Ant Simulation by Suchista

made by Suchista for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Chill with ants and watch them gather food and reproduce. You can mess with their pheromone paths using your mouse.

The HTML5 version is slightly less precise, because it runs at 30FPS, while the native app runs at 60FPS.

Tools used:

C language
Raylib library
Emscripten for compiling to web

Inspired by Pezzza's Work.

Link	https://suchista.itch.io/ant-simulation-ld56
Link	https://suchista.itch.io/ant-simulation-ld56
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/ant-simulation

Ratings

Overall	733^th	3.361⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Fun	966^th	2.763⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	697^th	3.105⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Theme	173^th	4.132⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	784^th	3.211⭐	21🧑‍⚖️
Mood	887^th	3.056⭐	20🧑‍⚖️
Given		11🗳️	14🗨️

Feedback

Martta

08. Oct 2024 · 16:57 UTC

The link is marked as "HTML5 (web)", but there is only download link and no browser version available. I am using Mac, so I can only play web or macos builds.

🎤 Suchista

09. Oct 2024 · 11:12 UTC

@martta sorry for the problem, the HTML5 version should work now. thankfully porting is allowed

KR1MZON

10. Oct 2024 · 16:12 UTC

amazing i love ants

Rosalyn

10. Oct 2024 · 16:20 UTC

didnt entirely understand the controls tbh for whih mouse button does what exactly. still had fun watching them go in waves instead of just a straigh tline for whatever reason

Roitchie

10. Oct 2024 · 16:21 UTC

I got lost in this for a while. Just watching the ants move back and forth is really mesmerising. I figured out a good strategy. Focusing on strengthening paths from the spawn to each food and then to eachother got a nice path going. ![Screenshot 2024-10-10 172010.png](///raw/c20/7/z/68774.png)

LGK-Productions

10. Oct 2024 · 16:23 UTC

Nice little simulation, very relaxing to look at. I'm not sure whether the food sources deplete or not, because at some point, the ants just started pathing over them. It's always nice to see a fellow ant enjoyer though ^^. Great job!

Itskdog

10. Oct 2024 · 19:54 UTC

Nice simulation. I remember playing Sim Ant when I was int middle school. There's something enjoyable about watching ants. Good job!

JDeeDubs

11. Oct 2024 · 20:26 UTC

I'm really into this. Watching the ants gradually chip away at the apples is incredibly satisfying. It would be cool to have a way to remove pheromone trails to experiment with pathing, or have them expire over time.
That being said, this is nice vibes. Great submission!

Valmontechno

20. Oct 2024 · 13:20 UTC

It's really cool to see these little ants following one after the other.

What's also really cool is that you can modify the level by modifying the `img/level.png` file (even if it's maybe not done on purpose). I started to make a maze for the ants but I went a little too far in the modding...

![Sans titre.png](///raw/f93/f4/z/68fc2.png)

TheBookSnail

22. Oct 2024 · 17:41 UTC

I really enjoyed this. Would have loved for there to be a competing colony and bigger map (obviously hard to do in a jam). Digging a tunnel straight through an apple is for some reason hilarious.

There's gotta be food around here somewhere...
![swarm.png](///raw/863/72/z/6907b.png)

LDJam user 1930

22. Oct 2024 · 18:09 UTC

Good idea to use the jam to implement such a fun simulation! It's quite mesmerizing to watch the ants do their thing, but also fun to be able to lead them to another path :)

🎤 Suchista

25. Oct 2024 · 22:33 UTC

@valmontechno LOL I love it!