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Command Ant Conquer by JuDelCo

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made by JuDelCo for LD 38 (JAM)

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Winter is coming and the ant colonies are preparing for gathering food. Unfortunately, there's not enough for everyone this year... conflict is approaching. Assume the role of a majestic ant queen and command your forces to conquer Ant Island.

  • Gather massive ammounts of food to satisfy your gluttony
  • Give birth to hundreds of hungry ants to gather even more food for even more hungry ants
  • Steal the eggs of other colonies and make them believe they'r your sons, because you're a bad person.
  • Attack defenseless worker ants while they try to make a living.
  • Play with up to 4 friends. Show them who's the queen.

Play / Download

  • * https://judelco.itch.io/command-ant-conquer * (WebGL & Windows)

Controls

Keyboard 1: W,A,S,D to move, 'V' to gather ants around you.

Keyboard 2: ←,↑,→,↓ to move, ',' to gather ants around you.

Gamepads: ←,↑,→,↓ to move, 'A' to gather ants around you.

NOTE: Up to 4 players can play with any combination of keyboard/gamepads.

Credits

Game Design

  • Javier Cepa (@JaviCepa , https://twitter.com/javicepa)

Programming

  • Juan Delgado (@JuDelCo , https://twitter.com/judelco)
  • Miguel Criado (@Macro , https://twitter.com/macro)

Music / Sound Design

  • Daniel Parejo (https://twitter.com/parejomusic)

Artist

  • Athenea Reche (@Zaxhui , https://twitter.com/Zaxhui)

Title

Instructions

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Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/command-ant-conquer

Ratings

Overall 26th 4.16⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 7th 4.28⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 123th 3.72⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 106th 3.96⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 209th 3.96⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Audio 47th 4.043⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Humor 128th 3.478⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Mood 118th 3.826⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 22🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

Ouro
26. Apr 2017 · 10:44 UTC
Great game! Despite I played alone it was so much fun. It is well polished and is so funny. I hope you keep working on the idea and bring some IA to play agains the computer.
Congrats!
SheepKing
26. Apr 2017 · 21:42 UTC
Pretty fun game.

Could be nice to add a solo mode though.
FernandoAdolfo
01. May 2017 · 12:11 UTC
Amazingly good game. You must choose at least two players, so if you play alone you will have only two enemies instead three. That is its only default, everything else is really good.
nuclearfriend
01. May 2017 · 13:56 UTC
Really nice little strategy game, plays really well for something made in just a few days! Loved the music. :) I got destroyed but I might have to bookmark this to play again later. Could maybe have a singleplayer mode?
La mecanique du plastique
01. May 2017 · 15:44 UTC
Wow, that was unexpected ! Congratulations, this is a totally playable and enjoyable couch game. We were impressed to discover more mechanics during the session (raiding the nest and stealing eggs !). There is a small lack of clarity, and it was a bit long to have someone gaining control of the map to reach 200, but the graphics are lovely and the gameplay is amazing. Bravo !
Richard Michael Smith
01. May 2017 · 23:33 UTC
I think the WebGL version is a little messed up - it seems to force at least 2 players? I downloaded the Windows version and was able to play solo and it's really rather hard!!!
I lost my first game but by then I understood the mechanics of the game so I replayed. The problem I then faced was that the game went on for ages! With a little more balancing I think this could be a great game!
Daniel Moreno
02. May 2017 · 08:20 UTC
Played this game with a friend some days ago. It's cool to see a strategy game on a gamejam.
The game feel of this game is really polished and everything works as it should. The game is really enjoyable, even better when you play with someone else, and it is easy to understand and play.

Great game! :)
matita
02. May 2017 · 14:23 UTC
Well done!

Music is great, visuals are great, design is great, what can I say more? Totally enjoyable!

I was a bit concerned at the start screen when I had to play with 2 players, I thought I should play against myself, but instead I was glad I was against 3 AIs and not 4!

Great work, really
rplnt
03. May 2017 · 12:15 UTC
Great game, all aspects of it. Only one issue I've had was the Queen was hard to spot (some sort of color on her would help).
SkullPixel
04. May 2017 · 02:14 UTC
I really do enjoy games with tons of little characters all battling it out. This has some potential. The graphics were nice even though they were so minimalistic. Well done!
DavidRico
04. May 2017 · 07:31 UTC
Lovely strategy game, specially fun for 4 players! Love the pixel ants :D
NueboMundo
05. May 2017 · 01:15 UTC
Wow, a couch game for the LD, now that's some dedication!

Even with the nice little explicative image in the How To Play section, I was a bit lost at the beginning. Fortunately, the game is very self-explanatory once you try it out for a bit. Even with the initial confusion, I managed to win at the end, mostly investing all my resources in creating the biggest ant army ever (lol). Turning the tables on the CPUs was very satisfying!

Extra kudos for the IA of the enemies, feels really "alive" to me, impressive work right there.
BitOfGold
14. May 2017 · 07:03 UTC
Wow!
You should get high ratings, this game is really fun!
Nice music, nice audio, works without glitches!
I'm very curious about the AI, I hope you make a postmortem later about it!

If you have the time, please play and rate my game:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/three-of-you
Celine Veltman
16. May 2017 · 10:42 UTC
Cute small game, had fun playing it! Great job with the music
kawales
16. May 2017 · 17:43 UTC
This is one of those games that you tried doing irl as a kid, truly amazing even more when considering it was done for the jam, props to the team!
mikolak
16. May 2017 · 18:43 UTC
Seriously, one of the best entries I've seen so far. Very tightly executed concept, nice graphics and audio, easy-to-understand mechanics. Also curious how you implemented the AI. Congrats on getting all of this done for the Jam!

PS. Love the name :D.
Superbusyrobot
16. May 2017 · 19:07 UTC
Yeah, this is getting a very high rating from me. I love the blend of 2D and 3D going on here, the soundtrack is very appropriate and not annoying, and the gameplay mechanics are pretty solid and engaging. I would actually like to play this multiplayer with some friends sometime, and I really enjoy how nicely all the grouping and control stuff works.

Overall, really fantastic work here. Definitely keep it up!
szimano
17. May 2017 · 15:22 UTC
all 5* game, the most enjoyable i've played here. congrats!
Jupiter_Hadley
20. May 2017 · 12:27 UTC
Super fun game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQvFJMpbZ5A
johnnysix
20. May 2017 · 18:59 UTC
Loved the militaristic music. Great fun - took a few goes to figure out - didn't figure out how to breed ants the first time round.