Instructions
Signal Lost
You find a phone on a park bench after a storm. 23% battery, a lock screen full of messages, and a friend's dog missing somewhere in the park. Crack the passcode, read the chats, choose your replies and find Pickle before the battery dies.
- Year
- 2024
- Era
- Daily Puzzle
- Genre
- Adventure / Story
Free, no sign-up. Keyboard, touch or gamepad.
How to play
- Click the phone's buttons, or Tab and Enter.
- Esc pauses.
- Undo and Hint sit in the top bar.
On touch
- Tap the phone like a phone.
- Walk around the park with the buttons under it, or the map.
Every run starts on the title screen. Pause any time with P or the pause button; calm mode removes flashes and screen shake.
Maker’s note
A short story told through someone else's phone: no brands, no real apps, everything drawn in the page. Every tap that changes what you know is one recorded move, and both passcodes are worked out from clues that change with the seed. Three endings, scored differently: honesty helps, and so does keeping an eye on the battery.
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 140
- 280
- 3150
- 4250
- 5350
- 6420
- 7480
- 8540
Each target is a step up. Beat them all and you have outplayed the workshop.
The Daily Puzzle era, 2020–2026
One shared puzzle a day and a result worth passing on, in calm colour with soft, rounded edges.
High scores
The top ten runs are saved in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked run, so clearing site data clears the table.
