

Nest design, army size, composition and attack timing are key to securing victory.

On the surface, the ants claim territory, gather resources, overwhelm fearsome arachnids and clash with other colonies. The player excavates their nest underground, constructing tunnels and chambers to store food and raise brood. We'll be releasing that hopefully early in the new year when it's done, and at that point we'll have a firm release date! See you in 2022 for the continuation of our journey into the Undergrowth, together.Empires of the Undergrowth is an ant colony management game, in a fast-paced real-time strategy style. As for the promised news before year's end, we've narrowed down our release window a little and our marketing team recently took the rare step of meeting in person (we are a work-from-home studio) to work on a trailer for the fire ants. This is likely to be the last time I post news this year, so from all of us at Slug Disco studios, I'd love to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Hungry Spider abilities now cast instantly without a wind-up (wind-up has been moved to the wind-down).The cookie on the Festive Spider level will now pause respawning if fighting a boss that stops the flow of the enemy waves (preventing the boss being held and getting infinite resources to build).Beetles Rise Up! made easier on Insane and Hard (more beetles!).Fixed an issue with D key becoming unmapped.Whip spider food value dropped to be in line with forthcoming titans.Slight buff to whip spider and is more likely to use its AOE bleed attack.

