#Empires of the Undergrowth

[putting-kinger-in-places]

Empires of The Undergrowth

Backyard Infested With Ants, Empire of The Undergrowth

[cloudedart]

My art is on Steam's homepage again!

My job (Hooded Horse) is having a publisher sale, and we got a steam takeover! https://store.steampowered.com/sale/HoodedHorsePublisherSale2024 The full page background is 10kpx tall, filled with tons of Little Guys from our games portfolio ✨

[catboygirling]

Fic Masterlist: Empires of the Undergrowth

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total fics: 1

first: October 2024

An Interesting Development

Rating: G Pairing: Gen Word Count: 873 “Have there been any new developments in the colony?” “Oh, yes,” her colleague said in his usual smug, conspiratorial tone. “Quite an interesting one.” He stepped aside to allow her access to the viewing window. Or, New Game+, as seen in-universe.

[newhologram]

!!𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗦!! Was not expecting an ending like this at all and I loved it omfg

[itsadragonaesthetic]

I think I kinda understand Darksouls/Bloodborne/Elden Ring/etc and their seemingly crazy fans. And I think I understand why I don't get into it like they do. To play a super hard and frustrating game, you need some sense of... ownership. Or at least I do. Feeling like this is your THING and if anyone is gonna do it, it's you. The only reason I achievement hunt in any game like WolfQuest or Empires of the Undergrowth, or I try completing every single thing in any Spyro game, is because those games are a part of my identity. I'm not really sure by what process this happens? The only commonality I've found between any game I've Become Gud at is that they're all somewhat unknown games and not many people even play them to true completion. I spent an entire 24 hours in WolfQuest just so I could be the first person to get that super hard trekking achievement on Steam (ended up being second... dammit lmao). Maybe I just don't like following the crowd. Maybe I just don't like my games to be super duper hard and I'm a little baby.

Idk I'd like some fans of these games to tell me about their experiences lmao.

[kahtide]

I've got a work event I have to get to, so for this week I'm bumping the stream to 4:30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Sorry for the schedule changes! I hope they end soon. But yeah, tune in for more Chrono Trigger and Empires of the Undergrowth! See you there!

twitch.tv/kahtide

[cheerios230]

BEHOLD! The Spiders of Empires of the Undergrowth! (with Arachnophobia Mode on its second lowest setting. Also under its a Read more so open at your own risk)

The Whip Spider "Heterophrynus Batesii"

A Harvestman from "Various Species"

The Jumping Spider "Psecas Viridipurpureus"

The Sand Bear Wolf "Arctosa Perita"

The Beach Wolf Spider "Arctosa Littoralis"

A Magnolia Green Jumper "Lyssomanes Viridis"

The Green Lynx Spider "Peucetia Viridans"

A Fishing Spider "Dolomedes Triton"

A Huntsman Spider "Pseudomicrommata Mary"

And last but certainly not least the Sun Spider "Zeria Keyserlingi"

[insectoidvania]

EMPIRES OF THE UNDERGROWTH

"Take control of your own ant colony in this real time strategy set in the world of insects. It features underground tunnelling, nest construction and epic miniature battles with a variety of creatures and other ant colonies." (from the Epic Games store page!)

pretty enjoyable game if you like rts games! i think i have yet to finish story mode because im stuck on a level hehoo but its always fun seeing your amassed ant army

video warning: i do play a level with spiders in it and do Not have arachnophobia safe mode enabled!

bug content: oops all bugs! - almost every character in the game is bug or bug-adjacent!

free or paid?: paid! it is $19.99 in USD!

genres: strategy, simulation

content warnings: spiders (there is arachnophobia safe mode!)

check out the website here to see where you can buy the game!

[fsaxjack]

10: Argentine Ant, the most successful invasive species in the world, high points for potency, but devious little rascals who have done a lot of damage

9: Matabele Ants, they hunt exclusively termites in the African Savanah and, to my knowledge, actively avoid destroying entire nests for a sustainable supply

8: Slaver Ants, they raid larger hives and use pheromones to send them into confusion so they can steal larvae to raise as their own. They're so locked-in on this strategy that they can't even sustain themselves without other Ants

7: Army Ants, a nomadic species that consumes everything that crosses its path. They make bivouwac shelters out of their own bodies when sheltering at the end of a march

6: Black Ants, the platonic ideal of an ant, thrives in its simplicity

5: Formica Ereptor Gene Thief Ants, the fictional species who serve as the protagonists of Empires of the Undergrowth and rapidly evolve to mimic other species

4: Weaver Ants, who build treetop shelters by using their larvae as glue guns (the process does not harm they, they are just squeezed lightly to extrude silk) to bond leaves together

3: Bullet Ants, the only 4+ on the Schmidt sting pain index, the sting is described as "walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail embedded in your heel" and "waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours."

2: Imported Fire Ants, Solenopsis Invicta - cool-ass name, my main in Empires of the Undergrowth, and extremely successful in most places that are introduced, for better or worse

1: Leaf-Cutter Ants, one of the select few species on Earth that practice agriculture by using leaf cuttings to fertilize fungal gardens inside of their nests.

other social media websites im on are like. hawk tuah girl and mr beast are collabing for a festables event. and tumblr is like. here are my top 10 favorite ants

[cloudedart]

earlier this year i started work for Hooded Horse, publisher of indie strategy games ✨ Here's a couple of the key art pieces I've done for them so far! First is Empires of the Undergrowth (the current key art on steam!) and one I did for Xenonauts-2 (an unsuccessful/unreleased piece I still really enjoy)

[catboygirling]

hey have you won any freeplay/skirmish games? If so do you remember what your highest score was? I think mine was around 1.5/.6 million points in a conquest game a couple years ago

I haven't gotten around to messing with those modes yet! I only just finished the campaign, and I'm prepping my colony for my first new game+ run. 1.5 mil must be a high bar to beat though :0

[rogercheetoofficial]

empires of the undergrowth

[fsaxjack]

Get this motherfucker outta here, he knows what he did to my ants

[newhologram]

Pretty queen

[janeelyakiri]

Became a space cadet last night and rambled about ants to my darling wife @skitteringjunbug for like an hour about ants while she was trying to read and also having took a treat lol

She kept feeding me chicken to try and shut me up wheeze

love you lots darling 💙💙💙 Cannot help I have the Ant Tism