I have to figure this was inspired by it. Having played and loved both of these games, I have made a list of suggestions.
#1 - Renewable food sources. Aphids are fantastic, but randomly spawned/valuable bugs like butterflies and stuff would make a good addition. Or hell, maybe someone dropped a half-eaten hot dog.
#2 - Homes. Any kind of human/urban environment.
#3 - Rain. In SimAnt, sometimes it would randomly rain and partially flood the lower levels of a colony. I don't know how this could be implemented in a top-down game like this, but it's an interesting mechanic.
#4 - Hidden tunnels. Sometimes when digging in the dirt, you'll find an existing tunnel to another colony. Excellent for backdooring or stealing food supplies.
#5 - Fog of war? Perhaps make it so we can't see at all what exists beyond the tunnels of our colony. The treasures and dangers buried in the earth should be completely hidden until we've dug them up.
#6 - Freeplay/multiplayer. Allow players to play randomly generated maps with bots/other players. I know that's way easier said than done and probably already in the works, atleast I hope so. This is an absolute must for making a long-term playerbase.
#7 - On free play maps, let players spawn as a queen and select where to dig and live.
#8 - Add more playable ant species. Those slave ants sounded pretty damn cool.
#9 - Pat yourselves on the back. This game, as it is today, is amazing and exactly what the world of gaming needed. Best purchase of 2018. ;D
Thanks for reading.
#1 - Renewable food sources. Aphids are fantastic, but randomly spawned/valuable bugs like butterflies and stuff would make a good addition. Or hell, maybe someone dropped a half-eaten hot dog.
#2 - Homes. Any kind of human/urban environment.
#3 - Rain. In SimAnt, sometimes it would randomly rain and partially flood the lower levels of a colony. I don't know how this could be implemented in a top-down game like this, but it's an interesting mechanic.
#4 - Hidden tunnels. Sometimes when digging in the dirt, you'll find an existing tunnel to another colony. Excellent for backdooring or stealing food supplies.
#5 - Fog of war? Perhaps make it so we can't see at all what exists beyond the tunnels of our colony. The treasures and dangers buried in the earth should be completely hidden until we've dug them up.
#6 - Freeplay/multiplayer. Allow players to play randomly generated maps with bots/other players. I know that's way easier said than done and probably already in the works, atleast I hope so. This is an absolute must for making a long-term playerbase.
#7 - On free play maps, let players spawn as a queen and select where to dig and live.
#8 - Add more playable ant species. Those slave ants sounded pretty damn cool.
#9 - Pat yourselves on the back. This game, as it is today, is amazing and exactly what the world of gaming needed. Best purchase of 2018. ;D
Thanks for reading.
