Undergrowth Guardian
Larva
Personally, I love the extra levels. I love how they add a ton more play time to one of my favorite games. I’d be pleased to see more extra levels added to the game, and I have some personal suggestions for such levels. Additionally, I also have some recommendations for how these extra levels could be “unlocked”.
“Unlocking” these extra levels would make each level seem more special, giving each the attention it deserves. Here are some example ways to unlock some extra levels:
- Unlock “The Other Foot” after losing (or winning) Formicarium challenge 3
- Unlock “Excavators” after obtaining the achievement “Enemy of my Enemy”
- Unlock “Babysitting” after entering the nest of the opposing Formica Rufa colony on the “Queen of the Hill” level (2.2).
- Unlock “Aggrandise” upon completion of level 3.2
- Unlock “Hibernation” during the first out of game winter after completing formicarium challenge 2.
As for any extra level ideas, here are a few:
1) SemiclaustralA level in which a semiclaustral trap jaw queen ant (or perhaps a bull ant?) must hunt for food while raising her first nanitic workers. This level would play much like the “hungry spider” hidden level. The queen must hunt for weak enough prey to feed herself and her young brood while avoiding stronger predators. There would be a certain amount of food she must collect whilst avoiding a more and more difficult environment in order to win. Modeling a queen trap jaw ant would take extra work, but it would allow the use of the trap jaw ants in free play.
2) Invasion: A level in which you play as a Formica Fusca (or Rufa) colony, and unknown to them, a threat is growing on the horizon. Fire ants are notoriously invasive, hitching rides on ships across the globe. One such queen has made landfall on a particular stretch of land home to the player's colony. This level plays out like a race in which both colonies compete for resources. Hopefully, the player’s colony won’t turn out like many of the other similar colonies displaced by fire ants.
Please take some of these ideas into consideration.
“Unlocking” these extra levels would make each level seem more special, giving each the attention it deserves. Here are some example ways to unlock some extra levels:
- Unlock “The Other Foot” after losing (or winning) Formicarium challenge 3
- Unlock “Excavators” after obtaining the achievement “Enemy of my Enemy”
- Unlock “Babysitting” after entering the nest of the opposing Formica Rufa colony on the “Queen of the Hill” level (2.2).
- Unlock “Aggrandise” upon completion of level 3.2
- Unlock “Hibernation” during the first out of game winter after completing formicarium challenge 2.
As for any extra level ideas, here are a few:
1) SemiclaustralA level in which a semiclaustral trap jaw queen ant (or perhaps a bull ant?) must hunt for food while raising her first nanitic workers. This level would play much like the “hungry spider” hidden level. The queen must hunt for weak enough prey to feed herself and her young brood while avoiding stronger predators. There would be a certain amount of food she must collect whilst avoiding a more and more difficult environment in order to win. Modeling a queen trap jaw ant would take extra work, but it would allow the use of the trap jaw ants in free play.
2) Invasion: A level in which you play as a Formica Fusca (or Rufa) colony, and unknown to them, a threat is growing on the horizon. Fire ants are notoriously invasive, hitching rides on ships across the globe. One such queen has made landfall on a particular stretch of land home to the player's colony. This level plays out like a race in which both colonies compete for resources. Hopefully, the player’s colony won’t turn out like many of the other similar colonies displaced by fire ants.
Please take some of these ideas into consideration.