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A jam submission

Dead Air: 03:13View game page

Tune into a mysterious late-night transmission and uncover what is hiding behind the signal.
Submitted by Rafael Hunter Mendes — 20 days, 12 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall Experience#1244.1184.118
Category: Music#1343.5883.588
Visuals#1394.1764.176
Category: Cinematography#1493.5293.529
Story#1643.7653.765
Category: Voice Acting#2231.7651.765

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Work Start Date
September 10, 2026

Which engines and/or plugins did you use? (NaniNovel, Light.VN, etc.)
Pico 8

University League Participant

No

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Beautiful game. I've considered using Pico8 to make narrative games but I've always thought it was impossible to make something good due to the heavy limitations: well you proved me wrong, this is incredible!

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! Nowadays, I use PICO-8 to flesh out ideas, and many of my games have been remade. I love coding in Lua. Best wishes from Brazil! If you’d like to check out my work, you can find me on Instagram at @rafaelgameaudio.

Submitted(+1)

I like your idea.

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Woah this is really cool, I love the interactivity of the objects the scary visual effects and scan lines really make you question what's happening and what's real.
Very cool.

Developer

Thanks a lot for the feedback. I work with game audio and am a solo Lua developer; I love PICO-8, even with all its limitations.

Submitted(+1)

This was really good, you managed to pull a lot of tension out of a limited run time.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Very cool! You've done a great job using Pico-8 to make something really creepy and atmospheric. Was a little confused about the story, but I think I got the gist, and it was definitely creeping me out! Might need to play again and see if I can follow it a little better and try for the other endings.

Would love to see more! Keep making cool stuff :)

Edit: Also was fun to see another game called Dead Air about spooky radio signals hehe :)

Developer(+1)

Thanks a lot for the feedback. You know Pico-8 is quite limited, but I did my best. I have some cool games for it on Itch—like *Freddy Krueger*, *Slasher*, and *Gold*, among others. I hope you enjoy them! Follow me on Instagram at @rafaelgameaudio; I post new games there. Thanks again—best regards from Brazil.

Submitted(+1)

This is so cool, I really enjoyed this game, great story and atmosphere, lots of tension, great job!!!

Developer(+1)

This feedback is important to me, as Pico-8 is extremely restrictive. I try to do my best with it—thanks.

Submitted(+1)

Me and my Partnered played this earlier and we really loved the aesthetic and vibe of the game. The story was a tad confusing but we got the gist of it near the end since the story itself wasn't that long. IT was a bit hard to read some text but that's mainly cause of the theme/retro aesthetic (for example we couldn't tell if the W was a u but it didn't hinder our experience) Overall a neat game!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, Pico-8 is very restrictive, so getting something out of it is tricky—but I'm learning. I work in game audio; the dev side is a hobby I'm currently learning.