Empires of the Undergrowth is an ant colony management game, in a fast-paced real-time strategy style. The player excavates their nest underground, constructing tunnels and chambers to store food and raise brood. On the surface, the ants claim territory, gather resources, overwhelm fearsome arachnids and clash with other colonies. Nest design, army size, composition and attack timing are key to securing victory.
- Carve out and construct your underground nest to suit your strategy
- Engage in fast-paced colony versus colony combat above ground
- Play as different ant species and explore their unique traits and weaknesses
- Encounter and overpower dangerous beetles, arachnids and other awesome arthropods
- Grow your pet formicarium over time by completing missions
We're very pleased to announce that our first major update for Empires of the Undergrowth, the Leafcutter Update, is now available for Windows, Mac & Linux! Featuring an all-new rain forest environment with new critters of all sizes, two new levels which will see you face off against fully-fledged colonies, and a new Formicarium Challenge where the dastardly scientists have something special planned for you.
The jungle floor stirs. Ants of all sizes creep out of their holes to harvest the nearby foliage, travelling far and wide to find the choicest leaves. The odds are stacked against these fledgling colonies - you may be tempted to discount creatures that forage for leaves but with huge crushing mandibles on their side, they are not to be underestimated.
https://youtu.be/HoRqZa7BH9Q
Headline Features
New Formicarium Tier Added
- New playable species - The Leafcutters
[list] - Featuring 4 sizes of ant (minims, minors, media and major) which can walk under / over one another
- Major leafcutters are tank units with very high health and come in two forms:
[list] - Stun majors stun targets for 4s and at level 3 will slow them to a crawl for a further 4s
- Taunt majors force targets to attack them for 4s and at level 3 at 50% health will reduce all incoming damage by 80% for 4s
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Other changes and improvements
- Creatures sizes mean you can get more to the front line
- Minimap now displays food that can be collected
- Quantity held by all food types is now displayed when showing tile info
- New enemy creatures have made there way into the battle arena and freeplay
- Freeplay setup dialogue changed to use more screen space for options
- Pheromone marker assignment panel now displays the living ants from chambers
Balance changes
- Queens have been given 50% resistance to slow their deaths
- Queen Second Wind invulnerability duration increased to 30s (up from 20)
https://youtu.be/5j4xo7WiwC4
Minimum Setup
- OS: Any reasonable new Linux distro (Ubuntu 16.04)
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 / AMD FX-6300Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB
- Storage: 2 GB available space
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