About the Game
My Own Biome is a four‐player learning game played on Windows PC. In this game, each player controls a unique biome. The game is built on top of an artificial life simulation. This simulation runs automatically and controls the behavior of the thousands of plants and animals present in the game. It contains a sandbox mode, as well as single player and both local and network multiplayer modes.
In the game, players must reduce the pressures created by people living in the area by giving up part of their biome to satisfy their needs represented by: living space, farmland, industrial space, mining, and logging. However, each of these will have a variety of negative effects on the biome. Players must use a host of tools to keep the plant and animal populations stable despite these pressures. The task is to keep the biome healthy despite the pressures caused by people living in the area.
My Own Biome simulates ten biomes. These are listed below with the specific locality of the instance of that biome:
| Biome | Region |
|---|---|
| Tundra | Alaska |
| Taiga | Scandinavia |
| Temperate Coniferous Forest | California/Oregon of Northwest United States |
| Middle Latitude Deciduous Forest | New England |
| Tropical Rainforest | Brazilian Amazon |
| Tropical Dry Forest | Peru |
| Temperate Grassland | Australia |
| Tropical Grassland | Sudan Grass Belt |
| Desert | Mongolia |
| Deccan Thorn Scrub Forest | India |
Creators of My Own Biome
The people behind My Own Biome includes programmers (who are also avid gamers!), graphic artists and animators, musicians and writers. See a complete list of the team here.