The Beacon

by zimennik

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.92

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.65

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.38

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.90

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.68

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.48

A short Myst-style adventure

You are a signal-tower keeper. For the first time in twenty years, the eastern tower is lit. The signal has to travel on, all the way to the capital. You must lit the beacon.

Controls

- Mouse — Interaction
- Space — Inventory

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*Claude Code (Opus 4.7) assisted in the development of this game (code).*

Used content

Models

- Lantern — free3d.com/3d-model/old-lantern-462153.html
- Bed — free3d.com/3d-model/wooden-bed-21103.html
- Table — free3d.com/3d-model/old-wooden-table-61466.html
- Stool — free3d.com/3d-model/wood-stool-303532.html
- Fence — free3d.com/3d-model/fence-snow-220713.html
- Chest — free3d.com/3d-model/wooden-chest-44006.html
- Fireplace — sketchfab.com/3d-models/stylized-modular-fireplace-696bfa98c2b34bc3b962151ba3304928#download

Sounds

- Forest — freesound.org/people/Gutek/sounds/201897/
- Rumble — freesound.org/people/alexkandrell/sounds/316097/
- Door — freesound.org/people/steprock/sounds/771164/
- Fire — freesound.org/people/Vital_Sounds/sounds/713522/
- Wood chopping — freesound.org/people/ElSchorscho/sounds/847818/
- Pouring — freesound.org/people/FOSSarts/sounds/740116/

Screenshots

Tags: #3d, #atmospheric, #first-person, #ludum-dare-59, #point & click, #short, #unity

Genres: adventure, puzzle

Tools: Claude

Comments22

Kauri20 Apr 2026, 21:05

Cool visual effect. Mouse in front of item description.

Creator-Lynx20 Apr 2026, 21:06

How you made this coolest screen dithering?

Mezaka20 Apr 2026, 21:20

Played it until the end! I especially loved the mood that the audio and visuals created. Very myterious! (The audio almost reminded me of blue prince?)

zimennikauthor20 Apr 2026, 21:22

@creator-lynx I'm reasonably decent with shaders. But again, Claude helped me out a bit with it.

FrowsyFrog20 Apr 2026, 22:11

Both the art and the overall atmosphere were amazing. The game keeps you engaged and entertained the whole time! Great job!

xotraz20 Apr 2026, 22:54

That was lovely, simple enough for a point and click and athmospheric, good job!

Creator-Lynx20 Apr 2026, 22:56

@zimennik hope sometime I can do something like that. Very beautifull!

WeirdBitGames21 Apr 2026, 15:02

Oh man I remember the Myst games. You nailed it with the feel and atmospheric envinronmments!

BjoernM23 Apr 2026, 11:50

Nice Graphics!

jk500023 Apr 2026, 12:07

Overall a great and pretty well made adventure game. I especially liked the ending. I would have liked some voice over even if it was AI. But overall a good jam game. Well done.

LDJam user 38599724 Apr 2026, 10:18

The art is amazing, and those shaders are really cool. I love the mood of the game and its eerie 3D environment. Great entry!

LDJam user 27814625 Apr 2026, 12:22

Great atmosphere! I really liked how smooth the camera felt.

TurboLaser27 Apr 2026, 14:29

Cool game - it felt like going back to the good old days. My only issue was that my GPU usage was at 99%.

picross29 Apr 2026, 07:52

Really cool atmosphere and graphical direction. Loved the music as well, did you compose it? Very cool stuff! I am not great at Myst-em-ups but I struggled through the puzzles here haha. Nice work!

skale29 Apr 2026, 14:34

It wasn't what I expected. PS style dithering looks great here.

The game made me feel uncomfortable, but I mean it in a good way. The atmosphere is strong, I felt lonely, and unprotected, disconnected from everything in almost realistic environment, but something felt off. I don't even know how to explain this. The music seems chill but at the same time makes you feel tension. I think it would benefit from additional sound effects.

(I couldn't find the key in the house for about 3 minutes, because I just missed it in the dark :D)

Cazik2129 Apr 2026, 14:37

Cool game! i really enjoyed playing this

skale29 Apr 2026, 14:38

@turbolaser That’s normal. Without a frame cap, your GPU just renders as fast as it can.

JB Rock30 Apr 2026, 02:12

I like the vibe of the game. Gives a retro Myst like vibe and maybe old Resident Evil with crafting and combine items to make something. Some of the outdoor segments felt you should have free movement. But I see the movement was limited for the design and turning points of the game. Cool Entry overall.

Garaptic30 Apr 2026, 20:53

Amazing work! The atmosphere is really cool. The dithering and the music create a great effect. The ending gave me goosebumps; it was quite unexpected. I really enjoyed it, great job! :D

SinusQuell1 May 2026, 13:43

wow! not bad!

Fupi2 May 2026, 00:26

Absolutely beautiful game! It really captures the vibe of Myst, though thankfully these puzzles are actually quite easy to understand lol. I played this from beginning to end pretty smoothly, going through the motions of every puzzle without any difficulty, it was quite a zen experience, and then that ending got me real good. If there's one thing I could say is that I'd prefer if you could open the inventory just by putting your mouse at the top of the screen, instead of having to press space bar, if only because I kept instinctively doing that and then facepalming myself when the inventory didn't open x)

brolga4 May 2026, 10:35

Nice game, I liked the use of the theme at the end, subtle but different and graphics look great, well done