Colony
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In this game you create your own ant colony by digging tunnels and constructing rooms. But you won't do this all by yourself of course, as the queen you'll acquire servants to do the work for you!
Your goal is to stockpile food for the winter and fend off any threats coming your way. Protect the queen at all cost!
* __Moving the Camera__ use the arrow keys or right mouse button
* __Creating ants__ use the "actions" menu in the bottom left corner _only works if you have any eggs available_
* __Building rooms__ use the "build" menu in the bottom right corner, click to confirm
* You'll gain 1 point for each second that the colony survives.
* Each collected food item grants 30 points.
* __Queen__ the most important of them all. You'll lose the game if she dies. She can lay eggs by using the "lay eggs" action in the action menu (_if there's one or more empty nurseries available_).
* __Soldier__ wanders around the hive. Has increased health and damage. Useful for fending off attackers.
* __Forager__ digs tunnels under the surface and searches for food. When food is found it will be caried to a storage room that has space left if there is one available.
* __Builder__ digs tunnels and constructs rooms. You'll need at least 1 builder to construct rooms.
* __Nursery__ houses eggs, which can be laid by the queen. You'll need at least 1 nursery to lay eggs.
* __Queen Room__ houses the queen. The queen will return here after laying eggs.
* __Storage__ drop off point for foragers. Can store around 10 food items. Each stored food grants 30 points.
* Build the queens room in the lower part of the ant hill. This gives her a safe place to retreat after laying eggs.
* Build the nursery rooms above the queens room. Hatching soldiers here will most likely make them patrol the rooms above the queen's.
* Build the storage rooms in the upper part of the hill to decrease the distance foragers have to walk.
* Expand early by creating builders. This will become harder later on.
* Increased difficulty
Your goal is to stockpile food for the winter and fend off any threats coming your way. Protect the queen at all cost!
Controls
* __Moving the Camera__ use the arrow keys or right mouse button
* __Creating ants__ use the "actions" menu in the bottom left corner _only works if you have any eggs available_
* __Building rooms__ use the "build" menu in the bottom right corner, click to confirm
Score
* You'll gain 1 point for each second that the colony survives.
* Each collected food item grants 30 points.
Types of ants
* __Queen__ the most important of them all. You'll lose the game if she dies. She can lay eggs by using the "lay eggs" action in the action menu (_if there's one or more empty nurseries available_).
* __Soldier__ wanders around the hive. Has increased health and damage. Useful for fending off attackers.
* __Forager__ digs tunnels under the surface and searches for food. When food is found it will be caried to a storage room that has space left if there is one available.
* __Builder__ digs tunnels and constructs rooms. You'll need at least 1 builder to construct rooms.
Rooms
* __Nursery__ houses eggs, which can be laid by the queen. You'll need at least 1 nursery to lay eggs.
* __Queen Room__ houses the queen. The queen will return here after laying eggs.
* __Storage__ drop off point for foragers. Can store around 10 food items. Each stored food grants 30 points.
Screenshots
Tips and Tricks
* Build the queens room in the lower part of the ant hill. This gives her a safe place to retreat after laying eggs.
* Build the nursery rooms above the queens room. Hatching soldiers here will most likely make them patrol the rooms above the queen's.
* Build the storage rooms in the upper part of the hill to decrease the distance foragers have to walk.
* Expand early by creating builders. This will become harder later on.
Post COMPO changes
* Increased difficulty