AntZ Evolution by thesentinelcat

made by thesentinelcat for LD24 (COMPO)

A kind of cannibal ant wants to dominate the picnic area. A specie of sugar ant that lives on site need to destroy the cannibal ant's lair.
You are a scientist who discover the pheromone formula of both species of ants.
Could you help the sugar ants expel the invaders?
If you prefer, you can help the cannibals feed themselves, or even watch the nature beauty...

TIPS:
1) Use water to block paths
2) More pheromone on a point, higher the probability to the ant go in that direction.
3) Use pheromone to help antz. Longer your mouse is down, more pheromone in the point.

Web	http://thesentinelcat.com/ld48/AntZEvolution.swf
Source	http://thesentinelcat.com/ld48/AntZEvolution-src.zip
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-24/?action=preview&uid=8392

Ratings

Coolness	32%	858
Overall	2.09	720

Audio	1.69	550
Fun	1.66	738
Graphics	1.78	721
Humor	1.48	570
Innovation	2.59	486
Mood	1.83	662
Theme	2.50	523

Feedback

brenthamel

27. Aug 2012 · 02:43 UTC

Took me a while to figure out how to play it, the gameplay isn't very intuitive i'm afraid :(

davidwparker

27. Aug 2012 · 03:31 UTC

Cute, Sim Ant type game. It wasn't very easy to figure out exactly how to "win"...

gabeochoa

27. Aug 2012 · 03:38 UTC

Kinda hard to figure out how to play.
Sounds were loud to me and really unexpected(startled me a few times), maybe some background music wouldve helped there

kato9

27. Aug 2012 · 05:17 UTC

Yeah, I also am having trouble understanding just what it is I'm supposed to be doing. Seems like an interesting simulation, but needs a bit more guidance for the player.

Baburo

27. Aug 2012 · 07:31 UTC

Took a while to figure out what to do, and even after reading the help text, felt pretty boring. Just watching the ants and hoping they would go the way you want them to go. Cool concept, but needs really more work to be fun enough. Keep at it. :)

eyehawk

27. Aug 2012 · 08:29 UTC

Interesting - I guess this is a sandbox type game. I couldn't quite understand how to play it, perhaps you could have in game instructions and objectives to make it clearer.

tdsmale

27. Aug 2012 · 08:38 UTC

Hard to figure out what to do, I'm afraid. :(

wibblymat

27. Aug 2012 · 10:32 UTC

The ants don't move around very much, often going back and forth between the same two points for ages, so it can take a very long time with you just sitting and watching. I kind of like the idea but the game as entered isn't much fun. There needs to be more for the player to do so they can feel a bit more involved.

🎤 thesentinelcat

27. Aug 2012 · 12:50 UTC

Thanks for the feedback guys. It was my first LD and I really expected that I would do more than I did.
Sorry for the sound @gabeochoa =/

RobProductions

27. Aug 2012 · 16:39 UTC

Haha I think I failed with only one blue ant left. Could've used more sounds.

commanderstitch

27. Aug 2012 · 17:17 UTC

I didn't know what to make of this. I just let them run around for awhile and I WON. i must rock at this! :)

Talslain

27. Aug 2012 · 20:04 UTC

Kind of confused as to how I was meant to win, the sounds were very sharp, sudden and loud so startled me a few times, music during game play and maybe not as sharp would have helped, I like the idea, and with a bit more time, I could imagine this being a good game that I could spend many hours on

YSelf Tool

27. Aug 2012 · 21:36 UTC

Hard to understand what to do, not really fun then. But a nice simulation!

zatyka

27. Aug 2012 · 22:31 UTC

Cool idea, but hard to get the hang of.

rwos

27. Aug 2012 · 22:43 UTC

Reminds me of SimAnts - including the "what the hell do I have to do" factor. :-)

Some help texts would have been cool. The ants seem to move the hearts around, sometimes - but I can't figure out under what conditions.

Ninjakannon

29. Aug 2012 · 01:27 UTC

Couldn't figure out how to play.

Qaterknan

30. Aug 2012 · 07:33 UTC

Interesing idea, but unfortunately, it isnt designed well. I didnt even find out which is which.

monomanio

03. Sep 2012 · 21:38 UTC

Didnt quite understand it at first..

mohammad

06. Sep 2012 · 00:12 UTC

The game was hard but...Fun?
Well it was difficult, that's for sure.