TerminAnt by davikin92
A bionic ant is trapped in a huge backpack (at least from its point of view) and must shoot its way out through other insects and small creatures, solving a couple puzzles!
Download link (Windows and MacOSX) https://davikin.itch.io/terminant
A BIT OF THE PUZZLE GAMEPLAY!
[SPOILER WARNING!: DON'T WATCH IF YOU WANT TO FIGURE OUT THE PUZZLES YOURSELF] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEMQ16uVA
Solve puzzles!
Face hordes of enemies rampaging at you
Defeat enemies to gain key items to new areas
CREDITS
PROGRAMMING: David Becerra, Ricardo Pacheco, Didier Palacios
3D GRAPHICS: Hernán RodrÍguez
MUSIC AND SFX: Abel González
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/38/terminant |
Ratings
| Overall | 544th | 3.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 342th | 3.238⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 402th | 3.095⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 311th | 3.571⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 535th | 3.048⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 264th | 2.95⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 536th | 2.95⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 11🗳️ | 19🗨️ |
The grappling hook could be a great mechanic, if you decided to use it. I was kinda annoyed with it breaking...
I'm not much of an FPS player so don't quote me as an expert ^^ All I know is I had fun!
The mix of puzzle element and shooting is really good. The only comment I would make is that the enemy didn't seems very hard to beat.
The music added a lot to the game also.
(You can see me playing this game for the first time on the vod https://youtu.be/34z-nBWKdEw?t=7m24s)
For those who like this old fashion style I can imagine it's fun.
But foor me the movement was not that good.. In the second level, the end, where you have to jump to the finishl line. I couldn't do it multiple times because it is so weird.
Maybe add some edges in the level design so you cant kill all the enemies from the start point.
But cool game (:
THe only point I didn't really enjoyed is the controls that are a bit rough. The platform part on the second level is a bit hard because of that. (but who am I to judge, my game has bad controls too :p )
I do not really see the "puzzle" thing as for me it's more a platform / fps melting.
Sounds are okay (the bugs sounds are quite annoying at the beginning of the second level as there are many many bugs :) ), the music adds something to the "stressing" ambiance.
Good work guys ! Rated !
Good job!
There were some really neat aspects, the 3D Art was really good for a jam game, but the platforming was frustrating due to the character controller. The grappling hook was fantastic!
Nice job - feels like a proper game!
I usually don't like first person shooter games much, because I am very bad at them. This one, though, it more of a first-person platformer that happens to involve shooting (the same genre as Metroid Prime, basically). And I approve of that very much.
_As_ a first-person platformer, though, there is at least one are where it's a bit off - some of the platforms are very small, and it can be hard to aim your jumps properly given that you can't see your feet. So I'd definitely suggest polishing that aspect more if you continue with the game.
Other that that, though, it's hard to find a lot of flaws with this. I'd love to see more levels, with different powers and puzzle elements, etc.