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Ant Infestation

By manamat and Kaltham

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall4893.6021
Fun4843.4721
Innovation9392.7121
Theme2803.9721
Graphics5703.6321
Audio4033.3921
Humor1453.8020
Mood7073.3421

Comments

leyronmirox 2024-10-07 22:58

very funny game!

zhuli 2024-10-08 01:59

Interesting game! I love the deisgn of differnet ants :)

manamat 2024-10-10 15:38

Thank you! @kaltham designed the ants and all art related things :)

senso 2024-10-12 07:05

Good game! I really liked the music and the hand-drawn art, super charming. That little green ant dude got me on my first run, but by the second run, I finally used the specials (because, let’s be honest, who reads manuals? 😄). Great job for your first jam, well done! Screenshot 2024-10-12 at 08.59.57.png

psv-games-studio 2024-10-19 00:55

Nice game! Very fun, good job!

wakobu 2024-10-19 02:14

Fun and balanced little game. Nice art and graphics. Congrats

carraka 2024-10-19 03:14

Woo I got to the end! It took me three tries x.x I settled on a strategy of just repeatedly shooting the same anthill on the screen regardless of whether there was anything there, with the assumption that eventually something would spawn there just in time to be killed. This strategy definitely carried me through the game, enough that I never had to use any sugars.

I really liked the different ant designs, though I never figured out whether the larger brown or blue ghost type ants had any different powers other than being larger (easier to hit) and looking different--just killed them too quickly to find out. To be fair, that's my strategy with IRL ants as well. Not going to sit around to see what happens to me. The GAME OVER screen really confirms my worst fears.

stephenwhoskins 2024-10-19 03:53

This has really good graphics and very fitting with the theme. I'm also jealous that you got this embedded into your page, lol. Great job!

thoastbot 2024-10-19 04:53

Fun little game, couldn't quite see the differenze in some of the ants other than looking different but enjoyed the minute i got to play :D

drinkycode 2024-10-19 05:33

Cute sprites for the ants! I do feel like at a certain point it didn't feel like you really needed to use the special abilities, throwing rocks was more than good enough to even get rid of the "boss" ants. Good work!

dekisenpaitm 2024-10-21 10:43

A very cute little game :D The throwing sound can get a tiny bit annoying after a while maybe try to have an array of throwing sounds and randomize it! :) Screenshot 2024-10-21 124215.png

mranarion 2024-10-21 13:19

very funny game, but the sugar and the boot are too strong, maybe add some backlash to their uses. :D

manamat 2024-10-27 16:57

Thanks for the feedback @drinkycode! We plan on implementing an HP system for the ants and maybe some more special effects for the different ants

manamat 2024-10-27 16:58

Thanks @dekisenpaitm, I haven't thought of randomizing the sound but I like the idea!

manamat 2024-10-27 17:01

Thanks @mranarion! You're right I should add some backlash to the player it's too OP >:)