IMPORTANT

Known issues:

Until this issue gets fixed, limit yourself to up to 3 or 5 faction mods. Any more will cause frequent crashes and save corruption to occur.
If you get any errors due to the mod or something's not looking right please contact me in the Hero's Hour discord or in the comment section of this page.
When reporting a bug, if it's related to mechanics such as the hero skills please head to the Hero's Hour discord instead
Colony's mechanics are hardcoded into the game due to being the only officially supported mod so if you still see Colony's skills in the lexicon even with the mod disabled for example well there's the reason.
The mod's current version is fully compatible with the game's v2.5.1 version.

Creator: AntRose/AnthonyRose/Rosehtra

Contributors:

Lyolf with helping with technical issues regarding uploading, helping with custom scripting, and providing concept for the Jumping Ant unit.
ThingsOnItsOwn By being the dev obviously but also giving "official support" to Colony (implementing Colony's mechanics).
MagicalStorm for helping with custom scripting.
Ascella with the original 16x16 Winter Ant and Glacier-Eating Ant unit designs.
DeadSaracen for helping with custom scripting.
Karbachok by providing the Galvant concept from AI generated art.
LameFlyingChessboard with the abilities for the Galvant unit.
King of Quiek for providing the skill tree for Pharein (Pharaoh Ant neutral hero).

Latest Patch notes:

2022-07-02 v1.2

All Colony heroes (including neutral) now have their own unique combat sprites but also stats and abilities (experimental, instantly report back to me if you find any bugs and crashes with error messages).
Added a new neutral hero and a special neutral ant unit (this unit won't be accessible via the Mimicking Centre).
Small to medium tweaks to sprites and portraits, balance and ability changes to some units, adding some of the new available abilities.

2022-10-01 v1.2A

Minor balance patch for heroes unique stats and abilities.

2023-01-15 v1.2B

All colony heroes had their sprites (both combat and portrait) redesigned complete.
2 new heroes have been added.
Saurey has been fixed and is now playable again.
Minor bugfixes and tweaks, too small and insignificant to add one by one.

2023-08-27 v1.2C

New "secret" hero added.
The nasty bug related to hero combat sprites has now been patched out and fixed.

Mod Description:

Lead the ant revolution and conquer the overground in Hero's Hour by playing as The Colony Alliance. Their primarily focus on swarming by calling and breeding as many ant reinforcements as possible with the different methods available, they also have a heavier focus on defensive plays.
But if swarming and quantity is not your thing you may opt for quality instead by evolving your ants into the powerful and intelligent Antfolk, but you will require patience, as learning to evolve will take a while, but it will be worth it for the ant revolution.

Mod Contents:

The 9 factions units and their upgrades.
The 6 faction heroes and 6 alternate heroes that have their own unique skill trees.
12 Neutral units.
6 Neutral heroes (and a "secret" 7th).
20 artifacts.
2 artifact sets (experimental).
The only Officially Supported mod, allowing 4 unique mechanics exclusive to Colony

Final notes to consider:

Feedback is appreciated, both balance and spritework wise.

If you liked this one I'm sure you'll want to try out my other 2 faction mods too:
The Honey Heart Assembly.

Union of Chrysalis.