Restore Degraded Landscapes
Find your role in restoring a degraded landscape — will you take on the persona of an Arborist, focusing on planting and nurturing the most trees, or will you embrace the life of an Agriculturalist, expanding farmland to feed the future?
There are 7 persona’s per map to unlock — but beware, the ecosystem is delicate: every tile you change has ripple effects, much like in real-world ecosystems. Keep a close eye on disease and unexpected consequences in this simplified environmental scenario, where every decision shapes the land’s future.
Attempting to balance the eco-system on the Mountain Pass map
Your MOVE
Data captured from player choice’s in the game will be available for analysis to help empower researchers at the University of Stirling’s Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. This data will provide valuable insights into the factors influencing how we approach ecosystem restoration in degraded environments.
Through your gameplay, you’ll contribute to groundbreaking research that could shape the future of environmental recovery efforts.
No download or signup required — Restore is compatible with modern browsers like Chrome, Safari and can be played on desktop or mobile. Just visit the itch page to start playing.
How will you shape the world around you?
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How will you shape the world around you? 🐔
Restore is part of an academic research project called RestoreID (HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV-01-17). This research project investigates the relationship between nature restoration, biodiversity, and disease prevention. RestoreID is an EU funded project, and the restore game is funded through the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Horizon Europe guarantee scheme. The restore game is led by Dr Brad Duthie and Prof Nils Bunnefeld at the University of Stirling. The game will take between 5-20 minutes to play, depending on the level that you select. Only your in-game decisions will be recorded for research purposes, and no personal identifiable data will be recorded.
Find out more about the Restore ID project on the official website.
