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This game is amazing.  The simple act of moving the ants is sooo satisfying and I feel like the core idea has real legs.  Well done =)

With the amount of objects you've got running around, I'm guessing this is using the DOTS framework?

Thanks! Yes it's using Unity's DOTS framework and the DOTS Havoc physics for more stability with the collisions. 

Nice.  How many agents are running at one time?

There are 1000 ants on each level, but it could probably handle more without much problem.

Cool =)

I've used DOTS a couple of times based on tutorials on YouTube (CodeMonkey for example), do you have anyone on YT or anywhere else that you'd recommend for up to date tutorials on DOTS?

Up to date? Sadly, no. I learned my DOTS in a course on Udemy (here) when it was on sale, but the course was already out of date by the time it launched. It allowed me to learn the underlying fundamentals of it though.

ECS/DOTS has been so troublesome this way.  I think it still has a heck of a long way to go before it can replace the simplicity of normal Unity stuff with regards to physics. A simple one line collision check in normal Unity physics can take dozens of lines inside of ECS/DOTS. Procedurally adjusting colliders in DOTS physics is like trying to figure out a cryptic magical incantation, with the current scarcity of examples/documentation. Don't even get me started with scripting triggers in DOTS physics. Unless you really want/need to use it now, I'd recommend waiting a bit longer, at least until they have everything out of preview.

I haven't even touched the DOTS physics.  It definitely sounds like more trouble than it's worth right now.   I put a project on the back burner so that hopefully things are more settled and I don't end up having to update it more times than I have to =\

Anyway, I'm off to play with some ants ;-)