Woahhh, fellow bug game maker! Another "betting on silly bugs" game, even! You love to see it. And it's a really fun idea, too! Some notes:
- I love all the art, it's all so charming! The models are super high quality, and the 2D graphics are adorable. I especially love the eyes on the ant model.
- The menus are all easy to maneuver through, which is nice, but having some music for the menus and maybe some button sounds would be awesome.
- Honestly, the lack of sound effects in general was a bit disappointing, but it wasn't a dealbreaker, either.
- The camera was the biggest problem for me - it swapped so often that I could hardly tell what was going on, and not being able to see my ant for most of the race was a bit of a bummer. At the very least, having something like a minimap to show where each and is would be nice, but perhaps zooming out the camera in general or even letting the player manually swap which ant they're watching would be a major help. It might also be nice to help distinguish the ants from each other somehow, like making them different colors or giving them funny hats!
- I'm not sure if this was just me, but it didn't feel like the upgrades were making my ant much better. I was still performing just as poorly in the Biscotti Cup after buying half a dozen upgrades as I was at the start. That said, I love the flavor of the upgrades! The image of an ant with earpods in and holding a sippy cup rolling around on rollerskates is really fun. (On a second playthrough, this was probably just because my ant was REALLY slow the first time - 6 speed or something - my second run's ant was much faster.)
- The end of the game bugged me a bit, too, because there was no indication that it was coming up. Also, I got both the win and loss screens popping up simultaneously, and neither "Try Again" button seemed to work. Maybe I just got a weird score, and that broke things? On my second run, I got no ending at all.
-Sometimes ants would escape out of bounds, but I assume this is just a part of the game after they complete the race? I'm not sure.
- I love the names of the ants, very silly.
- The music was well-chosen, I just wish there was a bit more.
I really liked the game, reminded me a bit of Chao races but still with its own unique flavor. The camera makes it a bit hard to follow, but if it was easier to tell what was going on then I could definitely see myself coming back to play often!