# What is this?

Signal Lost is a zero-player RPG. You are an operator, a passive observer monitoring autonomous AI vessels as they explore the ruins of a war-torn Earth.

Humanity didn't vanish — they fled, abandoning the planet after a devastating conflict with the Architects. What remains is a landscape scarred by that war: derelict cities, unstable reactors, and artifacts no one was meant to find.

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# How it works

• Vessels generate their own mission logs in real time based on predetermined generation tables
• Five AI cultures (Determinists, Stochasts, Swarm, Recursive, Archivists) with distinct personalities
• 7-phase mission arcs: IDLE → SIGNAL → TRAVERSE → BREACH → FAULT → CORE → REBOOT
• Each text is changed to better align with the faction style
• Global phenomena affect all vessels simultaneously and can damage the connection
• Satellite network degrades over time — too low, and you lose control

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# Operator Commands

You have limited influence:

• BOOST — Improve the next tick outcome for a vessel
• PING — Force a scan that may find loot
• INJECT — Send a message into the world. It will manifest as a sign, graffiti, or broadcast that the vessel encounters

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# Controls

• Click a vessel column to select it as your command target
• Use the buttons in the bottom bar to issue commands
• A- / A+ to adjust font size
• Adjust game speed with - / + buttons
• VOL to toggle audio

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# Credits

• Music: GloryToTheMachine — CC BY 4.0
• Ambient: Freesound and OpenGameArt contributors
• Icons: SunGraphica — Free
• Setting adapted from Eclipse Phase by Posthuman Studios — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
• Narrative templates iteratively expanded using an LLM-as-judge pipeline

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# Made for

• AI Apocalyptic Dark Fantasy Jam
• AI Browser Game Jam