Kibo Island

Walk a little.
Wake an island.

A gentle walking and gardening game. Every step you take in real life, Kibo the squirrel takes along an island trail, gathering what a storm-worn home needs to grow again.

In development for iPhone Steps from Apple Health
Kibo, a brown squirrel in a straw hat with a leaf tucked in its band, smiling against a sunny sky

How a day goes

Your walk is the whole controller.

1

Walk, the way you already do

To the shop, round the park, up and down the stairs. Kibo walks the trail you picked that morning. Steps start fresh at midnight.

2

Open the app when you're home

Everything Kibo found waits for you: wood, stone, seeds, Acorns, a butterfly, sometimes a relic. Nothing needs your phone while you walk.

3

Give, and watch it wake

Each broken place asks for a few things. Give them, and the nursery gets its glass back, the meadow hums again, the cottage lights its windows.

A little mystery in every place

Some needs are a question mark.

Wood and stone always say what they are. The rare things don't. A place that wants a flower you've never grown, or a relic lost in the storm, shows a "?" until you find it.

  • ?Relics wait on five islands. An owl feather, a lily bulb, a piece of sea glass. Each one belongs somewhere at home.
  • "Kibo, any ideas?" Tap Kibo on any place card for a hint.
  • Trail markers show what's ahead. A signpost, a red flower, a "?" between the trees, a few hundred steps along the path.
The nursery's place card: Fit the glass, 4 of 4, with a Give button and a Kibo, any ideas? button
The nursery wants its glass. It's out on Fernwhistle's trail.

The island keeps your hours

Sunny at lunch. Lantern-lit after dusk.

The island follows your own clock. Drag across the picture to walk Kibo's home from noon into night.

  • Bees come back with the meadow and help everything grow faster.
  • Crows drop in on fresh sowings. Put a scarecrow nearby and they fly off.
  • Olga the Owl moves into the forest glade's hollow once it's mended, and starts writing to you.
Kibo's cottage and garden in daylight
The same cottage and garden at night, with glowing windows and lanterns
Same garden, same moment, two hours of the day.
The garden with a scarecrow by the well, a beehive and crows hopping among the seedlings

Set sail

Five islands, five trails.

Walk one island end to end and the next one opens. Each trail has three areas, and the far ones hide the best finds.

Fernwhistle Isle: a sandy island with a lighthouse, a green woodland and a glowing hidden grove
1 · Home waters

Fernwhistle Isle

Sandy shores, a quiet woodland and a grove that glows at dusk.

2,000 steps end to end
  1. Shoreline
  2. Woodland
  3. Hidden Grove
Mushroom Hollow: a mossy island with a stream, a little bridge and big orange mushrooms
2

Mushroom Hollow

Mossy paths, tiny bridges and a lantern mushroom grove.

3,200 steps end to end
  1. Mossy Banks
  2. Tiny Bridges
  3. Lantern Grove
Blossom Isle: flowering trees along a willow stream up to a great blossom tree
3

Blossom Isle

Flowering trees, a willow stream and an ancient blossom tree.

3,600 steps end to end
  1. Petal Path
  2. Willow Stream
  3. Blossom Crown
Herbal Hills: a trail winding up past herb rows and cottages to a windmill
4

Herbal Hills

Rolling hills, herb terraces and a windmill above a green valley.

4,000 steps end to end
  1. Windy Steps
  2. Herb Terraces
  3. Windmill Lookout
Moonlit Cove at night: tide pools, glowing caves and the Moonwell
5

Moonlit Cove

Tide pools under the moon, glowing caves and a quiet Moonwell.

4,400 steps end to end
  1. Tide Pools
  2. Glow Caves
  3. Moonwell

Steps on a trail are only ever for the trail. Clearing the places at home has its own step count.

Dear Kibo,

Could you spare three tulips? The willow stream looks bare without them and I've been sitting by it all week, which is my favourite thing, so I'm not complaining.

Kapi the Capybara, Blossom Isle

P.S. I spotted something glinting by the Petal Path. Sea glass, I think. Doesn't something at yours want some?

Letters in the mailbox

Neighbours write. Sometimes they've seen something.

Grow what they ask for and send it off for Acorns. Now and then a letter ends with a P.S. about a relic they spotted on their island.

Zionthe Lion · Fernwhistle Isle
Timithe Tiger · Mushroom Hollow
Kapithe Capybara · Blossom Isle
Alvithe Alpaca · Herbal Hills
Adelthe Eagle · Moonlit Cove
Olgathe Owl · the forest glade

Life comes first.

Kibo Island is meant to sit gently beside your day. A light walker gets to every place a busy one does, just a little later.

No streaksA rainy week off loses you nothing.
No countdownsNothing wilts, expires or runs out while you're away.
Nothing to missFinds wait until you open the app.
Fresh each morningSteps reset at midnight, so every day starts even.