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Signal Mage

By zhr and

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3413.6829
Fun2263.6829
Innovation3603.4829
Theme7342.8829
Graphics2993.9829
Audio2503.7029
Humor464.1528
Mood1984.0028

Comments

zhr 2026-04-21 01:12

It's ok that after clicking start button it takes time to load a game, the game works, don't skip pls

shanzpro 2026-04-21 02:18

For me its just a gray screen no matter how long I wait after pressing start, on the alt web build it said this: WebGL context lost Leaving a comment so I can come back when it is working! Bopping music at least!

zhr 2026-04-21 06:54

@shanzpro, can you please send the screenshot or something? Because I can't replicate your bug. Still going to try to make the size of a web build smaller for better working, thanks for feedback!

shanzpro 2026-04-21 06:59

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No problem, hope you're able to fix it!

iluvatar 2026-04-21 07:58

Hi guys, I'm sorry but I can see only black screen and music :( What a shame, the music is absolutely AMAZING!!!

vlaflya 2026-04-21 08:05

Yep, takes a long time to load - but the game is pretty cute. Art style is nice, and game idea is interesting!

2026-04-21 08:08

Really satisfying fun little game! Reminds me of the web games I would play as a kid.

2026-04-21 08:12

The style and concept are really cool! The music is very pleasant, but it runs out somewhere around the halfway point. I'm a cool wizard ))))

2026-04-21 08:13

The music is absolutely excellent!!! WOW! U've made me feel relaxed after I stayed up late for 40 hours without sleep. All of your graphic design is pretty cute and incerdible. The play method is very intriguing. However, from my perspective, I cannot figure out what's the relation ship between signal and this game.

zhr 2026-04-21 09:31

Thanks everyone for good feedback, I'm glad to see someone liked our little game. Working on fixes now, I think that I have found the problem

zhr 2026-04-21 10:04

@iluvatar @shanzpro I compressed textures for less VRAM use, can you test new test build please? (Hope now it'll work fine)

https://zhr0451.github.io/ld-59/

zhr 2026-04-21 10:17

@shanzpro @iluvatar, it seems like the problem is in the shader. We tested it in Yandex Browser, Google Chrome, and Firefox. Yandex Browser had the same issue, but everything worked correctly in Firefox and Google Chrome. The problem may be browser-related, so I don’t think I can fix it. :sob:

2026-04-21 11:55

Worked for me, had some fun playing it. I liked the humour in some of the interactions with what happens following your decisions, in particular the evil ones. Thanks for sharing and hope you had fun.

iluvatar 2026-04-21 12:10

@zhr Yes it worked! thank you! The game is amazing, I love the atmosphere, music and the art. The gameplay is quite simple, but it is made up by everything else, fun writing, witty comments, funny notes, etc. I'm really glad I hwas able to play this. PS: I want that music as my ringtone!!!

2026-04-21 20:48

Игра Signal-mage для себя ставлю эту игру на второе место в топе из всех, так как игра является максимально простой, но в этом вся суть, она имеет готовые механики, красивый визуал, чёткий геймплей, смешные моменты. В игре приходиться думать над принятием решения, используя логику. Лично я считаю, что игра такая хорошая благодаря простоте и не перегруженности не нужными механиками и сюжетом.Багов в игре не увидел. Ставлю 52 балла из 52

2026-04-22 09:28

Игра в целом очень проста в управлении и графике и она была довольно интересная для меня. Мне понравилось кол-во деталей на столе волшебника, локации, а также картинки как итог наших действий. К сожалению мои действия были довольно плохими и поэтому мой счет был 8 хороших и 9 плохих 😔 Сигналы тут обоснованны тем, что герои из разных локаций ищут помощи и игрок, найдя их на одно из локации, сможет помочь им

2026-04-22 11:45

Visually pleasing game, interesting consequences of choices, added animation, it feels like you don’t even need training, everything is intuitive. Good game

500 2026-04-22 15:46

The game mechanics are very creative

2026-04-22 17:29

Wow that's a lot of art for 72 hours. I got the same tasks a handful of times, but it's a lovely game, great job!

3blackpixels 2026-04-22 17:31

Addicting music and very fun game.

fruitsoil 2026-04-22 17:34

A really cool game. I really enjoyed the short sketches, where you can immediately feel the consequences of your actions! The challenges are also interesting, sometimes making you think about which of the options would be better for you!

sarah 2026-04-22 17:39

This is a cute game, I like the little sketches a lot and the music was nice! I think it would have been nice is the magnifying part was always available without having to click it, but otherwise well done!

venomousmouse 2026-04-22 18:07

Fun and stylish game. Good job! Also i love this little fella.Screenshot 2026-04-22 210616.png

zhr 2026-04-22 19:22

@venomousmouse, we love him to XD, one of the best characters. Thanks for your feedback!

zhr 2026-04-22 19:25

And thanks everyone for feedback, we was happy to read all your words

krakadushka 2026-04-22 20:11

This is a really nice, cute little game! I had fun playing it :thumbsup:

zhr 2026-04-22 20:21

@lexu, we were building game in the team of two, me and the artist. So, yes, she did a grate job. Thanks for feedback!

Upd: I found this bug with tasks too, so, I think I'll add another link for fixed version or something like that. Should reed the rules for this kind of fixes

fleesku 2026-04-22 20:50

I really loved the idea of ​​the magic tower and how we were actually helping! It was especially nice to see the consequences. And even though the concept is simple, it's really fun to play! Thank you for giving me such an experience!!!

2026-04-22 21:44

Game felt decently polished and I loved all the hand drawn artwork, something about the idea of a big rotating wizard tower was funny to me aswell. I drowned a few people in the port before I realised the castle was the place to be for social interactions. I think in my head the castle was more of a fortified location for the king and less of a city. It would have been cool had you been able to spin the tower in a full 360degrees as I found myself at the edges of the screen I kept wanting it to loop back.

Fun little game with an interesting concept, the art's lovely and the little story you get for helping or hindering each adventurer was rather endearing! Nice work all around!

thatfirey 2026-04-22 22:29

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YIPPIE!! Really cute and cool art, loved the different conclusions for each character depending on where you send them, it would be cool if they had some development after coming from a place you sent them to, but still this is cool!

perovic2018 2026-04-23 18:02

очень милая игра, для двух человек вообще прекрасно. цельный геймплей и хороший визуал. Только над введением в происходящее можно поработать, а так вообще круто

panduplan 2026-04-25 13:28

Simple but very clear gameplay, easy to get into and understand. Really nice sweet doodles, the hand crafted visuals look great. Overall very charming little game :v: Oh yes, music sets the atmosphere!

smugsman 2026-04-26 15:45

While I dont quite get the good and the evil (probably an unused mechanic), i am simply in love with the worldbuilding! The environments (the fossil especially) are great. The music slaps even 15 minutes in. The characters are all so charming and have little baby sprites that jump around so yippiely. I played though the game four times just to see every little interaction and every ending. It is that humorous! Your artist seriously deserves a raise, dude. Go feed them some butterflies right now!

lazarus-richardson 2026-04-28 20:23

"Baby is lost and can't find her way" -> Desert

That was so funny. I loved it!

jhax 2026-04-28 21:31

All the artwork is great! Heaps of nice little touches like the names on the spines of the books! Just generally quite nice to get the sort of zoomed out view on a bunch of stories happening in a fantasy world rather than focusing in on just one!

very-dark-lord 2026-04-30 17:04

Very cute game! Gameplay is perhaps a little limited, but it was still fun to guess what to do with all these people, and the cat is indeed tremendous.

coderaurus 2026-04-30 17:39

I had some initial trouble figuring out how to put the papers down... :D But after that I think it was pretty nice. Good mood, nice art, jolly music. If anything, perhaps there could've been two different sounds depending whether you chose well or bad.

Good work!