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ANTagony – The Ant Prisoner's Dilemma
Cooperate or betray — an AI partner remembers everything
Cooperate or betray — your partner remembers. I photographed ants for years. Then I wondered what it would feel like to be one. ANTagony is a roguelite built around a prisoner's dilemma. You're a worker ant. Your AI partner adapts, remembers, and turns against you if you deserve it. 4 variables. 50+ dilemmas. 25 endings. Every image: real macro photography. No assets. The game also remembers your past runs. Betrayals accumulate. So does trust. A systems experiment disguised as a narrative.
Happy to answer any questions about the game design, the AI behavior logic, or why ants specifically. The prisoner's dilemma angle wasn't a marketing decision but it was the starting point. Would love to hear if anyone sees parallels with other systems they've worked on.
About ANTagony – The Ant Prisoner's Dilemma on Product Hunt
“Cooperate or betray — an AI partner remembers everything”
ANTagony – The Ant Prisoner's Dilemma was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #79 on the daily leaderboard. Cooperate or betray — your partner remembers. I photographed ants for years. Then I wondered what it would feel like to be one. ANTagony is a roguelite built around a prisoner's dilemma. You're a worker ant. Your AI partner adapts, remembers, and turns against you if you deserve it. 4 variables. 50+ dilemmas. 25 endings. Every image: real macro photography. No assets. The game also remembers your past runs. Betrayals accumulate. So does trust. A systems experiment disguised as a narrative.
On the analytics side, ANTagony – The Ant Prisoner's Dilemma competes within Android, Indie Games and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 530.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how ANTagony – The Ant Prisoner's Dilemma performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
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ANTagony – The Ant Prisoner's Dilemma was hunted by Jacques Julien. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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