Ant Ascent: journey to the top by ITSTIMOTHY999

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made by ITSTIMOTHY999 for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

A simple platformer game where you are an ant trying to get to the top of the tree to get the ultimate nectar for you colony A/S or right/left arrow key to move W or up arrow key to jump

Ratings

Overall 310th 2.65⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 303th 2.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 311th 2.425⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 222th 3.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 286th 2.775⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 252th 2.235⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Humor 226th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 266th 2.85⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 25🗳️ 7🗨️

Feedback

🎤 ITSTIMOTHY999
06. Oct 2024 · 16:54 UTC
definitely the best game ever
Arscene
08. Oct 2024 · 07:32 UTC
Can't download the game from the itch.io page: "This game is currently unavailable".
diabolical-sloth
08. Oct 2024 · 10:05 UTC
game is unavailable :(
🎤 ITSTIMOTHY999
08. Oct 2024 · 11:25 UTC
sorry guys for the inconvenience but i fixed it, you can download it now :grinning:
BOHNE
08. Oct 2024 · 11:47 UTC
mayby norm
MrBananaz
08. Oct 2024 · 11:52 UTC
Would be nice if you could export it in HTML5 for easier accessibility
🎤 ITSTIMOTHY999
08. Oct 2024 · 12:02 UTC
yes i wanted it to be able to play on web but i got burnt out from coding and school work :sweat_smile:
LogovoStudio
08. Oct 2024 · 12:49 UTC
Its cool, that such a good game is made by python and pygame. Good job
ellaris
08. Oct 2024 · 13:08 UTC
It was possible to jump in the air and sometimes go through blocks. I liked the leaf and ant animation and the background art.
ThaProfesional
12. Oct 2024 · 12:05 UTC
Cool art / style - I really liked the animation. Controls feel good. Managed to get all the way to the top.

Missed sound - would have loved music and some effects. Also similar to ellaris I could sometimes jump through blocks, and a few times I fell through them.
asfdfdfd
18. Oct 2024 · 14:46 UTC
I think it's nearly impossible for me to launch this game...
AppreacherOne
18. Oct 2024 · 15:28 UTC
There are a bunch bugs in the game (hehe). For example, if I press and hold the spacebar, I just fly upwards and go through all the platforms. And then when I get to the top that way, it just resets me back to the beginning (I don't know if there are more levels, but there didn't seem to be any for me), and only gave me the "ending" screen the 4th/5th time.
Martta
18. Oct 2024 · 16:32 UTC
How to play? There are only .py files.
AppreacherOne
18. Oct 2024 · 17:12 UTC
@martta Install python, run "pip install pygame", then navigate into the directory, where the game's .py files are. Then run the command "python3 main.py"
AppreacherOne
18. Oct 2024 · 17:12 UTC
@martta Install python, run "pip install pygame", then navigate into the directory, where the game's .py files are. Then run the command "python3 main.py"
ugly_robot
18. Oct 2024 · 17:27 UTC
Cool game! A few bugs, but still cool to see nonetheless. I really like the character art! Good stuff
henk
19. Oct 2024 · 14:32 UTC
Not bad! You may want to find a way to calculate collision based on the level
data rather than hard-coding the dimensions of each platform. You can do it by
looping over `boards` similar to how you loop over it when drawing the
tiles to the screen.

Additionally, when you do detect a collision, you should reverse the player
movement that triggered the collision. For example:
```py
self.rect.y += self.yvelocity
if self.is_colliding_with_terrain():
self.rect.y -= self.yvelocity
self.yvelocity = 0

self.rect.x += self.xvelocity
if self.is_colliding_with_terrain():
self.rect.x -= self.xvelocity
self.xvelocity = 0

```
There are more advanced things you can do to improve movement/collision but something like the above should fix the "phasing through platforms" issues people are seeing.
VMormoris
22. Oct 2024 · 19:39 UTC
Cool game, nice work :)
The colliders are a bit wonky but another than very good :D
Aurailus
22. Oct 2024 · 19:55 UTC
This is really cool! The install process was kinda funky, and I definitely think you could benefit from packaging it as an exe in the future, but I really enjoyed playing!
🎤 ITSTIMOTHY999
24. Oct 2024 · 06:57 UTC
@henk thaks, i tried to make the collision base on the index codes on the level matrix but i cant get it to work so i made the hitbox manually in the last few hours
🎤 ITSTIMOTHY999
24. Oct 2024 · 06:57 UTC
@henk thaks, i tried to make the collision base on the index codes on the level matrix but i cant get it to work so i made the hitbox manually in the last few hours
🎤 ITSTIMOTHY999
24. Oct 2024 · 06:59 UTC
@thaprofesional thanks for playing, the hitbox is kinda funky because i made it manually in the last few hours, how do i make my own sounds? on my previous projects i just took it from google but the jam said to make everything on my own so i did and idk how to make sounds/music
Plasmak
24. Oct 2024 · 08:12 UTC
Cool to see a game made with pygame! Hitbox was a bit wonky for me, but it's a good effort given the engine!
ThaProfesional
24. Oct 2024 · 10:49 UTC
> how do i make my own sounds?

@itstimothy999 for sound effects I normally set aside 30m to record myself either making weird mouth sounds into a microphone or hitting things into other things. Eventually I get a few sounds I like. My music skills are terrible I just noodle around on a super cheap second hand keyboard.

I'm sure there's programs that could chip-tune something out pretty quick.. including some crunchy NES style sound effects..