Antastic Antventure

co-authored: @karel-k, @marteno, @rander
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.88
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.19
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.94
Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.06
You are an ant who is being chased by anteaters named Sleepyhead, Mr. Cap, DRIP and George.
You have to escape through a maze to freedom.
You gain score points by how fast and how far you get.
To get through the maze you will sometimes need to use doors. You have to go over a button for the door to open.
Button: Door opening:
The overall maze is made from leaflike blocks and various difficulty passages.
there are special wallblocks which you can actually pass through, they are distinguishable by a red dot in the middle.
The anteaters are constantly chasing you. The map moves ahead at a pretty much constant speed. Except, if you pass an imaginary red line on the screen, the anteaters will chase you faster for a moment. Until your ant character is back at the middle of the screen.
If the anteaters do catch you, the game ends. You see your score and have the chance to quit or try again.
The game does have an ending, if you truly finish the maze and escape the anteaters you get a prize.

Comments4

Frogcula
Frogcula7 Oct 2024, 01:58
really cool idea, I did get cornered near the end :cry: great job !
Fernando Tonon de Rossi
Fernando Tonon de Rossi7 Oct 2024, 02:35
A few years ago (LD48) I also did an anteater themed game... haha yours is so much better! thanks for this game, it is quite well polished, nice to play!
Sharky3188
Sharky31889 Oct 2024, 04:41
Those ant eaters are looking fly!
Fun little game, had a nice intensity to it that got me pretty invested, i do wish there was a bit more variety as the level went on.
I think a different sprite would have been great for the tiles you could pass through, just like a dirt passage or something similar, the red dot wasn't the easiest to see and thematically would have been nice to have something else in.
The timer felt a bit unnecessary as I was constrained by the camera so I couldn't go faster. It made me think for a while that it was just survive as long as possible, eventually you had the half way point which confirmed there was an ending.
Overall a fun game with the music adding a lot to the intensity.
Kekwu
Kekwu10 Oct 2024, 11:29
Love the concept and the gameplay, but there may need more improvements on the art style, cause as a pixel art game, in my opinion having the pixels in the same size would be better.

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