2026-04-21 11:25
incredible game!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD59 → SIGNAL:D
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 201 | 3.88 | 47 | |
| Fun | 138 | 3.83 | 47 | |
| Innovation | 30 | 4.25 | 47 | |
| Theme | 242 | 4.04 | 46 | |
| Graphics | 243 | 4.08 | 47 | |
| Audio | 259 | 3.68 | 46 | |
| Humor | 103 | 3.86 | 43 | |
| Mood | 251 | 3.92 | 44 |
incredible game!
我去！特别棒！这是我在pc玩过的游戏以来 第一个在玩法机制上就融入体感互动的！ 之前在ps或者xbox上才会有很多能玩到的！虽然我玩起来的时候 感觉准确度没有那么高 但是真的创新很厉害！整个概念也很新颖 能够一下感受到游戏和signal这个主题之间的关联 整个画面和交互设计的也很棒 通过一系列的代码进行对应的体感交互 72小时做到这样的完整程度 很惊人！ 佩服各位！ Jesus！PRETTY GOOD!!! I've never played this kind of game on PC, which use face emotion as the main game method. I've only seen this on Playstation or Xbox. Despite the emotion recognize accuracy isn't too high, but ur degree of innovation is very high! The concept of the game is very novel! I can feel the relation between the game and the theme. The whole graphic and interaction design is pretty excellent, too! I really appreciate to your achievement that u can make this surprising progress in about 72 hours! WELL DONE!!!
张大嘴一看右上角吓死人了
I don't have a webcam available at the moment, but I hope you get some exposure!
我居然真的在试图共情一只蓝色水母。Omg, I can’t believe I’d literally try to empathize with a blue jellyfish.
I played with the webcam and that was so fun! Never played a game like this before. Unfortunately I got only 5/6 green lights before getting all red... The game prompted me to get to try again but I think the game ends there since nothing would happen. The face capturing worked very well in my opinion, I just sometimes wasn't sure what face to make, but that's fine. Very nice game! Somewhat similar to "Who's Lila" with making different faces.
@verttixpertti To restart the game, just re-enter the starting code for the level (8080). We’ve actually updated the game and added some in-game guidance to make this clearer. Thank you so much for your feedback!:D
One of the most interesting "controls" I have seen so far.
Haha, very original, I loved making weird faces to the camera (especially at work) xD Putting up codes all the time was a little too much at times though. I appreciate it adding to the overall vibe of the setting, but separate buttons would be quicker and probably more satysfing to use for specific actions and would speed up getting to whats satysfing in game (in my opinion). Still, quite complex, very fun it's a great game! I'm impressed how amazing work people put into this jame :D suprise.png
原谅我用中文回答，但是太厉害了，无论是这个机制还是程序的实现72小时太厉害了，文案完成度美术都特别好！就是有时候识别的不是很准确，我觉得可能是我电脑摄像头的问题
I had so much fun playing with the webcam! It’s such a unique experience I’ve never played anything quite like it before. The face tracking worked really well, though I occasionally wasn’t sure which expression to make (but that’s part of the charm!). I did get stuck after hitting 5/6 green lights; the game suggested trying again, but it seemed to end there. Despite that small hiccup, it’s a wonderful game in terms of using facial expressions. Great job!
Not a very fan of having to turn on my webcam but the game is overall very good and fun!
Very interesting game! I love all the little details that have been added when you try to go of course a little too much, I tried funny stuff after my first run
Very very cool game. Never played a game like this ever.
Where do I even begin! The game was GREAT! I very well believe it's between the games deserving to win. "Welcome to the “Signal :D” project, the most awkward, lowest-budget, yet perhaps most important diplomatic department in the entire galaxy." - You already got me there haha. I've never played a game using face reconginition before, let alone leveraging it to communicate with aliens! It's crazy how you managed to implement such an imaginative- both in technology used and theme- and well-done game in such a little amount of time, congratulations. I also LOVED Vera, sassy queen. I'd love to see a fuller version of this. I also just noticed how the smiley is actually an integral part of the title:D The only critique I have is that I know a few of my friends I'd like to show it to would likely have a bit of trouble keeping up with the dialog speed (though I was okay with it), so I'd suggest perhaps using a button/clicking on the dialog box to advance the dialog at your own pace instead
0e3fa69d-b596-4e0e-b8b3-955e6089b7fc.jfif我为什么在坏结局结算的时候卡住了Hi, I'm stuck in a loop of "Bad Ending Settlement" errors and the game won't progress.
A very unusual concept. I liked the visual presentation and the music, but having to constantly perform actions by entering codes can get a bit tiring.
Amazing work！
@accelerate0814 需要在这个时候按8080重启继续，我们更新了一个薇拉的提示来帮助玩家更好的理解这点。谢谢你的反馈~
@xiao-duye 谢谢你的认可！老实说这个摄像头很难搞，源代码是cpp写的，但itch网站只允许java接口，这导致我们做了很多兼容性修改，可能还是有很多bug，如果识别不准确的话多半是又出了什么bug）总之谢谢你的反馈~
@boring-wayne1 是的！我也非常喜欢各种体感交互，我们之前还想过有没有可能利用嗅觉或者听觉进行操作，我想这里面好玩的东西可太多了！这款游戏还是个原型，我们会继续努力，谢谢你的游玩和认真评价！
@verttixpertti Thanks so much for playing! We did notice the lack of a prompt after the player fails (yeah, that was definitely an oversight on our part). We've updated the game with a new hint from Vera to remind players to enter 8080 at this point to restart and continue.
Regarding the visual clarity of the art, you are totally right—it is indeed an issue right now. We unfortunately can't optimize it at the moment, but if we decide to release a more complete version later on, we will seriously polish the visual readability to help players better perceive exactly what emotion the alien is feeling :D
Thanks again for your feedback! Hope you have a great time!
@pipetto Thanks so much for playing! We actually had an internal discussion about the best way to control the robot, and ultimately decided to go with this scheme for the sake of the game's atmosphere.
However, player comfort is really important to us, so we just pushed an update that allows you to use the numpad to input and confirm numeric commands. We hope this makes the input process a bit smoother and reduces any discomfort!
Thank you for your feedback and support!
@zoldanka Thank you so much for your review and for sharing our game with your friends!
We definitely noticed the feedback about the dialogue speed, so we just pushed an update that adds a button to manually advance the dialogue. You can also just press the Spacebar to trigger it. We really hope this makes the experience smoother for your friends! We've also made a few other quality-of-life (QoL) updates to improve overall comfort, which you can check out at the very bottom of the game description.
Also, on a personal note, I want to say a huge thank you! Thank you for liking Vera. I'm honestly not the most experienced when it comes to writing narrative scripts, so I put a lot of effort and trial-and-error into shaping her character. Knowing that you like her makes me incredibly happy and gives me so much motivation!
Thanks again for playing, and wishing you all the best!
@oradimi thanks for trying that out, lol! As a game designer, I've always loved trying to anticipate the unexpected/crazy things players might do and adding specific reactions to them. Actually, we originally planned to include a lot more of this kind of humor, but we had to cut it due to the jam's time constraints.
I'm really glad you liked the game, and thank you so much for your support!
@ao-85 Thanks so much for playing! We did notice the lack of a prompt after the player fails (yeah, that was definitely an oversight on our part). We’ve updated the game with a new hint from Vera to remind players to enter 8080 at this point to restart and continue.
@janku Thanks so much for playing! We actually had an internal discussion about the best way to control the robot, and ultimately decided to go with this scheme for the sake of the game’s atmosphere.
However, player comfort is really important to us, so we just pushed an update that allows you to use the numpad to input and confirm numeric commands. We hope this makes the input process a bit smoother and reduces any discomfort!
By the way, I really love the expression in the picture you uploaded, And honestly, I slack off at work all the time too, lol! You clearly get the fun of this game! Wishing you all the best!
@ekopeko @guydesu @kayrum @vinnnie @borjaparraga @pale-stream @gideongriebenow Thank you so much for your support! I'm really glad you like the game!
Nice work! I really liked the art!!
有些意思！美术和文本设计很有趣。和外星人交流也是一个体现信号很不错的点子！不过实际玩起来，是感觉更多在看文本找答案，而不是玩家自己领会，感觉就差点意思。如果我设计，我可能加个进度条，玩家做对了就上涨，做得太离谱就掉，也许会更有趣点。
I like this art style! This makes my gaming experience great! The text is so strong, the feel of the game can be further improved
Really cool game concept! Loved the art and story. Face thing was kinda gimmiky but still really fun
Very nice idea, good visuals, and i think it can be very funny, but i`m not fond of giving controls over camera.
Hyper-creative. The camera aspect is really fun to mess around with. I wish there was a little less guidance like not being told that someone having a blast but instead reading about the species and evaluating their emotions based on that but at the end of the day this is a damn good jam entry, holy molly. Face technology!? Thats insane! Intricate alien design!!? Thats incredible! Your second ludum entry!!!? Thats so interesting! You people have a knack for this, truly!
Face-controlled gameplay is such a fresh, fun idea, and the alien story and art fit the Signal theme perfectly. Expression recognition can be a little inconsistent, and frequent code inputs feel tedious, yet this piece is incredibly creative and well-crafted.
Masterpiece, good game guys!!
I love it, great idea
yooo that's cool!!!
Fun game! I didn’t always manage to guess which emotion I was supposed to show the alien, and I actually failed the tutorial the first time :D
Full marks for innovation. I also had a lot of fun with this. It was very therapeutic pulling loads of face at my computer. It would have been nice to have been able to get more info on reactions from the images rather than the text, but I get that it probably wasn't possible in the time allowed. I loved the interface as well. having to put in all the codes was a nice touch. Good stuff :8ball:
Tried to sneak in a quick rating before the deadline, but not sure I'll make it far enough into the game to give it a proper rating.
My one piece of feedback is I'd try to make the game more "snappy", get people into the core of the game quickly and then have the dialog afterwards. Though I do like the dialog and the way it's written!
Conceptually, I like this game a lot! Also, glad to have some non english speakers part of Ludum Dare! Hope you stick around.