no i know they wouldn't be interested it was just a joke but it would be good if a game like this was produced.
Sithmaster676
Yeah they should make a game like "Rome total war" but the ant version hahaha there is this good online ant game http://www.anarchyent.com/antwar/index.asp you can play up to level five but you can by the full version if you want or the free trial.
have no idea how i missed this original thread.. but that sounds like a wicked idea.. an ant game.. that educates while ur playing.. Awesome :D
i think if it was like anno 1404 it would be better, focusing on building your colony, building different castes, producing queens, aphid farms, havesting ant bread, leaves, prey, and other resources rather than combat, i can't see how combat would be fun with what 3 types of fighter in anyone one species ?
Try Empire of the Ants
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/empireoftheants/index.html
To be honest the gameplay really sucks but it's about ants! RTS but I really still do not get the gameplay (never really tried either). You can fight vs many other ant species, termites, bees, wasps and common predators/prey like flies, butterflies, weevils, crickets, but also real predators like the praying mantis. In one level there's even a salamander (I just avoided it, it was so strong, hard to kill).
Anyways the game is fairly rare, bought it for 1 euro @ Free Record Shop ;)
I like the idea of using money as conserved energy :). By the way there is a game a bit like Sim-Ant posted few days ago by my colleague on formicopedia.org - http://www.not-equal.eu/myrmedrome/main_en.html. Haven't yet had played but it looks quite interesting
I like empire of the ants, but I think it is too hard
The flash games about ants are mostly related with killing them to protect your cake XD
TRY ANTRUSH IT'S A REAL TIME STRATEGY It'S AWESOME.
Ever heard of Sim Ant?
It is not good looking but I think its more complex than emire of the ants
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ucLyqEboGM
Sim Ant really isn't complex. Aslong as you hog all the food on the starter tile, grow to average strength and then put queen prduction up to 100% to get that going (later loer it to like 20% or so) and from there on winning the entire garden is a piece of cake. WÁY too easy imo. I like SimAnt, but it needs development. I've done abit of fantasizing about working off of simAnt and make it deeper, like varying in ant species to make for more intersteing gameplay, and work abit on the over all behaviour in it to make i abit more realistic. :)
Anyway, SimAnt is one of the things that turned me onto keeping ants, so I naturaly love it, and it's good for amusement. x) I still play it now and then.
(The Experimental Mode is particlarly nice.)