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Dead Like Ants

You play as a young woman in red overalls, a red worker ant. Every spring, five dangerous creatures visit the tree and threaten the village, and every spring, the Queen sends one of her daughters to negotiate…

23 March 2009

Dead Like Ants is an adventure developed by C.E.J. Pacian, released 23 March 2009 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dead Like Ants is

Dead Like Ants is an adventure game developed by C.E.J. Pacian and released in 2009. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Text Adventure Development System (TADS).

The premise, in the publisher's words

You play as a young woman in red overalls, a red worker ant. Every spring, five dangerous creatures visit the tree and threaten the village, and every spring, the Queen sends one of her daughters to negotiate with them. This spring, the Queen wants you to be that daughter.
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How it plays

It is played from a text perspective.

What it launched against

Dead Like Ants launched on 23 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War and Guitar Hero: Metallica.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War, Guitar Hero: Metallica.

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When did Dead Like Ants come out?
Dead Like Ants was released on 23 March 2009 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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