Maybe but look at the wood ant that have mortar and rapid fire or leaf cutter they have taught and stun I fell like there more to that then picking up dead ants.
*_Fun fact:When they get old, the worker termites' bodies will secrete an extremely strong acid. During battles, worker termites act as time bombs ready to explode when attacked._*
I really like their mechanic being a tradeoff of losing time rather than resources to replenish fallen soldiers. It could also lead to some interesting dynamics to the tug of war effect that the game's combat creates that none of the other species have.
Oh my god! I cant believe you actually featured my ant research in your game! I have been working on ant wound care behaviour with megaponera analis for close to a decade now! So cool!
Yesterday I bought your game. It's brilliant, no game has captivated me like this in a long time, I literally couldn't tear myself away even though I had to go to sleep to get up for work in the morning. The game is much better than most so-called AAA games. Thank you for creating such a wonderful game. Greetings from Poland. :)
I can’t believe you guys actually incorporated the way these ants carry their injured back to the nest. I thought that the Matabele would just have healers to heal on the battlefield. Now this is interesting and exciting
They are most likely termite colonies meaning that the termites have a function of getting food laying eggs making shoulder tiles maybe leading to playing as termites in a ant game
The Matabele will have a unique unit type so I assume that is why they are purple. It is unique cause it is different from the straight up attackers and tanker(major esque) units and shooters
So flash heal probably might not be a thing or maybe its an upgrade... Seems like we might have to use these ants in unqiue ways in the formicarium challenge. Just a one minute video yet so much to take in.
Im so excited to play this. From the description, it seems like there will be a temperature mechanic, maybe similar to hibernation. So the ants have to stay underground during mid-day.
Finally, yes. I can't wait for the new mechanics and the termites and the mega colony, probably my favorite, finally less food for recovery. Otherwise, I'm glad that so little was revealed to us, but I'm interested in how the map, the queen and the scorpion you teased us will look like in the past roadmap. Otherwise, good job with the graphic pages, everything looks good, you only teased us a small part of chapter 5, so I can't wait, just don't rush it.
The final species… damn, it still feels like yesterday this game came out. It’s cool but kinda sad too. But we can take comfort knowing this game is reaching its final stage.
@@Isaac-8008If that's actually going to be a mechanic - awesome! Although I wouldn't be surprised if they go with something simpler and just have the bodies dissapear upon being brought back to the nest and get turned into a set amount of food
This is so cool! I’m not sure how you’d possibly implement it into a game, but having something that uses mimicry to infiltrate ant colonies would be cool, as I know that there are species of beetles who send out the same pheromone as the ants use to signal “nothing to see here, just emptiness, move along” as a way to be able to just walk inside the ant hill and steal as much food as they like, since they’re “invisible” to the ants. It’s one of the things I’ve wanted to see in a game ever since I heard of it as a concept. Thank you for making this game, this is a game I’ve been waiting for since I was 5 years old and played Dungeon Keeper 2 and SimAnt for the first time, plus it’s a very good way to get some exposure therapy for my arachnophobia while having fun. Keep it up, just remember that you’re not ants and that you need time to rest, relax and recuperate every once in a while!
Wow, I hope they make more levels with these ants. And not because they are new, but because termites will also be added! But this is a game in the main part about ants. It will be interesting to play for them. I'm sure!
Hey there, not related to metabele ants but rather several questions about freeplay and difficulty: I'm trying to play freeplay basicly vs custom and vanilla colonies in survival mode but without turning enviroment too easy, once with every colony too, to experience them in a struggle and against other colonies. Anything above 200% difficulty reduces food which I don't like since cheating AI will be at a huge advantage, but starting at 200% and impossible difficulty keeping it constant is literally impossible. Rank 4 creatures storming a nest after just a few minutes can't really be defended. Ramping up wouldn't work in that either, since they reach far above 200% in the end even starting at 0%. Is there any chart to show ramping speed/percent per minute for the diffrent difficulties and or a chart to show which ranks spawn potentially which difficulty? Scaling with colony size is probably the cloests I could get this to work with. Does this include AI colonies or just the player? If I outscale the AI I don't want them to be crushed by nest invaders either. How does colony size scaling work in detail? Does it sum up your population eprcentage and puts it into difficulty or scales it higher/lower than that? Or maybe by Ants number? How does the "Random" difficulty work exactly? Does the maximum difficulty it can pick scale with time too? Do higher star creatures spawn after time, example, spending 1,2, 3 hours in a game constantly on 150% difficulty, or is the creature rank based on difficulty entirely?
WOW, juego este juego desde que avía iniciado la pandemia, ase tiempo avía sugerido que añadieran a las reinas que faltaban de las hormigas de la Reyna rival, y ver este tráiler me devolvió las ganas de jugar el juego, gracias😃
fuck it's done. I thought: "Hmm, what if we add termites and another colony or add queens to the nomads, slave owners and others." And damn you added a new ant and TERMITES!!!
Finally. After years researching ants and witnessing them literately creating "triage centres" and "quarantines"... it's publicly shown and recreated. Even the common black ant does this, with them isolating ill ants to a separate chamber and tending to them until they recover.
Never heard of these ants which is kind of surprising to me because I know a thing or two about ants also I wish honey pot ants could have been added if you don't know what they are they have these things called replete these are plates are specialized workers that can eat so much that they're abdomen fills up like a balloon so basically they're just living refrigerators which would have been cool to see but I'm happy with what we got
Didn't know they had an English name! Looks amazing guys great work! There gonna be some big battles to come sure hope the ants don't mix up the dead termites and injured soldiers being carried back or the colony is gonna have some serious problems.
NO.. WAY.. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER SHOWN UP WHILE I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH VIDEO SECTION THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. Well I think I should keep my excitement for now so I will keep up with the tier 5’s upcoming teaser or trailer but not gonna lies slug disco did a great job on making the game. This is the best game I ever play since the gameplay match my play style (strategy and prediction) even though this game’s gameplay look like company of heroes and other same type of gameplay but this game is single player and it all about ANT which is why I like it than any other game also first time I seen this was like oh it just some documentary but when I click it surprise me that it a game so watch a couple of video and I start to feel like this is the game I been finding for so I beg my dad to buy it and it were like that the game is the greatest game ever not only that the game were easy and fun but I also love ant they just little insect that look nothing special but they have their own way to survive. Also one last thing to say, I like the story mode of this game that we are actually the experimental ant that 2 scientist were testing which is normal until [SIGNAL LOST] [REBOOTING] and that it. This game is my childhood.
FOR THE COLONY!
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FOR QUEEN AND COLONY! ⛑🐜
For the company wrong game actually
FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COLONY
Okay, tier 5 actually looks sick
Saw your pfp and read it as “acshully” lol
You have no idea how much better my day just became
IKR IT MADE MY DAY
No way this is amazing I wonder what the purple icon on the Matabele ants will do?
@@serrraque4892They are the Healers of the Colony
@@serrraque4892possibly they are the ants that carry the dead soldiers back to the nest?
Maybe but look at the wood ant that have mortar and rapid fire or leaf cutter they have taught and stun I fell like there more to that then picking up dead ants.
What is the most interesting: termits genetically closer to cockroaches then to ants😅
Cockroaches and Termites
Ants and Wasps
where do the bees come in?@@DeletedSince.2020
*_Fun fact:When they get old, the worker termites' bodies will secrete an extremely strong acid. During battles, worker termites act as time bombs ready to explode when attacked._*
Only some termites.
HELL YEAH! Really excited about raiding termites and presumably being able to heal soldiers
I really like their mechanic being a tradeoff of losing time rather than resources to replenish fallen soldiers. It could also lead to some interesting dynamics to the tug of war effect that the game's combat creates that none of the other species have.
Oh my god! I cant believe you actually featured my ant research in your game! I have been working on ant wound care behaviour with megaponera analis for close to a decade now! So cool!
THIS LOOKS SO GOOD!!! SO EXCITED FOR RELEASE!!!
Yesterday I bought your game. It's brilliant, no game has captivated me like this in a long time, I literally couldn't tear myself away even though I had to go to sleep to get up for work in the morning. The game is much better than most so-called AAA games. Thank you for creating such a wonderful game. Greetings from Poland. :)
I can’t believe you guys actually incorporated the way these ants carry their injured back to the nest. I thought that the Matabele would just have healers to heal on the battlefield. Now this is interesting and exciting
0:54 my oh my fighting 5 other colonies? cant wait to see how that mission turns out
Exactly! I can't wait for the new update xD
They are most likely termite colonies meaning that the termites have a function of getting food laying eggs making shoulder tiles maybe leading to playing as termites in a ant game
But mainly excited to hear the soundtrack for the map mostly 😍😍
Liam's music always hits right
I thought that the 3.1 music was just there for the reveal and not for the final chapter.
@@SlugDiscowill we be able to play as the termites and African stink ants?
@@idk93939In freeplay for termites yes, no for the stink ants.
Oh. My.
This is incredible! Love the environment layout too! Canyons and such seem like such a cool addition.
Good job!
Must say, I was not expecting to see the full reveal this soon. Looks great! Can’t wait to play with them later on release.
Can't wait to play the final version.
Thank you 🙏 We'll be sure to let you know when it's ready!
I never expected matebele ants
I also didnt expect matebele ants. I thought the player was termites
Plottwist: metabele ants are actually the enemies (I know they won't be)
@@abseits_ger7274 lol
@@abseits_ger7274 plot twist again, all of tier 5 was an April fools prank
@@diegooteroczeisler plot twist again. The video is a joke
I love that you went for an ant species that both has interesting stuff going on, but is also one that is also not well known!
once again slug disco has never failed to impress us and i can see on the icon below the major matabele ant has a purple icon??????
Might be super-soldiers
The Matabele will have a unique unit type so I assume that is why they are purple. It is unique cause it is different from the straight up attackers and tanker(major esque) units and shooters
I think those ants might be healers
@carrott36 That would make sense. They seem to have a medic symbol.
Nice and there is also a fact that there are five ant colonies now. Can't wait for the release!
So flash heal probably might not be a thing or maybe its an upgrade... Seems like we might have to use these ants in unqiue ways in the formicarium challenge. Just a one minute video yet so much to take in.
I can see them healing the Leafcutter Majors, somewhat justifying them as well.
@@Meritania leafcutter majors are already the strongest ant type in the game
@@Meritania They would probably allow for better attempts on lower food counts for the formicarium challenges
@@carrott36 Infinite fire ants are already pretty good for those.
we all gotta thank the devs for this w update
We’re getting into the undergrowth with this one 🔥🔥🔥
my excitement is immeasurable and my day is fixed!
Im so excited to play this. From the description, it seems like there will be a temperature mechanic, maybe similar to hibernation. So the ants have to stay underground during mid-day.
Finally, yes. I can't wait for the new mechanics and the termites and the mega colony, probably my favorite, finally less food for recovery. Otherwise, I'm glad that so little was revealed to us, but I'm interested in how the map, the queen and the scorpion you teased us will look like in the past roadmap.
Otherwise, good job with the graphic pages, everything looks good, you only teased us a small part of chapter 5, so I can't wait, just don't rush it.
termites sounds AWESOME. Can't wait for a 30-foot queen.
The final species… damn, it still feels like yesterday this game came out. It’s cool but kinda sad too. But we can take comfort knowing this game is reaching its final stage.
Not actually the final ant 👀
Good stuff Slug! Thanks for sticking with it!
My day after this came out: 📈📈📈📈📈
Let's see how can I push this ant to the limit
YIPPIEEEE! I knew about them from the leaks but still, joyous day!
awesome,,. hope we'll be able to play around with termites in freeplay aswell
Now this is when its ready to release!
What a fantastic species to add! Bravo slug disco
cant wait to see a small lvl1 worker I forgot to upgrade pick up a large asf lvl3 matabele ant from the final formicarium challenge boss (scientist 1)
Never did I think this day would come. I've said it a million times before and I'll say it again, this game is brilliant. I salute you all.
Now that’s legendary
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST UPDATE EVER🎉
I've been waiting for the option to eat the fallen
You're reviving them not eating them
@@Isaac-8008If that's actually going to be a mechanic - awesome!
Although I wouldn't be surprised if they go with something simpler and just have the bodies dissapear upon being brought back to the nest and get turned into a set amount of food
This is so cool! I’m not sure how you’d possibly implement it into a game, but having something that uses mimicry to infiltrate ant colonies would be cool, as I know that there are species of beetles who send out the same pheromone as the ants use to signal “nothing to see here, just emptiness, move along” as a way to be able to just walk inside the ant hill and steal as much food as they like, since they’re “invisible” to the ants. It’s one of the things I’ve wanted to see in a game ever since I heard of it as a concept.
Thank you for making this game, this is a game I’ve been waiting for since I was 5 years old and played Dungeon Keeper 2 and SimAnt for the first time, plus it’s a very good way to get some exposure therapy for my arachnophobia while having fun. Keep it up, just remember that you’re not ants and that you need time to rest, relax and recuperate every once in a while!
If there were to be a mimic, I'd imagine it to look like one of your ants but flash to a beetle every 5-10 seconds until it enters your nest.
meet the medic!
Slug Disco,you can either put termites as facion or upgrade to extra levels by using termites and reward termites as facion plis
Termites will be available in freeplay at a later date
yo finally bullet ants and termites!!
These aren’t bullet ants, they’re matabele.
Bullet ants will come eventually though
The ant can revive them self. That sounds op.
This looks awesome. And the new "wounded" mechanic should be interesting.
Great frickin work bro slugdisco
I cant wait for what formicarium story that will require us to use the matabele dna
I realize Matabele ants also sting
Looks so good, props on the 3d model!
We are making out of the anthill with this one!
This was a pleasant surprise!
Wow, I hope they make more levels with these ants. And not because they are new, but because termites will also be added! But this is a game in the main part about ants. It will be interesting to play for them. I'm sure!
Looks like it will come soon cuz it looks pretty finished! But i just cant wait to play as these
LESSGO cant wait for the release
THIS IS SO COOL ! Also cant wait for the 5X level's musics
Other than healing, I’m excited to see what other special abilities these guys have. Great work as always SD team
oh god
OH GOD
WHY DOES IT LOOK SO GOOD!?
OMG I can't wait for tier 5 to be released!
Hey there, not related to metabele ants but rather several questions about freeplay and difficulty:
I'm trying to play freeplay basicly vs custom and vanilla colonies in survival mode but without turning enviroment too easy, once with every colony too, to experience them in a struggle and against other colonies. Anything above 200% difficulty reduces food which I don't like since cheating AI will be at a huge advantage, but starting at 200% and impossible difficulty keeping it constant is literally impossible. Rank 4 creatures storming a nest after just a few minutes can't really be defended. Ramping up wouldn't work in that either, since they reach far above 200% in the end even starting at 0%. Is there any chart to show ramping speed/percent per minute for the diffrent difficulties and or a chart to show which ranks spawn potentially which difficulty?
Scaling with colony size is probably the cloests I could get this to work with. Does this include AI colonies or just the player? If I outscale the AI I don't want them to be crushed by nest invaders either. How does colony size scaling work in detail? Does it sum up your population eprcentage and puts it into difficulty or scales it higher/lower than that? Or maybe by Ants number?
How does the "Random" difficulty work exactly? Does the maximum difficulty it can pick scale with time too?
Do higher star creatures spawn after time, example, spending 1,2, 3 hours in a game constantly on 150% difficulty, or is the creature rank based on difficulty entirely?
0:32 looks like were getting termites added.
Love ya’ll amazing devs ❤
Exiting they look so unique, can’t wait to play!
YES
WOW, juego este juego desde que avía iniciado la pandemia, ase tiempo avía sugerido que añadieran a las reinas que faltaban de las hormigas de la Reyna rival, y ver este tráiler me devolvió las ganas de jugar el juego, gracias😃
Leave no ant behind !
fuck it's done. I thought: "Hmm, what if we add termites and another colony or add queens to the nomads, slave owners and others." And damn you added a new ant and TERMITES!!!
I LEARNED ABOUT THESE ANTS THAT ACTUALLY USE A SOMEWHAT MEDICINE LIKE SUBSTANCE IN THEIR SALIVA!!! im so excited for this!!
good idea with the ants can't wait to see it come out
Pls make the termites playable
This is going to be so cool!
DAMN THESE ARE MY FAV ANT SPECIES LET'S GOOO
The slug guys have done it again
Maybe just maybe you guys would make a vid of the termites nest that would be just like amazing
Interesting!🎉
i love you guys
I cant wait to see matabele ants
Excellent! Shame we never got Driver Ants, though. Maybe a DLC or sequel, perhaps?
Its still likely we get driver ants, they just probably wont be one of the playable colonies
Diver ants will be the 3rd species added to the game but idk how they would add them maybe as a ai like trapjaw ants in 3.1
Well, we’ve got good news for you!
Can’t wait for the official release! 🎉🎉🎉
Finally.
After years researching ants and witnessing them literately creating "triage centres" and "quarantines"... it's publicly shown and recreated.
Even the common black ant does this, with them isolating ill ants to a separate chamber and tending to them until they recover.
Never heard of these ants which is kind of surprising to me because I know a thing or two about ants also I wish honey pot ants could have been added if you don't know what they are they have these things called replete these are plates are specialized workers that can eat so much that they're abdomen fills up like a balloon so basically they're just living refrigerators which would have been cool to see but I'm happy with what we got
Falta a espécie Messor barbarus, muito conhecida pelo hobby de criar formigas! Ela é granivora então seria interessante mecanicas novas com sementes
Oh yeah! Can not wait! This is going to be awesome!
These live in my garden
Wow such an awesome game! But can you also make a mode as you play as termites?
It's likely we'll be able to play as them in freeplay, and I sure hope so! I've always loved termites.
Yoo, I never even knew this type of ant even existed! Cool!
Didn't know they had an English name! Looks amazing guys great work! There gonna be some big battles to come sure hope the ants don't mix up the dead termites and injured soldiers being carried back or the colony is gonna have some serious problems.
Final something about your progress you guys are the best
Termites are exactly what I've been waiting for in this game. I hope there's a way to fight them with the other ant species as well.
You should add a gamemode with these ants where you have a limited number of them but you have to nurse them back to health.
NO.. WAY.. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER SHOWN UP WHILE I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH VIDEO SECTION
THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER. Well I think I should keep my excitement for now so I will keep up with the tier 5’s upcoming teaser or trailer but not gonna lies slug disco did a great job on making the game. This is the best game I ever play since the gameplay match my play style (strategy and prediction) even though this game’s gameplay look like company of heroes and other same type of gameplay but this game is single player and it all about ANT which is why I like it than any other game also first time I seen this was like oh it just some documentary but when I click it surprise me that it a game so watch a couple of video and I start to feel like this is the game I been finding for so I beg my dad to buy it and it were like that the game is the greatest game ever not only that the game were easy and fun but I also love ant they just little insect that look nothing special but they have their own way to survive. Also one last thing to say, I like the story mode of this game that we are actually the experimental ant that 2 scientist were testing which is normal until [SIGNAL LOST] [REBOOTING] and that it. This game is my childhood.
I don’t spoil so yeah good luck finding the story line that has cut off [edit]
This looks so great and exiting
No way it's finally happening I'm so excited!!!
OHM Y GOD OH MY GOD I CAN'T WAIT RELEASE IT NOW PLEASE MAKE ME FALL ASLEEP UNTIL IT COMES OUT IM FANGIRLING THIS NEW UPDATE
i cant wait, keep the good work
FINALLY TERMITES
These are cool but personally I thought the marauder ants from my home country were gonna be added at some point
Yeah! I wanna plays as some bad guys! It should be better, if developers adding an Aardvark!
This looks absolutely amazing!
nice game, need more history mode , narrator is all !