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

(aanthonymax.github.io)

84 points | by aanthonymax 1 day ago

21 comments

  • tetris11 19 hours ago
    It's good, but it's no bees and watermelon seeds.

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

  • valine 1 day 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.

  • coldfoundry 1 day ago
    You should also mention it was made with a templating engine you created! Makes it a lot cooler as a demo!
  • ryankrage77 1 day ago
    I see potential for speedrunning since the apples are always in the same position.
  • AfterHIA 7 hours 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!
  • proee 1 day 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

  • oniony 20 hours 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˚.
  • AISnakeOil 1 day ago
    It must be a slow news day.
    • krapp 1 day 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.
      • valine 1 day 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.
        • flykespice 12 hours ago
          OP made the game with its own engine so I think that makes it very unlikely
        • krapp 19 hours 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.
      • bix6 1 day ago
        Vibe-coding is old news. We’ve moved on to ant-coding.
        • goopypoop 1 day ago

            +++out of cheese error+++
  • selcuka 1 day ago
    > [...] trees arranged in a chaotic pattern across all coordinates

    Did you mean "across the horizontal axis only"?

    • aanthonymax 1 day ago
      Well, yes. It would be strange if the tree grew underground or in the air :)
  • snasan 1 day ago
    Such a cute little game; it gave me a chance to catch my breath on this busy day.
  • dan-robertson 1 day ago
    I like the big head and the smile on the ant
  • _def 1 day 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...
  • dr_dshiv 1 day ago
    The apples seem misproportioned to the ant? Is that just me?
    • card_zero 1 day ago
      That's just your perception, both apples and ants measure approximately one centimeter to the nearest order of magnitude.
    • aanthonymax 1 day ago
      The ant is very hungry
      • volemo 18 hours ago
        Or very well fed.
  • giveita 1 day ago
    Level 2:

    Get all apples apart from the lowest one.

  • DonHopkins 1 day ago
    It should show you a nude ant when you win, like Eggman.

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

  • ralusek 14 hours ago
    speedrun when?
  • bckr 1 day ago
    Dude, I didn’t really think about using GitHub pages to make games like this! Thanks for inspiring me today.
  • bix6 1 day 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 1 day ago
      The Anthology of Bernie Santers

      Belligerant Santa

    • goopypoop 1 day ago
      Anton

      Grant

      Samantha

      Kant

      Evan T.

      Banterman

      Chantelle

      The Phantom

      Bryant

      Santiago

      • card_zero 1 day ago
        Myrmidon, Pissmire, Antihero
      • bix6 18 hours ago
        Crushed it!