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Little Ant Related Game I'm Making (Maybe)

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#1 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 15 2021 - 4:42 PM

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Hullo there people of the website forums known as Formiculture,

 

See, I only know basic coding, and by basic I mean scratch blocks and print("") in Python.  So what better way to spend my time in between classes than making a platformer video game!!!  Haha, learning!  See I contemplated whether or not this should be considered sh*itpost, but I decided I'll risk it. 

 

The great thing about platforms is they are usually pixels, meaning I don't have to stress about making complicated animations on windows, in fact I might just be able to do this on my school chromebook.  Anyways, I'm still working on the title screen (I thought the title was clever lol).

 

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I'm probably going to make the music using Beepbox, the coding in Scratch, and the art in Pixilart.  I'm also going to try to add in little scientific facts about ants throughout the gameplay, and if all goes well I might, just maybe, try to learn to code this into an actual game.  And maybe I get burnout and never return.  At least I still have pogchamp sprites.

 

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Chickalo of the United Nations of Eastborough (which is actually a thing I'm making for a fantasy work btw)


Also forgot to mention but I'll be posting updates here


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#2 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted March 15 2021 - 5:03 PM

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This sounds actually very cool


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#3 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 15 2021 - 5:20 PM

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This sounds actually very cool

Thanks! (also you sound surprised that I, Chickalo, would ever make something cool...)

Also I'm going in, like, ten minuites so I thought I'd show the play button because personally I think it looks good

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#4 Offline ZTYguy - Posted March 15 2021 - 9:08 PM

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Nice. I would never doubt the great chickalo.


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Ant Keeping Since June 2018
Currently Keeping:
A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#5 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 16 2021 - 5:19 AM

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Alright update:

 

I added moving clouds and an easter egg (yeah, already).  Every time a cloud comes it has 4 options to choose from.  However, there's another bit of code that tell it to choose a number between 1 to 100, if it gets 69, a troll face appears instead.

 

Here's the normal title

 

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Here's the troll face title

 

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also here's something I made a while back that's not related but I really like:

 

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#6 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted March 16 2021 - 9:25 AM

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How do you make pixel art that good? Pixel art is so hard


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#7 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted March 16 2021 - 9:27 AM

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Yeah. that's really cool.


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#8 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted March 16 2021 - 9:28 AM

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If you get a chance to make the game I would play it.(after I learn what it's about).


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#9 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 16 2021 - 10:06 AM

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How do you make pixel art that good? Pixel art is so hard

mine really sucks compared to other's on the website lol, but thanks!

 

If you get a chance to make the game I would play it.(after I learn what it's about).

https://scratch.mit....ects/502058710/heres the link (you might need an account)

 

I got the options working (it only has sound for now [and yes the sound works])

 

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I also made the ant sprite now, so it's time to work on the actual game

 

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#10 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 16 2021 - 10:09 AM

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(also the ant can move around [she can also jump even though it's not common to see jumping ants lol {oh yeah also i made code to get gravity, pretty proud of that one}])


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#11 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 16 2021 - 12:58 PM

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I have one level done, I'll work on it some more tomorrow


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#12 Offline Antcatcherpro3 - Posted March 16 2021 - 1:19 PM

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Wow pretty cool. I played the game.


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#13 Offline Swirlysnowflake - Posted March 16 2021 - 3:28 PM

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That was really fun to play lol. 


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#14 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 16 2021 - 4:29 PM

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amazing!


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Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

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#15 Offline gs5248 - Posted March 17 2021 - 10:17 AM

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Where can I play it? is it on scratch?



#16 Offline Antkeeper01 - Posted March 17 2021 - 10:23 AM

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link https://scratch.mit....ects/502058710/


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1X Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 40-50 Workers

1X Solenopsis molesta 10 Workers (mono)

Ants I Want: Crematogaster sp, Camponotus Sp., Ponera Pennsylvanica, Mymercocystus sp.

 

My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube....kUjx-dPFMyVqOLw

 

 Join Our Fledgling Discord Server https://discord.com/...089056687423489


#17 Offline ZTYguy - Posted March 17 2021 - 11:18 AM

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so awesome. It is such a cool concept. I love how it is just hard enough to make you think a bit. Also great music.


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A. versicolor, C. us-ca02, C. yogi, C. Vicinus, C. laevigatus, C. clarithorax, C. maritimus, C. ocreatus, M. mexicanus, M. placodops 01, V. andrei, V. pergandei, N. cockerelli, P. barbata, P. montanus

Hoping to Catch This season:

M. romanei, M. placodops 02, P. imberbiculus, Polyergus sp., F. moki, A. megomatta, Cyphomyrmex sp.,Temnothorax sp.


#18 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 17 2021 - 11:22 AM

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so awesome. It is such a cool concept. I love how it is just hard enough to make you think a bit. Also great music.

Thanks man, I'm working on more level :D


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#19 Offline Chickalo - Posted March 18 2021 - 11:11 AM

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https://scratch.mit....ects/502058710/

Game is complete!

The game now has:

Title screen

Loading screens (in between levels with 5 randomized facts to choose from)

3 levels

3 songs

An enemy on the third level

A win screen

A loose screen

A option to turn off music


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#20 Offline Kaelwizard - Posted March 18 2021 - 11:35 AM

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I really don't know how you accomplished that with Scratch lol. It is really impressive. The loading screen facts are a very nice touch.


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