- Price$1.99
- CategoryGames
- First releasedApril 16, 2011
- Versions1 archived
- Installable1 of 1
- AvailabilityStill on the App Store
- SellerLast Day of Work
- Bundle IDcom.ldw.vv4ipad
RequirementsCompatible with iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
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Report an issueVillagers: The Tree of Life is the fourth chapter in the award-winning Virtual Villagers series from the creators of Fish Tycoon and Virtual Families. This is the same game that became a best-selling Windows and Mac sensation!
Continue the story of the mysterious island of Isola and the tribe of lost refugees in Virtual Villagers 4 - The Tree of Life. The island's chief is worried that life is slowly diminishing on the island and has selected a tribe of explorers to find the source of Isola's troubles. They discover, and inevitably populate, the hidden eastern shore of the island. Watch over a new group of villagers as they explore the eastern shore of the island, uncover fantastic mysteries, unravel the story of Isola, and save the Tree of Life!
Exclusive features in the iPad version include:
* Support for multiple simultaneous players, so that up to 5 people can have their own separate tribe on the same iPad! * Personalize your tribe by renaming your villagers! * Customize the epitaph for favorite villagers who have died.
More about Virtual Villagers: The Tree of Life:
* Visit the oldest and most hidden part of the mysterious Island of Isola. * A new villager selection screen lets you start with a custom tribe. For an extra challenge, try starting with only children or select a tribe full of nursing mothers! * New, updated user interface, plus our most detailed, vivid map yet, full of exciting new puzzles. * Dozens of achievements for players to accomplish. * New puzzles, new collectibles, new Island Events! * Real-time weather! Clouds, fog, and sudden downpours! * Real-time gameplay: new surprises every time you turn the game on!
The game continues to progress in true real time, even when your iPhone is turned off, so don’t forget to check in regularly to care for your tribe, help them gain skills and technology, and enable them to discover the secrets that lay waiting for them. How will you lead your tribe?
Virtual Villagers have been awarded with:
* Sim Game of the Year – Game Tunnel * The Zeebys – Gamezebo * Parents Choice Recommended Award * iParenting Media Award
Recommended for people who enjoy casual simulations and adventure stories like the Lost TV series and Survivor!
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 30, 2015 | 1.0.0 | ★ 4.3 | 167 | $1.99 |
| December 2, 2020 | — | ★ 4.3 | 187 | $1.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25I love this game!!! It is awesome.
This use to be one of my favorite games but now all of a sudden it keeps deleting my game. It takes entirely too long to get the village to where ifs functioning without having to check it every second. So imagine my disgust when I turn on the game only to find my whole village gone. PLEASE FIX ASAP!!!
How can I move the rock.....and how can I catch Fish?
i am seriously irritated that I can’t play a game I paid for.
I love the game however it's not always easy to get tech points and u don't get them all tht fast I think they should make it easier to get them or lower the upgrade prices
Can't pick the "other" flowers! Villagers refuse bc they are not in full bloom yet? Know of a way to pollinate or speed up that process?
For those who are stuck.. Here are the puzzles that most people get stuck on. The Grand Feast- The One with the fruits and stuff: You need twenty villagers and level three dendrology. Have one villager make a stew of three sweet smelling flowers (use children to gather them) and use fresh water to make it. Drag all of the villagers (nursing or not!) to the pot and they will bring bowls of the stew to the tree. The Frogs- The one with the picture of the frog: You need to have the whole river flowing and soap. Wait until it starts raining. Then quickly drag about 5 villagers to the pond near the cooking area and drag one villager onto the soap to make them drop a bar into the pond. Then drop all of the villagers into the pond and wait till they all are clean (You'll see white sparkles around them) then drag the clean villagers to the puddle area near the bridge and they will be "rescuing frogs". Once your villagers have saved at least seven frogs or so, you will complete the puzzle. The Butterflies- the picture of the butterflies: You need to have the whole river flowing and cutting tools. Wait until the stalks near the edge of the river is fully green and recovered. Drop a villager on the stalks and they will get a cutting tool to cut the slams. You will notice that the butterflies around that area will become a bit more jumpier. Once your villager has cut the stalks, they will be covered in green gunk. Don't panic! Slowly move your villager to the big banyan tree and drop them on the tree. They will start wiping the gunk off on the tree. Then the butterflies will be attracted to the tree! Hope I helped! :D
Overall I love the game, but every time I try to edit the epitaph of one of my dead villagers—I get attached, all right, I like to put personalized epitaphs on their graves—but when I try to do that I can't make spaces. Bothers me so much. But I love the game otherwise.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.