Ant Infestation

by manamat
co-authored: @kaltham
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.60
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.47
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.97
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.63
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.81
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Fight against a number of ants that are bent on infesting your home!

Controls:

Click anywhere to throw rocks at the ants.

Use Q to drop sugar which attracts a random number of ants around it (does not affect special ants)

Use W to step on ants. Does a lot of damage!
Tools: GameMaker

Comments15

ZhuLi8 Oct 2024, 01:59
Interesting game! I love the deisgn of differnet ants :)
Manamat
Manamatauthor10 Oct 2024, 15:38
Thank you! @kaltham designed the ants and all art related things :)
LDJam user 268934
LDJam user 26893412 Oct 2024, 07:05
Good game! I really liked the music and the hand-drawn art, super charming. That little green ant dude got me on my first run, but by the second run, I finally used the specials (because, let’s be honest, who reads manuals? 😄). Great job for your first jam, well done!
Wakobu
Wakobu19 Oct 2024, 02:14
Fun and balanced little game. Nice art and graphics. Congrats
Carraka
Carraka19 Oct 2024, 03:14
Woo I got to the end! It took me three tries x.x I settled on a strategy of just repeatedly shooting the same anthill on the screen regardless of whether there was anything there, with the assumption that eventually something would spawn there just in time to be killed. This strategy definitely carried me through the game, enough that I never had to use any sugars.

I really liked the different ant designs, though I never figured out whether the larger brown or blue ghost type ants had any different powers other than being larger (easier to hit) and looking different--just killed them too quickly to find out. To be fair, that's my strategy with IRL ants as well. Not going to sit around to see what happens to me. The GAME OVER screen really confirms my worst fears.
stephenwhoskins19 Oct 2024, 03:53
This has really good graphics and very fitting with the theme. I'm also jealous that you got this embedded into your page, lol. Great job!
Thoastbot
Thoastbot19 Oct 2024, 04:53
Fun little game, couldn't quite see the differenze in some of the ants other than looking different but enjoyed the minute i got to play :D
drinkycode
drinkycode19 Oct 2024, 05:33
Cute sprites for the ants! I do feel like at a certain point it didn't feel like you really needed to use the special abilities, throwing rocks was more than good enough to even get rid of the "boss" ants. Good work!
LDJam user 38931921 Oct 2024, 10:43
A very cute little game :D The throwing sound can get a tiny bit annoying after a while maybe try to have an array of throwing sounds and randomize it! :)
MrAnarion21 Oct 2024, 13:19
very funny game, but the sugar and the boot are too strong, maybe add some backlash to their uses. :D
Manamat
Manamatauthor27 Oct 2024, 16:57
Thanks for the feedback @drinkycode! We plan on implementing an HP system for the ants and maybe some more special effects for the different ants
Manamat
Manamatauthor27 Oct 2024, 16:58
Thanks @dekisenpaitm, I haven't thought of randomizing the sound but I like the idea!
Manamat
Manamatauthor27 Oct 2024, 17:01
Thanks @mranarion! You're right I should add some backlash to the player it's too OP >:)

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