{"author_link":"\/users\/jernskegg","author_name":"Jernskegg","author_uid":1396561,"comments":[{"id":1084782,"author_name":"magus77","author_uid":"magus77","epoch":1728341057,"text":"Good first one! I love the style and the little bugs with the device and antenna. Movement is smooth and the idea is good too, i can see where you wanted to go. It lacks sounds to make it feel more alive. \n\nNext jam you'll get the hang for time management a bit better. If you are stuck on something for too long in a jam, just change the scope a bit and make a simpler version of what you are stuck on. \n\nHope you had fun making this one.\n\n","format":"md","likes":1,"spam":"N"}],"format":"md","images":["ld56\/wayback-placeholder.png"],"links":[],"metadata":{"g_key":"95100","g_author":"1396561","g_event":"LD56","g_eventkey":"115","g_subevent":"UNFINISH","g_urlkey":"443930","g_title":"Ant-o-Morph (First ever entry)","g_status":"WAYBACK","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"1","g_site2_node_id":"397203","g_hide":"Y","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":{"n_key":"397203","n_urlkey":"443930","n_parent":"395186","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/ant-o-morph-first-ever-entry","n_slug":"ant-o-morph-first-ever-entry","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"unfinish","n_author":"396561","n_created":"1727387000","n_modified":"1778479176","n_version":"1265868","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD56","removed_author":false},"_superparent":9,"_trust":1,"author":396561,"body":"#Hello \nand thank you for playing my entry in the Ludum Dare game jam!\n\n# The game's premise \nis about a scientist who, due to an experiment failure, gets shrunk. To return to his normal size, he needs to build an enlarging machine. However, the parts are scattered around his backyard, and because he is now so small, he struggles to survive the dangers.\n\nThe scientist manages to capture an ant and attaches a control device to its back, allowing him to ride and control it. With the ant\u2019s help, he can gather some of the machine parts, but not all of them.\n\nTo maximize efficiency, he can swap parts between different insects\u2014like their heads, bodies, and backs\u2014to give the ant special abilities.\n\nUnfortunately, I had to throw in the towel and turn this into a showcase instead.\n\nThis is my first-ever entry to Ludum Dare. I had a lot to learn, and while I feel the scope was reasonable for the time available, several issues arose that halted development.\n\nThe biggest problem was with the terrain. My lack of experience meant I had to recreate it four times before I got the hang of it.\n\nAnother issue was enemy pathfinding. I got stuck on this and ran out of time to learn it properly because the terrain work took longer than expected.\n\nAll in all, this is a showcase of what I was able to achieve with little to no game development experience.\n\n# Features\n- explore the terrain\n- changing insect parts in the morpher\n- picking up chips\n\n# How to play\nWASD to move around\nmouse to look around\nTo change parts you can hop on the morpher and a menu will pop up, you can click on Ant head, Ant body, Ant back.\n\n\n# TL-DR\nI ran into some issues and had to turn the game into a showcase. I hope you enjoy what I\u2019ve managed to create!","comments":1,"comments-timestamp":"2024-10-07T22:44:17Z","created":"2024-09-26T21:43:20Z","files":[{"author":396561,"id":35510,"name":"Ant-o-Morph-Jernskegg.zip","node":397203,"size":63446691,"status":9,"tag":0,"timestamp":"2024-10-07T22:20:14Z"}],"files-timestamp":"2024-10-07T22:20:14Z","id":397203,"love":0,"magic":{"cool":141.42135623731,"feedback":0,"given":2,"grade":0,"smart":41.42135623731},"meta":{"allow-anonymous-comments":"1","author":[396561],"cover":"\/\/\/content\/11d\/06\/z\/67537.png","grade-05-out":"1","grade-06-out":"1","link-01-tag":[50]},"meta-timestamp":"2026-05-11T05:59:36Z","modified":"2026-05-11T05:59:36Z","name":"Ant-o-Morph (First ever entry)","node-timestamp":"2024-10-07T22:34:47Z","parent":395186,"parents":[1,5,9,395186],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/56\/ant-o-morph-first-ever-entry","published":"2024-10-07T22:34:47Z","scope":"public","slug":"ant-o-morph-first-ever-entry","subsubtype":"unfinished","subtype":"game","type":"item","version":1265868},"text":"#Hello \nand thank you for playing my entry in the Ludum Dare game jam!\n\n# The game's premise \nis about a scientist who, due to an experiment failure, gets shrunk. To return to his normal size, he needs to build an enlarging machine. However, the parts are scattered around his backyard, and because he is now so small, he struggles to survive the dangers.\n\nThe scientist manages to capture an ant and attaches a control device to its back, allowing him to ride and control it. With the ant\u2019s help, he can gather some of the machine parts, but not all of them.\n\nTo maximize efficiency, he can swap parts between different insects\u2014like their heads, bodies, and backs\u2014to give the ant special abilities.\n\nUnfortunately, I had to throw in the towel and turn this into a showcase instead.\n\nThis is my first-ever entry to Ludum Dare. I had a lot to learn, and while I feel the scope was reasonable for the time available, several issues arose that halted development.\n\nThe biggest problem was with the terrain. My lack of experience meant I had to recreate it four times before I got the hang of it.\n\nAnother issue was enemy pathfinding. I got stuck on this and ran out of time to learn it properly because the terrain work took longer than expected.\n\nAll in all, this is a showcase of what I was able to achieve with little to no game development experience.\n\n# Features\n- explore the terrain\n- changing insect parts in the morpher\n- picking up chips\n\n# How to play\nWASD to move around\nmouse to look around\nTo change parts you can hop on the morpher and a menu will pop up, you can click on Ant head, Ant body, Ant back.\n\n\n# TL-DR\nI ran into some issues and had to turn the game into a showcase. I hope you enjoy what I\u2019ve managed to create!","title":"Ant-o-Morph (First ever entry)","wayback_recovered":true,"wayback_source":{"capture":{"original":"https:\/\/api-jam.ludumdare.com\/vx\/node2\/get\/397001+397002+397003+397004+397005+397006+397007+397008+397009+397010+397011+397012+397013+397014+397015+397016+397017+397018+397019+397020+397021+397022+397023+397024+397025+397026+397027+397028+397029+397030+397031+397032+397033+397034+397035+397036+397037+397038+397039+397040+397041+397042+397043+397044+397045+397046+397047+397048+397049+397050+397051+397052+397053+397054+397055+397056+397057+397058+397059+397060+397061+397062+397063+397064+397065+397066+397067+397068+397069+397070+397071+397072+397073+397074+397075+397076+397077+397078+397079+397080+397081+397082+397083+397084+397085+397086+397087+397088+397089+397090+397091+397092+397093+397094+397095+397096+397097+397098+397099+397100+397101+397102+397103+397104+397105+397106+397107+397108+397109+397110+397111+397112+397113+397114+397115+397116+397117+397118+397119+397120+397121+397122+397123+397124+397125+397126+397127+397128+397129+397130+397131+397132+397133+397134+397135+397136+397137+397138+397139+397140+397141+397142+397143+397144+397145+397146+397147+397148+397149+397150+397151+397152+397153+397154+397155+397156+397157+397158+397159+397160+397161+397162+397163+397164+397165+397166+397167+397168+397169+397170+397171+397172+397173+397174+397175+397176+397177+397178+397179+397180+397181+397182+397183+397184+397185+397186+397187+397188+397189+397190+397191+397192+397193+397194+397195+397196+397197+397198+397199+397200+397201+397202+397203+397204+397205+397206+397207+397208+397209+397210+397211+397212+397213+397214+397215+397216+397217+397218+397219+397220+397221+397222+397223+397224+397225+397226+397227+397228+397229+397230+397231+397232+397233+397234+397235+397236+397237+397238+397239+397240+397241+397242+397243+397244+397245+397246+397247+397248+397249+397250+397251+397252+397253+397254+397255+397256+397257+397258+397259+397260+397261+397262+397263+397264+397265+397266+397267+397268+397269+397270+397271+397272+397273+397274+397275+397276+397277+397278+397279+397280+397281+397282+397283+397284+397285+397286+397287+397288+397289+397290+397291+397292+397293+397294+397295+397296+397297+397298+397299+397300+397301+397302+397303+397304+397305+397306+397307+397308+397309+397310+397311+397312+397313+397314+397315+397316+397317+397318+397319+397320+397321+397322+397323+397324+397325+397326+397327+397328+397329+397330+397331+397332+397333+397334+397335+397336+397337+397338+397339+397340+397341+397342+397343+397344+397345+397346+397347+397348+397349+397350+397351+397352+397353+397354+397355+397356+397357+397358+397359+397360+397361+397362+397363+397364+397365+397366+397367+397368+397369+397370+397371+397372+397373+397374+397375+397376+397377+397378+397379+397380+397381+397382+397383+397384+397385+397386+397387+397388+397389+397390+397391+397392+397393+397394+397395+397396+397397+397398+397399+397400+397401+397402+397403+397404+397405+397406+397407+397408+397409+397410+397411+397412+397413+397414+397415+397416+397417+397418+397419+397420+397421+397422+397423+397424+397425+397426+397427+397428+397429+397430+397431+397432+397433+397434+397435+397436+397437+397438+397439+397440+397441+397442+397443+397444+397445+397446+397447+397448+397449+397450+397451+397452+397453+397454+397455+397456+397457+397458+397459+397460+397461+397462+397463+397464+397465+397466+397467+397468+397469+397470+397471+397472+397473+397474+397475+397476+397477+397478+397479+397480+397481+397482+397483+397484+397485+397486+397487+397488+397489+397490+397491+397492+397493+397494+397495+397496+397497+397498+397499+397500?authors&parents&superparent"},"object":"objects\/sha256\/3d\/3de563ad4c6774e02f518f466570c8db35c4b11dc66324f8ab209e0d53059a58","record":"shard-2\/json-live-urgent-v3\/records\/c88ec4a434edbab6a89ccc5ffa881361fd786013fc1e01fa8f19fdc0e6be028f.json","sha256":"3de563ad4c6774e02f518f466570c8db35c4b11dc66324f8ab209e0d53059a58","source":"https","stored_at":1784022517}}