Ant Colony
Raise a red ant colony in this real-time strategy game: forage food, hatch workers, soldiers and acid spitters, then march on rival nests across ten garden levels.
Ant Colony is a bite-sized real-time strategy game set in a sunny patch of garden soil. Your queen sits in a dirt mound in one corner and a rival colony waits across the yard. Workers stream out to crumbs, berries and a giant slice of cake, carry the food home and keep your economy humming. Spend that food to hatch more workers, tough soldiers with big mandibles, or spitters that lob acid from range, then decide when your army guards the nest, rallies to a spot or charges the enemy mound.
The rival colonies play by the same rules. They forage, grow their own army and send raids that get bigger and earlier with every level, so you have to balance economy against defense. Ten levels add new twists: Queen's Call, a short rally that makes your army faster and fiercer, spitter ants, a wandering spider that eats anything nearby but drops a feast when slain, rain showers that slow every ant, and three-way battles where two rival colonies fight you and each other. Your nest stings nearby attackers, and tapping a food pile lays a pheromone trail that sends your workers there.
Every win earns up to three stars, and new stars turn into royal jelly for permanent upgrades such as stronger mandibles, tougher shells and faster brood care. Tip: build a few extra workers early, then keep soldiers near home until the first raid breaks.
How to play
Workers gather food automatically and bring it to your nest. Spend food to hatch Workers, Soldiers and Spitters. Tap the map to rally your army, tap a food pile to send workers there, and press Attack to march on the rival nest. Destroy every rival nest to win the level; if your own nest is destroyed, you lose. Wins earn stars and royal jelly for permanent upgrades.
Controls
- Mouse / tap buttons: Hatch ants, use Queen's Call, switch Guard / Attack
- Click / tap the map: Rally your army to that spot (tap your nest to guard)
- Click / tap food: Mark a pheromone trail for workers
- 1 / 2 / 3: Hatch Worker / Soldier / Spitter
- 4 or F: Queen's Call
- Space: Toggle Guard / Attack
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart level
Category: Strategy games
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