ANtopia by pgil

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made by pgil for LD23 (COMPO)
Short Zelda-like. The queen is sick. Save her.

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall 3.87 40
Audio 4.05 15
Fun 3.55 82
Graphics 4.17 34
Humor 2.85 169
Innovation 2.46 656
Mood 3.81 26
Theme 3.71 102

Feedback

m4c0
22. Apr 2012 路 20:47 UTC
Fantastic! I got chills at the end!
mmarcati
23. Apr 2012 路 00:02 UTC
Great ambiance!!!
馃帳 pgil
23. Apr 2012 路 00:23 UTC
Uploaded a new version before the deadline... It just fixes some graphical glitches :)
Seasons
23. Apr 2012 路 06:41 UTC
Bravo pgil. That was great.
YMM
23. Apr 2012 路 07:21 UTC
Lots of love put into this one. Good work :)
SidetrackGames
23. Apr 2012 路 07:26 UTC
Brilliant!
mastazavr
23. Apr 2012 路 07:51 UTC
Great game!
orangepascal
23. Apr 2012 路 08:08 UTC
graphics are very C64 like.. love it!, very nice, enjoyed it and completed it ;)
tinymagus
23. Apr 2012 路 08:22 UTC
Excellent pixel art. Good ending.
LukeRissacher
23. Apr 2012 路 09:11 UTC
Sweet - love the music, top notch. And great simple communication of a story without the usual excessive pontification.
nek
23. Apr 2012 路 10:03 UTC
Very nice! I really like the colors and music. The overall mood is superb.
amidos2006
23. Apr 2012 路 13:59 UTC
Nice game I like the explosions :)
Danik
23. Apr 2012 路 16:03 UTC
Wonderful! Love the art and the music is great too.
castor
23. Apr 2012 路 21:42 UTC
I love this game. Fantastic.
JaJ
23. Apr 2012 路 23:07 UTC
Works great. I like the art and love the music. Reminds me of Super Metroid.
intmain
25. Apr 2012 路 02:54 UTC
Lots of character in this, good work :)
bms
25. Apr 2012 路 07:45 UTC
I love the color palette!
strega
25. Apr 2012 路 07:56 UTC
This is excellent! The style is pretty out there. I felt like I was playing an old school adventure game at first. I really liked the animations. The pacing feels a bit slow, but none the less its a good game.
CherryNukaCola
25. Apr 2012 路 10:44 UTC
Beautiful ^_^. I wish I was given an objective, as I was just wandering around, exploring for the heck of it - also I wish there was a way to regain health. Nice atmosphere.
MrDanH
25. Apr 2012 路 12:24 UTC
Great game, good in all aspects :)
bompo
25. Apr 2012 路 18:16 UTC
Nice graphics and mood! :D
ilo
26. Apr 2012 路 01:16 UTC
Good old school feel, and really nice art effects - the spores exploding when they die, and the locks... er, unlocking! Great!
Orni
26. Apr 2012 路 20:39 UTC
I would have loved this as a child on a gameboy or snes or something

such a classic experience - well done :D
Orni
27. Apr 2012 路 16:02 UTC
your source code link is broken btw.
please fix that
馃帳 pgil
27. Apr 2012 路 17:20 UTC
Whoops. Yeah, I'd uploaded a new copy of the source because the old one had the wrong readme. Guess I forgot to update the link. Fixed!
spooks
27. Apr 2012 路 17:30 UTC
Cute ending! Nicely designed map as well! Really good!
Suese
27. Apr 2012 路 17:36 UTC
Bam. Definitely the most COMPLETE entry I've played. Music fit, lots of baddies, great graphics, good balanced gameplay, story, everything. Perfect entry minus innovation and humour. I also rated fun a 4, everything else 5 stars.
schattenkind.net
27. Apr 2012 路 18:41 UTC
The limited graphicstyle is really nice. It would be a lot easier, if the movement is free.
CappaGames
27. Apr 2012 路 21:33 UTC
Good job. Don't know how you did all this in 48 hours, this is a lot of content.
derosa
27. Apr 2012 路 21:39 UTC
Can't get the music out of my head! Nice game, thanks!
mimshwright
27. Apr 2012 路 22:20 UTC
Great work! Very impressive. You got a lot of gameplay out of a short time. I love the graphics and music.
My wife was urging me to make a game about serving the queen ant. She'll be excited to play it.
johnfn
28. Apr 2012 路 03:53 UTC
Whoa, it's like this game was lifted straight out of the SNES era. And I mean that as the highest compliment. Excellent work. So impressive.
chambers
28. Apr 2012 路 05:57 UTC
Awesome pallete and background graphics, music and sound effects were good and very fitting to the game style!

I loved the explosion animations and also how the keyholes worked!

I'm not sure if I understood what happened at the ending, but it I did, then the ending was awesome XD
Draknek
28. Apr 2012 路 16:06 UTC
Love the graphics! The gameplay wasn't particularly fun, but I enjoyed the ending.
Broxter
29. Apr 2012 路 02:00 UTC
I absolutely loved the music and the pixel art. I felt like because there were so many spores to kill that it got very repetitive, although I enjoyed the story aspect and for the time limitation, it's a decently lengthy polished adventure.
Hazematman
29. Apr 2012 路 04:47 UTC
Very very cool! I have to say I really loved the music and the artwork! The only problems I had were that the collision detection was only for the bottom half of the ant, I think it should have been for the whole ant, and it would have been a lot cooler if there was an actual sword attack animation instead of the particles. Other than those two things, I really liked this game!
BNeutral
29. Apr 2012 路 05:38 UTC
That ending D:
summaky
29. Apr 2012 路 09:35 UTC
It is hard to believe that you've done this in just 48 hours. The mood is excellent and that music, oh the music! I really enjoyed it and the only complain I have is that is too short :-P
naufr4g0
29. Apr 2012 路 10:00 UTC
Very nice game! Love the good pixel art graphics and the music fits well the game. :)
bitslap_
29. Apr 2012 路 12:16 UTC
Nice Job! I got to save the queen! Nice audio and graphics.
Jiggawatt
29. Apr 2012 路 12:27 UTC
One of my favorite entries in the audio department. The songs really create mood.
marudziik
30. Apr 2012 路 09:31 UTC
Audio is astonishing. Great work!
Julian Spillane
01. May 2012 路 14:32 UTC
Fantastic game with beautiful visuals and great ambiance. The ending gave me a bit of a chuckle, too. My biggest complaint? The controls. When holding down and left I expected to move on a diagonal or at least a zig-zag pattern. Other than that though, a great entry.
seagaia
01. May 2012 路 14:59 UTC
Nice and complete, nice aesthetics and music (though the spores look funny). The collision box was non intuitive though, and the enemy placement at times felt gratuitous. Also no diagonal movement.
onehandclap
01. May 2012 路 16:09 UTC
Oh... wow! Slick and good looking and sounding, great job!
Tourgen
01. May 2012 路 21:53 UTC
great game. I suppose the end was inevitable but it was still pretty cool. I loved the sprite work and the music.
mooosh
02. May 2012 路 02:03 UTC
this is on of my favorites for sure. the palette and graphics are top notch.
Thotep
02. May 2012 路 21:05 UTC
Nice graphics and interesting choice of colors. I liked the "story" as well!
Vilborg
04. May 2012 路 05:40 UTC
I was certainly not expecting that!
unicornpooping
04. May 2012 路 14:53 UTC
Perfect. Awesome on so many levels.
dustmyte
09. May 2012 路 08:20 UTC
What a fun little adventure! Sweet palette and graphics. The effect animations are amazing. I commend you for writing new music for each screen, and each of these loops is well orchestrated. You seriously got a lot done in 48 hours! Respect.
kato9
13. May 2012 路 00:10 UTC
Excellent visuals - great game!
KevinWorkman
13. May 2012 路 16:02 UTC
This is really fun and well-polished. Some minor things like getting health back and being able to move diagonally would have been nice, and upgrades and different enemy types would take this game to the next level. Great work.
Toast
13. May 2012 路 16:18 UTC
Cool game.
dr_soda
13. May 2012 路 22:54 UTC
I think this pretty well captures the life of an ant, really. Nicely done!