What was Tunnel Town?
Tunnel Town was an app made by WildWorks and National Geographic Kids in 2013. It was a spin-off from Animal Jam and it was available to download for free on Android and iOS devices. However, later, the game became forgotten and lost to time and is now only playable via modded APK's since Wildworks deleted the servers.
What was the gameplay like?
In Tunnel Town, the player can build a burrow for their bunnies. They can dig new tunnels and chambers, then decorate them with toys and furniture their bunnies will use. The player can also breed the bunnies to discover new bunny types.
Wait, breeding? Can you buy them too?
Yes, Bunnies can be purchased from the Marketplace, however the other way to obtain bunnies is to breed them. The breeding process involves placing two bunnies on the Dance Floor furniture item. A list of potential bunny types will then be presented along with a toggle of a feminine or masculine appearance for the resulting bunny. Once the breeding has started, the bunnies must remain on the Dance Floor until an egg is ready, at which point it can be hatched. After hatching the egg, the player receives XP to level up and the aforementioned bunny.
Level up?
Every player has a level that indicates their progress in the game. A player can level up by collecting XP, which can be obtained by completing goals. Gaining higher levels will unlock more space for bunnies (up to 30 slots), more slots for farmland, better chance of breeding rare bunny types, and it will also open up deeper digging capability to expand the player's burrow.
Goals?
As the player progresses through the game, they will receive goals that can be completed to gain XP and either Stars or Gems. The primary goals are to hatch one of each rare bunny type. There are also numerous secondary goals such as: collecting certain bugs (which appear in the dirt around the burrow); buying, selling, or growing certain foods; placing certain furniture items. Sometimes you may have to buy items with real money to level up quicker. From personal experience, i was stuck at level 17-20 farming pumpkins for eternity on my old phone. I can't really remember the exact level.
Don't the bunnies get tired?
Every bunny has an energy level that increases as the bunny's actual level increases. The energy level determines how long a bunny can perform digging and mining actions. A bunny's energy can be restored by feeding it food or placing the bunny on furniture that recovered energy, such as a bed or a chair. The food can either be purchased or grown in the farmland at the surface of the burrow.
Personal Experience
I personally played this game before on my old devices and enjoyed it, regardless of the bugs. And, to show much i loved this game, here's all the devices I played it on:
✿My mom's phone (i was too young for unrestricted internet access)
✿My dad's phone (we used to split the phone so sometimes I'd get it and sometimes he would)
✿My first phone (finally old enough)
✿My new phone (i found a google drive file that works!)
my memory's a little fuzzy so this may not be perfectly exact!
