How to play
Thronglets are tiny lamplighters. Every blink they share lights the Beacon a little brighter.
1. Your colony
Goo Farms grow Goo, and your Thronglets carry it home to the Nest. Tap a farm to collect it.
The Nest keeps 30% of your Goo safe from raids.
2. Hatch and build
Spend Goo at the Nest to hatch more Thronglets. Each one costs a little more than the last, and a bigger colony lets you upgrade the Nest.
Spikes fling heavy spikes at raiders. Walls block them and make them walk the long way round.
3. Raid
The Barracks trains Swarmers. Tap Raid, pick a colony and tap the ground to drop them. You earn up to 3 Stars and some Goo. A failed raid only costs the army.
Wild Hives are practice colonies run by the game. Try the practice raid first: you can pause it, skip it or play it again.
After a raid, or while you are new, a Shield keeps raiders away.
4. The Blink
Three times a day, for 10 minutes, the whole garden blinks. Tap BLINK once: it always counts, and you get a little Goo.
Your Hive is your team: Tide, Bloom or Honey. You never raid your own Hive.
Later
There is more to find as your colony grows. Each new thing is explained in one sentence on your next-goal card, the day it opens up.
Stuck? Every number and icon on the colony screen has an explain button. Tap it.