neat puzzle game :]

interesting concept and cute art style :)

Cute game! (I think I'll say that a lot this week, given this jam's theme)

Very creative concept! Cute visuals and interesting gameplay. The music can get a little stale after a few levels.

One thing that'd be cool would be the ability to walk past multiple steps on a single click. Other than that, I feel like this game has lots of potential gameplay-wise, it makes you think in unusual ways.

Also, I'm curious to know how the level procgen works, it seems pretty well thought.
Great job!

Hi @conradoclark,
Thanks for your comment, I agree that the ability to past multiple steps is a nice thing to add. (I feel bored after playing for a while and I still have to click and move one step each turn)

About the map generation:

1.generate random points in an area.

2.conect each point to its closest point. Then calculate if it can reach to base point. If not, this point will connect to its closest point (not in its reachable points group) until it can reach to base.

I feel this approach may need to optimize since sometimes Unity freeze when clicking play button. It might lead to endless loop in the this generation process.

I love it! Doing a purely node-traversal strategy game similar to the map in Slay the Spire is really clever, an the ant survival theme is very cute. I'm curious: Is each level possible? They seem a little different each time so I'm assuming there is procedural generation, are you running a solver to traverse the graph to verify levels? That would be a pretty complicated system for a jam so I wouldn't expect it, but I got the feeling as soon as I spawned into some later levels that the challenge was not possible, but that may just be my own lack of skill lol. Great work!

@galactical Thanks!
Haha, it is not your lack of skill. The level is generated randomly, and I don't have a solution yet to verify if it is possible to beat in later levels. :smile:

I probably should add more mechanics to make it possible in later level though. I think adding mechanics is easier than verifying the level.

An enjoyable strategic experience with simple yet fitting graphics. Loved it.

You might be able to verify by first generating a solvable path, e.g. 20 points = 3 Kringles + some = ~4 paths that need to match energy usage. And then add additional path branches and items. An alternative is to apply a heuristic using the (distance - energy upgrade) / score to your solver, like a weight/heat map.