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GMTK Game Jam 2024

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AnthillView game page

Short Puzzle Platformer about ants
Submitted by zinnerzPT, RitaMacedo — 1 hour, 42 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#11963.7074.182
Enjoyment#13953.3843.818
Overall#14823.4923.939
Style#21523.3843.818

Ranked from 11 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?
The game revolves around ants and you control more and more ants each level, as well as being able to grow and shrink them in size in order to solve puzzles

Development Time

96 hours

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
untitled game music by Abstact_Wave -- https://freesound.org/s/747848/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

VS Button Click 03.mp3 by Vilkas_Sound -- https://freesound.org/s/707040/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Whip.wav by mccormick_iain -- https://freesound.org/s/371115/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

Retro Gaming font - https://www.dafont.com/retro-gaming.font

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Comments

sophieisconfusedSubmitted189 days ago(+2)

This is definitely an underrated take on the character resizing gimmick. I like that the big boy ants have this sort of cocky bodybuilder look to them. I also appreciate that the color change makes it very clear which ant you currently control.

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Scales of Justice
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zinnerzPTDeveloper189 days ago

Glad you enjoyed it!

Really appreciate the feedback, and we did notice it was hard to figure out which was the "active" ant at first, and the gray-scale transition felt like the cleanest solution

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Titanite ProjectSubmitted192 days ago(+2)

Very pretty puzzle platformer, the ants could have moved a little bit faster but that's a great game indeed :D

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Quantic Giant
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zinnerzPTDeveloper191 days ago

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Character speed is always a bit tricky to get right, but we'll take that into account if we decide to expand on the idea so thanks for the feedback as well :D

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RedstoneworkerSubmitted192 days ago(+2)

The music and sounds are great as is the art I like the big ants. I wish the characters were a bit faster so solutions could be enacted quickly but overall great job :D

Submitted
Desert Scale
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zinnerzPTDeveloper191 days ago

Thanks for playing and thanks for the feedback. Character speed is always tricky to get right, especially on such short development times and with no real player testing, but your opinion is very valid. We will likely tweak the character speed if we decide to expand on the idea.

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Jiayue WuSubmitted193 days ago(+2)

A clever puzzle platformer! The scaling mechanic makes much sense and the pixel art is done nicely.

Submitted
LLL LLL
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zinnerzPTDeveloper192 days ago

Thanks, we're glad you enjoyed it

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HuangnandesSubmitted194 days ago(+2)

This was really clever! I loved how you also scaled the camera view so everything looked smaller as the game progressed (it felt kinda meta!). Really great job!

Submitted
i hope this finds you
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zinnerzPTDeveloper192 days ago

Thanks, it felt like the obvious solution to increase the level complexity, and it had to cool little side effect of being kinda meta haha

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SuperNrd GamingSubmitted194 days ago(+2)

very cool puzzle game! I beat about 6 levels

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zinnerzPTDeveloper192 days ago(+1)

Glad you enjoyed it!

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