Signal Drift

Signal Drift

Signal Drift is an interactive radio simulation with a spooky twist - amongst the normal radio stations, there are evil signals haunting your airwaves, causing you to lose your mind.

Stuck in a blizzard with only the radio and previous staff's logbook's to keep you company, what signals will you stumble upon during these three days?

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Controls/Tips

Movement: WASD
Interact with object: F
Scroll through journal: Q and E
Leave radio interface, open menu: Escape

This prototype features a real sofware defined radio (SDR)! Interact with the computer to bring up the radio tuning interface.

Below are some tips on using the radio in game:

Tune the radio by pressing the + and - buttons along the  top of the waterfall area  - the blue rectangle in the middle of the interface - to scroll through it.
The bright areas of the waterfall are the radio broadcast signals - if you land on a signal but can't hear anything clearly, click through the different modes  until you can hear something.

AM and FM signals will be brighter on the display, and you'll want to tune into the middle of these to get the best sounding signal.

Usb and Lsb signals, generally used in ametuer radio, require a bit more fine-tuning, and may not come through clearly . You can try moving the tuner either a little bit to the left or right of the signal to help hear it a little clearer.

If you hit the Escape key while the radio is on, you're free to wander about the cabin - you will still hear the radio if you're close enough to it.

Journals left by previous weather staff can be read - these are in some of the books next to the computer/radios.

At 23:00, no further radio broadcasts will play. To advance the day, find the bed and interact with it for a new day's broadcast schedule!

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Team credits:
Signal Drift was created over the space of a week for Scream Jam 2025!

drif - programming, radio system, scene design 
whompratt - programming
darwinscoat - art concepts, 2D art, textures
lolly - writing
sazzles - 3D modelling, scene design, music and sound design

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Audio credits :

Various audio soundclips were provided by friends and family of the team, thanks to Andy, Josh -  https://www.twitch.tv/vagabond_j , and Miles the cat for their contributions.

Audio clips for wind, waterside and nature noises sourced from the Free Sound Community via Pixabay

Numbers station recordings "Poacher" and "Gong" sourced from the Wikipedia article for Numbers stations

Public domain audio book readings sourced from Librivox

All other sounds/audio clips were created and/or recorded by darwinscoat, lolly and sazzles

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Music credits:

Public domain classical music recordings/clips were sourced from https://musopen.org/  and https://www.classicals.de/

Cantate Domino, performed by an anonymous choir
Bach - Aria Variata, performed by Brendan Kinsella
Beethoven - Pastoral Piano Sonata nr 15 in D Major, performed by Karine Gilanyan
Bizet - Carmen, Prelude to Act I, recorded by Gregor Quendel
Borodin - Scherzo:Prestissimo, performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak - Op. 96, "American" III Molto Vivace, performed by the Musopen String Quartet
Paganini - Caprice No. 9 - 'La chasse', recorded by Gregor Quendel
Saint-Saens - Aquarium and Fossiles, performed by the Seattle Youth Symphony
Vivaldi - The Seasons, performed by the Witchita State University Chamber Players

All other music was created/recorded by sazzles