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Nuke 'Em Ants by cmayhem

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made by cmayhem for LD32 (COMPO)
Nuke 'Em Ants

Super-giant radioactive ants are destroying humanity.
Nuke them from the orbit!

Controls:
Left mouse button: clean radioactivity
Right mouse button: rotate globe
Left + Right mouse buttons: launch nuke at mouse cursor.
Escape: exit

Tips:
Avoid nuking population centers, prefer nuking over oceans.
Ants spawn from radioactive zones, remove them asap.
Nuking creates new radioactive zones, clean them before moving on or more ants will spawn.

Good luck saving humanity!
Windows http://www.student.oulu.fi/~htormala/pc/nukeemants.zip
Source http://www.student.oulu.fi/~htormala/pc/nukeemants_src.7z
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=22508

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1713
Overall 3.04 680
Fun 2.91 683
Graphics 3.43 329
Humor 2.94 431
Innovation 3.45 315
Mood 2.76 688
Theme 2.91 862

Feedback

bradur
20. Apr 2015 · 07:18 UTC
[+] Cool render of Earth!
[+] Intuitive controls that feel responsive
[+] Easy to understand gameplay
[+] Fun and original idea
[+] The fact that by blowing up an ant you risk spawning more is a clever gameplay element

[-] No sounds / music

Managed to save the world!
http://i.imgur.com/bpHpAuT.png
el_kloklo
20. Apr 2015 · 13:07 UTC
I don't understand why sometimes when I clean radioactivity it pops up elsewhere?
Finn
20. Apr 2015 · 13:10 UTC
An ok idea that I feel was let down by lack of polish and wonky controls. Using left and right click in conjunction isn't very tight. I would've made it so that holding left click rotates the Earth and removes radiation, so that the player can rotate the Earth while they're clicking on a radiation symbol. It removes thinking time and frees the right mouse button to be the launch nuke button.
jhell
20. Apr 2015 · 13:14 UTC
Really cool graphics, simple gameplay (a bit too simple maybe?), loving the nuke effect. A bit off-theme maybe?
repstyle
20. Apr 2015 · 14:36 UTC
That could be fun but there is some things that don't work IMO.

I would recommend using right click to nuke, and left click to move earth, this is usually done like that.

Also, the game could be fun if it was well balanced, here stuff happen randomly and in seconds you understand that you will lose anyway.
Paramaters that are doing this are condition and frequency of enemies generation.

Last thing, when the game finish, you can still play and it's kind of weird.
Jaenis
24. Apr 2015 · 08:54 UTC
Cool graphics, but I really missed some audio... :)
chikun Dev Team
25. Apr 2015 · 08:13 UTC
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.
Demy
26. Apr 2015 · 09:12 UTC
Fun game. I'm too slow to win it, but I had a nice time playing it.
SpringCabal
04. May 2015 · 12:03 UTC
The explosions look nice although the flash is a bit too bright. Didn't have a lot of fun (there are no clear goals or even points). No sound/music ruins the mood.
panurge
04. May 2015 · 12:05 UTC
Nice gameplay mechanic which could easily be expanded on in a full game. Lovely smooth controls and visuals too. It's a shame you didn't get to add sounds as I think a few effects would have gone a long way. Good work!
Anti
05. May 2015 · 11:07 UTC
Really good graphics and a very fun game. The controls feels very good.
Fabraz
05. May 2015 · 13:52 UTC
Nuking is not a very unconventional weapon. Giant ants are certainly unconventional enemies though! You should check out "First Strike", it's a game with similar ideas to yours, it might inspire you to continue on this game.
KaiseanGames
06. May 2015 · 12:33 UTC
The ants in my kitchen don't go into water. Just sayin' :)

I like the Earth :)