This was a really solid little game. The core idea is simple, but I think that works strongly in its favor here. Using the suit detector’s beeping and blinking to navigate the dark ship made the Signal theme part of the actual gameplay rather than just the setting.
I played through the whole game twice, once on keyboard and once with a gamepad, and both felt smooth. The checkpointing also kept the enemy encounter from becoming frustrating.
I did run into a couple controller inconsistencies. I couldn’t find a gamepad equivalent for toggling the flashlight, and after finishing the game I had to use the mouse to select Main Menu. Otherwise the controller support worked very well.
Visually, I really liked the limited lighting, terminal presentation, and CRT treatment. The environment stayed interesting enough that I wanted to keep exploring even though the underlying gameplay is fairly straightforward.
I’d definitely be interested in seeing this expanded. A simple concept, but very well executed for the jam.