AI: Ant Invasion
While humanity was busy focused on the threat of Artificial Intelligence - an equally deadly AI threat rose - an Ant Invasion!
UPDATE: We have addressed a number of game-breaking bugs, including the infinite flight of the queen ant after the 3rd or 4th base upgrade! Thank you all for your feedback, please let us know if you discover anything else that seems off.
We decided to take on a more algorithmic approach to Ludum Dare 56 with an idle incremental game where you control the logistics and evolutionary advancements of an escaped bio-engineered species of ant. With multiple upgrade paths and obstacles to test your wit, you must consume the town’s Nuclear Power Plant in order to spread your colony over the entirety of earth. Even though your colony is equipped with biologically superior digestive systems, you’re still vulnerable to even ant killer. Strategize, Consume, and Advance to conquer the town’s supply of radioactive isotopes and become unstoppable.
If you participated in Ludum Dare, please visit https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/ai-ant-invasion to review our title!
Controls:
WASD - Camera Movement
Mouse Scroll - Camera Zoom
Left Click - Interact with UI
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I would remove the quota system. It doesn't really add much to the game, since you basically are never at risk
Bug: If you gather too much food (mine was around the beginning of the ATM), you overflow the food counter causing it to go negative, meaning you will fail the next quota, essentially making the game incompletable
When starting to work on the steak the colony decided to just go there and wait to die. Maybe they didn't like the way it was served.
Thank you for the feedback - we will look into this issue! Maybe the steak just needed a little more time on the grill lol
Was having a good time, until my queen decided she wants to live in the clouds and my colony fell apart as a result. Happened again the 2nd time I played, this time while consuming the ATM however the queen floated up and then back down but did not produce anymore ants. Not sure how I made it happen but seems like a recuring issue
Other players have reported this as well - thank you for letting us know! We are looking into a fix. Flying ants are a cool mutation but unfortunately not an intended one lmao
Just happened to me while working on the steak. All the leaves turned black and the ants just started flying up a little and back and started dying.
yeah flyin up and leaves turning black seem to be oddly connected some ants look way bigger aswell