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Kolony

By sknoslo

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness350
Theme1783.71
Innovation3843.32
Overall7542.97
Fun9552.54
Mood10242.42
Graphics11822.04

Comments

abrie 2014-04-28 04:16

OSX 10.9.2 verified as working.

sknoslo 2014-04-28 04:21

Thanks for letting me know!

huruey 2014-04-28 04:34

I keep killing all my ants! xD

shuandang 2014-04-28 05:04

Yeah I lost all my ants too :( Drawing lines is so fun but it kills them..

idkfawin32 2014-04-28 05:05

Actually quite challenging

jacob-peltola 2014-04-28 05:13

Pretty awesome, ants seem to die way too fast though even if given ample destination to the surface

ultimatewalrus 2014-04-28 05:34

It's an interesting prototype, but it's not exactly clear what I'm supposed to be doing, and the ants are very hard to see.

dreii 2014-04-28 07:18

Nice! reminds me of SimAnt, loved that game when i was a kid!

oddly-shaped-pixels 2014-04-28 10:58

Really nice entry, super interesting! Drawing lines is fun but I haven't quite yet figured out how to go higher than 50 :)

ludonaut 2014-04-28 15:39

Interesting. I really like this idea a lot. I also killed all my ants.

mrblade 2014-04-28 21:23

At first, I thought this game was rather boring, the ants are meh, meh graphics, but, after playing for a little while, I fell oddly in love with this game.

I really enjoy building little paths for my ants and watch them discover it, making routes up to the surface, and seeing them come up for food. Somethin' magical about ants, man. Keep up the good work.

pancakecity 2014-04-29 02:18

Maintaining an increasing population is a delicate balancing act!

linuus 2014-04-29 19:24

Great game for an LD!
Very fun to play, but after getting the hang of it it was a little too easy.. I'd love to play a full version with maybe floods, birds or other insects to disturb your colony. :)

sknoslo 2014-04-30 00:40

@Linus Lindberg I had plans for "natural disasters" such as rain and magnifying glasses, but I had some other plans on the weekend to work around so I didn't get around to it. Thanks for the feedback!

thorig 2014-04-30 10:00

I just keep losing my ants after the population start to grow and make 1 small path for them.

antisc2 2014-04-30 20:46

A very hard and challenging game. I like it. In short, a good game.

cheeseybob 2014-04-30 20:52

I'm not seeing any of my ants :( kinda ruins the point of the game, so I'll hold off rating it.
@sknoslo any ideas on how to fix this? I'm running windows 8 btw :/

sknoslo 2014-04-30 21:45

@CheeseyBob, what is your screen resolution? The ants are drawn as a single pixel... and I only got around to testing it on a 1080p monitor, so I'm guessing it could be hard to see if you had a really high pixel density display. I'd like to see a screenshot though if you have the time.

ninjacharlie 2014-05-01 18:38

Interesting gameplay. I really like the tunnel drawing mechanic. I could see this being one of those faux simulation games kinda like Pandemic II or something. Good job :)

cheeseybob 2014-05-01 20:50

@sknoslo, my screen res is 1920x1080, but the game runs in an 800x600 window. I can see the ants in your screenshots though, but not at all when I run the game. It may be because I'm on a 64-bit system? I tried a bunch of compatability things to no avail.
Here's the screenshot:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/qybvincj8602vhp/screenshot.png

minibutmany 2014-05-03 23:24

Interesting concept and fun. I would have liked to see a menu and sound though.

sknoslo 2014-05-04 19:25

@CheeseyBob, that is very strange. Thanks for the screenshot. I also tried it on 64 bit Win8 and it worked fine. Not really sure what could be happening...

romandtom 2014-05-08 05:42

Its cool, but I dont feel like controling anything :S