Ant Now?

Eight players. Four colonies. One queen. Ant Now? is a competitive co-op multiplayer game for up to eight players. Four duos land in the same backyard, each with its own queen. Together you build your colony, defend your anthill and attack the others. Lose your queen and you are out.The Commander: down in the war room Deep in the nest, you see everything. Build chambers, hatch foragers, warriors and kamikaze flying ants, and draw your defensive lines with scent trails. Like in a tower defense game, you decide where the attack breaks. And when the time is right, you send your army out.The Fighter: up on the anthill Outside, you are in the thick of it, in third person. With bites, acid, venom or sticky bombs you throw yourself at every attacker, haul food home and grow stronger with every victory. Each of the eight species fights differently.Only together The Commander sees the map, the Fighter feels the pressure. Talk to each other or the anthill falls. And when things get hot, either of you can do both.A backyard battlefield Juice cartons tower like skyscrapers, the sandbox becomes a desert, the garden pond an ocean. Earthworms burst from the ground without warning, and the Worm Baron lurks in his pit. Slay him and his blessing goes to your whole colony.Eight real species Wood ant, fire ant, leafcutter ant, army ant, trap-jaw ant, weaver ant, bulldog ant and the ant that explodes. Each one is built from a real micro-CT scan.Ten minutes of peace, then war At the start, every colony builds up undisturbed. Then war breaks out, food runs short, and when winter comes, the strongest queen wins. Play online with friends or fill empty slots with bots.