Dear Ants, I HATE YOU!!

Step into the demented mind of Dr. Thorax as he wages war on his greatest adversary... the ants in his backyard. 

Shrink yourself down to their size and build an army of robots to defeat the miniscule menace. Defend your prized fruit from waves of insects in maps that scale in scope as time goes on. You have 3 types of machines to place: a Smasher that attacks enemies that move adjacent to it, a laser that fires long range beams in a straight line, and Xploders that blow up the surrounding area. Buy upgrades for these machines to increase their destructive potential or even place towers in the way of ants to block their path. Be warned, ants can attack towers placed in their way and destroyed towers will need to be recharged with the repair upgrade to get back in the action. 

Can you beat all three levels and reign supreme over the miniature kingdom?

Credits:

Programming:

• Ryan Whitfield
• Jack Rissling
• Jacob Pickholtz
• Joshua Wilkinson
• Evan McRae
• Aidan Brown

Art:

• Ky "Lupidcorvid" DeSilva
• Luke Schultz
• Danny Peterson

Sound:

• Daniel Wangusi (Dangoosey)
• Max Masterson

Extra:

• Daniel Ilett (UltraEffects)
  Max O'Didily (Circle Fade)
• Peter Quini (Pixel Bug Font)

Made for GMTK Game Jam 2024 ("Built to Scale").