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Ant Farm by LastResortGames

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made by LastResortGames for LD31 (JAM)
You are an ant digging out an ant hill.

It is your job to assign ants to the three jobs.

Diggers help your main ant dig faster.
Foragers gather food for the rest of your ants.
Warriors fight enemy ant armies.

Click on dirt to dig. You have to click each individual spot to dig it out. If is not bordering an already Dug or designated to be dug spot it will not work.

Press P to move the camera to the player.
Press C for the credits.

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(In Post-Jam version)
Press S to mute the game
Press M to see the entire map.

Also the world is 4 times bigger in the post-jam version. It was kind of small for a reason. Then I fixed that reason and didn't re-enlarge it.

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At semi-regular intervals you will be attacked by enemy ants. You will have a few seconds to prepare. (They don't actually exist. It is just a bunch of messages.)

On the theme, typically we make RPG's and multi room games. So this time we just made a game where all of the information was in the same area.
Web (Post-Jam) http://www.kongregate.com/games/LastResortGames/ant-farm-ld31
Windows http://www.lastresortgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Ant_Farm.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=5040

Ratings

Coolness 72% 3
Overall(Jam) 2.74 870
Audio(Jam) 3.37 230
Fun(Jam) 2.31 944
Graphics(Jam) 2.74 738
Humor(Jam) 2.09 745
Innovation(Jam) 2.74 699
Mood(Jam) 2.62 791
Theme(Jam) 2.31 990

Feedback

Spacemyname
08. Dec 2014 路 20:46 UTC
Can't get the game to actually work, though it looks interesting!
馃帳 LastResortGames
08. Dec 2014 路 20:49 UTC
What is the problem exactly? I just double checked both versions and it worked as expected.
MatthewHolland
08. Dec 2014 路 20:51 UTC
The management bit was nice, but I couldn't really work out which way I was digging. The enemy ants didn't get in, probably because I wasn't digging enough.
Aglavra
08. Dec 2014 路 20:51 UTC
It would be nice to have some animations, for example, illustrating the amount and state of different ants. I liked the music.
Tasteslikefuture
08. Dec 2014 路 20:51 UTC
Nifty game! Nice blend of rts mechanics and combat. Great job! Music is pretty good too!
ajopart
08. Dec 2014 路 20:57 UTC
Works fine for me. Needed time to figure out how to increase the number of ant per job... That was obvious but I'm tired after two days of jam... BTW I don't understand what the digger brings to the gameplay. They dig, ok, but what's the purpose in the game ? furthermore, the game doesn't fit the theme... but nice job anyway
OldPeculier
08. Dec 2014 路 21:36 UTC
Nice premise. I couldn't get anything to happen though.

Wait? How is this in the theme?
NickMakesGames
08. Dec 2014 路 21:38 UTC
reminds me a bit of Rymdkapsel, but it has a very interesting twist on the formula. Very neat.
xWarZonex
08. Dec 2014 路 21:41 UTC
I don't understand how to play... It doesn't make sense...
Arowx
08. Dec 2014 路 21:43 UTC
Nice little concept. I think you might need to make the arrows for assigning ants more like buttons. Took me a while to work out what to do.

Arrow keys or WASD for scroll would be nice. Great little tune as well.
馃帳 LastResortGames
08. Dec 2014 路 21:45 UTC
We interpreted the theme as limiting all information to one area. No levels or rooms or other zones. Just one place. It's a bit liberal I guess but it's what we went with. So... that's how it fits haha. If it isn't good enough better luck next time I guess.
ProfessorRekyl
08. Dec 2014 路 21:46 UTC
Fun! I had to give it some time to understand how it works. I like the concept, would love to see some more animations during the gameplay. Thanks
Tiago Ling Alexandre
09. Dec 2014 路 01:31 UTC
I found it a little confusing initially, but after understanding how the game works it gets interesting. As others have said, the lack of animations and more dynamic stuff on the screen takes some credit off the game, would love to see more movement! Good job!
sP0CkEr2
10. Dec 2014 路 05:10 UTC
hard time figuring out to do - still i liked the idea - nice work
TriSquare
10. Dec 2014 路 20:05 UTC
The ui just need an over haul and than you game would be truly epic, its a shame tho :(
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
12. Dec 2014 路 17:02 UTC
Pretty neat concept, nice work!
Domicuc
12. Dec 2014 路 17:11 UTC
Nice game, I really like the audio.

Btw. If oyu want, check my game, thank you!
Tater_hater
12. Dec 2014 路 17:12 UTC
it was a little difficult to see what was going on, however the visuals were nice
Wilson
12. Dec 2014 路 21:21 UTC
Cool game, very satisfying. I guess there's no actual point in digging stuff out right now? At least, I never found anything even after digging all the way to the bottom and checking out the sides.
pht59x
16. Dec 2014 路 17:48 UTC
WTF do you do with this? Does not seem to really suit the theme. Music is fine.
ImYellowFish
19. Dec 2014 路 11:24 UTC
The management is fun! It might be better if digging brings something useful powerups for the player. And after some level ups, player's army value always dominates the enemy, and the waves seem more like a boost for ant numbers
ramonparaiba
19. Dec 2014 路 20:58 UTC
I loved this graphics
01rafael
29. Dec 2014 路 04:44 UTC
My ant kingdom is defeat. I can't get it. Poor ants xD