How to Play
Introduction
How to play
Your goal is to find and fix mosquito breeding ground problems around your home and neighborhood. Inspect items, talk to people, and explore the neighborhood to learn more about mosquito breeding grounds, to beat levels, and to improve your score.
How to move your character
To move your character, click anywhere in the game world screen. A dot will appear, and your character will automatically walk there in a straight line. If they bump into something along the way, they'll stop moving and stand still until you click again to move them to a different spot.
If you're playing the game on a computer with a keyboard, you can also use the WASD keys and arrow keys to move your character.
Levels
There are three levels in the game. In the first level, you'll identify and fix mosquito breeding areas around your home. In the second level, you'll collect items that you will then use to more permanently fix breeding areas. And in the third level, you'll explore the area around your home and help your neighbors with their mosquito problems.
Expertise rank
As you play through the game, beat levels, and fix problems, your expertise rank will improve. Every new rank you earn will add 100 points to your score. Below are the four ranks, and how to earn them.
Fix seven out of ten mosquito problems around the house and complete level 1.
Permanently fix eight out of twelve mosquito problems around the house and complete level 2.
Fix six out of nine mosquito problems in the areas around the house and complete level 3.
Get a perfect score by fixing all the mosquito problems in the game, and finding all of the bonus items.
Note: You cannot fix level 1 problems once you've moved on to level 2. So, if you want to become a Mosquito Expert, make sure to find all level 1 items before moving on to level 2.
Score
Your score appears at the top of the game world screen, and in your game summary. You will get points by fixing mosquito problems and finding bonus items (called achievements). You will also get 100 points for each new expertise rank that you earn. The maximum score possible is 770. Explore the world around you and talk to other characters in the game to get the highest score possible!
Point Breakdown
- Achievements: 370 points possible. 10 points for every mosquito problem fixed or bonus item found.
- Expertise: 400 points possible. 100 points for every new rank earned.
Interface
Game progress
Here you can see some quick stats of your progress in the game. You can see your score, which level you're on, how many problems you’ve found and fixed, and your expertise rank and badge icon.
Phone icon
Click on the phone icon to see more information about the game world and your game progress. Your phone lets you see your achievements, hints, a city map, the weather report, and game world tips.
Character icon
Click on the character icon to see more information about your character. Here, you can see your current level, expertise, equipment, and items.
Save game icon
Click on the save icon to save the progress of your game. You will also be asked after every level completed if you’d like to save your game. Remember to save often.
Weather
The weather icon shows you the current weather conditions.
Current location
The name of your current location is shown here. If you want to see a map of the city, click on the phone icon and select the city map.
Action button
When you get close enough to something that you can interact with it in the game world, a pulsing circle will appear around that item. The action button will also appear toward the top of the screen. The button will say different things to let you talk to other characters, enter or exit buildings, or inspect items.
You can also click within the pulsing circle to inspect the item or talk to other characters.
Compass
The compass shows you which direction is north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W). Look at this compass if you need help remembering which way to go for each direction.
Hint
The hint button gives you a clue about what to do next in the game.
Map
The map button lets you see a map overview of the entire neighborhood.
Level info
The level info tells you what level you’re on, and what you need to do next in the game.
Your items
Your items appear as icons near the top of the screen. If you want to see more information about your items, click the character icon near the top of the screen. Below is a list of items in the game.
Put these in a pool to keep your pool clean and get rid of mosquito larvae.
You can use the drill to make holes in the bottom of those items so the water can drain.
Use this to remove leaves and clean the gutters on your roof so they don't become clogged.
Help prevent mosquito bites on your upper body and arms.
Use this to clean up puddles near your house.
Put a few scoops of these in small areas of water to get rid of mosquito larvae.
Spray this on your body to keep mosquitoes away for a few hours.
You begin the game with this shirt. It helps protect part of your upper body from mosquitoes.
Use this to put small items away in the toy chest outside.
The game world
Signs
Inspect arrow signs to get directions to different places.
Footprints
Footprints let you know there is an area or doorway that you can enter nearby.
Weather
To view the hourly weather, click on your phone icon, then select weather.
City map
To view a map of the entire city, click on the phone icon to look at your phone, then select the city map.
Buttons
Return to the main menu.
Read basic simulation instructions.
Turn the music off or back on.
Turn the sound effects off or back on.
Game sounds and music will be muted if you enter the game with your device in silent mode.
Enter or exit fullscreen mode.