Screenshot Saturday - Bridging The Gap

MikeSlugDisco

Community Manager
Staff member
Community Manager
We're getting there with the new fire ant bridge system! A bridge can be assembled and disassembled quickly, allowing the fire ants to access resources and territory that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Ants create a floating raft of their own bodies which their brood-mates can traverse with ease. With this WIP video you can see we've made bridge building faster and allowed them to be disassembled when finished with.

The ants are light enough to exploit the surface tension of water - that combined with rafting instincts makes fire ants (Solenopsis invicta, in the case of our game) one of nature's great survivors. They have conquered waterlogged swamps just as readily as they have rain forests and back yards all over America. No wonder they're called the "imported fire ant"; they are as invasive as they are aggressive.

 

pakitane16

Colony
This is amazing. The bridge looks like it could be swept away anytime.
So is there a solid numbers ants required to make a bridge, does using workers or soldiers make any differences?
 

VarmintLP

Queen
Backer
This is amazing. The bridge looks like it could be swept away anytime.
So is there a solid numbers ants required to make a bridge, does using workers or soldiers make any differences?
in reality they use many more ants for the bridge as they basically create a raft with their bodies and they need to walk on top of each other.
Personally I'd say the bridge needs some more workers to look a bit more sustainable and then it should be perfect.
 

MedinB

Colony
in reality they use many more ants for the bridge as they basically create a raft with their bodies and they need to walk on top of each other.
Personally I'd say the bridge needs some more workers to look a bit more sustainable and then it should be perfect.
Balance??!?!!?
 

person111

Colony
Ecosystem Beta Tester
Imagine if a whole clump of ants were passing by and it wasn’t enough time until the wave rises up and kills 20+ of your ants
 
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