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

16 aanthonymax 5 9/18/2025, 9:54:06 PM aanthonymax.github.io ↗

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 ^ ^

Comments (5)

downboots · 22m ago

Maybe display the apple score as fractions (like 3⁄5 apples eaten)? Could add a light educational aspect.

Would you consider swapping the ant for a frog? Opens up a lot of possibilities — tongue mechanics, pond traversal, bug economy, etc.

Also curious: any plans to add... I don't know, a text adventure segment, or maybe space combat?

AISnakeOil · 1h ago

It must be a slow news day.

proee · 1h 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

ryankrage77 · 1h ago

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

dan-robertson · 1h ago

I like the big head and the smile on the ant

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