Ant World by DanEEStar

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made by DanEEStar for LD29 (COMPO)
It's hard work to be an ant.

A rough game without sound and music, but a lot of hard work.

The game is programmed with CoffeeScript using the Phaser game engine.
The game works directly in the web browser, best on Chrome or Firefox.

Ratings

Coolness 64% 3
Overall 2.74 971
Fun 2.87 691
Graphics 2.13 1159
Humor 2.00 849
Innovation 3.38 342
Mood 2.16 1142
Theme 3.32 506

Feedback

microapple
28. Apr 2014 · 03:53 UTC
Nice AI! Graphics are a little crude, but overall enjoyable.
Jonochrome
28. Apr 2014 · 04:00 UTC
Interesting gameplay mechanic, although I wish the ants moved a bit faster. Reminds me of Lemmings, in a way. I found it kinda fun figuring out how to navigate the ground until the level with eight apples... during which I came to the important life realization that I'm glad not to be an ant.
john_conder9
29. Apr 2014 · 06:36 UTC
I have a feeling that 8 apple level is a troll level :P The first thing that sticks out to me about this game is that it desperately, desperately needs a 8x speed button. Other than that, definitely getting a very good lemmings vibe. Has a lot of potential, wouldn't mind seeing a version with more time put in. Good work!
Lolshouse Dev Team
29. Apr 2014 · 06:36 UTC
Simple and fun. Pace could have been a little quicker, such as the long black spells in between levels. Entombing the ants in dirt causes them to turn crazy and morph into butterflies. Dirt butterflies. Dead dirt butterflies. Whoa.
Keehan12
29. Apr 2014 · 07:27 UTC
Loooved the Idea! Programming and Art could use some tweaking but brilliant concept
chase
29. Apr 2014 · 07:27 UTC
That was cool, I really like being able to dynamically manipulate the terrain. It was also fun figuring out the proper way to make the ants move to the fruit.
Hemuuuli
29. Apr 2014 · 07:28 UTC
Like others said the pace of the game is kinda slow and fast forwards button would be nice.

Otherwise really good use of the theme!
Simon@LD
29. Apr 2014 · 07:30 UTC
I like the mechanics! Also, this game changed my mindset about ants ;)
rogberth
29. Apr 2014 · 07:33 UTC
Really good idea. Unnecessary slow in the 8 apple level haha. Put a speed button or something.
Dreii
29. Apr 2014 · 07:44 UTC
Reminded me of simant, pretty cool concept if it was expanded and polished it could be really awesome! It actually gave me an idea for a totally different type of game haha!
alwaysinbeta
29. Apr 2014 · 08:57 UTC
Excellent idea and the gameplay feels very well implemented. You should definitely go on to polish up the graphics and add some audio.
PlasterPhantom
29. Apr 2014 · 11:53 UTC
Cool game, but it could've been more than this I think. Cool stuff though :)
Jan Peter (jpdev)
29. Apr 2014 · 12:57 UTC
liked it, but my ants sometimes ran through the earth (when the incline was too steep for them) (using firefox 18.0.2)
Tanner
29. Apr 2014 · 13:13 UTC
Nice game!
pandavigoureux
29. Apr 2014 · 14:11 UTC
Nice concept.
PaperBlurt
29. Apr 2014 · 16:00 UTC
I don't even lie when I say that this was so simple and brilliant that it transform into pure genius.

These kind of gameplay is so good and easy to learn and addictive!
cudabear
29. Apr 2014 · 20:42 UTC
A nice little game! This would be a fun mobile game.
stvr
29. Apr 2014 · 21:07 UTC
A bit rough, but the terrain deformation is done really well!
Linus Lindberg
02. May 2014 · 11:57 UTC
I would have liked some sounds and better graphics, but the gameplay was really nice :)
Delca
02. May 2014 · 19:23 UTC
A simple game with a well-executed idea. I liked it, but the last level was not 'hard work', just tedious once you got the first apple. Still had fun playing it, good job!
end3r
03. May 2014 · 14:16 UTC
Interesting idea for a game which is quite enjoyable and nice to play.