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7/29/17 EDIT: I obsessively played this game when it first came out, both on my computer and on Game Jolt, and it worked fine. However, I developed it on Windows 7 and since then a lot of Windows 10 updates have come out, and for some ungodly reason, both the downloaded build and the in-browser build no longer work properly. It cuts out the entire second half of the story and skips right to the playable portion of the game.
It's a stab in the dark that Windows 10 is the problem, tbh. I'm a mediocre programmer. As you can see, art is what I'm better at, clearly--the controls of this game are janky at best, and they wouldn't be much better if I had more than three days to make it.
I recorded a video of this game a while back but I didn't post it because it ruined the whole story, but since the build ruins the whole story now, I'm gonna see if I still have it and post it to YouTube if I do. Sorry about all this. The free play mode is still fun and stupid imo. Enjoy!
Ludum Dare #34: The Story of the First Ants
Once upon a time, a man thought it would be funny to play a joke on his mom and sister. Middle middle middle, now we have ants.
A while back I was in a used book store and I bought a few books that I judged based on their covers because I was in AP Studio Art and my concentration was "Myths, Legends, and Folk Tales." I ended up barely using them. However, I started reading one of them at bedtime several years later, because the stories were no longer than four pages each, the font was pretty big, and there were pretty pictures on occasion.
A few things I didn't realize:
This book was published in 1902
"The Book of Nature Myths" has myths from all around the world, but most of them are Native American
Almost all of the Native American myths in this book are super sad. This book is actually really depressing
There are a few European myths in here. I do not know from what era, nor do I know from where exactly--I'm just guessing they're European because there's kings and queens and villagers. Also, the artwork would suggest it as well. But anyway, the European myths don't?? Make any?? Sense??
I picked my favorite myth from this book and made it...interactive. It is European in origin, and it's called The Story of the First Ants. It is super f*cked up in the best way. I hope you guys love it as much as I do.
Theme: Two Button Controls (the only two buttons you can use are the up and down arrows, even on menus)
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