Signal Garden

by kintsugi

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.45

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.10

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.67

Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.41

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.83

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.60

Make Game FullScreen pls)

Route a signal from SRC to TX nodes on a grid. Place plants, hit Run, watch the wave. Each TX needs the right frequency (f) and enough power (p). Oxygen is your timer; relay power from successful TX hits is your win meter.

Rules

Drag a plant from the inventory onto an empty cell to place it. Right-click a cell to remove.
Run simulates once. If at least one TX matches, the run scores: you gain relay power only from matched TXs, recover some oxygen (more if more TXs match), and get a new layout. If zero TX match, nothing is scored.
Win: fill the relay goal. Lose: oxygen runs out. Splash / end screen: press any key to start or restart.
Controls
Run — start · Alt — signal numbers f/p vs plant art · Space — pause (after splash).

First LD
This is my first Ludum Dare — I’m really happy to join the community. Thanks for playing and for any feedback.

Comments2

LDJam user 42463223 Apr 2026, 22:22

The game is original. I was able to complete it using only the first two flowers. This is probably fixed by limiting the number of flowers so they aren’t infinite, and I assume it was done intentionally for a game jam, which is a plus. I couldn’t understand the logic of how the signal travels between the flowers, since there are no visible wires or directions connecting them. The timer can be stopped, so it didn’t really affect the gameplay. It might make more sense to replace it with oxygen tanks that act as limited attempts, which would introduce a real possibility of failure.

LDJam user 23605524 Apr 2026, 16:25

I like the idea, it's definitely very original and innovative, but it's also very hard. It would have been good to add a couple simple levels at the beginning to get the basic concepts, maybe introduce only a few nodes at once, not all of them at the same time.