jarmustard 2021-04-27 02:53
Nice job~ I'm not sure what I was doing but I really liked the atmosphere and the ants in hats. The displaying of pheromones was pretty cool and I could imagine a more 'game-game' being made out of these base systems.
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → Future Ants
By eniggma, stephen-toth, Gnome, thetimesweeper, ArcPh1r3 and Abyssal Games
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1367 | 3.25 | 22 | |
| Fun | 1687 | 2.67 | 22 | |
| Innovation | 742 | 3.35 | 23 | |
| Theme | 1272 | 3.35 | 23 | |
| Graphics | 1071 | 3.54 | 23 | |
| Audio | 933 | 3.16 | 23 | |
| Humor | 692 | 2.95 | 22 | |
| Mood | 1021 | 3.42 | 22 |
Nice job~ I'm not sure what I was doing but I really liked the atmosphere and the ants in hats. The displaying of pheromones was pretty cool and I could imagine a more 'game-game' being made out of these base systems.
I was a tad confused at first, but I enjoyed it after a while. There wasn't much game to it, but it certainly had potential if you plan on taking it any further. Good job!
Fun to watch and poke at once I had figured out the controls. Overall I think it would be improved if there was a little more explanation given to the controls and mechanics.
I have seen videos of the concept and always wanted to try it. I like the idea and the animations and models. I would love to have a faster time scale option, since it sometimes takes a long time if the ants are far away. Good job.
Really nice and chill game. I do wish the scrolling was a bit faster but overall nice execution.
Very relaxing game. I enjoyed watching the ants and liked the visualization of the pheromones. As somebody already said, it would have been nice if there was a little more explanation to the controls and UI elements.
Cool sim! There is an impressive amount of mechanics here. Well done.
as the simulation the game is good, but it's more of a video than a game I would love to be more involved like maybe commanding the ants or adding stuff to help them. I would have liked the ability to learn what each ant do like for example what is the difference between the digger and miner. it's a cool concept but I would have loved a more clear goal and the effort went on the code is amazing, great job for the ant algo and everything
@fadrikalexander @$162477 @jakegames2 @jarmustard Can definitely agree some explanation is needed (especially for the diggers). I think we'll add it to the buy menus. For now I've updated the game's page description to describe the different ants. Thanks thanks for the feedback, glad you still had some fun with it c:
This was a pretty chill experience, I like the visuals the UI and the game space both looked very crisp!
I didn't really understand everything that was going on but it's very pleasant to watch the ants live by themselves, and it must have taken a lot of work, really well done!
Great idea to use the theme for an ant colony simulation. Nice visuals and sounds creates an overall really relaxing mood for the player.
The ants seem to have trouble actually finding things to gather and finding their way back to the base once they find something. I had an ant stuck maybe 3/4 of the way down the screen just wandering around helplessly, and everyone else was just hanging out by the base wandering in circles. The UI is solid and the music is pretty good too!
nice simulator !!seems like a lot of works scroll speed is very slow ,and camera system can be better; anyway ,nice work :smile:
Nice idea, it was pretty relaxing to watch.
I like the art style and 3D models seems to be well done, for jam entry The idea is very innovative and promising, it also would be nice to have something more to goal-oriented gameplay. But it also works nice like a system simulator The only thing: I wish the types of ants could be better to distinguish visually
Good game. It's very cute and calm. The only thing I would've liked to have had was either more challenge or an overall goal. But besides that good job!
This is really cool! My game is a very similar idea but a bit differently and worse implemented. The pheromone mechanic is really cool and well implemented. The music gives it a nice feel. Seeing the ants going around and then following the trails is really cool. It does not have a lot of gameplay though. I also could not get the iron resource for some reason and was only able to make gatherer ants. Overall, very nice entry with a cool concept a lot of polish but it would be nice to fit in a bit more agency. You should check my game out, it's way less advanced but interesting that we came up with such similar ideas and went a completely different way.