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Ant Farm Simulatorn (GameDev.tv 2025 GameJam)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #269 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| Mechanics | #493 | 2.556 | 2.556 |
| Aesthetics | #525 | 2.778 | 2.778 |
| Overall | #590 | 2.444 | 2.444 |
| Fun | #753 | 1.778 | 1.778 |
| Story | #839 | 1.111 | 1.111 |
| Music | #860 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| Sound | #862 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
2
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
What was given plus free ant sprite on itch.io
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I managed to find one other ant, but the game mechanics were't really clear to be as well. I liked the visuals though.
Yes we were way behind were we wanted to be and hope to manage time next time better. Being paralyzed I should have cleared more of my time to this as I thought I could still stream like normal and do the jam. How wrong I was, thank you and we plan to do better next time!
Nice start, took me a bit to find out what to do
Yes we were way behind were we wanted to be and hope to manage time next time better. Being paralyzed I should have cleared more of my time to this as I thought I could still stream like normal and do the jam. How wrong I was, thank you and we plan to do better next time
If you add some background music, it would make the game more interesting. The gameplay looks good, but I only found one ant and then I didn't know what to do next.
Yes we were way behind were we wanted to be and hope to manage time next time better. Being paralyzed I should have cleared more of my time to this as I thought I could still stream like normal and do the jam. How wrong I was, thank you and we plan to do better next time!
Reminds me of sim ant. Great start, although a little confusing as to the goals
It's a good start to something. I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to be doing there seems to be a progress bar and sometimes the plant things disappear when I walk over them but I don't know why. A little context on your itch page would go a long way but other than it is fun just to dig around and expand the ant hill.
Yes we were way behind were we wanted to be and hope to manage time next time better. Being paralyzed I should have cleared more of my time to this as I thought I could still stream like normal and do the jam. How wrong I was, thank you and we plan to do better next time!
needs a bit of context to it, but other then that you have a really great idea here, a tutorial on what the goal is and a way to get worker ants faster or upgrades would be amazing!
Yes we were way behind were we wanted to be and hope to manage time next time better. Being paralyzed I should have cleared more of my time to this as I thought I could still stream like normal and do the jam. How wrong I was, thank you and we plan to do better next time!
The game was cute, I loved the ant animation. The mechanic of moving around and zoom was cool (magnifying glass vibe), nice job on creating your game! Especially for a first jame!! :D
Feedback:
- I think where this game suffers is direction and clarity on what you're supposed to do. After reading Sam's comment I tried a second time and worked out cactus feeds mushroom, mushroom feeds egg and egg makes baby ant. (just going on what I see as images)
I think if you fleshed out your game page or even in game menu to explain the game it would increase the fun factor simply by not being confused.
- The baby ant would get stuck not knowing how to navigate paths properly and it was confusing at first what it was doing.
- Make the game window bigger for browser as its super tiny and I had to zoom my browser in
- I'm not sure if this is meant to be a mechanic/feature but I think it would be cool if baby ant's could dig dirt and make their own paths. In the end I was basically just removing all the dirt as opposed to making ant tunnels.
- Also if you had a first step "tutorial" to collect the first food and mushroom that would help A LOT
Interesting concept but the elements on the main menu are very small, and once in game I was very unsure on what to do. Some things had a progress bar that sometimes went up when I touched it, but when I completed one nothing happened?
Yes we were way behind were we wanted to be and hope to manage time next time better. Being paralyzed I should have cleared more of my time to this as I thought I could still stream like normal and do the jam. How wrong I was, thank you and we plan to do better next time!