◈ POWERED BY LOW SIGNAL INTERACTIVE ◈

GAMES

Low Signal Interactive is the games division of Rocket Tree Labs. We make weird, grounded, atmospheric games about signals, space, and survival.

IN DEVDECKBUILDER / ROGUELIKE

Space Buddy Roadtrip

A retro pixel roguelike deckbuilder. Four-act cosmic road trip with a misfit crew, multi-deck combat, and a MacGuffin worth crossing the universe for.

IN DEVSURVIVAL / STRATEGY

Dust Protocol

Tactical survival. Post-collapse cosmic western. Build a signal outpost. Hold it.

IN DEVHORROR / MYSTERY

Low Signal

You pick up transmissions from somewhere you shouldn't be listening. Deep space radio horror.

CONCEPTRACING / ROGUELITE

Crater Run

Lunar racing roguelite. Fast, loose, and full of craters and dust.

CONCEPTRPG

Static Nomad

Open world cosmic western RPG. Roam the wastes. Tune in. Find out.

CONCEPTPUZZLE

Gravity Wreck

Physics puzzle in orbital debris fields. Recover salvage before orbit decays.

◈ ROCKET TREE LABS PLAYSTATION // SYSTEM ONLINE ◈

COSMIC CABINET

Feed the digital tokens. Complete scales, control band egos, raid resource asteroids, and compose live synthesized lo-fi tracks.

■COSMO TETRIS

Cosmic space-debris blocks

LAUNCH STANDALONE ↗

👽FUNK VOYAGER

Slap-bass isometric alien explorer

⛏ASTEROID WARLORD

Real-time base builder & raider

🎸BAND LIFE RPG

Backstage member drama & gigs

🎛SONG PRODUCER RPG

Mix boss stems, compose loop tracks

🎓MUSIC ACADEMY

Interactive fretboard, scales & tap

◈ ROCKET TREE LABS // GAMING DIVISION // IN DEVELOPMENT ◈

▶ PRESS START TO VIBE

SPACE BUDDY

ROADTRIP

A RETRO PIXEL ROGUELIKE DECKBUILDER · MULTI-CREW COMBAT · ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
BUILD: UNITY URP 2D · C# · VISUAL STUDIO

DECKBUILDERROGUELIKEPIXEL ARTSCI-FICOZY-ISH🌿 QUEST

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"Slay the Spire meets a Beatles road trip. Four acts. 39 nodes. One crew of misfits.
Across the universe — and all they want is the dankest weed in the galaxy."

◈ REAL-TIME ENGINE VIEW

Field Telemetry

Live combat logs and interface wireframes captured directly from the Orion sector URP engine.

◈ SCAN MODULE: ORION-9 LOGS

Dank Nebula Combat

"The asteroid dust was thick. Zorp was listening to Joe Rogan podcasts at 400% volume in the auxiliary bay, completely pantsless. Duchess red-lined the tactical railguns while the Captain attempted to parallel-park our beat-up shuttle inside a swirling solar nebula. Just another Tuesday on the Cosmic Highway."

ENGINE SYSTEM //Unity 2D URP Scriptable Card Stack

COMBUSTION TYPE //Stoner-Comic Psychedelic Space-Grunge

CREW STABILIZATION //Highly Unstable BANTER Threshold

◈ GAME SYSTEMS

How It Works

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Multi-Deck Combat

Each crew member has their own hand, draw pile, and energy pool. Manage them all simultaneously.

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Intent-Based Targeting

Every enemy explicitly telegraphs their next attack — block smart, redirect, or sacrifice a buddy.

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Branching Cosmic Highway

4 Acts, 39+ node map, procedurally branched routes. No two roadtrips are the same.

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Three-Layer Bonding System

Banter events, combat bonds, and VN diner sequences all build crew synergies and unlock ultimate cards.

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Exhaustion / No Permadeath

A buddy at 0 HP goes exhausted — not dead. If ALL go down simultaneously, that's Game Over.

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16-Bit Retro Pixel + URP 2D

Modern Unity URP lighting and glow effects on crisp pixel art sprites. Synthwave mood meets neon retro.

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The MacGuffin

The Dankest of Dank. Somewhere across the universe. Worth every asteroid belt.

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Lofi Synthwave Soundtrack

Custom lo-fi beats that adapt to act and combat intensity. Study music for space criminals.

◈ THE COSMIC HIGHWAY

4 Acts. 39+ Nodes. One Destination.

Sector: Orion Belt Corridor · 8 NODES · DANGER: ★★☆☆☆

ACT I — THE ORION OUTSKIRTS

The Captain and their beat-up shuttle limp out of Earth's solar neighborhood. Asteroid belt pirate skirmishes, a shady trading post, and the first hitchhiker recruit. The galaxy smells like burning fuel and potential.

⚠ ACT BOSS

The Toll Collector

A bureaucratic space warlord who charges "transit fees." Heavy armor. Intent: Audit.

"Route 66 but the road is made of stardust."

◈ YOUR CREW

The Space Buddies

Recruit dynamically along the route. Each manages their own deck, hand, and energy pool in combat.

DRIVER / PILOT

ENERGY: ⚡⚡⚡

THE CAPTAIN

◈ SEC-ID: RACK-BUDDY-CAPTAIN // APPROVED

STARTING DECK MODULE

Standard combat deck — balanced offense and block.

TACTICAL PASSIVE ABILITY

OVERDRIVE: Once per combat, double energy for one turn.

CREW BANTER PERSONALITY

Anxious overachiever. Will parallel-park in an asteroid field.

ROADTRIP EXTRACURRICULAR QUIRK

Collects vintage highway maps from dead civilizations.

◈ DEVELOPMENT LOG

Built in Unity URP 2D · C# · Visual Studio

ScriptableObject-driven card database, sequential Action Queue combat engine, Pixel Perfect Camera with modern 2D lighting, and a three-layer relationship bonding system. Currently in Phase 1 (C# logic prototype). No art, all engine.

✓ Phase 1: Combat Engine

○ Phase 2: Card UI & Hand

○ Phase 3: Multi-Crew

○ Phase 4: Highway Map

○ Phase 5: Polish & Vibe

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The Dankest of Dank Awaits

A ROGUELIKE ABOUT FRIENDSHIP, SPACE TRAVEL, AND ONE VERY IMPORTANT ERRAND.

ROCKET TREE LABS GAMING · COLUMBIA FALLS, MT · TRANSMISSION PENDING