The Battle Ants by niterich

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made by niterich for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

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Storm the other anthill and claim victory!

Have you ever played The Battle Cats on mobile? This is pretty much that. Except not well-balanced. (which I guess makes it more like The Battle Cats?)

Ratings

Overall 209th 3.342⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 166th 3.368⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 271th 2.763⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 99th 3.868⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 181th 3.474⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

ejunegao
07. Oct 2024 · 11:04 UTC
Good job! I had fun playing this game. It must be hard to balance all the ants because there seem to be so many design decisions to make with all these types of ants.

There are two thoughts when I was playing. First, balancing was destroying some possibilities for strategies. I could see some possible strategies from the ant combinations and they would seem fun. Until I realized the power of carpenter ants. I actually waited long to build a bullet ant, only to be destroyed in around 4 to 5 hits, which made me determine into making 50 more carpenter ants to finish the game. Personally I feel like a easy solution to end carpenter ant meta is to have an AOE solution.

Second thing was that, upgrades further push the players to focus on one archetype, which might not necessarily be fun in this type of game. Players would be encouraged to build more of that upgraded archetype, and it's again likely to be the carpenter ants.

Still, it was a fun experience learning how each ant functions, trying out each ant and finding out a strategy to win!
Sviborg
07. Oct 2024 · 11:10 UTC
Thats classic game :thumbsup:
GonnaFlyMethod
07. Oct 2024 · 16:00 UTC
Reminds me plants vs zombie, the battle ants is pretty engaging
zwartraider
07. Oct 2024 · 16:06 UTC
That was a super fun game! I went hard with a swarm of the cheap ants, stomping the enemy stoner ants. But they managed to come back and smashed me instead! Game looks good and plays good, great entry! :ant: :ant: :ant:
Jacobloon
07. Oct 2024 · 16:13 UTC
Spectacular choice in creature, fun tribute(?) game as well.
Adrien Tremblay
10. Oct 2024 · 01:24 UTC
Reminds me of "Age of War"! A classic game. The art is so cute especially the designs and animations for all the types of bugs. But yes, it isn't well balanced. I feel like the enemy is too weak, they dont upgrade fast enough. Also, the fact that I can just upgrade my cheaper ants gives me less incentive to buy the expensive ones? I'm not sure what the solution to this though as I do like that I can upgrade my units!
Mibi88
12. Oct 2024 · 10:45 UTC
Small fun game, but the computer isn't strong enough and the carpenter ants are OP. The graphics are cool! A good entry!
Fractal
17. Oct 2024 · 17:07 UTC
Nice concept, but not very well balanced indeed. It is super easy to win with only the most basic ants.
Nazariglez
17. Oct 2024 · 18:19 UTC
Fun game with cute art! The ant designs and animations are great, and I really enjoyed experimenting with the different strategies. The game is engaging and has a lot of potential, gj!
Rohun
17. Oct 2024 · 18:30 UTC
Super cool game! I had fun playing and sending my army of ants. I kinda wish there was a way to get money from ants instead of waiting. The game was super engaging and really want more
oller125
19. Oct 2024 · 22:05 UTC
Cool idea. Though it was bit too easy. Carpenter ants on their own were enough.
TheTobz
23. Oct 2024 · 17:59 UTC
Very nice classic! For a prototype, I'd say this is more than enough to get you started and maybe you'll end up investing time for balancing, art, more depth etc. :)
Hengen
23. Oct 2024 · 18:01 UTC
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Ok so i figured out the difficulty is based on the enemies base's health and not on a timer, so the meta is to simply stall for time and upgrade the base to max before you attack the enemies base, then you upgrade the tier one ant, then Spam a massive wave! EZPZ

fun game 10/10