4.1
2016-06-05
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Few minor interface tweaks and bug fixes. We are excited to announce the many huge improvements in v.4:
* Quirkies Evolution is now a universal app, running on both iPhones and iPads
* Explore family (parents, siblings, mates, and offspring) of My Quirkies
* With app icon badge notifications, get family news updates (new siblings and offspring)
* Earn survival points with three mini-games: feed, fight, and find my parents
* Background music: choose among four options, or none at all
* All-new tutorial to introduce new players to the many game features
* Improved back-end --- all players share a single population!
All this on top of these other recent changes:
* New mating mechanisms: chase a mate or tap and hold one to be chased
* Follow the test tube to visit the biolab and manipulate genes
* Talking quirkies if enabled via Settings
* Badges for game and learning achievements
* From Family Tree, tap on a generation to explore how genes are inherited
* From Population, top on a quirkie to view its genes
* Hundreds of educational videos and podcasts
4.0
2016-06-04
We are excited to announce many huge improvements in this version:
* Quirkies Evolution is now a universal app, running on both iPhones and iPads
* Explore family (parents, siblings, mates, and offspring) of My Quirkies
* With app icon badge notifications, get family news updates (new siblings and offspring)
* Earn survival points with three mini-games: feed, fight, and find my parents
* Background music: choose among four options, or none at all
* All-new tutorial to introduce new players to the many game features
* Improved back-end --- remember that all players share a single population!
* And of course, lots of interface improvements and bug fixes
All this on top of these other recent changes:
* New mating mechanisms: chase a mate or tap and hold one to be chased
* Follow the test tube to visit the biolab and manipulate genes
* Talking quirkies if enabled via Settings
* Badges for game and learning achievements
* From Family Tree, tap on a generation to explore how genes are inherited
* From Population, top on a quirkie to view its genes
* Hundreds of educational videos and podcasts
3.2
2016-02-17
Wow, we have been busy! Few but big improvements in this version:
* All-new, much more fun mating mechanisms: chase a mate or tap and hold one to be chased
* Follow the test tube to visit the genetic engineering lab and see how genes affect the body
* Over 130 new educational podcasts about evolution
* New icons, interface improvements, and bug fixes
All this on top of the changes in recent versions:
* Quirkies will talk to you! (You can disable this feature in settings)
* Badges for game and learning achievements
* Adaptations (hair, arms, legs, colors, nose, mouth) can be acquired, inherited, or lost via regulatory genes
* During feed & fight plays, your quirkie can die if you are too slow or eat too much junk
* From the family tree screen, tap on a generation to explore how genes are inherited
* From the population screen, top on a quirkie to view its genes
* Improved fitness display and explanations of target genes
* Name, save, and share your favorite quirkies!
* Lots of educational videos (watch them again in the About screen)
* Parental gates for sharing evolved quirkies on social media
3.1
2016-01-08
Huge improvements in this version, with advice from evolutionary biologists:
* Quirkies will talk to you! (You can disable this feature in settings)
* Badges for game and learning achievements
* Adaptations (hair, arms, legs, colors, node, mouth) can be acquired, inherited, or lost via regulatory genes
* Feed & fight plays are more fun, and your quirkie can die if you are too slow or eat too much junk
* From the family tree (genealogy) screen, tap on a generation to explore and visualize how genes are inherited
* From the population screen, top on a quirkie to view its genes
* Improved fitness display and explanations of target genes
* New icons, lots of interface improvements, and bug fixes
All this on top of the changes in recent versions:
* Name, save, and share your favorite quirkies!
* Random target gene rotation after victory to keep you challenged
* Popup with stats when you tap on fitness score or status bar
* Lots of new educational videos (watch them again in the About screen)
* Offline play without internet connection
* Parental gates for sharing evolved quirkies on social media
3.0
2015-10-15
Huge improvements in this version, with advice from friends who are evolutionary biologists:
* Adaptations are now regulatory genes, with a more diverse population
* Quirkies with hair! (But you have to turn on the new genes through achievements...)
* New view of interactions among quirkies in the evolving shared population
* New feed & fight plays to survive until reproduction (make it more or less often via settings)
* Improved fitness display that tracks your target gene compared to the population average
* Popup with stats when you tap on fitness score or status bar
* Random target gene rotation after victory to keep you challenged
* Compatibility with iOS 9, bug fixes, and many other improvements
All this on top of the changes in recent versions:
* Adaptations with new traits via achievements
* Name, save, and share your favorite quirkies!
* Lots of new educational videos (watch them again in the About screen)
* Offline play without internet connection
* Parental gates for sharing evolved quirkies on social media
2.0
2015-08-05
Quirkies are evolving! Lots of BIG improvements in this version:
* Evolve new traits such as colors, nose, mouth, limbs, and more by gene adaptations and other achievements
* Name, save, and share your favorite quirkies!
* Improved game interface to track fitness from target genes
* Bug fixes
All this on top of the recent changes in v.1.x:
* Lots of educational videos and more to come (watch them again in the About screen)
* Quizzes and videos about evolution
* A helpful startup screen for first-time players
* Offline play without internet connection
* Easier to evolve and win, but also possible to die!
* Parental gates for sharing evolved quirkies on social media
1.4
2015-06-13
* Quirkies have hands and feet, and display a bit more movement
* A helpful startup screen for first-time players
* Bug fixes
* Many new educational videos; more will be added without need to update the app
All this on top of the changes in v.1.2 and 1.3:
* Watch it again: full list of educational videos in the About screen
* Quirkies are more interactive and fun for kids
* Play in offline mode without internet connection
* It's easier to evolve and win, but also possible to die!
* Quizzes and videos about evolution
* Parental gates for sharing evolved quirkies on social media
1.3
2015-06-02
* Many new educational videos about evolution; more will be added without need to update the app
* When you like a video, you can watch it again: find the full list in the About screen
* Interface improvements and bug fixes
All this on top of the changes in v.1.2:
* Quirkies are more interactive and fun for kids aged 9-13
* By popular demand, play in offline mode without internet connection
* It's easier to evolve and win, but also possible to die now!
* New learning resources (videos and quizzes) about evolution
* Educational videos can be watched in landscape orientation
* Parents: your kids can share their evolved quirkies on social media, but only if you grant permission through a parental gate.
1.2
2015-05-17
* Quirkies are more interactive and fun for kids aged 9-13
* By popular demand, play in offline mode without internet connection
* It's easier to evolve and win, but also possible to die now!
* Many new learning resources (videos and quizzes) about evolution
* Educational videos can be watched in landscape orientation
* Interface improvements and bug fixes
* Parents: your kids can share their evolved quirkies on social media, but only if you grant permission through a parental gate.
1.1
2015-04-22
Minor bug fixes.