ANtopia

by pgil
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.87
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.55
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.71
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.17
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.05
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.85
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★79%
Short Zelda-like. The queen is sick. Save her.

Genres: adventure

Comments55

m4c0
m4c022 Apr 2012, 20:52
Fantastic! I got chills at the end!
mmarcati
mmarcati23 Apr 2012, 00:07
Great ambiance!!!
pgil
pgilauthor23 Apr 2012, 00:28
Uploaded a new version before the deadline... It just fixes some graphical glitches :)
Seasons
Seasons23 Apr 2012, 06:46
Bravo pgil. That was great.
YMM23 Apr 2012, 07:26
Lots of love put into this one. Good work :)
orangepascal
orangepascal23 Apr 2012, 08:13
graphics are very C64 like.. love it!, very nice, enjoyed it and completed it ;)
tinymagus23 Apr 2012, 08:27
Excellent pixel art. Good ending.
LukeRissacher23 Apr 2012, 09:16
Sweet - love the music, top notch. And great simple communication of a story without the usual excessive pontification.
nek23 Apr 2012, 10:08
Very nice! I really like the colors and music. The overall mood is superb.
amidos2006
amidos200623 Apr 2012, 14:04
Nice game I like the explosions :)
Danik
Danik23 Apr 2012, 16:08
Wonderful! Love the art and the music is great too.
castor23 Apr 2012, 21:47
I love this game. Fantastic.
JaJ
JaJ23 Apr 2012, 23:12
Works great. I like the art and love the music. Reminds me of Super Metroid.
intmain
intmain25 Apr 2012, 02:59
Lots of character in this, good work :)
bms25 Apr 2012, 07:50
I love the color palette!
strega
strega25 Apr 2012, 08:01
This is excellent! The style is pretty out there. I felt like I was playing an old school adventure game at first. I really liked the animations. The pacing feels a bit slow, but none the less its a good game.
CherryNukaCola
CherryNukaCola25 Apr 2012, 10:49
Beautiful ^_^. I wish I was given an objective, as I was just wandering around, exploring for the heck of it - also I wish there was a way to regain health. Nice atmosphere.
MrDanH25 Apr 2012, 12:29
Great game, good in all aspects :)
bompo
bompo25 Apr 2012, 18:21
Nice graphics and mood! :D
ilo26 Apr 2012, 01:21
Good old school feel, and really nice art effects - the spores exploding when they die, and the locks... er, unlocking! Great!
Orni
Orni26 Apr 2012, 20:44
I would have loved this as a child on a gameboy or snes or something

such a classic experience - well done :D
Orni
Orni27 Apr 2012, 16:07
your source code link is broken btw.
please fix that
pgil
pgilauthor27 Apr 2012, 17:25
Whoops. Yeah, I'd uploaded a new copy of the source because the old one had the wrong readme. Guess I forgot to update the link. Fixed!
spooks
spooks27 Apr 2012, 17:35
Cute ending! Nicely designed map as well! Really good!
Suese
Suese27 Apr 2012, 17:41
Bam. Definitely the most COMPLETE entry I've played. Music fit, lots of baddies, great graphics, good balanced gameplay, story, everything. Perfect entry minus innovation and humour. I also rated fun a 4, everything else 5 stars.
schattenkind.net27 Apr 2012, 18:46
The limited graphicstyle is really nice. It would be a lot easier, if the movement is free.
CappaGames27 Apr 2012, 21:38
Good job. Don't know how you did all this in 48 hours, this is a lot of content.
derosa27 Apr 2012, 21:44
Can't get the music out of my head! Nice game, thanks!
mimshwright
mimshwright27 Apr 2012, 22:25
Great work! Very impressive. You got a lot of gameplay out of a short time. I love the graphics and music.
My wife was urging me to make a game about serving the queen ant. She'll be excited to play it.
johnfn
johnfn28 Apr 2012, 03:58
Whoa, it's like this game was lifted straight out of the SNES era. And I mean that as the highest compliment. Excellent work. So impressive.
chambers
chambers28 Apr 2012, 06:02
Awesome pallete and background graphics, music and sound effects were good and very fitting to the game style!

I loved the explosion animations and also how the keyholes worked!

I'm not sure if I understood what happened at the ending, but it I did, then the ending was awesome XD
Draknek
Draknek28 Apr 2012, 16:11
Love the graphics! The gameplay wasn't particularly fun, but I enjoyed the ending.
Broxter
Broxter29 Apr 2012, 02:05
I absolutely loved the music and the pixel art. I felt like because there were so many spores to kill that it got very repetitive, although I enjoyed the story aspect and for the time limitation, it's a decently lengthy polished adventure.
Hazematman
Hazematman29 Apr 2012, 04:52
Very very cool! I have to say I really loved the music and the artwork! The only problems I had were that the collision detection was only for the bottom half of the ant, I think it should have been for the whole ant, and it would have been a lot cooler if there was an actual sword attack animation instead of the particles. Other than those two things, I really liked this game!
BNeutral
BNeutral29 Apr 2012, 05:43
That ending D:
summaky
summaky29 Apr 2012, 09:40
It is hard to believe that you've done this in just 48 hours. The mood is excellent and that music, oh the music! I really enjoyed it and the only complain I have is that is too short :-P
naufr4g029 Apr 2012, 10:05
Very nice game! Love the good pixel art graphics and the music fits well the game. :)
bitslap_29 Apr 2012, 12:21
Nice Job! I got to save the queen! Nice audio and graphics.
Jiggawatt29 Apr 2012, 12:32
One of my favorite entries in the audio department. The songs really create mood.
marudziik
marudziik30 Apr 2012, 09:36
Audio is astonishing. Great work!
Julian Spillane1 May 2012, 14:37
Fantastic game with beautiful visuals and great ambiance. The ending gave me a bit of a chuckle, too. My biggest complaint? The controls. When holding down and left I expected to move on a diagonal or at least a zig-zag pattern. Other than that though, a great entry.
seagaia
seagaia1 May 2012, 15:04
Nice and complete, nice aesthetics and music (though the spores look funny). The collision box was non intuitive though, and the enemy placement at times felt gratuitous. Also no diagonal movement.
onehandclap
onehandclap1 May 2012, 16:14
Oh... wow! Slick and good looking and sounding, great job!
Tourgen1 May 2012, 21:58
great game. I suppose the end was inevitable but it was still pretty cool. I loved the sprite work and the music.
mooosh
mooosh2 May 2012, 02:08
this is on of my favorites for sure. the palette and graphics are top notch.
Thotep
Thotep2 May 2012, 21:10
Nice graphics and interesting choice of colors. I liked the "story" as well!
Vilborg4 May 2012, 05:45
I was certainly not expecting that!
dustmyte
dustmyte9 May 2012, 08:25
What a fun little adventure! Sweet palette and graphics. The effect animations are amazing. I commend you for writing new music for each screen, and each of these loops is well orchestrated. You seriously got a lot done in 48 hours! Respect.
kato9
kato913 May 2012, 00:15
Excellent visuals - great game!
KevinWorkman
KevinWorkman13 May 2012, 16:07
This is really fun and well-polished. Some minor things like getting health back and being able to move diagonally would have been nice, and upgrades and different enemy types would take this game to the next level. Great work.
Toast
Toast13 May 2012, 16:23
Cool game.
dr_soda
dr_soda13 May 2012, 22:59
I think this pretty well captures the life of an ant, really. Nicely done!

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