How to play
Toca Nature consists of two main interactions, creating a world and exploring it:
Creating
You start in the creation mode seeing your world from a birds-eye perspective. You can spin the world around by using the globe control in the lower right corner. There are also a number of different tools that will help you sculpt the world to your liking. All tools are used by pushing them in the interface and then dragging your finger across the world.
The tree tool is used to paint out trees in the world. There are five types of trees to choose from. Push the tree tool once to select among pine, birch, spruce, alder and oak.
The axe is used to cut down trees.
The mountain tool raises the ground to create mighty mountains. Raise them high enough and they will even have a bit of snow on top.
The water tool will dig into the ground, eventually creating water-filled holes.
The magnifying glass is used to take a closer look and even zoom in on any location you’ve created in your world.
You may notice small animal icons on the tools as well. Every nature type has a specific animal tied to it. Paint enough trees or mountains and these animals will start moving into your world! The available animals are: bear, hare, fox, woodpecker, deer, wolf and beaver.
Exploring
When you’ve used the magnifying glass to zoom in on your world you may end up standing in the middle of a forest you’ve just created. Drag your fingers on the screen to move around and use the globe to turn and face another direction.
Besides the animals that have moved in in your forest you will also find different types of food growing in environment. These can be picked up by touching them. They will be gathered in the interface at the bottom. From there they can be dragged out to be placed in the environment again. The food can be used to feed the animals that you come across. Can you figure out who likes what food?

There is also a photo feature in the zoomed-in view. Push the camera icon in the lower left corner and the photo framing will appear. Pushing the cross in the middle of the screen will snap a photo. These photos are then saved to the camera roll of your device.
To talk about
Toca Nature is based on the wildlife of a forest. You might not have a forest where you live, but can you recognize the animals in Toca Nature? Or even the trees? It’s not often that you come across animals like these in real life. You would probably act differently in real life than how you act in Toca Nature. Maybe you’ve mostly seen wild animals at the zoo? How do you think they act differently in their natural habitats? In Toca Nature we wanted to simulate the wild, so don’t expect the animals to be totally reliable! Because animals have their own wills, right?
In Toca Nature things are connected. What is the structure of the circle of life? Well, in Toca Nature we’ve tried to connect things in a way that encourages exploration of the different environmental types. Nature seems to adapt to its current conditions. What animal lives in what forest? And does a fox living in the snow have a different appearance? Animals also like different kinds of food. Some are meat eaters and will only eat fish which you can gather from the lakes you create. Other animals only eat acorns. All types of food have specific growing conditions. The acorns can be found in a forest of oaks for example. Can you figure out where the others grow? This is part of the puzzle of testing what animal likes what food. Animals will hint at what food they like the most. But what happens when you feed them their favorite food? And what does the fox say?
Also, be on the lookout for other objects in the environment. Who knows what you might find?