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A jam submission

Ants!View game page

A short physics-based game about ants!
Submitted by shraiwi, the-soph-ia — 4 minutes, 57 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Fun#653.9313.931
Innovation#693.8973.897
Game Design#2133.6903.690
Theme#3843.6213.621
Overall#4663.3333.333
Graphics#5543.3793.379
Audio#16761.4831.483

Ranked from 29 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?
Fire ants can latch onto one another to form structures. In a flood, this can mean the difference between life and death. Our idea was to take that collaborative spirit and gamify it! In this game, you are an ant queen controlling a swarm of workers to help you reach your destination. No ant alone can do this job. You must work as a team, where you are stronger, together.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Everything was hand-drawn, hand-coded, and made from scratch. We used Godot for the game engine and Piskel for the art assets.

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Submitted(+2)

That was an amazing game to play, really fun!! Really good job. The only piece of advice I'd give is have some sort of audio in the game whether it's some royalty free background music or a basic jumping sound. Don't take that the wrong way I loved your game you should be proud. Good job.

Submitted(+2)

This was great! A bit glitchy, ( I couldn't go past lvl 5 because the ants would just stay in the box hovering in the air forever. ) but hey, game jams, haha.  I really liked it overall.

Submitted(+2)

Very interesting concept and great implementation, good job!

Submitted(+2)

An interesting concept.  Sometimes a bit too imprecise for how precise it seems to want you to be, specifically on the last level.  As well it was a bit hard to tell it was ants since it was generally just a red blob.  Though it is pixel art so it makes sense.   Overall level design was pretty good, led to some interesting challenges in trying to place the ants and such which was nice, would've preferred more levels but it is a jam game so there's only so much you can do manage in a week.  Time frames and all.

Submitted(+2)

Its an interesting and amazing not boring puzzle game. I was so interested that I finished all the levels. It's FUN.

Submitted(+2)

nice, this was probably one of the most fun games of the jam for me! i was stuck at places and managed to get through, which is what makes it feel like a good puzzle game. very good job :)

Submitted(+2)

Really great game! loved the way how every level didnt really have a set solution but something the player made themselves, occasionally some levels could be beaten without making anything really but generally the level design was really well done, really interesting concept executed very well good job!

Submitted(+2)

You got a pretty interesting game going on here. I liked the idea of the ants helping the queen ants and the graphics were not too bad.  The gameplay mechanics were quite difficult though seeing I had limited space to work with when making the bridges and the physics almost always messing up the structure of it. Overall though, this game was a pretty nice entry!

Also, for some reason when I begin a new level and try to restart, the space button doesn't work the first try :c

Submitted(+2)

Awesome game idea! I had fun trying to beat every level. Each one was cool and unique. Great job!

Submitted(+2)

I really like this concept and would love to see it polished and continued. The controls could do with some work

Submitted(+2)

Love the graphics! And the level design is so awesome, I have lots of fun playing it.
Great Job 👍

Submitted(+2)

A good easily understood game! For a concept and that many levels, one mechanic is enough.

Submitted(+2)

I love the ants mechanic, very unique and reminded me of old flash games! Nice work.

Submitted(+2)

great game, great concept, great execution. visuals were simple and good, the "static" effect used for the ants got the point across very well. some of the early levels felt confusing, camel and retrograde beat themselves if you draw nothing. the game seemed to really hit its stride by the fall levels. from here on the levels felt very original and well designed, using the physics and jump mechanic of the ant in creative and intuitive ways. slide and the last level stand out to me especially. had a lot of fun with this one, great work!

Submitted(+2)

Nice idea. It forces me to think :D

Submitted(+2)

Neat idea for the theme, sad there wasnt any music but I still had fun with all of the puzzles :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Nice simple game, the drawing mechanic is so well polished. Had fun ^_^

Submitted(+2)

Could make it till the 9th level but no further. Cool idea & execution, nice art, great job!

Submitted(+2)

this is so fun but difficult, I have tried quite a few times in the 4rd level but cannot pass it haha

Submitted (1 edit) (+2)

Unpopular opinion:

Ants > Monkes

Submitted(+2)

Also have to say this game is really fun! A very creative idea with the perfect name lol

Developer(+1)

Ants represent!

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