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A jam submission

For Queen and CookieView game page

Brackey's Game Jam 2025 - Risk it for the Biscuit
Submitted by MattShaileGameJam — 10 hours, 48 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Innovation#2653.5283.528
Enjoyment#2813.7223.722
Gameplay#3023.5003.500
Overall#4963.3523.352
Audio#7043.0563.056
Theme#8603.0833.083
Visuals#9183.2223.222

Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does the game fit the theme?
Risk the lives of your ants for the chance at bringing home the biscuit!

What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
3D assets and music were not created by me

How many people worked on the game?
1

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Submitted(+1)

Ay, a fellow ant-army management RTS game! Enchanté!
Fun gameplay! Kinda wish there were more ways to complete a level to give more freedom / decision-making to the player (I lost at level 5 because I was having too much fun making the ants go in circles so the next levels might be more advanced, in which case ignore this feedback!)

Had a lot of fun messing around with the ant pheromone system (if that's what it is), but I found it slightly frustrating that ants would go back to the colony if nothing happened along their way to the end of the path - especially in the level where there are multiple walls in a wall - the builder ants leave each time they destroy a wall.

Overall had a bunch of fun, rating this highly!

Developer

Ant game makers unite!

Thanks for the feedback - you're so right. I'd like to have done more with the level design, but I didn't budget enough time to get them right. I think there's definitely some tweaks I could have made to their trail following behaviour that would have made more sense.

Thank you so much for playing and your great feedback!

Submitted(+1)

the best game  i played in this jam , unique idea  i loved  The voice acting it was funny 

well done dev could you try my game <3

Developer

That's big praise, thank you so much.

And yes of course I'll check yours out, I play the games of every commentor I receive, it's just polite :)

Submitted(+1)

Very creative game. I really like how it feels like we're kids playing with ants to see what they'll do. Having a voice over was a nice surprise too. I think its the first game in the jam I've seen with that.

Developer

ha that's a nice take on the game. A lot of people have commented on the voice acting, I'm so glad to have done it, I think it adds a little something to the otherwise boring process of learning how the game works.

Thank you for playing and your kind feedback

Submitted(+1)

Was easy to pick up, and was created at a high quallity, I would definately play a larger scale version of this if you chose to take it further! Well done!

Developer

Thank you for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Nicely done in 7 days by a solo dev! Very good tutorial level too - no ambiguity about how to play the game here. Had some good variety in game play. A bit weak on the theme perhaps but I liked overall. Good job and good luck in the jam

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much! Yes I really struggled with the theme. I actually spent 2 days on a totally different idea but it wasn't fun at all, so I switched over to the idea that ants will risk their lives to get a biscuit. It was a tricky theme to be honest. The fact I then substituted biscuit for cookie in the game's title was a bit stupid on my part, especially since I'm British and so it is a biscuit!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

This is incredibly innovative. I could see it having the potential to really scratch a Pikmin-esque itch, possibly even on a touchscreen. Needless to say, the polish is impressive considering the time frame. Loved all the little animations on the credits screen. 

I saw you mentioning wishing you had more levels, but I thought "surely this is the last level" multiple times. Anyway, you've got a great eye for design, keep up the awesome work! 

Developer

Thank you so much for your kind words!

I had more ideas for simpler levels to begin introducing the player to different ideas, and some more puzzle type levels, but you're probably right, I managed a solid number and it is a game jam, I should give myself a bit of a break on that.

You can also see I utterly scrambled when it came to the title screen, spent too long making the funky disco credit screen :)

Submitted(+1)

This is my favorite game on this jam!! I've never seen such mechanics... but there is something nostalgic about it, as if I was playing some kind of game from a CD again as a child!! 

The voice acting of the ant queen is my favorite thing in this game!! in general, I liked everything from the visual to the gameplay

but at the very first level, all my 11 ants stood on a huge cookie where 30 ants are needed.... :((

Developer

If you get all the food first, you should end up with 30 ants on the first level. I wish I had more time for levels, as I would have eased the player in a bit more, that first level is very long and quite dull tbh

Thank you so much for the kind words, I was so happy to read your comment!

Submitted(+1)

Hey! interesting game, I love when people is exploring new mechanics and unique ones attack a common challenge. How did you create the voices though? is like a loquendo?

Developer(+1)

Thanks for playing!

I got my friend to do the voice acting, then pitched it in audacity up to make it sound more ant-like :)

Submitted(+1)

Great Work , With a Little Bit of More Polishing , The Game Would Become More Solid :)

Developer

Thank you! If only there was more time, there's so much more I wanted to do

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