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A jam submission

Professor AntView game page

After the sudden disappearance of his creator, Professor Ant has been forced to live his days in peculiar ways.​
Submitted by Hahalaop — 22 hours, 2 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Style#9603.8923.892
Overall#20053.3243.324
Creativity#26333.2433.243
Enjoyment#30812.8382.838

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
An ant is a small insect and the main character is an ant.

Development Time

96 hours

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Submitted

Love the style. The concept is interesting, but unfortunately I found the movement a bit clunky.

Developer

I've been told the movement was clunky before. I'm sorry that you had to see that. Thanks for playing though.

Submitted

Super cute looking game! Good job :D -Kaylee

Developer

Thank You, Kaylee :).

Submitted

Hello, I really love the visuals of the game and physics-based mechanics, but the game was, unfortunately, a bit frustrating. It looks like the second weight at the beginning of level 2 was sometimes falling on its own, so when I finally managed to do the first jump, I couldn't continue and had to restart the level.

Developer

I'm so sorry about that. I couldn't quite perfect the reset system :(. I hope it wasn't too frustrating though. Thank you for playing.

Submitted

Very bizarre game in a good way. It almost felt like a dream. Love the artstyle and physics based mechanics. Though there are things I will complain about. I’ll start by saying I got stuck trying to figure out how climbing works for a good while. The restart button being in the menu is a little annoying I would prefer R key more. And it might be my skill issue but I just couldn’t complete level 2 and got stuck at the swinging platform section. I was slipping from those platforms every time I just couldn’t get past that section. All in all good game but the things I mentioned make it a bit frustrating.

Developer

The restart button on R is a good idea (if only i could've had it  beforehand (T-T))

Submitted(+1)

Wdym you don’t have R key?😅

Submitted

The first jump was confusing to me, I didn't know it was a physics based game and I kept jumping before the little ball comes :D, but after that it was really fun! The art is cute and I love how there's little stuff around that doesn't add anything to the gameplay, but add a lot to the environment! On laptop the grab wall to climb is a bit finicky to work with. Great game!

Developer(+1)

Much appreciated :).

Submitted

Very nice idea! Cute art, cute story concept, and gameplay was fun. I had a bit of trouble getting used to the climbing but once I got the hand of it, it was all good! Also love the climbing sound :)

Developer

Thank you. All sfx where made in house.

Submitted

LMAO Thank god you put that restart button cause i kept falling the first minutes or so ahah once i figured everything it was fun to play ! The visual is very clea, good job !

Developer(+1)

Much obliged :D.

Submitted (1 edit)

Flinging yourself using physics is satisfying, but i wish there was checkpoints ><

Developer

Sry I should've added more checkpoints :C . But thanks for playing.

Submitted

That's a good game, I like the art and transitions

Developer

Thaank you for playing :)

Submitted

An interesting puzzle platformer, nice work on designing the professor.

Developer

Thxs-a-lot

Submitted

Overall I really like this game, especially the art style. I also like all the little intractable elements. Those really made the world feel very alive.  However, I think the restart button should be a bit more quickly accessible. I did manage to complete all the levels, but i did forget that you can pick stuff up with lmb.

Developer

Thxs for playing. 

Submitted (1 edit)

I really love the story and the art style, I think the idea of playing as Professor Ant is incredible.
Unfortunately I suck at platformers and the second jump was already too difficult for me. I would have liked Professor Ant to move a little faster and I think if you land in an area that is a dead end (or a loss) then the restart should either be automatic or faster to access at least. I do love that you took the time to decorate these areas though, it really adds a lot of character to the game!

Developer(+1)

Sorry about the reset thing it was meant to work as you described but I couldn't double-check to make sure it worked.

Submitted

Neat idea, and a very cute artstyle! And physics puzzles were pretty clever!

Though, while I understand that it's difficult to UX properly during the gamejam, more tooltips and 'easing' player into more advanced mechanics would help a lot.

Developer

Thanks for your consideration. I kinda underestimated UX a little. My bad.

The swinging platforms are evil.

Developer

>:)

Submitted

Cute art work!! i really loved it

Developer

Thanks

Submitted

I was stuck at the first jump a little too long, which is one of the reasons I'm not an ant professor. Cute interpretation of the theme :)

Developer

Yeah, the first jump is meant to show the player the limits of their jump for future puzzles. thxs.

Submitted

Love the little Professor Ant character! The game had some cool physics puzzled that I liked, unfortunately I got stuck at the wall climbing part where after I had fallen down I couldn't use the wall-climbers anymore.

Developer(+1)

Yeah sry about that. It's rigged so that you have to be walking into a wall before it detects it (at least I'm assuming that's the problem). A mistake on my part :P.

(1 edit)

Fun!

Developer

I'm glad it entertained you.

Submitted

CUTE!

Developer

Thank you

Submitted

Nice concept, the character is a little clunky to move though

Developer

thxs for the feedback are there any parts you particularly liked or disliked

Submitted

When you jump, when you touch the ground your horizontal speed reset

Developer

yeah youre right i guess it flew over my head while i was making it . My apologies

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