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A jam submission

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Pixel art 2D game where you build your own antpire
Submitted by Tudypie — 9 hours, 5 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#2063.5163.516
Theme#2333.8393.839
Innovation#3243.4353.435
Overall#4063.3923.392
Game Design#5203.2903.290
Graphics#6233.2903.290
Fun#7762.9842.984

Ranked from 62 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

In what way does your game fit the theme?
You are making an ant empire (antpire) so the more ants you have the stronger you will be together.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
All the assets (art, sound fx, music ) were made from scratch except for the text font and also all the code was written by me.

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Submitted

This was a cute little game. I really like the idea of creating an army of ants and I was unable to find any errors within the game

Submitted(+1)

I enjoyed playing!

I did run into a bug where I had a negative amount of ants working XD. Luckily, it wasn't game-breaking. I also think there could be a bit more food on the map (I'm not sure if it was spawned in, or if the map was set up). Your graphics were great, and I liked how you did the foreground effect. 

I don't think you normalized your movement, so I walked faster diagonally than straight.

The shop was a very nice, simple experience. I'm not sure what the "ant species" stat was for. Maybe it was the number of times I have evolved them?

The music worked well. 

Great job!

Developer

Thanks for playing! The food spawns on the map so it is not set up. Also the ant species represents how many times you evolved your ants as you said :) Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

I love the concept of the game in general and I think the artwork gives it a cool vibe. There seem to be a lot of 'ant games' in this jam and I thought this was one of the best! Well done :)

Submitted(+1)

I really love the music and art, the gameplay is good, I love this game, well done!

Submitted(+1)

The music was great and I really liked the art and gameplay! I have surprisingly played a lot of games with ants as the theme for this jam, but liked this one the most. Great job!! 

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, it was fun. especially i liked the music!

Submitted(+1)

I always wanted to create an ant game, but playing one was  at least as good. Besides the bug with calling the other ants again,  the gameplay is a nice idea. I like the way the art is made :)

Submitted(+1)

nice game better than me....

Developer

Your game is also nice :)

Submitted(+1)

Hello fellow ant gamer :D I liked your take on a harvesting system with helper ants being able to harvest while the player explores, and the ability to purchase upgrades providing a form of increasing ability. The music is really chill and positive too, I really liked it!

I did run into a couple bugs:

  • At the bottom boundaries of the map, I was stuck under one of the spikes of the trees and couldn't move
  • When I tried to call ants but didn't have any ants to call, the "call ants" window couldn't be dismissed 

I'm also wondering what you were thinking for an ending? Would you go with time, points, or something else?

Submitted(+1)

Slow start start at the beginning but after awhile it start to get more fun. I like what you done with the music and the art style is fits in with the game. It would be nice if there was a mini map because you get lost very easily in this game. Overall still a very fun game. Keep up the good work :D

Submitted(+1)

I normally liked this game , but I would suggest to improve it little bid . Overall , this is a awesome game.

Submitted(+1)

Great job on the game! It was really nice and soothing, especially the music :D
I think it'd be fun to add something that eats the ants (something you need to run away from)!

Submitted(+1)

What I liked:

  • Music
  • Objectives were clear with pictures
  • Different foods were worth different values
  • Good theme connection
  • Evolving was nice (made me faster at least)
  • Calling those ants are clutch once you get a lot, saves my precious fingersd

What I didn't like:

  • Font choice (it's hard to read)
  • Could not hold down LMB to harvest
  • Instructions were opposite in description on game page
  • Hard to find food
  • It took like 100 clicks to get some syrup on the ground (250 points)
  • No minimap (easy to get lost)
  • After my first mass ant harvest sometimes I couldn't get ants to come help (figured out it was "exhaustion", but no idea what that was and how they recouperate)
  • Could not call additional ants AFTER harvest with other ants has started
  • Had a bunch of negative scores


  • Couldn't eat any mushrooms...
  • No real ending?

In closing:

Super slow start, I was just about to ragequit when I was like...well let's see what happens when I click on this thing...then I started clicking...and it was taking forever....I was about to ragequit again... but I stuck with it... glad I did. I think you need some food literally right in front of the starting point and gradually place the more valuables out far (which may have happened, but due to no mini map and me getting lost as soon as I started, it hurt me)

Overall though, it was pretty cool. Just need to fix all those issues I listed and this could be fun with more levels (or procedurally generated ones).

Developer(+1)

Wow this is the most fair rate. Thank you so much for every suggestion and feedback! I know there are lots of things to be fixed :) Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

I really like it! The music is nice, and once you have gotten a few ant upgrades it becomes really satisfying to quickly gather food that used to take you a really long time. Something I think could be improved is food spawning more frequently. As of right now, it becomes a bit annoying to have to wander around for what seems like quite a while until you come across something else. Other then that, it's a really well-done game.

Submitted(+1)

Nice little relaxing game, fits the theme really nicely. The music is really well made, and suiting for the game. It's fun to see your little colony grow, but I feel it becomes a bit too repetitive at some point. Another small thing is that the diagonal movement seems to be much faster than sideways.  Other than that great job!

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