Installer: Uninstalling Issue: A number of users have reported that uninstalling Ants from Installer does not work. Please take this issue up with the package maintainer (Ste). You can reach him through is website: http://blog.psmxy.org/ or email ste<at>psmxy<dot>org.
SDK Update: I got some time with an apple SDK engineer (rare opportunity). I was very excited about porting Ants to the SDK, and thought I'd use the opportunity to write version 2.0. Unfortunately, Apple has put a number of restrictions on apps written using the SDK, and the background-nature of Ants violates a couple of those restrictions. So, I will be looking into ways to get around them, and if anybody has ideas, feel free to punt them my way.
NOTE: It seems as though the BSD Subsystem package is necessary for ants to run. I'm still investigating as to why. It could be just the existence of /usr/lib/libarmfp.dylib, which BSD subsystem installs.
News
- Sept 10, 2007: Ants 1.2.0 is out. This'll be the final release before 2.0 (probably). Features include a couple bug fixes, addition of the spawn rate adjuster in the controller app (requested many times). Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see (besides more bugs - that's already in the plan). You can already start mucking with the details of bugs in /usr/local/share/ants/bugs.plist. Just make a backup.
About
Interactive "game" which involves ants crawling around on your screen. Based on the principles of A-Life, they react to what you do. Kill them, shake them off, scare them.
Features
- While you use your phone, ants will appear on screen. You can squish them, among other things.
- Ants react to nearby death - they get scared.
- Tilt the phone and shake and they might let go and fall off... or slide around on the screen if the phone is upside down.
- Low CPU usage when running - when your phone goes to sleep, so does the app.
Planned Enhancements
- Other bugs.
- Make it easy for people to add their own bugs.
- Add food? Maybe other interactions?
Change Log
Installation
Please see HowToInstall for installation instructions.
Screenshot
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