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A jam submission

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A bug themed RTS game
Submitted by MoomooDev — 2 hours, 37 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#214.2314.231
Controls#513.3083.308
Fun#553.2313.231
Originality#623.4623.462
Overall#633.2313.231
Accessibility#882.6922.692
Graphics#953.0003.000
Audio#992.6922.692

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Godot Version
4.4.1

Wildcards Used
N/A

Game Description
SWARM is a bug themed RTS game where you complete different levels by defeating the eny nests with your own SWARM of ants

How does your game tie into the theme?
SWARM is an RTS game where you control a bunch of bugs or "critters"

Source(s)
N/A

Discord Username(s)
N/A

Participation Level (GWJ Only)
1

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Comments

Submitted

Loved it! I like strategy games, but it was not challenging at all for me, unfortunately. I wish there was a quicker way to send critters instead of clicking 80 times in one spot.

Submitted

It was a fun and simple game! Audio disappeared after a while, but it was nice while it was around! A bit tricky to beat too but I eventually got it. Maybe there should be some way to slow down the enemy's growth? But even then, nice game!

Submitted

This was fun!  I managed to beat it, I really found it soothing to just make huge armies and then send them to crush my enemies!  I was a little confused by the controls at first but it clicked over the course of the first level.  One tweak to make that easier to understand might be to have the number of assigned critters always visible on top of resources, then something like left click to add one and right click to remove one.  Similarly could just be right click the ground to make a waypoint.  But really enjoyed my time playing, nice work!

Submitted

From what I could tell, right mouse didn't do anything. I could select food sources and say how many bugs to towards them, but nothing else. Meanwhile, there's an enemy growing without contesting me for resources.

Tooth and Tail may interest you, as it possesses a unique Flagbearer control method. It is still a rather brutal RTS, though.

Submitted

I like it a lot, but i couldn't open the menu, it open the you died slide and automaticaly restart the level. It's the only bug i found aside the swarm

Submitted

Lovely game, very creative!

Submitted

I liked this game - took me the first level to get an idea of what was going on but really clever little strategy game with little critters!

Developer

Thanks, yeah I wanted to make a proper tutorial but I didn't have the time ;-; will prolly add it after voting period tho

Submitted

I really love this entry! what can I say I'm a sucker for strategy games and this one also fits the theme of the jam like a glove

Submitted

Really appreciated this minimalistic RTS. The presentation is really clean and had some mechanics I hadn't seen before. The way the critters move around is well done too!

Submitted

Was not sure what was happening at the start, but got the hang of it relatively quickly, nice game! Also found a bug: escape seems to kill you rather than quit to the main menu.