Ants Inc.

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.93
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.86
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.03
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.68
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Being an ant is serious business! Type words quickly to keep these tiny workers productive.

How to Play:
* You manage a team of ants!
* Keep them working hard by typing all the words that appear on your screen.
* If you ignore a word for too long, you'll get fired. Game over!
* New ants will join your company over time. Gather all 12 ants to win!

Play it on itch.io! https://mike-salyh.itch.io/antsinc



Tools used: Unity, Flash, Bfxr, beepbox, Photoshop, Audacity

Bug Fixes: :ant:
10/8/20: Disabled fullscreen mode, because certain words weren't rendering correctly in fullscreen.

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Comments21

Tero Pulkkinen
Tero Pulkkinen5 Oct 2020, 03:18
the graphics is very nice. Seems to require quick typing.
makkurataichou
makkurataichou5 Oct 2020, 04:44
This game is super fun!! I love all the different ant animations, and the way the game ramps up is challenging yet exciting. I was able to hire 11 ants, hopefully I can get to 12 some time!!
HOM BRE
HOM BRE5 Oct 2020, 20:09
Very cool game! Great game-feel and animations, the game felt overall super-polished. Though I did have a little problem where the bottom of screen was cut of so I couldn't see some words.
MikeSalyh
MikeSalyhauthor5 Oct 2020, 21:38
@hom-bre thanks for the tip! I updated the itch.io window to make it taller; hopefully that'll resolve the issues!
MariusSomka5 Oct 2020, 23:39
great game! Simple, but well finished. Feels fresh to play
Purrseus
Purrseus5 Oct 2020, 23:48
This was so insanely sweet, everything about it :heart:
Embedder72
Embedder726 Oct 2020, 00:03
Nice concept and I loved the consistent feel.
MrTroy
MrTroy6 Oct 2020, 00:12
No matter how many times I play, I can't get past nine!
namnam
namnam6 Oct 2020, 08:00
Nice one, the music is kind of chill (and the game is, at least at the beginning ^^").
Kornel
Kornel6 Oct 2020, 09:29
Very lovely artstyle :smiley:
TheCakeConsortium6 Oct 2020, 15:27
This game made me realize how reliant i am on auto-complete and spell checks, lol. I made it to 10 ants, so i think i did OK :laughing:

It's a quick and fun game, good work!
melvinng8 Oct 2020, 07:49
Quick game with good visuals, I enjoyed playing it! Good work!
beats8 Oct 2020, 07:53
mavis beacon teaches typing but with ants, simple but effective, makes typing fun.
Hugo13068 Oct 2020, 17:55
Cool graphics and sounds especially for a compo :smiley:
There were a few times where I couldn't read the words which were at the bottom of the screen when it was in fullscreen and where fired because I couldn't figure out what it was. It's bit frustrating :joy:
Here is just a screen of an example where the text overflow the screen :
MikeSalyh
MikeSalyhauthor8 Oct 2020, 18:46
Thanks for the heads up @hugo1306! You get the golden ant award. :trophy: :ant:
I went back and disabled fullscreen mode, so nobody else has to encounter that bug.
Next LDJam, I'll make sure to QA both regular *and* fullscreen mode haha.
godsboss11 Oct 2020, 06:32
This game is so intense!
ubershmekel
ubershmekel11 Oct 2020, 06:35
This was a cool typing game. I wish it would have either told me my wpm at the end - or even better - if the words would tell a story about the ants I'm hiring. The art style was simple, but cute and effective. I cared about those little workers. The craziness of having multiple words to take care of was effective in causing me to worry and just chase words as fast as I could. Sometimes it felt like the wrong word was picked up, that's probably because of my mis-typings. I wonder if having backspace as a feature would be useful. Either way - it was pretty cool. Thank you for the game.
MikeSalyh
MikeSalyhauthor14 Oct 2020, 23:37
@ubershmekel I love WPM idea. If I make any post-compo edits, I'll definitely include that among them.
elysiagriffin
elysiagriffin17 Oct 2020, 23:29
Saw Birdwards playing this on his stream and had to try it out since I enjoy typing games. Cute entry, loved the simple art style & animations! I appreciated that the game would give you a moment to pause between "levels" and would only start when you began typing the next word. Got 11 ants on my first try, 12 ants on my second :D
Its a bummer full screen wasnt working and would love to see an endless version where you can see how long you can last before an ant gets fired.
MikeSalyh
MikeSalyhauthor18 Oct 2020, 18:36
Thanks for playing @elysiagriffin! An unlockable endless mode is a great idea! I’ll add that in once the compo judging is finished :)

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