The world of an ant is a scary, dangerous place. All you want to do is get home to the safety of the anthill, but there are a multitude of dangers out there; ravenous predators, impossible chasms, careless humans, and a whole host of other dangers for a single member of the family formicidae who only wants to go home. At least, this is the premise for the charming new point and click game Hormiga Escape.
Designed by Federico Rutenberg, creator of the Esklavos series, Hormiga Escape is a short but fun little time waster that involves getting the titular hero home before he is eaten, drowned, crushed, or otherwise mangled by his environment. Not exactly an escape so much as a point-and-click adventure boiled down to a few quick minutes of gameplay. There's no changing scenery here, the ant is at the lower right of the screen and he wants to get to the anthill at the upper left. Simple.
Use the hand-shaped cursor to pick up or manipulate objects, or to nudge the little Hormiga (Spanish for ant) along. The only problem is the stubborn ant won't move forward if there's a deadly obstacle in the way, so it is up to you, brave gamer, to neutralize the danger so our little six-legged friend can make it home and live to menace picnics another day.
Hormiga Escape is one of those quirky little games that are easy on the eyes and the brain, a fun bite-sized little break from the day. With its lovely graphics, little animations, and kicking jazzy soundtrack (and even background and incidental noises as well), this shows that a lot of effort went into this amusing little adventure. There's not a lot of game here, but what there is is casual gameplay done right. Simple, elegant, easy on the eyes, and over quickly, Hormiga Escape is the perfect little gem to go with your early morning coffee, a quick five-minute workout for your brain to kick start the day. What are you waiting for? Help your little friend get home!
Walkthrough Guide
Hormiga Escape Walkthrough
There's a gray rock sitting propped against a pink rock just to the left of the bird. Pick up the gray rock.
Pick up the gray rock from your inventory and use it against the yellow poison sign to burn away the upper part of the spider web.
Use the rock on the sign again to polish that edge until it gleams.
Switch over to the hand icon and nudge your little ant forward.
There is a cluster of mushrooms at the upper part of the screen. Clic, on the smallest mushroom.
Once the mushroom drops off a piece in front of the frog, click on the fly to send it to the frog.
The frog should have eaten the piece of mushroom and turned blue. Now nudge the ant forward again until he is at the stream.
Click on the leaves above and to the right of the bird and one will settle across the stream. Nudge the ant forward onto the leaf.
At the very upper part of the stream is a pebble. Click on the pebble to send water down the stream.
The ant should now be sitting on a leaf right in front of the bird.
In the grassy area to the left of the bird is a plant that looks like a fern. Click on it about 10 times to send spores in front of the bird.
While the bird is busy eating the spores move the ant forward past the bird.
Just to the left of the ant is a little twig, click on it.
Once the twig moves click on the ant to move it forward.
Click on the caterpillar on the grassy area to the left of the bird. Once the caterpillar moves click on the ant.
Once the foot squishes the caterpillar click on the ant again.
Home at last!
Posted by: grinnyp
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January 28, 2010 11:02 AM