Ant Trail
Play Ant Trail free online. Draw scent trails across a picnic blanket to lead an ant colony to crumbs and back to the nest, and steer them away from the spider.
How to Play Ant Trail
Your ant colony lives in a little nest at the bottom of a picnic blanket, and it is hungry. Crumbs of bread, sugar and strawberry are scattered across the blanket. Ants cannot find them on their own: they only follow the scent trail you draw.
Drag your finger or mouse to draw a trail. It always starts at the nest. Ants march out along it one after another. If the end of the trail is close to a crumb, each ant picks up a piece and carries it back home along the same path. Every crumb feeds three trips before it is gone, and a new one appears somewhere else.
Your scent is limited, shown by the bar at the top, so trails cannot be endless. Draw a new trail whenever you want to switch to another crumb. Ants already walking finish their trip on their old path.
The colony's food meter falls all the time, and each delivery fills it back up. A spider prowls the blanket and eats any ant that wanders near it, and more spiders arrive later. The game ends if the food runs out or the spider eats the whole colony. Every fourth delivery hatches a new ant.
Controls
Touch
- Drag across the blanket to draw a trail from the nest. Draw again at any time to replace it.
Mouse
- Click and drag to draw a trail.
Keyboard
- The arrow keys stretch the trail from its end, step by step. Space wipes the trail so you can start again. P or Escape pauses, M mutes.
Tips and Tricks
- Start with the closest crumb. Short trails mean quick trips and a food meter that stays high.
- Curve the trail around the spider instead of straight past it. It only hunts ants that come close.
- The circle at the end of your trail shows how close a crumb must be. Make sure the crumb is inside it.
- The spider does not chase ants right next to the nest. Keep the part of the trail out in the open as short as you can.
About the Game
Ant Trail is a gentle drawing game about leading a colony with nothing but a line. You never control a single ant, only the path, so the fun is in planning a route that is short, safe and ends right on a crumb.
It is set on a bright red-checked picnic blanket with tiny scurrying ants, crumbs and a creeping black spider. It plays well on a touch screen. Your best score is kept in this browser and can go on the Top 10 board.
Ant Trail FAQ
Do I control the ants directly?
No. You only draw the scent trail. The ants follow it out to the food and back home.
Why did my ants come back with nothing?
The end of the trail was not close enough to a crumb. Draw it so the crumb sits inside the circle at the end.
How does the colony grow in Ant Trail?
Every fourth crumb carried home hatches a new ant, up to a colony of sixteen.
How can the ant colony lose?
The food meter running out, or the spider eating every ant in the colony.
