756
Innovation2612.7255
Theme1413.7256
Graphics2412.9253
Audio1323.3353
Humor1542.4038
Mood723.7854

Comments

torte478 2026-04-20 02:14

Short but atmospheric game. Congrats with first successful compo!

pkenney 2026-04-20 02:43

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 2026-04-20 09:37

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 2026-04-20 09:53

Nice game I liked artstyle and listening mechanic Though, a bit more gameplay would be nice, really cool anyway Good job

nikiroz 2026-04-20 10:06

@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 2026-04-20 10:37

I lost one number somewhere. Bad ending is real cinema. Congrats on your first compo.

igor-korobeinikov 2026-04-20 10:46

@nikiroz yep, understandable And also agree with last commenter, really nice ending

enryu-mirik 2026-04-20 13:54

Little, but so atmospheric. Good job

jester1454 2026-04-20 15:32

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 2026-04-20 16:54

I am the GOD, I am the LIGHT, I ended this world!

juyr 2026-04-20 19:11

The controls on the UI were a bit dodgy, nice job generating the game! :)

mekuire 2026-04-20 19:43

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 2026-04-20 19:44

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 2026-04-20 20:22

@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 2026-04-20 21:42

A small but atmospheric game — nice to see you in the compo!

tenthousandfireants 2026-04-20 23:28

Great fit for the theme, wasn't expecting this, very good mood

debugman18 2026-04-21 00:46

Really cool use of the theme. Once the solution clicked it was fun trying to beat the clock.

slowline 2026-04-21 01:40

The dials a bit weird, nice idea though!

jpat 2026-04-21 06:26

Simple and moody, love it

jiri-hysek 2026-04-21 07:15

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 2026-04-21 09:06

quite atmospheric and the audio is nice, it's a bit short though.

nikiroz 2026-04-21 09:24

@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 2026-04-21 09:44

@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 2026-04-21 09:48

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 2026-04-21 16:50

I like the atmosphere! Animation is also pretty sweet!

bassilij 2026-04-21 17:02

That's a cool idea. The game is too short! I liked the idea of catching the signal)

avhatar 2026-04-21 18:03

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.

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neshtyak 2026-04-21 18:44

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 2026-04-21 22:06

cool <3

winbion 2026-04-22 10:12

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 2026-04-22 17:21

Cold winter atmospheric game. I like the setting

frib 2026-04-22 19:59

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 2026-04-23 20:13

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 2026-04-24 20:11

Круто, за звуки из сигналиса отдельный лайк.

nikiroz 2026-04-24 20:36

@shram спасибо, а они там есть оказывается 🤣 видимо мы одними и теме же ассетами звука воспользовались

dennis 2026-04-26 16:09

great art

thunderklaus 2026-04-26 20:22

The dude is animated quite nicely!

steveofstevesgames 2026-05-07 13:04

Short and sweet. I was hearing the code wrong at first but i did it on the second try.