swen 2020-04-20 01:12
Feel free to share your ant nest in the comments if you like! :smile:
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD46 → Colony
By swen
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 120 | 3.90 | 27 | |
| Fun | 76 | 3.96 | 27 | |
| Innovation | 189 | 3.76 | 27 | |
| Theme | 153 | 4.05 | 27 | |
| Graphics | 356 | 3.68 | 27 | |
| Humor | 557 | 2.66 | 23 | |
| Mood | 436 | 3.31 | 23 |
Feel free to share your ant nest in the comments if you like! :smile:
Hah, really fun an addictive! :D
Well executed, fun and nice graphic, I 'am sure you are into ants you know about them, that was reflected in the mechanics.
Fun game! For some reason it made me really want an idle/incremental game with this as the base. Loved watching the base grow and my ants go about their business. The only issue I ran into is that my soldiers wouldn't actually go and defend my other ants from the enemies. Do they only help if they happen to run into the enemy?
Oh I'm so hyped, love ant colony game ! EDIT : Yep really great ! I only regret that there is no audio
Thanks for your lovely comments and feedback all!
@stefanie-leitch Correct, soldiers only fight enemies that bump into them. I had planned for this feature where ants would warn other ants for intruders and if the queen got attacked that the whole colony would swarm the attacker. Would be a good addition I think.
Addictive but very hard to get far
I like the type of game! Its fun and addictive! Just the Ants get stuck on every corner and my queen did so many times unnecessary because the soldiers don't move anywhere xD I like the game in general and could see it becoming a real project.
loved the art
This game is really refreshing. I got a score of 333 and I lost because the queen was under attack. So there is no way to control the queen and let her stay in it's room? Because even though I had soldiers the queen still started attacking instead of running away haha Very fun game :)
Pretty good game. Though it would be much better if rooms can be removed, because ants dig tunnels randomly. Or perhaps have the queen prioritize staying at the deepest room?
Super fun game, really love it, but it would be better to know how many ants are live for each kind, then I would know which kind of ant to hatch, and it would be great that I could control queen back to queen room when she is under attck
Fun game, here are few of my notes:
**Things I liked** - interesting idea and mechanics - decision making when deciding which type of ant to spawn - pixel-art
**Things that could be improved** - add music and sound effect to lighten up atmosphere - new ant types and a buildings - upgrading ants by eating foraged food
Nice work done in 48 hours! :smile:
I've actually wanted to make something like this. This is near the top of the dozen or so I've rated so far. A few quibbles. Is there a win condition? Or only a loss condition? Improving the soldier ai so that it patrols near the queen possibly. Sound of course. Lay eggs action could be automatic.
Thanks guys!
@bloham "Just the Ants get stuck on every corner and my queen did so many times unnecessary because the soldiers don’t move anywhere". Haha, yes, there is definitly room for improvement! Although ants are kind of like that I guess.
@kneehatgames That is such a good idea. Adding a "move to queen room" action. Didn't think of that. Would have been a nice though. I do like that you have to becareful with your room placement and when laying eggs now though.
@mad-scientist-carl Building the queens room deep down is indeed a good strategy :smile: . It's interesting to play around with the placements of the rooms.
@standly007 Those would be very nice additions indeed. Thanks for leaving this feedback.
@saviqq Yes! I'd totally add those!
@cryptomnesic Thanks! All great suggestions. The eggs lay action is manual so that you have control over when the queen leaves her room. But I do agree that it feel a bit tedious atm.
I love the idea of having Elite Ants in your ant army after they murder enough reds.
@cryptomnesic Yes! Great idea. Maybe they could use the reds head as a harness.
I feel like I had to do more playtesting beforehand. So many good suggestions and ideas.
I think you should continue to develop this game. It's great.
For the queen! :ant: