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made by Its_Capp for Ludum Dare 55 (JAM)

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|THERE'S ANTS ON MY SCREEN|

The Queen Ant is under siege! Assist the Queen by summoning ants and assigning them to collect resources or fight monsters!

How long can you protect the queen against the ever increasing hordes of mystical creatures?

Ratings

Overall 562th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 500th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 157th 3.895⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 660th 3.579⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 830th 3.325⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 435th 3.472⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Humor 536th 3.1⭐ 17🧑‍⚖️
Mood 949th 3.156⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Given 15🗳️ 18🗨️

Feedback

🎤 Its_Capp
16. Apr 2024 · 01:15 UTC
if the game crashes for you I'm sorry I have no idea what causes it :sob:
DaSquid
16. Apr 2024 · 02:07 UTC
When I try to download the game I just get a page that says "Not found"
LDJam user 70850
16. Apr 2024 · 02:11 UTC
I'm also not able to download the game.
GhostTori
16. Apr 2024 · 02:12 UTC
I love it haha. The ants leaving the page and coming back with chunks of meat is hilarious. Multiwindow games are always a treat. Love the music, and the little collecting effects. Great job overall :)

Try to make it more responsive next time? Cant tell if my clicks are registering most of the time. Should also give some kind of feedback for when stuff CANNOT be done due to cost and/or population.
Pugg
16. Apr 2024 · 02:15 UTC
Love the presentation and the music, super clever idea. I had a hard time getting my fighters to intercept threats, though
Cshep99
16. Apr 2024 · 02:25 UTC
i love the way it uses multiple windows! it was also a little difficult to figure out what i was supposed to be doing, but still fun.
JuicePress
16. Apr 2024 · 07:52 UTC
Damn, Capp the zip link doesn't work lmao
EggTillius
16. Apr 2024 · 10:09 UTC
ill try to fix the upload rn!!
PabloAbraham
17. Apr 2024 · 08:03 UTC
I was a bit lost on how to play, but I found the art really cool!
Retrisma
17. Apr 2024 · 22:26 UTC
I really like the visuals of the bugs crawling all over my screen! The gameplay was slightly basic but I enjoyed directing my ants around the screen! The difficulty increased rather quickly, maybe? Overall, really cool entry, I enjoyed it a lot!!
joe40001
27. Apr 2024 · 06:10 UTC
Innovative idea but I was unable to get the intended effect. For me there was just 2 windows, 1 that was all black with ants and the other with a queen stuck in the middle.
BimBim
27. Apr 2024 · 09:21 UTC
music is cool
Profugo Barbatus
01. May 2024 · 01:56 UTC
Really good! Its a basic concept but it came together really well for me, and I enjoyed the experience quite a bit. I wasn't expecting it to run how it did, that was cool.
Empyreans
01. May 2024 · 15:33 UTC
Developer casually hacking my pc xDD

Nice concept, really fun especially because it runs without background lmao.
The most hilarious game I played :)

In the end it was a bit of a mess as the difficulty spikes too fast, but kinda adds to the Virus-vibe this game seems to be going for.

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LDJam user 99418
01. May 2024 · 20:43 UTC
I love the concept but I find the UI implementation completely unacceptable to play with past the first 10 waves or so. You control the fighter ants with the mouse but you also spawn ants with the mouse in the top right..

So you are constantly fighting between defending your queen and needing to summon more ants.

IMO I would suggest one of these options, in order of impl difficulty

1) You have HOTkeys 1,2,3 for the summon ant and convert to worker and fighter ants, so you don't have to redirect the ants away from the battle just to summon more of them.

2) The fighter ants are autonomous just like the worker ants and will track down and kill enemies, themselves. Maybe you are able to set a priority for the enemy types/vs distance?

3) Ants are spawned automatically as soon as you have enough resources, or upto a maximum.

Again. The concept is great, but is greatly hampered by the over reliance on mouse UI
LDJam user 147386
02. May 2024 · 16:42 UTC
Woahhhhh, this is awesome??? I love this concept. It was a little difficult at first but I love a good challenge!