Ant Colony: Wild Forest

And here’s what the new ant’s card will look like #gamedev #indiedev #concept

Here are a few more shots of how the new ant plays.👀 #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

The next ant is going to have a really interesting mechanic… #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #teaser #gamedevlog

Showing you a little secret - here’s what the early concepts of Dead Sands looked like 👀 It's always fascinating to see how ideas evolve over time. From sketch roughes to the world we’re building today - this is where it all began. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #conceptart

@devolverdigital Ant Colony Strategy game! Btw we are looking for publisher

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@devolverdigital Ant Colony Strategy game! Btw we are looking for publisher

Hey everyone! It’s been a while, but that’s about to change 👀 A major update is on the way - we’ll share more details very soon. In the meantime, our team is gearing up for the biggest game jam of them all: Ludum Dare 🎮 There’s a chance we might even pull off 2 games this time! Lots of exciting things coming your way very soon! #gamedev #indiedev #LudumDare #AntColony #devlog #comingsoon

Ant Colony has always kept up with technology, so after the release of the new DLSS 5, we couldn’t resist adding it to our project. You can try it out in the demo version on Steam store.steampowered.com/app/4054570/An…

How Ant Colony was made - Part 2 🐜 Ant Colony didn’t start as a strategy game at all. The very first version was just a small simulation where you could watch your ant colony grow and organize itself. Back in 2018, ant terrariums were suddenly popular on YouTube. I was still learning game development and experimenting with ideas, and ants felt perfect for a small prototype. Together with another developer I met on forums, we built a simple version in about two weeks. You played as the queen and could only spawn different ants - the colony handled everything else on its own. We uploaded the game to Google Play just to share with friends… and forgot about it. A few months later I checked the developer console and realized something unexpected had happened. The game had been featured, downloads were growing rapidly, and this tiny pixel ant prototype had reached over 1 million players. That’s when we realized the idea deserved something bigger. A few years later a team formed around the project, and the simple simulator slowly began evolving into the strategy game Ant Colony is becoming today. Here are a couple of early prototype screenshots and concept arts from the game that we’ve never shared before. 🐜 More about that transformation in the next part. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #AntColony #gamedevelopment #pixelart

How Ant Colony was made - Part 1 Ant Colony is our very first game, and the journey behind it has been a long one. We started six years ago as a small team of three people, working on the game in our spare time while studying or having full-time jobs. None of us had ever made a game before - we were just learning as we went. Over the years the project slowly grew, and so did the team. Today there are seven of us working on Ant Colony full-time - artists, programmers, designers, and community support. Before every big update we gather together and spend 1–3 days just playing the game, testing everything and talking about how to make it better. Here’s one of the concept arts from the game that we’ve never shared before. More little stories from development soon. #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #AntColony

Another beautiful darkling beetle fan art by @phemeralit - thank you so much for this amazing piece 🖤✨ #Fanart #gameart #characterdesign #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #conceptart

These amazing fan art pieces were created by @phemeralit 🖤 This time she reimagined our darkling beetle and gave the termite a brand-new human design - and the result looks incredible. Huge thanks for bringing our creatures to life in such a unique way! #Fanart #gameart #characterdesign #gamedev #indiedev #IndieGameDev #conceptart

Steam #NextFest is live - and this is the best moment to finally jump into our demo! store.steampowered.com/app/1238190/An… Ant Colony: Wild Forest is a systemic colony sim where every decision affects the stability of your underground. Expansion is not just about digging more space - it’s about maintaining resource and units balance! What you’ll face in the demo - Build and shape your underground colony - Establish efficient resource routes - Balance population growth with food supply - Play main campaign of 6 levels in locations Field, Forest and Tropics - Try a limited set of ant cards up to Epic rarity - Fight 20 unique enemies #antcolony #steamnextfest #steamnextfest #indiedev

Take a look at how we’ve redesigned the termite base! #indiegame #gamedev #strategygame #pixelart

Our game recently celebrated 6 years of development (we started development on 1 Jan 2020) so i've made a vid on how the game changed during all this time youtu.be/pU-qjaQduCM

And this is how the termite queen looks in the game now! What do you think? #indiegame #gamedev #strategygame #pixelart

Hi everyone! We’ve been carefully working on improving our old locations - take a look at how much better our termites look now! #indiegame #gamedev #pixelart #indiegamedev

We’re taking part in the Flash Game Vibes 2026 event! You’ll be able to play the demo of our game there: Ant Colony - store.steampowered.com/app/1238190/An… Event - store.steampowered.com/curator/459421… Huge thanks to the organizers for putting this festival together - @rogueducknet, @GamerskyGames and @ArmorGameStudio #FlashGameVibes #IndieGame #IndieDev #Demo

Whoo best?

Hmm, what about defenders? Vote below. #indiegame #strategy #gaming #gamedev