Perhaps Sim City isn’t grandiose enough an analogy. It’s more like “Sim World,” if there was such a thing. And instead of micro-managing one town center or another, your job as mobile steward of the Earth is to counteract disasters wherever they may occur. And oh is it a thoroughly humorous endeavor. This is funny, funny stuff, folks.
Learning Curve
You won’t know it immediately on startup. It might take you some time to really learn it end to end. But delve into an emergency response effort and you’ll quickly see why we think it might elicit a chuckle or two from users as time progresses. Some words of warning: play this game around friends and strangers at your own discretion.
Basically put, the game is constructed in a beat-the-clock fashion. If you take your sweet time addressing concerns, the warning count will increase.
My experience with Pet Earth started easily enough. A volcanic disruption was happening in Italy. The task put forth was to shake the phone, engaging the on-board accelerometer with consistency until things calmed down. I then tapped okay to go back to the main screen, and proceeded to the next job. Something to do with a flood, apparently. To reverse the waters, I had to maneuver water drops into a bucket by tilting the device. I did just as I was asked, and, again, went back to the home page.
...Blow, Blow, Blow Your Phone...
Then I saw notice of a hurricane. The fix prescribed: you blow. And blow and blow some more, right into the mic of the device until Pet Earth says job well done once more. Fun stuff indeed!
No, really, it is an enjoyable thing to play with, just as long as you and environmentally friendly people such as yourself continue to buy the premium game for $2.99 or help pull in ad revenue via the Pet Earth Lite edition. Through both avenues, the company plans to donate to the Arbor Day Foundation as well as the Trees for the Future collective.