Ludum Dare

This game was created for Ludum Dare 59 within 72h.

Premise

Have you ever wondered how robots carried out long-distance communication in ancient times? With smoke signals, of course!

Get into the rhythm, move those muscles, and send the hot bombshell on the neighboring planet a message of love. In Smoke Show, you can declare your love in smoke if you can keep up with the beat. But what if you can’t? How do you avoid miscommunication when all you've got is smoke?

Share your code at the end of the game with your friends or strangers in the comments so they can experience your signals. See if they can mess up the same way. Your mistakes are now their problem!

Or get creative and invent your own extra special little signal. Share it with the world in the comment section!

Community Interaction

The code on the last screen contains all of your signals. Share it with others or play it yourself. Your output is the challenge for the next person. You can enter the code in the menu and play what others drew.

You can also create your own art to share with others. While this might result in a low score, others will then face your signs. And who cares about a score anyways!

Controls

Place your fingers on the S, D, F, J, K, and L keys on your keyboard.

Press and Hold all keys that correspond to the shape shown underneath them. Once the beat hits, smoke will be added, you can let go and hit the next keys. Your final score is your overall accuracy across all shapes.

Tools

Code: Godot 4.6.2

Art: Procreate

Music: Ableton

Team

Creative Code by @bumble & @lehmy & @crygos

Astonishing Artwork by @doa

Snappy Sounds by @strawkur