Antsy!
Antsy! Reclaim town for wilderness and help the marching ants overcome many obstacles in their march from ant hill to ant hill. Upgrade your ants with special skills and save them from untimely accidents. Are you able to collect all the secret achievements?
This game was created during the week-long Major Jam 7.
How to play
- Your ants will automatically march. You can only interact with them by assigning skills to them. Do so by selecting a skill from the bottom bar and the clicking one of the ants. Note that you have a limited amount of skill charges per level.
- You can also cycle through skills using mouse wheel or Q/E.
- You can move the camera around using WASD / arrow keys or by holding down the right mouse button and dragging. Press Z or the middle mouse button for toggling a zoom. Press X to return to the starting position.
- Beat a level by getting at least one ant to the ant hill on the other end of a level. This awards you a star and unlocks the next level. Earn the second star by getting the required amount of ants into the target ant hill.
- The third star is awarded for completing a secret challenge that is unique to each level. It will be revealed once you beat the level with two stars AND the completed challenge. Curiosity will be rewarded.
- Your progress is saved after each level you complete. This requires using cookies and will NOT work in anonymous mode.
Walkthrough
In the spirit of Wild Jam 7's limitation "Unpredictable rules", players are encouraged to discover how to get the third star in each level by experimenting with the game mechanics. In case that doesn't appeal to you:
Spoilers: How to get the third star in each level
- Fire ants: Burn two ants
- Fly, you fools!: Burn the cobweb
- Hungry games: Destroy both wood pieces on the right side
- Falls and ladders: Destroy the cobweb in the center
- Fresh air: Destroy the last vine before the goal
- The basement: Use termite on the cobweb
- Kamikaze: Kill 2 ants
- Demolition crew: Kill only two ants
- Spider-Ant: Destroy the base of the climbing wire
- Working together: Burn the cobweb up high
Credits
- Programming, artwork and music interpretation by MGaudi
- World map and playtesting by belzepurr
- Sound effects "Retro" by Ovani Sound
- Font "dpcomic" by codeman38
Comments
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I really liked this! Grew up on Lemmings and I loved this twist. Your bouncer, fire ant, and Spiderman were all really neat sprites, I especially loved the bouncer character. :)
I think you did a great job of making a neat little world and a great framework for a puzzle game. I think with a dozen or two more levels and a few additional special types of ants, and some more polish, this is absolutely something that can be released for a few bucks on something like Steam. Great job!
Thank you for playing and the kind words! I'm happy you enjoyed it. I had a couple more ideas for both skills and levels that didn't make it in the time constraint of the game jam but I might return to the project.
i can not finish level 5
Thanks for playing! Have you tried moving the camera up to see what's going on? Right-click and drag or WASD on the keyboard. This the first level where camera movement is needed and might be a little surprising.
Update: I have included a little in-game hint about the camera now.