Ants Versus the (bug) World by machino

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made by machino for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Use specialized pheromones to control ants, collect resources, and kill all your fellow bugs.

Ratings

Overall 585th 3.5⭐ 21πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Fun 685th 3.237⭐ 21πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Innovation 420th 3.447⭐ 21πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Theme 255th 4⭐ 21πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Graphics 755th 3.289⭐ 21πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Audio 577th 3⭐ 21πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Humor 819th 2.472⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Mood 830th 3.167⭐ 20πŸ§‘β€βš–οΈ
Given 13πŸ—³οΈ 9πŸ—¨οΈ

Feedback

WaffleFish
08. Oct 2024 Β· 04:10 UTC
Cool game. I wish there were clearer instructions in the beginning but I managed to figure it out. I liked how you drag pheromones to the resources to get the ants to pick it up. I wish it was a bit faster paced or gave more of a challenge, but it was still fun. Great job!
🎀 machino
08. Oct 2024 Β· 05:26 UTC
@wafflefish Thanks! The first stage is a bit of a rushed tutorial done at the very end, the real game starts when you destroy the worm nest that's to the right. That's where the real (possibly impossible) challenge begins.
Mijio
08. Oct 2024 Β· 08:41 UTC
fun to play, easy to learn mechanics. I like this game SO much)
Prismapunch
08. Oct 2024 Β· 22:56 UTC
Game was pretty fun. I was confused a little bit on what each of the trails do (and I still don't know) but I did fight with some worms and spiders. The graphics are cute, and I like the trail drawing feature. The different kind of ants you can spawn was a bit unclear too.. but overall very nice work.
Jared Saizdelamora
09. Oct 2024 Β· 22:13 UTC
Awesome game, super unique concept. Great job!
Iwant_Pizza
09. Oct 2024 Β· 22:20 UTC
It’s cool, very cool, but it’s not clear at all. I was literally thrown into a pixel world with pleasant, non-intrusive sounds and, to put it mildly, like a homeless person with a pencil and cardboard, they sat me down and said, you can draw, erase and sit and do it) But the game is cool
LerkaDverka
10. Oct 2024 Β· 22:06 UTC
Cool game :))
Jacobloon
11. Oct 2024 Β· 04:32 UTC
I love the music, it truly made me feel like a divine being commanding my ant workers. Frustrating when they don't follow my pheromone trails, but a very unique concept that made for different gameplay than just selecting them. Good job!
HCS_Hades
13. Oct 2024 Β· 04:04 UTC
The spiders destroyed me! Had my red ant feeling good, and then two spiders came and just killed my squad.

Idea is cool - definitely something that would be expanded on :)
runningopenloop
15. Oct 2024 Β· 00:25 UTC
Hard with the spiders, never had enough for the big looking one. -J
Hare Software
24. Oct 2024 Β· 22:10 UTC
I love strategy and tactical gameplay, so this was right up my alley. The pacing is great, the tiny sprites are wonderful and the challenge was well balanced! well done!
Pachino55
25. Oct 2024 Β· 03:43 UTC
Cool!