Anzz

Installation

Windows   - Unzip and run the exe, make sure the "data_anzz_windows_x86_64" folder is in the same directory as the exe

macOS      - Unzip and run the dmg, then double click "anzz.app"

• Note: The Shift and Ctrl keys don't work on Mac, so use V/B

Linux          - Unzip and run the .x86_64, make sure the "data_anzz_linuxbsd_x86_64" folder is in the same directory as the .x86_64

Controls

• WASD - pan camera
• Shift/V (hold) - move faster
• Ctrl/B (hold) - use pheromone tools
• Space (holding phero tools key) - cycle through phero type in order:
  • To Home
  • To Food
  • Away
• Left Click (holding phero key) - place phero
• Scroll/J & K - zoom

How to Play

Anzz is not a game, Anzz is a simulation. You observe an ants colony collecting food.

Currently you can buy ants with earned food. In the future this feature may be expanded upon to bring more strategy to the game, e.g. adding scout ants to buy. This could eventually turn this simulation into a game.

Rules of the Simulation

When an ant can't see food or pheromones they wander.

While looking for food they drop a blue "To Home" pheromone and follow the red "To Food" pheromones.

While they have food they drop red "To Food" pheromones and follow the blue "To Home" pheromones.

If the ant sees a piece of food, or the home while looking for that object they will route directly to the object.

Ants drop a pink "Food Depleted" pheromone upon picking up a food.

Interesting Anomaly - Phantom Trails

Phantom trails are when an ant with food (Ant A) follows an ant without food (Ant B), this is supposed to happen. However, when the To Home trail is faded and the food supply is depleted Ant A can end up following Ant B in circles. This happens because Ant A can't find a way home, and Ant B can't find food. This results in a circle or line of ants forming. Pink pheromones were added to try and deter this behavior, but the behavior can still arise.

Features

• An ant colony to observe
• Ant life cycles (ants deaths and creating new ants with food)
• Microtransactions! (this is a joke btw)
  • Different backgrounds purchasable for $1 to $1,000,000 in the options menu 

Future Plans

As mentioned earlier Anzz is not a game in it's current state. 

Due to a "shiny new idea" (and the fact that this project is complete spaghetti) I don't want to work on Anzz anymore. Maybe one day I'll return and update the game to be more of a game.

Developed in Godot Mono 4.2