The Ant-peror Queen has decreed conquest, and the Imperial Ant army will answer her call. Do not let the Ant-pire fall to ruin. Glory to the Ant-pire!

Expand your supercolony

Move your ant colonies to locations across the continent to establish new footholds, from where your numbers can grow.

Conquer other ant colonies

Send your colonies to occupied locations to battle with your enemies and overwhelm them, taking the territory for the glory of the Ant-pire.

Outsmart your enemies

Our enemies each have particular strengths and behaviours. Study them closely and counter their tactics with superior Imperial strategy.

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Instructions

• Click on an ant colony to select it (you control the glorious Imperial Ant-pire).
• Move ants from a selected colony to another location by clicking on the location marker and choosing how many to send.
• To change the game speed, click on the speed control buttons, or press 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the top of the keyboard. Note that pause is unavailable on normal difficulty, and pause and slowdown is unavailable on hard and insane difficulties.

Tips

• Those who hesitate are lost. Move quickly and decisively, and take travel distance into account. Hesitating too long will give our enemies time to bring about our downfall. Alternatively, use the speed controls to pause or slow down the game speed in easy and normal difficulties.
• Know thy enemy. Each enemy has a different ability, shown on the sidebar, and have different strategies to capitalise on it. Use this information to adjust your own strategy and crush their forces.
• There is strength in numbers. Your colonies grow faster and hit harder the more ants are in them, so make sure you consolidate your forces when necessary.
• Control the frontier. Each occupied location will grow your population, so don't unnecessarily leave a location empty. However, no ant colonies grow in a location where two or more colonies are engaged in combat.
• Use superior strategy: Utilise the Ant-pire's superior tactical prowess to gain the upper hand. Other ants will never leave a battle, but we know that victory can be gained by sending forces beyond the frontier or retreating from the enemy hordes where needed.

Credits

StormRaven Games

• Jaco van Hemert
• Carel van Hemert (SkyyStorm)

Contains sounds from Freesounds.org

This game was an entry for Ludum Dare 56.

Ludum Dare 56