🐜 Ant Army

How to play Ant Army

How to play

Ant Army is a light real-time strategy game. Your colony's anthill sits at the bottom of the field and you command six worker ants. Cookie crumbs pop up at random spots — never more than four at a time. Tap a crumb, or press 1–4 for the numbered crumb, to dispatch your nearest idle ant: it scurries over, grabs the crumb, and hauls it home for 10 points. Bank 15 crumbs to trigger the Colony Feast and win. Two spiders patrol on looping paths — if one touches a crumb-carrying ant, the ant drops the crumb and flees home empty-handed. Dropped crumbs stay on the ground for re-fetching. A 150-second timer keeps the pressure on: every second left on the clock adds 2 bonus points to your score. If it hits zero before fifteen crumbs are banked, the spiders win this time.

Controls

Tap or click any crumb to send the nearest idle ant after it. On a keyboard, press 1, 2, 3 or 4 to dispatch an ant to the matching numbered crumb — every crumb wears a number badge. Press Enter to start, and Play Again (or Enter) after the game ends.

Tips

Keep all six ants working — idle ants win nothing. Send ants to the closest crumbs first to shorten round trips. Watch the spiders' patrol loops and time your grabs for when they are far away. A dropped crumb is often closer to home the second time, so re-dispatch immediately. Spread ants across crumbs instead of stacking them all on one.

Scoring

• Each delivered crumb: 10 points
• Win bonus: 2 points per second remaining when the 15th crumb lands
• Final score = crumbs × 10 + time bonus