Loved this game. Easily one of my top 5 from the whole jam. It's great response to the theme, and does a beautiful job of giving an ant's-eye-view of a picnic. Eating fruit was very satisfying and I loved that you can crawl beneath the table like an ant would. Wonderful. I had a hard time understanding what the larger goal I was meant to accomplish was, but I had a great time anyway. Awesome job!
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Once Upon A Picnic's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Style | #985 | 3.881 | 3.881 |
| Overall | #1805 | 3.381 | 3.381 |
| Creativity | #1942 | 3.452 | 3.452 |
| Enjoyment | #3200 | 2.810 | 2.810 |
Ranked from 42 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
A small open world game about an ant at a cute picnic.
Development Time
48 hours
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Comments
Cute game, would've loved a little more view from the camera or faster movement to get a better view of the world
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Gecko CrescendoA really cute game. Though it took me really long time to find a strawberry. ate them all before my mission told me to eat them haha.
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MapTeleporterThe game is sweet, but I think it feels better if the movement is faster and the view is wider. Good job.
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Silver coinsThe settings menu changed my life, 'nothing' option was so impressive I cried. Thank you
Anyway the ant physics was very impressive. I assumed the ant would just fall off the brown side of the table when I walk off, and it turning around suprised me. Good job on coding this, I assume that was a nightmare. Making some differences to the ant as it eats more stuff would be a fun idea, like making the ant faster or changing its appearance.
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Get Some HeliumCute ant and nice game with good atmosphere. Unfortunately it was a bit confusing with the icons what to do. Couldn't eat the blueberries at first but realized I had to get the crumbs first. But eventually when I had eaten all the strawberry I had no idea what to do and then I fell through the floor. Impressive work for 48 hours anyway!
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Perfect FitVery cute Ant and art in general. I wasn't too sure what the goal was but I had a great time making fruit explode and carrying a giant sandwich around! Occasionally the physics were a bit off (especially regarding the giant sandwich) and sometimes I couldn't see my ant behind some picnic stuff but I thought that added to the quirkiness.
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To Infinity Ant BeyondVery cute game! It was fun exploring the tiny world. The camera felt a little off to me but the rest was awesome. Keep it up!
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Slap'em MosquitosI see the idea, but it wasn't really fun walking just to find 2 strawberries. It would have been nice to do other things while searching for the fruits (and the big snacks). But the artstyle of the game is lovely!
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Color Up & DownGreat game!
The camera effects sell the idea of being really small, and of course, the theme is present.
Really well done.
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Fix The ScaleExcellent approach with the 3d art; being a small ant fellow and munching on delicious food was fun!
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Bekka the BokkaDidnt know what to do after finding all the objects but cute game! Love the cartoon shading
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NanoNavigatorThe concept is really cute. I’ve also thought about making a 3D game where you play as an insect someday. Since it’s a game jam, I’m sure it was difficult to add more features, but the ant's movement was a bit too slow, which made it feel a bit frustrating. Though it was realistic, :P Anyway, I enjoyed playing it!
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Peeping FrameThanks for the kind feedback. Yeah, definitely considering adding a few more mechanics to make discovery and exploration more interesting.
We'd hoped to add a speed increase to eating but unfortunately it didn't get in. We have a nice backlog of items to go into an update after the jam review period.
Thanks for playing!
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