Buried Frequency
BURIED FREQUENCY
Millhaven, AB. Population: 2,671.
Connections are your job, your tool, and your risk. Every cord you plug in brings you closer to something the town wants kept buried.
Route the calls. Listen in.
Buried Frequency is a narrative puzzle game set in a 1950s telephone exchange. Route incoming calls through the switchboard, listen to what comes through the line, and piece together what the town of Millhaven is trying to keep quiet.
Theme:
Connections
Tags: mystery ·
narrative ·
point & click ·
1950s ·
atmospheric ·
godot
Controls
Mouse only. Drag cords to connect incoming calls.
Length
~5 minutes.
Credits
@Entalize (Programmer & Artist & Narrative)
@MiryuRenwasu (Sound Design & Music)
@chulainn (Programmer & Narrative)
@_chicken (Emotional Support & Inspiration)
Attribution
Sound assets
freesound_community - Bug Zapper · Light switch fluorescent flickering electric bulb BANFF 190107 · Wooden chair, push in, pull out · chair squeaking · Radio Static · Winter wind whistling through window · 070814_Drawer Opening & Closing · Rustling a newspaper · Paper Flutter · Writing with Pencil on Paper · female choir ambience 54296 · flourescent-light-29596
SoundReality - Ding
Mori_sound - FX Radio
SoundsForYou — Electric Hum
u_mx4xkr2bzy — Slow cinematic clock ticking, tension 2
OxidVideos — Paper slide - Short
THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE — Sounds Of Strowger Switches And Phone Samples
A Sound Effect — A Fluorescent Bulb II sound effects library
SoundKind — Radio tuning sound - RADIO TUNE
Alex_Jauk — Exploding Light Bulb
The Hollywood Edge Sound Effects Library - Topic — Thick Rope Stretch with Twisting Creak
Filmcrew Sound Effects — vacuum cleaner cord retractor sound
retrayerx — ghost girl choir 496584
tanweraman — howling polar wind 445023
tomas herudek — creepy female choir singing & breathing 247697
~ Made in 10 days for the GameDev.tv Game Jam 2026.
Comments
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Wow! This is a really intriguing start to something here. I'm still not sure I plugged the things in right, but the atmosphere, SFX, subtle storytelling is really promising.