A Buggy Game

GMTK 2024 Game Jam
Theme: Built to Scale
Duration: 4 Days
Platform: Unreal Engine 5.4.3

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Trigger Warning: Ants

Puzzle exploration game.
Player controls various ant swarms exploring to find food for their hive. The swarms can split and combine together to change size, carry objects, eat leaves to free their fellow ants. Swarms can also stretch across gaps to form bridges for other swarms to cross.

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--Controls--
Mouse controls on Main Menu
To Quit click the Quit button
Volume & Graphics Settings in Options Menu

Escape / P: Pause

Movement
WASD: Movement
E: Toggle Swarm Stretch Mode
(Extends the swarm into a bridge, an indicator will show to aid in conveying how far the swarm can stretch, swap focus to walk other swarms over the bridge)

Q: Pick up and Drop food

Swarm Management
F: Swap Focus
Q: Split Swarm
M: Merge Swarm

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--Hints--
Swapping focus of a swarm that is extended will allowed other swarms to walk across.

Extended swarms are solid ground.

--Known Bugs--
While extending you may see a merge prompt, it's not supposed to be displaying.

Sometimes the swarm will get stuck in geometry, try splitting the swarm to get it unstuck. You can get stuck if you merge to close to the walls.

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--Credits--
Gameplay Programmer & Puzzle Design: Elise Chevalier
Technical & Graphics Programmer: Samuel Osweiler
Music & Sound: Kapasa