Up to summer 2026: the first builds

Loam Colony has been in research and planning since 2024. This devlog started in October 2026, so this first post looks back at everything built before September, newest first.

Weaver ants get their tree

• A whole citrus tree to live in, with leaf nests woven around its twigs

Music

• A soundtrack for every habitat

Stone and gold interface

• A new look for the whole game: gold icons, stone panels, low-poly illustrations

Army ants and weaver ants

• Army ants, with raids, a living bivouac and the camp-and-march cycle
• Weaver ants, with a canopy map, the queen's leaf nest and weaving

Into the rainforest

• Leafcutter ants, with fungus gardens and leaf highways
• Trap-jaw ants on a rainforest map

Carpenter ants and honeypot ants

• Queens that age, and colonies that grow to their real mature size
• Honeypot ants, with repletes and a dry Mexican map
• Carpenter ants, with a rotten-log nest and satellite nests

The first species: pavement ants

• Aphid farming, seed harvesting and border wars with rival colonies

Foundations

• Nest and surface views, seasons and winter
• Foraging, team carrying, waste and disease
• Saving and progression