
Formici: Ant Colony sim
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Hi there
A hobby ant colony simulation built with C# and MonoGame. I'm building this in my spare time, one small milestone at a time. A 2D ant colony simulation/game built with C#/.NET + MonoGame.
The long-term goal is to simulate ant colonies inside player-managed formicariums with silly side objectives, expiriments, small story arc and more...?
The player does not directly control ants or colonies. Instead, the player provides an environment, observes the colony, performs research, earns Ant Credits, and eventually manages multiple colonies and species.
The first species will be Lasius niger (Black Garden Ant) aka Default ant.
The prototype is very early and rough, graphics are just pixels. For now I am purely focussing on the gameplay mechanics and adding "art" / Graphics later in the project when the foundation is ready and stable.
Press P to show the pheromone paths.
TAB for debug panel (should be open by default)
Right mouse click to place Queen
Left mouse click to spawn ants (+ Shift to spawn 50 aunts)
Any feedback is appreciated and if you find any bugs beside ants... let me know :)
| Updated | 1 day ago |
| Published | 8 days ago |
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Author | Nix4Nix Games |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Made with | MonoGame |
| Tags | ants, ant-sandbox, ant-sim, ant-simulator, ants-sim, colony, formicarium, Sandbox |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | German, English, French |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
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Development log
- Formici v.0.3.0 Prototype; Introducing Ant gun1 day ago
- Upcoming prototype v0.3.0 introducin "Ant gun tm"6 days ago
- V0.2.0 Formici Prototype8 days ago



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Building this as a hobby project so expect to to go extinct at any moment. The current built v0.2.0 is still very bare bones and displays:
I will continue to build forth on this prototype and add more mechanics such as: