Ant Farm Simulator by Ovno 2012-04-23T10:13:00
Yeah, I know, sadly the animated tutorial was one of the last features on the list and it just never made it in...
Thanks for the comment :)
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| Year | LD | Theme | Game | Division | Rank | Ov | Fu | In | Th | Gr | Au | Hu | Mo | Co | |
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| 2013 | 28 | You Only Get One | Only One Bullet Left | compo | 766 | 2.67 | 2.73 | 1.87 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 26 | ||||
| 2012 | 23 | Tiny World | Ant Farm Simulator | compo | 618 | 2.68 | 2.47 | 3.42 | 3.58 | 2.32 | 2.47 | 2.00 | 2.72 | 26 |
Yeah, I know, sadly the animated tutorial was one of the last features on the list and it just never made it in...
Thanks for the comment :)
Thanks samoojamies, that's a great comment, glad you like my game :)
Thanks for the comments everyone, great to hear so much praise for my game.
Now for your questions...
Slower Paced? - yeah I think it could be, I kept it quite quick for ld so that people would get to complete it instead of just playing the first couple of minutes...
Simpler path system - I was hoping to have the 'scent trails' follow the tunnels and cross roads but after spending too much time on getting the ant farm running I had to go with a simpler path system to code, but yeah I would prefer it the other way and will be changing it if I do a full version.
Tunnel digging - I dropped this idea before I even started coding as I thought I would probably spend the entire weekend getting it working, but I would definitely like to get this one in if I take it any further. Would add a lot more longevity to the game IMO.
Colliding ants? - no they don't but they do occasionally steal each others burdens, which does make it look that way sometimes...
Wall of text - again sadly this was added right at the last minute, I might have to include some simpler instructions on here once I have done my post mortem.
Again thanks for all the great comments, given me a lot to think about, especially about the full game potential of afs...
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Interesting game, never been a fan of text based but I like the odd commands.
Quite a simple game, but fairly well polished and quite enjoyable as a quick bit of fun when you should be working.
Loved it!!! Reminded me a little of Osmos any one who like that should play this.
Played the windows port, ran very well.
Add some music to it (nice background stuff maybe orchestral or new age...), maybe some planet textures and I reckon you could make some money out of that.
Loved it, looks great, brilliant concept, pity the character moved in such a strange way, but still played for 15 mins trying to make strange globe encompassing trees :)
Sorry would have played it but can't compile java, drop a comment on my games page and i'll come back and have a look once you've sorted out a jar file.
Can't run it, msvcp110d.dll again, drop me a comment on my game once you've sorted the problem and i'll come back
Just pops up then disappears.
Drop me a comment once you've sorted it and i'll come back.
@AlanZucconi: Cheers, I was hoping to get a bloodsplat in too from your shooting yourself once caught, but I didn't have time to do the graphics though, pity cus the animated sprite code is in and working.
@Des_Nerger: Cheers that's great!
@chiguireitor: Yeah I know what you mean, I'd tried to sort this but had to give up on it in the end...
Cool, cheers for the feedback, glad you liked it.
They're not off they're just the size of the png instead of the graphic it contains, its only a few pixels anyway...
Cheers :)
Great game, could have played for ages :)
Fun game I like it :)