The Ant Game
Why The Ant Game
Raise an Ant Colony
In the game, you get to take care of two colonies. Save your progress and raise your colonies over time.
Compete with Friends
You can each take care of one colony, and take turns to see who can do the best.
Learn a Complex System
The game is a complex system, learn how it works by playing the game.
Uses
The game inntroduces complex systems in an approachable way.
Our Story
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2008-2009
Our Humble Beginnings
Went on a Watson Fellowship around the world to develop agent-based models of ant colonies, and also took a lot of great pictures of them: Anthopper Photography.
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March 2014
First Ant-Based Model
Developed ant-based model at Vanderbilt to allow the study of complex ecology: An Ant Colony Model.
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Fall 2015
First Research Published
Developed several educational experiments that show that students working with ant-based models assists them to understand complex systems, computational thinking, and immerse themselves in the world of ants: With block-based programmming, in Museums, and showed students' cognitive growth.
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July 2017
First Large Musuem Debut
Held our debut at a large midwestern museum, where patrons got to walk about and play the game.
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Fall 2021
Published the Ant Game
Building on the evidence that the game helps people learn complex systems, the game has been developed into a 3D app for every phone. Next, we want to bring this learning environment to you!
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Be Part
Of Our
Story!
