It Ant Possible

It Ant Possible is a 2D Puzzle Game created for Ludum Dare 56

The game is inspired by the old puzzle game Lemmings from 1991. New ants spawn every few seconds. They will automatically start moving forward until they hit an obstacle, where they will turn around. Ants can die if they fall from a great height or walk into deadly spikes. Your goal is to get as many ants as possible to the target zone. You have to give the ants different tasks to create a safe path to the target zone.

How to play

Move the camera with WASD or arrow keys. Move the mouse over an ant and left-click to select it (the selected ant will be highlighted in green). Wait for the right moment to give the selected ant one of several available tasks, either by using the keyboard shortcuts (number keys 1 to 3 on your keyboard) or by using the icons in the top toolbar. Each ant can only do 1 task and will be tired afterwards. Choose the right tasks at the right time to create a safe path for your ants to reach the target zone.

Ant Tasks

Building [Key 1]

The ant will start building a bridge. This will create a potential path to another platform. You can use this to prevent your ants from falling off a cliff.

Digging [Key 2]

The ant will continue to move forward until it comes to an obstacle. Once it reaches the obstacle, it will start digging a tunnel. The ants can use this tunnel to get past the obstacle.

Stopping [Key 3]

The ant will immediately stop moving and block other ants from passing. This will prevent other ants from advancing and give you time to prepare a safe route to the target area.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• [WASD] or [Arrow Keys] => Move Camera around
• [Left Mouse] => Select hovered Ant
• [Right Mouse] or [ESC] => Deselect selected Ant
• [1] => Build Bridge Task for selected Ant
• [2] => Dig Tunnel Task for selected Ant
• [3] => Stop other Ants Task
• [F] => Focus Camera on the selected Ant once
• [T] => Track the selected Ant with the Camera (Toggle)
• [M] => Mute Button, toggle Audio on/off

Personal Notes

Unfortunately, the game is in a rather unfinished state. To be honest, we just ran out of time. We had a lot of minor issues throughout the development process that simply added up over time. And Git's version control in particular has really stressed us out.But that is what game jams are all about, right? Expect some bugs and weird ant behaviour :D

CREDITS

- Graphics

Ants [https://shandsparil.itch.io/ants-pixelart]

2D Tile Set - Cave [https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/environments/2d-platfrom-tile-set-cave-61672]

Tool Icons [https://icons8.com/icons/]

- Fonts

jackinput [https://www.dafont.com/de/jackinput.font]