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Ant Slaves by Kotucz

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made by Kotucz for LD29 (COMPO)
You control swarm of ant creatures.
Their purpose is to feed the queen and replicate.
Ants have one common mind - so they behave all the same if possible.
Ants can walk, climb (when facing wall), dig and carry one object.
The queen cannot move, but it can spawn new ant when fed properly (leaves are best nutrient).
Each consumed leaf will give you additional ant to your colony. The more ant the better. No victory condition - only fun.

Controls:
WASD or arrows - move
F or spacebar - dig/take/drop/feed

Enjoy! ;-)

Created using:
Java + LibGDX, IntelliJ IDEA, GIMP
Web https://googledrive.com/host/0B5YB25WJxL3vYVJfNnpvTlNva00/index.html
Java (Executable Jar) https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5YB25WJxL3veUo3ZGVGcFFVckk
Source https://github.com/kotucz/ld29
@kotucz https://twitter.com/kotucz
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=18194

Ratings

Coolness 36% 1773
Overall 3.17 574
Fun 2.71 832
Graphics 3.00 654
Innovation 3.73 143
Theme 3.73 166

Feedback

Gaspard_
29. Apr 2014 · 14:26 UTC
Good Idea! Like the simple game-play however it's not perfect:
you can get 2 ants on the same square(they become useless) when one falls on an other.
Nevertheless, good game!
Stepperz
30. Apr 2014 · 10:27 UTC
I really like the idea!! It needs a bit of work but still a nice game so far, i see alot of potetial :)
rincewind_cz
01. May 2014 · 14:20 UTC
Well, it was quite fun indeed :-) I noticed that you can have more ants on the same square, so they usefulness depends on how many are them on that "shared" square. Also it lacks some goal or some threat for the ants.. But all in all it's good entry.
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A taky zdravim sveho krajana ;-)
KevinWorkman
02. May 2014 · 17:40 UTC
This was pretty neat. I would play an expanded version of this, could make a fun puzzle game.
Rad Star
03. May 2014 · 11:01 UTC
good little game but really difficult to handle
TheOZone
03. May 2014 · 11:04 UTC
Nice concept for a puzzle game. If you would add some way for your ants to get killed it would make it a tricky game where you have to think ahead what actions to do to keep your ants alive.
pkenney
04. May 2014 · 01:08 UTC
Neat, but not enough danger/reward to keep me going for very long... I did have some interesting puzzle moments trying to get a few leaves down. What I liked was trying to get the leaf, you would create a mess in your wake (or with the other ants) and then you'd have to try to get the other ants to dig out the leaf-carrier and make a path for him.
JoeProgram
04. May 2014 · 01:14 UTC
Very interesting! The mechanic is really fascinating, particularly when the ants start crawling on top of each other. Would have loved some animation or alternate frames for the ants so it illustrated them standing on diagonal blocks or climbing. The light mechanic seemed unnecessary, particularly when a bunch of ants got together in an inferno of light. The ant theme fits the mechanic so perfectly though - I love it!
noom
04. May 2014 · 01:26 UTC
Cool, got a bit too bright with too many ants in the one place. Nice graphics and innovative concept on controls.
littleball
11. May 2014 · 16:36 UTC
I like the lighting. Well done.