I became a HIVE MIND to control a colony of ants!

Microtopia is a game where you become the hive mind and control a colony of robotic ants!
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[@ShonG]

larva: singular larvae: plural

[@davidaward82]

^^This^^

[@quillclock]

but it was also saying larva for plural that's why he was confused... "the queen needs energy to produce more larva"

[@erichamion]

@@quillclock Yes. "Produce more larva" is incorrect.

[@axldave9940]

Lava: Burny ouch water

[@oasntet]

Larvar: Larva, but with the british intrusive 'r' that you can never stop hearing once you know about it.

[@YangGeometryDash]

ignoring the fact that baby ants has energy limit and matt think they die of old age is such an architect moment

[@RenneVangr]

"Work until you die" is a very Imperialistic philosophy though

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

But isn't that what death is? You run out of energy/your body breaks down and can no longer function?

[@miha493]

​@@RenneVangr Queen would be proud of this boy.

[@brandonm6751]

What’s with all these newborn ants dying of old age? It’s probably…a bug

[@stephenp8232]

Same difference

[@AryaPDipa]

"I refuse to call the queen's part by it's real name," Ovopositor?

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

Baby hole

[@YesmynameisBob]

I guess that's the thing with KZbin, there are some words that are off limits like "ovipositor" and "cephalothorax"

[@AlexDiestel]

Aaand... demonetized.

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

*Ovipositor

[@brigidtheirish]

@@cathygrandstaff1957 Oviposterior.

[@morningsage5673]

The most frustrating part of these videos is the fact that they look so fun, but I can never play them because they aren’t released :D

[@VanillaFace413]

I'd suggest making a stockpile for the food so your ants don't always die of hunger lol I don't know think it's old age. You're only feeding the queen.

[@carl-marvin]

I believe it's an tech you need to unlock to be able to feed them

[@duncanchin]

Time flies by. I could have sworn the queen died a few months ago.

[@atharvadasarwar2891]

An Instagram commentator on KZbin

[@naxmorvigatore4168]

First time in a long time that Matt learned things in a timely manner and put that knowledge to use to play incrementally better and better through out the episode, proud of you Matt, lol

[@RicardoAlmeidatm]

Add a trail from the small ant spawner to the food route so that your colony grows itself. Use the bigger ants that don't have timed life to transport scrap, refined metal and larvae.

[@jage1559]

I suggest watching the video before commenting. He does that.

[@HydetheRapper]

4:17 Because it’s a Latin word and English speakers don’t know how to deal with it. “Larva” is singular, and “larvae” is plural. Since few English speakers know this, we wind up using them basically interchangeably. (“Datum” and “data,” “antenna” and “antennae,” and “alumnus” and “alumni” are some other common Latin words that retained their original plural forms. We misuse most of those, too.)

[@ocirMZ]

And on the other hand there's cactus, which isn't Latin, so the plural shouldn't be "cacti"

[@petertrudelljr]

@@ocirMZ Octopodes raise their tentacles in agreement.

[@petertrudelljr]

I piss people off by using 'stadia' for more than one stadium.

[@theodoric4270]

There are also "medium" and "media," which are also frequently misused.

[@HydetheRapper]

@@petertrudelljr That’s a good one!

[@julzstramara3047]

I would love to see Matt play this when the full game comes out!!

[@nathanjunker2523]

This was really cool. I can see a lot of potential. You gotta cover this when it fully launches again.

[@charlieharrison6872]

I want a series of this

[@programaths]

Merging is useful for population control. They do not live twice longer, but they can be as numerous. So, in the end, you are still having an advantage to merge!

[@dangerface300]

Could also merge ants at the end of a really long workflow, to give them a new lease on life.

[@programaths]

@@dangerface300 Nice one!

[@tadcammans8045]

Beavers and ants. Make a city builder from either one and you have my undivided attention. When this has more than the demo we need a mega edit on this too!

[@brigidtheirish]

Ant colony sims have been done, though. I have yet to see someone make a termite colony sim.

[@zutarian97]

Coming across this video on one of my favorite channels was such a mind fuck. I went on a date with the guy that made this game and I just had the deja vu of a lifetime. Took me a while to remember everything he told me LOL

[@brandonhawkins9948]

Would love to see more on this game!! Edit: NOOO ITS A DEMOOO

[@furlupendicott1203]

14 minutes for him to figure out why they die.

[@AliAhmad-su1hw]

this video has cuts makes me so angry

[@user-uc8zh5me5u]

Matts just being Matt.

[@leuman3104]

Did you know? Did you know ant eat too? Yeah that's crary! 😮😊

[@russellsmejkal304]

Ok you need to do a full game series on this one please

[@imjustwolf]

I want to see more of this game! I hope the demo gets more content or the full game releases soon!

[@MonkeySimius]

This is so efficient he boasts, while his ants pickup stuff from the first leg of a journey and then wander around in a large circle before dropping it off.

[@ra2enjoyer708]

Even if merging results in mere 1.5 ants worth of energy it's still better than 2 smaller ants since it consumes twice as less energy per interval.

[@Alex_192.]

Sentry ants are just the starting four ants. They have an infinite amount of energy and can only haul and forage to make sure that you never get softlocked, but you don’t have incredibly overpowered ants at the very start.

[@TheZarolis]

looks awesome. hope to see more of this

[@marcusdaloia2974]

Can't wait until someone with a understanding of logistics and, you know, _math_ get into this. Kibs would utterly crack it open.

[@PhogofWar]

I was on the fence about this game, right up to where you opened up a tech tree. Buying for sure now.

[@thedutyfree-tdf]

Can you play more of this, please

[@lordgenerias]

Another potential soap for RCE? Could be interesting.

[@EtsuMatsuya]

It is Factoria but with ants, rather than conveyor belts. Seeing some of the demo images this game gets nuts. Also playing the game, it really wants you to use the logic gates to make any real progress. It is a fun game but it makes my brain hurt to do the logic and make it all work.

[@twilight4966]

Timberborn but ants?

[@dibenp]

This is cool! It is like Timberborn but the beavers are not multipurpose workers.

[@WyrdieBeardie]

I would enjoy seeing more of this! 😃

[@gaysarahk]

I think larva is singular and larvae is plural.

[@kyndorrebruutvon-broodwyer4034]

Unless it's multiple types of many larva. "Sleeping with the larvaies".

[@quillclock]

it was also saying larva for plural that's why he was confused... "the queen needs energy to produce more larva"

[@m3gduwu560]

Watching an rce video for 11:56 seconds before he finally decides to automate the most time sensitive part of the resource loop by doing what I was thinking could work sinse around 5 minutes in. I will say though that I am a bit impressed that you didn't decide the devider would be good for the nursing area, as you could aeasily devide them however you want from one devider and if you don't want the ants to be split evenly you could always just add another devider or make certain routes loop back to the first one depending on your reasuorce needs, I thought you would use these as you mentioned them shortly before as you discovered them in the game and you started using them right away but failed to see that the devider would be quite good a dispecing the ants to their jobs. ps he did the devider thing like 2 minutes later, very good Matt, do it first next time. Also MATT don't add 3 deviders and 2 cmbiners to make ''lv2'' workers for each side, make all the incubators go in to a or a line of combiners then use deviders to get them where you need them. it's essentially don't build a small farm in every state, build one really big one where you want it and spread your product from there

[@tyelork]

4:15 Larva (LAR-vuh) is the singular form, Larvae (LAR-vee) is the plural form. So it's larva since they're referring to a single larva, and not a group of larvae. Hope that helps 🙂

[@vonwux]

I was not expecting an ant anatomy lesson today

[@officialnucky]

Tagged you in this game on Twitter about 2 weeks ago. So glad you decided to give it a try. I knew it would be something you'd like

[@-SaKage]

Hope to see more of this game from you once it's out

[@Surkai25]

super interesting game! hope you play more when it releases!

[@isiahaguilar]

This looks like a game matt will be addicted to if he plays it more and gets to know more about the mechanics

[@lonewolf4215]

A hive mind? With computer parts? Getting real borg vibes now

[@danielh.9010]

But they still need food? How strange...

[@davidgruzin8269]

What, you think machines dont need energy?

[@davidgruzin8269]

@@lonewolf4215 I dont get your reply. For who was it even intended?

[@lonewolf4215]

My apologies

[@WeiseGuy91]

When the tech tree is revealed, haha. Great moment

[@throstlewanion]

I’ve had half an idea of a making a game that is reverse factorio where the bugs are the ones doing the mining and resource extraction. Looks like this game had a similar idea. Instant wishlist!

[@roostersson]

I noticed that you spoke just a little bit slower than usual. Afterwards, I realized I had watched the entire episode at 0.75 speed. It still sounded relaxing. Good job! 🙂

[@octane613]

I wasnt expecting body horror out of an ant game

[@cefcephatus]

This game looks very addicting. And the sfx is so powerful, it feels like working in some sort of manufacturing plants.

[@cuttlefish8184]

Play more of this i like it

[@user-uc8zh5me5u]

Really interesting game. Love to see it after the release.

[@draconightfury9946]

this looks like a cool game

[@1Milo37]

Just RCE casually learning how to build electronic circuits.

[@clvtch444]

RCE you should play Empires of the Undergrowth, it has hexagons

[@enzoburin9402]

I totalmente agree

[@enzoburin9402]

Totaly* (Stupid ass auto correct

[@ecclips611]

I came to say this

[@MultiLockd]

OMG RCE... I have an obsession with hive minds, maybe sprouting from Stellaris. Watch ur vids all the time... Saw this, forgot what I was doing. Now this... This takes priority.

[@JellyBeanz]

Is there a full version of this game? this was a really funny lets play!

[@nathanknight8022]

We need more of this game 😁

[@user-wr1id5dz1t]

The average lifespan of an ant depends on the species and caste. Generally, the larger the ant, the longer its lifespan. Queens and larger workers(present in some species) usually have longer lifespans than smaller workers. Larger species of ants also have longer lifespans than smaller ones.

[@ImmortalAbsol]

Well that got interesting at the end.

[@jayrhino7686]

The Un-nameable Rear End of the Queen (UREQ) is called...? -Manufactorial Dispensory? -Birthing canal? -?

[@user-jx1tb5ul8f]

Ngl, this game looks proper amazing. Love the hauling system, it seems more versartile than the treadmills sytem we see everywhere.

[@toughnerd]

I loved when we said "It's Ant Time" and then we ant-ed all over the place.

[@IcyUrial2793]

gooooooooooooooooooooood old times

[@marveludus]

I have a pretty bad phobia of ants, but when RCE plays games about ants? 100% worth it

[@The_hot_blue_fire_guy]

You should get the full game and make more videos on it. It’s very interesting and i think you could make interesting videos with it and there seems like there is a lot of content.

[@BadStopmotionersnotbad1.0]

The full game isnt out yet

[@BadStopmotionersnotbad1.0]

You can not get the full game

[@The_hot_blue_fire_guy]

@@BadStopmotionersnotbad1.0 When is it supposed to come out?

[@BadStopmotionersnotbad1.0]

It is not really accurate because it says 2024 so who knows when it will come out.

[@colepillow]

More hive mind pls!

[@booniversegaming]

Ive had my eye on this one. Looks really fun. Day 1 of asking Matt to play Balatro.

[@DennouNeko]

I've been wondering if you need to combine ants of same size or if you could combine the worker with small worker for example.

[@ilikesharks2020]

RCE videos back at noon in the states 😍

[@gaysarahk]

9 AM for me

[@dabeamer42]

So the inventor ants are like architects? In that they can't do anything (useful)?

[@jacksonstarky8288]

Oh good... yet another colony builder game for me to get addicted to. Beavers, then penguins, and now ants.

[@ElvesofZion]

That spaghetti pathing was giving me anxiety

[@steffanshurkin1123]

This game is really cool!

[@smashenYT]

reminds me of that weird game on n64 I played as a kid with its totaly weird name where you are an animal controlling thing. scared me hellla

[@blunzzy5281]

I want to see more

[@PaperSmiles]

what a cracking little game 😊

[@thevoicestoldmetoagain4627]

Queen Ant Nado? Whats this dude on?!? 😂

[@user-rt8xn2qi6f]

I actually have an ant farm, sadly not going to well as I expected. Great video

[@headrockbeats]

How many different ways can you remake Factorio? Let's find out together.

[@boportsmouth]

Wow, really enjoyed this. When does a full game release?

[@user-qe5fp9tf1m]

So inefficient. True Architect

[@robdrew376]

Okay, that looks cool..... Oh, hmm, cool pathing idea, yeah, this isn't bad.... Hot damn, look at that tech tree, okay this is real now, let's go!

[@theodoric4270]

If he's having this much trouble with "larva," then it's a good thing this game doesn't have pupae.

[@BobLegoman]

Matt, (besides Timberborn of course) which of these types of games do you think is the most finished and most longevity for content?

[@_WKEY]

I like this one rce

[@Dwynmal]

Can this be a series

[@quillclock]

i think the 20mm is a 20mm socket so it more like a 30mm diameter

[@ryanjohnson3615]

Cool game!

[@mathewpoole3589]

4:17 sometimes there's an E and not an A because when it was written/typed, the writer used an E instead of an A. It can't be spelt with a A if the E was selected instead.

[@tarrantwolf]

First he unalives all the beavers, then he unalives all the penguins, and now he's unaliving all the ants. He's a one man E.L.E.

[@Backtothepast80s]

The real history of the borg

[@Mysteryperson475.]

built a ant house before with a queen ant

[@joeyoliver1779]

Matt likes “-topia” things

[@sutapajana1742]

Make pt 2

[@harleymeeeooow5066]

The architects don't make the safety features but the engineers have to do all the work for some reason. 🤓

[@user-nf8ho4gi7m]

It's an engineering pain to see the routes non-minimised!

[@NicholasMarshall]

For an alleged engineer RCE really loves his scenic routes.

[@MRBFDTL]

You should play empires of the undergrowth

[@WillHuizenga]

Well, guess I found my next obsession

[@anarchosnowflakist786]

hey try looking up empires of the undergrowth sometimes if you want to try an ant rts, it's a cool game

[@Soul-xm9kc]

I can believe he is actually posting everyday that is impressive 😮

[@user-pp1yo2oh2m]

Try 2 inventor ants

[@user-rt8xn2qi6f]

Ants only live for a few months and the queen for around 15 years depending on the species

[@user-rt8xn2qi6f]

Sorry to be exact like 3 months for a worker

[@nayelirodriguez6143]

PART TWO 😊

[@dexterbeazley1501]

the average life expectancy of an ant is about 2 weeks