Show HN: I created a small 2D game about an ant (aanthonymax.github.io)

I see potential for speedrunning since the apples are always in the same position.

It must be a slow news day.

Reminds me of Ant for the HP48 calculator, though I have a feeling that was way before your time ;-)

https://www.hpcalc.org/details/6681

I like the big head and the smile on the ant

I mean there's not much of a game really, but I like it for what it is. It's also cute and the controls feel surprisingly snappy. My suggestion would be to try this typical responsive meta tag so the viewport does not scroll: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Vie...

I’d like to name my Ant please. Anthony? Or perhaps Antoine. Or maybe even Marie Antoinette. Wow there must be like 20 names that start with Ant.

Dude, I didn’t really think about using GitHub pages to make games like this! Thanks for inspiring me today.

Here's my version, took about 5 minutes to create inside the ChatGPT web interface. https://valine.github.io/vibe-coded-ant-game/

I don't know if this game was vibe coded, but it certainly could have been. Most notable thing about this post is probably that vibe coded games are good enough now to fool HN.

You should also mention it was made with a templating engine you created! Makes it a lot cooler as a demo!

It should show you a nude ant when you win, like Eggman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0OSfbPJFa4

Such a cute little game; it gave me a chance to catch my breath on this busy day.

The apples seem misproportioned to the ant? Is that just me?

Level 2:

Get all apples apart from the lowest one.

> [...] trees arranged in a chaotic pattern across all coordinates

Did you mean "across the horizontal axis only"?

A little know fact is that if you want to pack six ants inside an apple, the guy at the bottom has to be at 49.93˚.

It's good, but it's no bees and watermelon seeds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCptY6WgNDw

speedrun when?

This is great; I don't play video games as an adult but I got to have my 4 seconds of fun and it was all I needed. Top form aanthony!

my son really enjoyed this, he's 11

Absolute banger. Time to add a competitive multiplayer mode, skill-based matchmaking, and ranked seasons

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