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Phantom FM

By someday-not-today

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4063.5929
Fun4123.3829
Innovation1243.8729
Theme1824.1329
Graphics6453.2029
Audio4883.0227
Humor5662.3726
Mood6353.2627

Comments

pixel-error 2026-04-21 11:26

i liek the oscilloscope gameplay very much but music is too cheesy

croxx 2026-04-21 17:45

the oscilloscope deckbuilder concept is genuinely creative, composing waveforms to score listeners is a cool twist on the genre. ui feels a bit rough around the edges but the core idea carries it. nice work!

azsteak 2026-04-21 17:49

Really interesting mix, similar to Balatro but with waves. With deeper signal combination mechanics it could be a really fleshed out game !

julia-nistel 2026-04-21 17:51

Great game! It's nice to see a deckbuilder and the waveforms are a cool twist

comicsans 2026-04-21 18:04

Technically very solid. :thumbsup: I'm not a musician, and I couldn't figure out what a good or bad move was. I just used up all my energy and made patterns, and was winning levels. I couldn't tell if the waveforms I was making were impacting the audio, so it felt like my choices didn't matter. If the patterns *did* affect the music, I wish the pattern was highlighted in time to the music. Again, I'm not musically sophisticated, so I'm not sure if I'm in the target audience.

pegasys 2026-04-21 18:05

Really cool concept for a rogue lite. I love the balatro vibe and it seems to fit nicely with the theming. The music was chill and fitting, wish there was more sound effects to give feedback. I love the art style also, the animations for the playhead with the flying numbers are really satisfying. My one compliant is that I never really knew what was giving me higher numbers and couldn't really tell what made one strategy good and another bad. Ended up making it to the 5k amount though which seems to be the cap for the challenge so I wasn't really struggling, just not sure how you could fail it if that makes sense. Really good job overall though!

cupofmilk7 2026-04-21 19:19

cool idea!! it would be awesome to see more variations of signals

geeni 2026-04-21 19:22

Cool concept! I feel like there would be alot more to explore here. These kind of games feel like they require quite a bit of content to really start kicking, now it felt like i was just buying all the relics from the store and didnt really care about cards. But very much enjoyed it!

2026-04-21 19:27

Reminds me of Balatro as it is a roguelike card game, but it's a really neat spin on it! The first time I played there wasn't any sound, but I'm very glad I reloaded the page because the music is pretty great. Fits the vibe of the game very well. The waveforms are really interesting to me, though I've little musical knowledge.

padla 2026-04-21 20:05

im not sure whats happening but it feels realy good

catanus 2026-04-21 20:40

The game is intuitive and very addictive! However, descriptions of effects between levels sometimes appear out of sight, making it difficult to read and understand. Unfortunately, I couldn't reach 2500 listeners, but overall I enjoyed the game!

whoisethan 2026-04-22 02:18

I have no musical skill or really any skills at all but somehow I won a level! 10/10 ethan score. chrome_k26NqqHzaD.png

2026-04-22 02:20

The interpretation and application of the theme are spot on. The game concept design is great, the art style is unique, and it’s a very innovative game. Five-star praise! We look forward to your coming to play our games, thank you

zpdlf003 2026-04-22 09:11

That game was really original because it utilized the pitch range. I enjoyed playing that game.

2026-04-22 17:26

amazing take on a balala joker poker type gameplay; has potential beyond the jam %DD

zoeek 2026-04-22 23:55

This one is such a cool idea! Played it multiple times

garyglhf 2026-04-23 12:01

Хорошая идея и точно в тему. С осциллографом здорово придумано мне понравилось.

stisdan 2026-04-23 12:46

Balatro but with waveforms - genuinely creative concept and the vibe is clean. Hard to tell what actually makes a good move but somehow still fun to mess around with

fadingdreamstories 2026-04-24 05:43

Played this a few times, but couldn't get past the censor - never seemed to have enough cards to do much, nor much energy. Music was good, and would have been cool to hear what our signal was doing - maybe that would make it easier to read. Can't wait to see what you do with it!