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Antlector by ZombieWalrus

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made by ZombieWalrus for Ludum Dare 58 (JAM)

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About

Bored teenager discovers his grandpa's insect collection and gets involved into a week-long insect battle tournament (what? yes!)

How to Play

Click to place bait that attracts ants - good bait makes them attack the boss, bad bait kills them. You can see if bait is good or bad instantly, and click again to remove it. Defeat all bosses in 7 days to win!

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Team

Alex (@st00nsa), Kenney: music, sfx.

@jabs: guitar.

@Tapot: gd, programming.

@ZombieWalrus: gd, art.

itch.io https://zombie-walrus.itch.io/antlector
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/58/antlector

Ratings

Overall 107th 3.95⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 206th 3.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 46th 4.025⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 492th 3.525⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 74th 4.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 115th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 219th 3.421⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 258th 3.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 14🗨️

Feedback

danicoredj
Oct 06th · 22:37 UTC
i want it on app store
l6ria
Oct 07th · 10:24 UTC
the graphics are superb and this little ants are adorable
Ali Enver Sevgi
Oct 07th · 12:57 UTC
Good mechanics.
Myheadmess
Oct 07th · 18:51 UTC
My rating are biaised, I'm a ant's lover
Myheadmess
Oct 07th · 18:51 UTC
No really those ants are soooooooooo cute ! and the idea ! Very new !
BO3bMAK
Oct 07th · 19:08 UTC
The cockroach made me doubt my computer skills. But the gameplay is super innovative
Kupnu4
Oct 08th · 12:13 UTC
Oh, the graphics are very good! I really like the style. The gameplay could use a bit of polish, but all in all, it's a really nice little game. I can't say I've ever played anything like it before! Good luck with the rankings, guys!
tardis2snej
Oct 08th · 14:33 UTC
Well, at least I have an impressive death collection...

Really fun game to play, such a simple but inventive mechanics!

I was often running into issue when a charged ant would miss the boss by just a little bit and then go in spirals until gets a new charge or killed. I couldn't get through Mama Roach after all, it moved and rotated too fast and was reaching the bait faster then ants and then it would kill the ants that were going after that bait lol
Melomaner
Oct 08th · 17:55 UTC
That’s an unusual mechanic — and it’s a nice touch that all the fallen bugs were given names :)
Le Don
Oct 09th · 09:42 UTC
I like this one! The art is great and the mechanics are simpel. The tutorial had me a bit confused, since I kept attacking the jar, thinking it was supposed to break or something. Maybe you could add some progress bar and a "Tutorial complete" sign or something.
Eugenik
Oct 09th · 11:32 UTC
Lovely art and atmosphere, good work. :).
Tapot
Oct 09th · 12:03 UTC
@le-don oh, yes, tutorial should be the first thing to improve, along with other bugs, we are going to make it in post-jam version
Thank you for pointing on it, and for the feedback!
denilseven
Oct 09th · 14:51 UTC
Phew, the roach boss is a challenge. After a few attempts, I managed to beat it like this:
![roach.GIF](///raw/a04/63/z/6f170.gif)
The mechanics are a little confusing at first but very interesting. Good job team! :D
bzz_nsk
Oct 10th · 06:51 UTC
Superb art style! The game challenge is also not so easy to complete, my full respect to the team! Maybe you could make the bosses' mechanics a bit more different in future, it would be great.
Amiuke
Oct 10th · 13:55 UTC
I love your black-and-white storybook art style and the fun theme of ant fighting!
lukk_batun
Oct 10th · 19:42 UTC
Great game, very stylishly drawn, like a newspaper clipping. Mama Cockroach was really tough.
lespaul59
Oct 11th · 18:17 UTC
nice game! the graphics are so cool very nice job. the audio and music is also very cool. overall great entry!