2025.11.03 / 03:11
Vignette / Puzzle
Static Garden
A puzzle game played inside a degraded TV signal. Plant words in dead channels, grow them through interference, and harvest meanings before the broadcast resets.
CH-99 · ON AIR · 02:14:07 UTC
Games from
the static.
ZCIX is a signal studio. We make vignette puzzles, dream broadcasts, and interactive transmissions for people who miss the part of the night when the TV had no channels left. Everything we ship arrives slightly mistuned on purpose.
ZCIX // LATE NIGHT PROTOCOL ENGAGED — NO FEEDBACK LOOP — VIGNETTE BUILDER v3.1 LEAKED — ROSTER: 08 OPERATORS — NEXT SIGNAL AT MOONSET — ZCIX // LATE NIGHT PROTOCOL ENGAGED — NO FEEDBACK LOOP — VIGNETTE BUILDER v3.1 LEAKED — ROSTER: 08 OPERATORS — NEXT SIGNAL AT MOONSET —
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Aired Transmissions
Received Signals
2024.02.19 / 01:47
Narrative / Horror-lite
Midnight Antenna
You inherit a rooftop antenna that picks up other people’s dreams. Tune carefully—some frequencies remember you listened.
2022.08.08 / 00:00
Sim / Ambient
Vermilion Dial
Run a pirate radio for ghosts. Queue lullabies, dodge licensing demons, and keep the dial between two worlds without waking the static wolf.
2026.??.?? / --:--
Prototype
Channel Ø
An anti-game about waiting for a show that never starts. Currently looping in internal test builds. No date, only snow.
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The Station
Behind the Noise
ZCIX began as a 2am group chat about a game that should feel like finding a channel you were not supposed to find. Eight years later we are eight operators in a rented broadcast closet with too many CRTs and one rule: never fully sharpen the image.
We build in condensed type, monospace logs, and analog degradation because the message is more honest when the carrier wave complains a little. No live-service. No roadmaps. Just scheduled signals.
Our stack is small and old on purpose. Our endings cut to static before the credits. That is the point.
08Operators
04Aired Titles
99Channel ID
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Operators
Behind the Desks
A
Ada Vire
Signal Director
Owns the transmission bible. Decides which builds air at moonrise and which get buried in tape hiss.
R
Rin Oshiro
Carrier & Glitch
Writes shaders that behave like bad reception. Believes a clean pixel is a lie told to the eye.
M
Milo Vance
Audio / Dead Air
Records room tone in empty studios at 4am. Mixes silence as if it were a frequency with low battery.
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Frequency
Reach the Station
Call the desk.
Leave a tape.
Leave a tape.
Studio Address
ZCIX Collective
Unit 4, Old Broadcast Yard
77 Static Lane, Hackney
London E8 3RX
United Kingdom
Unit 4, Old Broadcast Yard
77 Static Lane, Hackney
London E8 3RX
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 20 8985 4410
Desk Hours
Tue–Sat · 20:00–02:00 GMT