Show HN: I created a small 2D game about an ant

https://aanthonymax.github.io/ant-and-apples/

89•aanthonymax•4mo ago

Hello everyone! I created a short game in just a few days, just for fun, where you play as an ant and feed it apples

This game also features random landscape generation, with clouds and trees arranged in a chaotic pattern across all coordinates. This is what took me the longest time :)

I would appreciate your feedback ^ ^

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ryankrage77•4mo ago

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

AISnakeOil•4mo ago

It must be a slow news day.

krapp•4mo ago

It's a Show HN that doesn't appear to be vibe-coded AI slop. I'll take it any day of the week.

bix6•4mo ago

Vibe-coding is old news. We’ve moved on to ant-coding.

goopypoop•4mo ago

  +++out of cheese error+++

valine•4mo ago

Both Claude and GPT5 can single shot this type of game. The score counter looks exactly like the type of thing Claude spits out.

krapp•4mo ago

Fair enough, it is impossible to know. I'm making an assumption based on the fact that the use of AI wasn't mentioned anywhere I could see, and people usually mention it.

flykespice•4mo ago

OP made the game with its own engine so I think that makes it very unlikely

proee•4mo ago

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

dan-robertson•4mo ago

I like the big head and the smile on the ant

aanthonymax•4mo ago

He is smart!

_def•4mo ago

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...

NuclearPM•4mo ago

I what is the “I mean” for? What are you clarifying?

card_zero•4mo ago

It could be many things. I use this idiom too. I don't know what I'm doing.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/I_mean

Expressing uncertainty, most likely.

bix6•4mo ago

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.

bix6•4mo ago

The Anthology of Bernie Santers

Belligerant Santa

goopypoop•4mo ago

Anton

Grant

Samantha

Kant

Evan T.

Banterman

Chantelle

The Phantom

Bryant

Santiago

card_zero•4mo ago

Myrmidon, Pissmire, Antihero

bix6•4mo ago

Crushed it!

bckr•4mo ago

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

valine•4mo ago

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.

hereme888•4mo ago

I love the "Don't trust everything you see on HN" banner.

coldfoundry•4mo ago

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

aanthonymax•4mo ago

Yes, I did it, but modestly.

DonHopkins•4mo ago

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

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

snasan•4mo ago

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

aanthonymax•4mo ago

Thanks!

dr_dshiv•4mo ago

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

card_zero•4mo ago

That's just your perception, both apples and ants measure approximately one centimeter to the nearest order of magnitude.

aanthonymax•4mo ago

The ant is very hungry

volemo•4mo ago

Or very well fed.

giveita•4mo ago

Level 2:

Get all apples apart from the lowest one.

selcuka•4mo ago

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

Did you mean "across the horizontal axis only"?

aanthonymax•4mo ago

Well, yes. It would be strange if the tree grew underground or in the air :)

oniony•4mo ago

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˚.

tetris11•4mo ago

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

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

ralusek•4mo ago

speedrun when?

AfterHIA•4mo ago

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!

temperceve•4mo ago

my son really enjoyed this, he's 11

_butter_•4mo ago

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

hereme888•4mo ago

My record score is 6

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