Conquer Club

Thanks to Ethitts for the idea, I have included his idea post below

Wouldn't it be fun to control three waring ant hills? Well, thanks to CC ant wars you can! Here's a preliminary map, the final version will have named chambers with bonuses simmilar to what Ethitts suggested,

Ethitts wrote:Ant's Nest


Hey everyone, i'm pretty new to conquer club and one thing I like seeing is everyones idea's for maps. So, I decided to come up with 1 myself:

I figure an ants nest with queens, egg chambers and food chambers. Players can hold the queens and chambers and all the different paths everywhere in the nest. I was thinking different sections in the nest could be different territories each allocating so many points. To add to this, Holding so many queens gives so many points, the same with egg and food chambers.
ie. 2 Queens = 1
3 Queens = 3
4 Queens = 6
etc.

Tell me what you think.

http://img512.imageshack.us/my.php?image=antnestzf9.jpg

Heres another version of it, I draw an OK ant but if someone would sen me images for red, white, and red ants I would appreciate it (transparent png or gif please) I've only done the red ants completely so far also

it will take a ton of work, but I like the basic idea... play with for a while.

I didn't get any support when I tried this map, but that's probably because my graphics were pretty crap and I hadn't put much effort into everything else (gameplay etc). But I would love to see a map based on ant nests, please keep going with this, you have my support.

With your current map, I know it's preliminary, but you might want to open it up a bit. I think many more territories and different paths to take for attacking different nests. Currently you have 3 nests with only one entrance, which if they were each held by one person, then it would be a long game with no-one wanting to attack.

this might be helpfull:

within a nest all ants have several tasks as you might know.

1 or more queens to lay eggs. (new queens and small males have wings, queens shed their wings after they formed a new colonie)

Food processing (might be need for bonus system based on the tasks of ants, like if you hold all food processing ants, you get a high bonus of like +10, and if you only hold 1 subgroup you get a low bonus of 3 or something)
LIVESTOCK FARMING
herd aphids (plant lice) & "milk" them for nectar-like food
CULTIVATION
growing underground gardens for food
Childs and education
CHILDCARE
feeding young & providing intensive nursery care
EDUCATION
teaching younger ants the tricks of the trade
CLIMATE CONTROL
maintaining a strict 77o F. for developing ants
CAREER SPECIALIZATION
changing & learning new careers
CIVIC DUTIES
responding with massive group projects
Militairy
ARMED FORCES
raising an army of specialized soldier ants
SECURITY
warding off other ants, insects, and animals
Workers
EARTH MOVERS
move at least as much soil as earthworms
ENGINEERING
tunnel from 2 directions & meet exactly midway
Controlling
SOCIAL PLANNING
maintain ratio of workers, soldiers, & reproductives
COMMUNICATIONS
complex tactile, chemical communication system
FLOOD CONTROL
incorporate water traps to keep out rain

maybe make the hills farther apart? and oh, maybe use graphix like for cc archery? that would go good with this map i think..

I like this map. It reminds me of Sim Ant...

how about you do 5 or 6 different types of ants, and have a fun spin off with each type.

Example:

Fire ant-
burn care unit
Fire Dept.
flame testing center
stolen match storage

carpenter ant-
sawdust disposal
workshop
chainsaw superstore

ect. ect.

each would have a queen.

maybe make it a .gif image and have random ants running around