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Stupid Ants

By rvmook

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Innovation2713.28
Audio3572.65
Humor3812.31
Theme3843.13
Overall4772.89
Graphics4922.78
Mood4992.59
Fun6332.44

Comments

sharbelfs 2012-04-24 02:40

Good game, more time in the level could be a good thing

barigorokarl 2012-04-24 20:08

This one is over to fast. The idea is nice, though. I would have liked to play the level for a minute or so :-)

bubuiic 2012-04-24 21:31

Nice concept, finally made it to 200 ants. But you don't really have too much control over the whole situation. I almost made it just by removing all boxes.
Maybe this needs longer levels?

dukope 2012-04-25 09:23

I liked the concept, but the best move was always just to remove all the boxes and let them roam free.

strega 2012-04-25 09:25

Interesting mechanic. I think you portrayed the in game ants really well. Their movements were just what I expected in ants. It was hard to tell which box was going to move when you clicked on a square tough.

danvil 2012-04-25 13:13

Indirect control is funny and I like your little game, but I wasn't sure if my box markings had any effect at all.

davidllanos22 2012-04-25 13:23

It's hardddd! But I love it! I will play later again :)God work ! Much better than my first game :D

gabriel 2012-04-25 20:26

Interesting concept, and does adhere well to the theme! Only problem is the combination of non-trivial mechanics with the super-fast timer, gets really difficult to understand what is going on. But nice entry overall, and I know how limiting 48 hours are! :)

kayamon 2012-04-25 20:28

I have to be honest, I don't really understand what I'm supposed to be doing here.

If I try and keep them in the boxes, I lose. If I just move all the boxes out of the way, I win easily. I'm not sure what the mechanic is here.

I like the music though. Very Dig-Dug.

benw 2012-04-26 05:22

I like the idea of the game but the whole bounding box thing needs to be reworked. It could be neat if you made removing them less effective and if the game was a bit longer.

catman 2012-04-26 19:03

Fun idea! Too bad there is just a single level. It feels a bit random in its gameplay, however!

zorf 2012-04-26 19:03

Cool idea. Too bad there is so little control, removing all the boxes is the best strategy... :)

cyboot 2012-04-30 09:16

It could be such a great game with more time...
I really like the concept and the graphics are nice too.

Good game for now. I look forward to play the fixed and enhanced version :)

onehandclap 2012-05-02 10:53

Very interesting. Well done! =)

jaj 2012-05-02 15:08

I see where this could go, but as it is, I couldn't even get close to 200 (got to 90) without just removing all the boxes.

galman 2012-05-02 20:15

Really intresting concept..
However, more control would make it great :-)

jeffalisk 2012-05-03 12:24

Nice game, neat idea! But needed a MUCH longer time limit, or maybe an infinite mode. I would have liked to have spent more time with it.

jezzamon 2012-05-04 12:05

Interesting, although the game was kinda too quick...

maybe if there was some mode without a time-limit to get you started it would be a bit easier.

someone 2012-05-04 18:11

Interesting concept. The interaction was confusing though.
Won just by turning off all the boxes.

frankthetank 2012-05-04 18:15

Like others have said it is too short, but I really like the concept. You should try to make longer levels. Well done!

neosam 2012-05-04 18:23

Nice! Bit if you just remove the boxes the population will grow very fast :)

pacifistgames 2012-05-07 02:32

The only way to win is to let the ants loose, maybe the game is just being ironic? Liked the catchy little song. Cool concept, I enjoyed it. :)

bscott 2012-05-08 00:55

I liked it, nice classic look and feel, although I thought the time limit was reached too quickly, still got 250 ants though

davidwparker 2012-05-08 13:25

Game was really hard, but I really liked the idea... reminded me of classic Sim Ant. Well done. I like the border smiling boxes too.

castor 2012-05-08 17:15

Nice little game. I would have liked it to last longer too.

valeour 2012-05-08 21:38

Wasn't particularly sure what was going on, but it seemed enjoyable enough.

schnerble 2012-05-08 22:18

Interesting idea. For me, though, by far the best tactic was to just remove all the boxes and hope. I got 150+ every time I did that (including winning once out of about five goes), as opposed to no better than 50 by any other tactic. The idea has potential, though!

tcstyle 2012-05-10 19:53

Took me a way to figure out a working strategy. Quiet difficult. But I really loke the basic idea and the whole game feels very consistent.

orgarus 2012-05-11 06:28

One thing is clear for me I'm not an ant leader. :)
I dont't totally understand how the bounding boxes mechanics work, sometimes I make grow the ant population over one hundred (180 my best) and others I only got 40.
I like the graphics and the music remembers me old school music 80s arcade so I love it :)
COngratulations.

nornagon 2012-05-12 05:39

Really cool idea, but it didn't really seem to matter much what I did in the game.

kevinworkman 2012-05-13 04:53

I like the idea here, but the only way I could figure out how to win was by removing all the boxes. This is a fun concept, and it would be cool to see you explore it a little further. Good work for 48 hours!

make-a-game 2012-05-14 00:04

I keep losing, it's over too fast. I like the visuals and the sound, but there's not enough time to know if I'm doing something right or wrong.