It is your responsibility to feed these ridiculously cute caterpillars leaves so that they can grow into butterflies.
The incubator randomly generates an egg based on three criteria: region of origin, size of butterfly and rarity.Īfter waiting for an allotted time, your egg will then hatch into a caterpillar. Set in a vibrant and colourful section of the rainforest, you begin the game with just a few branches and what looks like an egg incubator made from the trees, which you use to attract your first butterfly egg. Their latest game, Flutter, exemplifies why the mobile industry is as strong as it is.įlutter is a game in which you attract, care for and collect butterflies – a simple premise which contains a rich, fulfilling and informative experience. Runaway Play seeks to make mobile games inspired by nature that are both informative and fun. This building houses some of the most creative and accomplished work being produced in New Zealand, including a games studio called Runaway Play. Just past the Exchange right here in Dunedin is a beautiful building emblazoned with the letters “NZHS.” This acronym stands for Natural History New Zealand. Every day, new mobile games are being released, not only changing the way that we see and use our cell phones and tablets, but the way we see gaming in general.
Credit where credit’s due to the technology that made this possible, but the growth of this particular industry is a testament to the innovation and creativity of the game developers who have embraced and rapidly evolved this medium. It seems like a blink of an eye ago I was being enthralled by Snake on my dad’s Nokia (which was the size and weight of a brick), and now I can play games on a smartphone that can often stand toe-to-toe with console titles. But no other branch of gaming has seen more exponential growth than mobile gaming. The gaming industry as a whole has grown incredibly quickly.