A jam submission

RicochetView game page

one knife, one ant, one way out

Submitted by woutan — 8 hours, 56 minutes before the deadline

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Wonderful concept with a really fun art style and the sounds that fit perfectly! A few things to note: The wall slide is a little too clunky, you have to time it perfectly or it doesn't work and sometimes, even if you do time it perfectly, it still doesn't work. The ricochet of the knife is what is supposed to pose the challenge, I assume. not the movement. The camera swapping feels clunky, if you go and retrieve your knife even a little too close to the previous area, it swaps over, making you go blind until you find the entrance again and make it swap over again. All in all, really want to see where this goes! A little storytelling would be wonderful to see! Keep making cool things and well done!

Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uizpU9g-CzficNFVh5CiMrNFQvvq_guGR1yFKsu5LUU/edit?usp=sharing

Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
yes

Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
yes

Summarize your game!
ricochet is a 2D speed-running style game where you have one knife that must be picked up and thrown to defeat enemies.

you play as a juvenile ant queen, the last ant in the colony after the wasp attack. wielding the sacred weapon of your people, you must escape your dying nest. you are your colony's last hope.

Please explain how your game fits the theme.
#1 a single knife being the only weapon the player has access to.
#2 the player character is the last surviving ant in a colony that has been wiped out.

Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
the "dislodge" ability, it can be used for a lot more than just retrieving the knife! such as making the knife arc mid-air and pulling it twards you to kill enemies