History Trivia / EmpiresOfTheUndergrowth

** There is currently no plan to make wall rebuildable or make queen movable. It would really mess with the movement code which involves picking the shortest path from the queen. The first movement code update took them almost a year without many contents released, which worried many fans about the longevity of the game, so another change is not favorable.

* IKnewIt: On the topic of ants included as complete species in the game, many fans posited that the final species would be either driver ants or matabele ants. Matabele ants seemed to be more likely after John's revelation of Flashheal ability. After the hilarious leaks during Liam's stream, they have confirmed that matabele ants would be the playable species and driver ants would be their enemies in the 5th set of missions.

** Velvet worms were meant to be nocturnal enemies in the rainforest missions. Their complicated movements took a lot of time for the developers to work on. Then the change to the overall movement code pushed them to lower priority. The devs have indicated they'll be added back into the game after the release of fire ants and mission 4.x, since their movement profiles are shared with the salamanders and newts being introduced in those missions.

** Bullet ants were another kickstarter reward. They were in a similar poll like the previouly mentioned termites, with vampire ants as their opponents.

* IKnewIt: On the topic of ants included as complete species in the game, many fans posited that the final species would be either driver ants or matabele ants. Matabele ants seemed to be more likely after John's revelation of Flashheal ability. After the hilarious leaks during Liam'stream, they have confirmed that matabele ants would be the playable species and driver ants would be their enemies in the 5th set of missions.

** Velvet worms were meant to be nocturnal enemies in the rainforesf missions. Their complicated movements took a lot of time for the developers to work on. Then the change to the overall movement code pushed them to lower priority. The devs have indicated they'll be added back into the game after the release of fire ants and mission 4.x, since their movement profiles are shared with the salamanders and newts being introduced in those missions.

** Formosan termites became reward for donating 17500 euros during the Kickstarter campaign. They won over European wasps in vote number.

** Velvet worms were meant to be nocturnal enemies in the rainforesf missions. Their complicated movements took a lot of time for the developers to work on. Then the change to the overall movement code pushed them to lower priority. They are confirmed to not be in the game in foreseenable future, though they do want to add them back in at a later point.

* IKnewIt: On the topic of ants included as complete species in the game, many, many fans posited that the final species would be Matabele Ants, since they are quite literally the only ants who could function as TheMedic based on behavior in real life. Sure enough, one of the Discord posts Slug Disco made confirmed that Matabele Ants would be the playable species for mission 5.x.

** Trapjaw ants are currently only playable as gene thief ant units in some side missions. They were originally supposed to be playable as a full-pledged species.
** Antlions were originally considered as new enemies for mission 2.X challenge mode. The developers have stated that creating models for their traps using hexagon grid is difficult while tiger beetle larvae's burrows are simpler.
** Velvet worms were meant to be nocturnal enemies in misssion 3.X. Their complicated movements took a lot of time for the developers to work on. Then the change to the overall movement code pushed them to lower priority. They are confirmed to not be in the game in foreseenable future, though they do want to add them back in at a later point.

** Velvet worms were meant to be nocturnal enemies in misssion 3.X. Their complicated movements took a lot of time for the developers to work on. Then the change to the overall movement code pushed them to lower priority. They are confirmed to not be in the game in foreseenable future.

* RetroactiveRecognition: You may be surprised to hear WebVideo/MauLer narrating about ants

** Velvet worms were meant to be nocturnal enemies in misssion 3.X. Their complicated movements took a lot of time for the developers to work on. Then the change to the overall movement code pushed them to lower priority.

** Velvet worms were meant to be nocturnal enemies in misssion 3.X. Their complicated movements took a lot of time for them to develop. Then the change to the overall movement code pushed them to lower priority.

** There is currently no plan to make wall rebuildable. It would really mess with the movement code which involves picking the shortest path from the queen. The first movement code update took them almost a year without many contents released, which worried many fans about the longevity of the game, so another change is not favorable.

** The story mode is about two scientists doing some tests with their newly developed gene thief colony. You play as other ant species in various missions to get resources for your gene thief colony in the formicarium. Originally, the game would only have one scientist observing the gene thief ants on migration in the wild.
** Trapjaw ants were originally supposed to be playable separated from gene thief ants. They are currently only playable as gene thief ant units in some side missions.

** The story mode is about two scientists doing some tests with their newly developed gene thief colony. You play as other ant species in various missions to get resources for your gene thief colony in the formicarium. Originally, the game would only have one scientist examining the gene thief ants on migration in the wild.

** Bullet ants were another kickstarter reward. They were in a similar poll like the previouly mentioned termites, with vampire ants as their opponents.

** Army ants are confirmed to not be playable as a fully pledged species in freeplay mode because they don't have a normal nest system, while the game revolves around defending your unmovable queen.

** Originally, the game would only have one scientist examining the gene thief ants on migration.

** Originally, the game would only had one scientist examining the ants. This is because...
** The original plan for the story was that the ''Formica ereptor'' were migrants, and a documentarist was trying to observe them as they returned to their homeland.
** During the game's Kickstarter Campaign, the reward for donating 17500 euros was the choice of having either Formosan Subterranean Termites or European Wasps added into the game as enemies. Ultimately, the termites won out, leaving us to wonder what would happen if the wasps had been the victors.
** Additionally, the bullet ants were another kickstarter reward, and were in a similar competition with the above mentioned wasps and termites, but their opponent was the vampire ant.

** There were also plans to incorporate African Driver Ants (also known as Siafu), but these have been put on the backburner for now.
** Antlions were originally considered as the challenge creature for mission 2.X, but were ultimately passed over because this would require making a model for their traps using hexagon grid, while tiger beetle larvae only need their burrows.

** There are plans for about five different campaigns, each focused on one type of ants. The bullet ants won't be counted in this as they are meant to be kickstarter reward.
** Part of the reason army ants aren't (currently) in Freeplay mode is because they don't have a normal nest system - which is also why they are not playable.

** Antlions were originally considered as the challenge creature for Missions 2.1 and 2.2, but were ultimately passed over because this would require making a model for their traps, whilst Tiber Beetle Larvae just need their burrows.

** There are plans for about five different 'campaigns', each focused on one type of ant. The Bullet Ants do not count, as they are meant as something like DLC.

** Trapjaw ants were originally supposed to be playable, but have now been relegated to being enemies for Missions 3.1 and 3.2. The developers have indicated this may change, though.

** There are plans for about five different 'campaigns', each focused on one type of ant. The Bullet Ants and Fire Ants do not count, as both are meant as something like DLC.

** There are plans for about five different 'campaigns', each focused on one type of ant. The Bullet Ants and Fire Ants do not count, as both are meant as something like DLC.

** There were also plans to incorporate African Driver Ants (also known as Siafu), but these have been put on the backburner for now.

** The original plan for the story was that the ''Formica ereptor'' were migrants, and a documentarist was trying to observe them.

** Trapjaw ants were originally supposed to be playable, but have now been relegated to being enemies for Missions 3.1 and 3.2. The developers have indicated this may change, though.

** The original plan for the story was that the ''Formica ereptor'' were migrants, and a documentarist was trying to observe them.