Trail Signal

by uvwar
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.78
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.22
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.65
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Trail Signal

Drop Balls onto Musical Trails and Hear the Signals they Pick Up!

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Draw Lines by holding Left Click and moving your Mouse (Try not to cross the lines! Glitches may result!)

Right Click Spawns a Ball at the location of the Mouse

W,A,S,D control the Camera Placement

Mouse Wheel In and Out controls Camera Zoom

The Icons on the Right on the Screen will select different Line colors and Line Audio

When the ball touches a line, it will play audio for as long as it touches, and playback speed will match the speed of the ball

Try to edit together an interesting track, or keep the Balls moving!

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A game made by me, Tyler Rhodes, for RVA Gamejams Cabin Jam 2026, as well as for Ludum Dare 59

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Music and Sound Effects provided by

Alex Niemeyer

Nicholas Black

and help with Programming from

theshaggydev

VetroDev

Momin Khan

Andrew Potiva

msb

Comments21

pres2300
pres230021 Apr 2026, 04:52
Absolutely love this! I had a lot of fun playing around with different tracks and different sounds. I appreciate that there was plenty of space to experiment with different designs. The only thing I felt was missing was a way to erase tracks or balls (did I just miss that?). Overall, nice work!
N.O.X
N.O.X21 Apr 2026, 14:31
There are literally only two things to do (place the balls and draw curves) but it’s amazing how much time you can spend trying to create different sounds. It’s impressive how the game manages to offer players so many possibilities with so few tools. I'll make a note of that for myself. Congrats.
LDJam user 8299521 Apr 2026, 16:52
Love this. I could play this for hours. Really wish I could erase stuff though.
ZedGame
ZedGame21 Apr 2026, 16:52
Quite a quirky and fascinating experience! Is there a way to clear the scene?
Splix
Splix21 Apr 2026, 16:55
An original mechanic that, unfortunately, doesn't fully realize its potential. At first, it's hard to figure out what to do or what the lines are for, at the start, I didn't even see the ball, and the camera work isn't very engaging. It would be nice to have “tutorial” levels that explain how to draw a line, how to position the ball correctly, what the different sounds are, etc.—all while helping the player get the hang of drawing lines and then letting them play freely, because right now I’m really struggling to make a cool sound. But well done for the mechanics, it’s still a great game!!
Meemog
Meemog21 Apr 2026, 16:55
The simplicity made me sceptical, but after trying, it was really fun to tinker and mess around with different. I'm actually interested to know how you tied the playback speed to the velocity of the ball, because I'm sure that if I tried that it would sound bad lol. Anyway, great game.
CrispyPear
CrispyPear21 Apr 2026, 17:00
Really really cool! I didn't really expect much based on the art, but the sounds way exceeded my expectations! Super well done!
Blues
Blues21 Apr 2026, 17:12
really fun to goof around in, slowing down/speeding up sounds will never not be funny. I really want a way to recycle the balls into some kind of rube goldberg/ blue ball machine. this could be the next killer DAW :^)
uvwar
uvwarauthor21 Apr 2026, 17:18
@pres2300 @orjan Yeah theres no way to delete balls or lines, maybe I'll revisit after the jam
uvwar
uvwarauthor21 Apr 2026, 17:20
@meemog Its pretty much exactly how you describe it; just the ball velocity tied to the pitch of the audio track. I should have the source files on my itch if you want to download and poke around.
Tesseus
Tesseus21 Apr 2026, 17:46
Wow, what an unexpected idea. Great innovation! I enjoyed playing the game with my drawing pad :)
SkyTech621 Apr 2026, 17:47
It's a lot of goofy fun and a great mix on the multiple themes.

Would have loved the ability to like hold off the balls falling through, so I could set them all up and then release them all at once?
LLlarsO
LLlarsO21 Apr 2026, 18:54
Very interesting mechanic.
It was fun playing around with the lines and balls.
Adding a smooth zoom function (like with the mouse wheel, so you can have really small steps) would feel much better in my opinion.
It is nice how simplistic yet so engaging this game is. :)
val.ociraptor
val.ociraptor21 Apr 2026, 19:09
very fun and silly toy-like game! i love that you can zoom and scroll out, feels like using miro or a drawing app except way better and cooler obviously
Emsea
Emsea22 Apr 2026, 22:57
We had a great time playing your game on stream. Check out the link to hear our feedback.
TheSmellofOxygen25 Apr 2026, 03:53
Funny toy. Wish there was an erase or board wipe!
cesta25 Apr 2026, 14:58
nice fun game!! would love it for as a mobile app

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