Custom Game Map

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This page shows map settings in custom games.


The Dunes

Description: A small secluded area in some sand dunes that offers wide open space with a few raised areas.

Environment: Beach

Music: Rising Tide Theme


Settings

You have access to a limited number of fish, seeds and sand fleas. You can find large rosemary plants and poppy plants across the map.

Woodlice, devil's coach horse beetles and beach tiger beetles live in your nest.


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Towhead

Description: A river island that offers the best resources in the middle but can periodically flood, wiping out resources and creatures alike.

Environment: Beach

Music: Queen of the Hill Theme


Settings

Nests are located in the higher area. The lower central area can be periodically flooded.

You have access to a limited number of fish and sand fleas. You can find magnolia saplings and poppy plants in the central area. Root aphids gather in the outer area.

Woodlice, devil's coach horse beetles and beach tiger beetles live in your nest.


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Embankment

Description: A stream divides this wide open rainforest area down the middle which can be perilous if it is crossed carelessly.

Environment: Rainforest

Music: The Harvest Theme


Settings

Nests are located equally on each side of the stream. The land bridges can be periodically flooded.

You have access to a limited number of seeds and pine cones. You can find magnolia saplings near the water's edge. Root aphids gather on the higher area.

Woodworms, green rove beetles, blue rove beetles, whip spiders and velvet worms live in your nest.


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Basin

Description: Allies share a joint starting area but will need to clash with enemy colonies in the lower grounds to get the best resources.

Environment: Rainforest

Music: Front Line Theme


Settings

Nests are located equally on each side of the basin. Ally colonies are located next to each other. Enemy colonies will be separated by an indestructible barrier if they are located next to each other.

You have access to a limited number of seeds and pine cones. You can find magnolia saplings in the central area.

Woodworms, green rove beetles, blue rove beetles, whip spiders and velvet worms live in your nest. You can encounter a huge whip spider in the central area.


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Sand Spit

Description: A sandy peninsula designed for a 3 vs 1 setup, where the single colony has an uphill battle ahead of them.

Environment: Beach

Music: Rising Tide Theme


Settings

A single nest is located on the further side of the peninsula. Ally colonies are located next to each other. Enemy colonies will be separated by an indestructible barrier if they are located next to each other.

You have access to a limited but massive number of fish, seeds and sand fleas. You can find poppy plants and magnolia saplings across the map.

Devil's coach horse beetles live in your nest.


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Imprisoned

Description: A swampy area that floods and drains opening up easir access to other resources and colonies.

Environment: Swamp

Music: A Bridge Too Far Theme


Settings

Nests are disconnected by a water trench during flood period. Connecting paths, which are gradually revealed during drain period, are blocked by carnivorous plants.

You have access to a limited number of seeds and pine cones. You can find magnolia saplings across the map.

Narrow-mouthed toads, larval false bombardier beetles and larval checkered beetles live in your nest. You can encounter 2 great blue skimmers flying across the map.


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Strawclutch

Description: Tightly packed nests around central resurces in the swamp ensures intense skirmishes with neighbors.

Environment: Swamp

Music: Cold Blood Theme


Settings

Nests can be located either on the first or the second layer of the hill.

You have access to a limited number of seeds and pine cones. Lots of milkweed plants grow densely in the central area. You can find magnolia saplings and Venus flytraps in the outer area.

False bombardier beetles and larval checkered beetles live in your nest. You can encounter 2 American bullfrogs in the outer area.


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Cuztomizations

Randomization

Each map has a default design for both the surface and the underground area. Your nest is randomly assigned to an underground area at the start of a custom game.

Landmarks and underground enemies will be generated based on your choices if randomization is enabled.

Underground caverns will be randomly generated if cavern randomization is enabled. Food amount and danger amount can be toggled in a preset range abeit danger amount can't be set higher than food amount.

Leaves, lignocellulose and dead termites replace other underground food when you play as leafcutter ants, termites and Matabele ants respectively.


Flood

Short flood is exclusive to Towhead and Embankment. Water rises every 10 minutes and lasts for 5 seconds.

Long flood is currently exclusive to Imprisoned. Water rises or recedes every 7 minutes.

Rising water washes away any creatures and unharvested food. Amphibians can survive long floods.

Overall score increases by 40% if floods are enabled.


Destructible barriers

Destructible barriers are exclusive to Basin. They have 4000 HP and block certain areas of the map. You can attack the barriers to break them. Overall score increases by 40% if destructible barriers are enabled.


Period of the day

Day and night last for 15 minutes each. You can choose to start a freeplay game during any period of the day.


Trivia

  • Imprisoned, based on the design of 鶴轟, and Strawclutch, based on the design of Noctazar, were the winners of the map making contest in 2023.
  • The old fish model can be seen floating on the edge of Towhead.