haro 2024-10-07 16:42
I liked this game! Can you also rate our game?
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD56 → Ant of War
By online-play
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 2.91 | 8 | ||
| Fun | 3.25 | 8 | ||
| Innovation | 3.08 | 8 | ||
| Theme | 3.91 | 8 | ||
| Graphics | 3.25 | 8 | ||
| Audio | 2.91 | 8 | ||
| Humor | 2.37 | 6 | ||
| Mood | 3.16 | 8 |
I liked this game! Can you also rate our game?
@haro Thanks for playing. I'm glad you liked it. I can't see your game for now. Is it public?
@online-play I guess it's public, can you check?
Link gives me a 404 just fyi: https://online-play.itch.io/ant-of-war
@frontiersend Sorry I forgot to set it public. Now fiexd.
I got quite stuck trying to beat this. The anteater seems to basically grind the game to a halt, since the only good strategy seems to be to wait for it to fill up on enemy ants and then try to rush past. (Or am I missing a mechanic?) Since ants are so expensive, losing two ants basically nullify your chances at winning -- there's not nearly enough leaf drops to fund multiple ants.
Also, you can easily softlock yourself by losing your last ant with less than 10 food left, which can lead to you having to sit around and wait for the enemy ants to send enough ants to get past the anteater.
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It took some time, but I beat it!! It can be a bit frustrating to have to click the ant and then click where to go. You need to be quick when the anteater is coming for you, so it can get frustrating. I think the game would improve drastically if the number of leaves that spawn increased. A lot of the time, I was just waiting for a leaf to show up or for the anteater to eat enough ants. I'm also not sure what to do when the anteater goes all the way to the left. A restart button would be nice too, especially when you've lost all your ants and all you can do is wait. However, I do like how the ants look; it's cool how realistic they are. And... if I can be honest... I think it was a bug that helped me win the game... If the ant is frozen from the first click, the enemy ants that collide with it just die. I'm not sure if that was intentional... Anyway, given the time you had, it was a decent effort! Well done!
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Very nice game, I liked it!
Really good concept here! Having such an in depth tutorial at the start was a great idea for first time players. The graphics are spot on, really good job!