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A jam submission

For The Colony!!!View game page

Do it for the colony and the queen!!
Submitted by FountainGuy — 8 minutes, 13 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#14.1504.150
Creativity#14.2004.200
Audio#14.0004.000
Use of Theme#14.6004.600
Visuals#24.1004.100
Overall Enjoyment#24.3004.300
Gameplay#33.7003.700

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Comments

Submitted

Neat game - liked the idea - good job

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted

Had a really good time playing this. Really fun and creative. Great job!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted

Lovely little game, was a little annoying sometimes when you'd try to stop on the smaller platforms and you'd skid off and die. But fantastic use of the theme.

I would have liked some animations to make things feel a bit more fluid but overall it was well designed. I particularly loved the suicide scream, that made me chuckle.

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the ants sacrifices lmao.

Submitted

Fun quirky game, but the platforming could use some tweaking. Love the art!

Developer

Thank you! I think if I could go back I would definitely work on the movement a little more lol.

Submitted (2 edits)

I liked the art in this one... the pencil-drawn raster feel. The personality from the ants is really nice too with the queen's eyes, death face, and suicide animation. Also the phrases around the queen feel nice and meme-y.

Some things that I think could make it better:

  • The jumping/platforming is good and I think reducing the fall gravity (in general or while holding jump) could make it better. I found myself jumping across pits and walking backwards a bit to make sure I landed on the platform correctly. Perhaps also the horizontal acceleration/velocity on key input is a little a bit high? Tweak it and see what feels nice.
  • In keeping with the idea of the game, I think it'd make more sense if the fruit stayed where you died
  • Not sure if this was a constraint of the engine or performance, but I would shorten or eliminate the delay between death and respawning. Since it's something you expect to do in the game a lot in order to win, if there's no technical reason to have it, I think reducing it will better keep the player in flow and overall reduce player frustration.

Nicely made game. Cheers.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! I do agree that the movement and platforming could of used a little more polish and yea that death animation went for a little too long lol.

Submitted

Great Job! Fun and funny game :)

Developer

Thank you I appreciate the kind words!