Where Did I Come From?

A boy looks in the mirror: he has his mum’s eyes and his grandpa’s nose – but where did the very first human come from? Out of an old book pops Uncle DNA, a funny double helix, and time starts to rewind: cities vanish, dinosaurs walk past, the oceans fill with tiny life and finally the young Earth glows red.

All eight worlds and 24 missions are ready. On the “Young Earth” you fly a little probe over lava and crystals, gather water, molecules and energy sparks, and compare a shallow pool with a deep-sea vent – honestly: nobody knows yet exactly where life began. In “Microscopic Life” you steer Bubbly the microbe with one finger, collect food without running out of energy, and watch 40 microbes live through five generations. Nobody chooses their mutations – the habitat decides which variants leave more offspring, and chance does the rest. In “More Complex Life” you explore the inside of a cell, take in partner bacteria that become a lasting partnership, and test whether cells are safer together.

Then the journey goes on: Trilly the trilobite hides from Anomalocaris in the Cambrian sea and you read the story in layers of rock; Finn, a fish with bones in its fins, swims towards the land and you compare fossils of fish with legs; Scurry, a tiny mammal, hides from dinosaurs in the ferns, hunts by night and survives the asteroid; Twiggy the primate climbs the trees and you find out that we are cousins of the chimpanzees, not their grandchildren; and finally you walk upright, make your first stone tool and follow the last clues back to the mirror.

Every fact card has its period, how certain science is about it and its source. The game works offline, needs no account and has no in-app purchases. A small banner is shown in the menus only, never while you play.