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Flowerpot Commons

Small ants.
Big plans.

You and three friends. One giant Golden Crumb. Scout the garden, dodge a sleeping worm, and bring your prize home. Start alone or bring your Crew.

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A small ant in Flowerpot Commons, dwarfed by a hollow flowerpot, clover stems, and a creek.
Flowerpot Commons One ant, at garden scale
The garden

A very small heist. A very big journey.

Your mission starts at the flowerpot: cross the garden, find the Golden Crumb, and make it home. These are real views from your expedition.

An ant in front of the hollow flowerpot, next to a purple mushroom, with the creek to the right.

The flowerpot

The commons shelter, a mushroom, and the creek just beyond.

An ant among tall clover beside a creek, with a crossing and the flowerpot in the distance.

By the creek

Clover stems overhead, water alongside, and a crossing to the other bank.

An ant beside a napkin and scattered crumbs in a field of clover.

Picnic leftovers

A napkin and crumbs, left out in the clover.

How to play

One ant each

Open Flowerpot Commons in the browser. Pick an ant, send a private invite, and look around to steer.

Four players in one private session in Flowerpot Commons, beside the flowerpot and the creek.
Four players in one private session.
1

Pick an ant

The opening screen lists every appearance. The one you choose is the ant you play.

2

Send a private invite

Tap Invite a friend and send them the link. A session lasts up to 20 minutes. The host can end it for everyone.

3

Look around to steer

Say walk, then steer by dragging the view or turning your phone. Say stop to stop. You can also tap a trail or use WASD. Space jumps. Escape stops.

Short voice commands
All 20

Say one short word. Your ant hears these on your device. A microphone is optional: you can enter without one and use the quiet buttons in the menu.

Move

walk run back stop jump

Carry

grab release

Garden

eat drink dig attack chop camp open trade rescue extract

Crew & fun

vote dance clip

It also hears go, let’s go, sprint, hop, pick up, drop, let go, kick and record. You can start with “hey ant”. Garden words work when your ant is next to the right thing.

Flowerpot Commons on a phone, with the ant in the garden and a single menu button.
The play screen on a phone. One menu button, then the garden.
Your ant

Everyone in the character list

Any player can wear any of these. The names are the ones Flowerpot Commons shows.

  • Kevin
  • Pip
  • Dot
  • Moss
  • Bean
  • Flick
  • Porc
  • Long
  • 2 Cute
  • 2 Fat
  • Shy
  • Dum
  • Nerd
  • Tiny Ant
  • Curious
  • Lazy
  • Carrot Ant
  • Tomato Ant
Good to know

Before you step outside

No. You can explore alone, or start a shared garden, in the browser without signing in. Account is there if you want it.
Drag to look around. On a phone, turn on phone turning and rotate the phone. Your ant faces the way you look. Say walk to head that way, and stop to stop. You can also tap a clear trail or use WASD. Space jumps. Escape stops.
walk, stop, jump, grab, or release. A microphone is optional.
Up to four players in one garden. You can also explore alone from the opening screen.
The host copies a private invite link from the menu and sends it to friends. A session lasts up to 20 minutes. The host can end the garden for everyone. Anyone else can leave.

Ready for a very small adventure?

Open Flowerpot Commons, pick an ant, and invite a friend.

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