Questions about waking the meadow.

POLLN8 is a calm pollination game for mobile and tablet where you guide a bumblebee through living meadows. As flowers bloom, you unlock 12 native pollinators across 12 meadow scenes and build a Field Guide. It is published by XPDSHN and designed to be quiet, unhurried, and gently educational, a place to slow down rather than compete.

POLLN8 is created and published by XPDSHN. The brand is always written in all caps, POLLN in cream and the 8 in nectar-gold, and the team's guiding idea is simple: wake the meadow.

POLLN8 deliberately leaves out the things that make many games feel like work. There are no ads, no leaderboards, no timers, and no manipulative reward loops.

Instead of chasing a score, you tend a living world. The meadow responds to your attention, pollinators arrive in their own time, and your Field Guide grows quietly as you go.

It is the heart of POLLN8. A meadow begins still and sleepy; as your bumblebee visits flowers, blossoms open, plants grow, and other pollinators begin to appear. Waking the meadow is simply the act of paying gentle attention until the world comes alive.

You gently guide a bumblebee from flower to flower with a touch. As the bee visits blossoms, the meadow wakes: buds open, plants grow, and new pollinators begin to arrive. There is no score and no goal beyond watching the meadow come alive and noticing who visits it.

You can discover 12 native pollinators across 12 meadow scenes. Each one you meet is added to your Field Guide, a growing in-game collection that introduces real native pollinators and the plants they love.

No. POLLN8 has no win state, no fail state, and no timers. You cannot lose progress by stepping away, and there is nothing to rush. The reward is the meadow itself: fuller, more alive, and visited by more pollinators each time you return.

The Field Guide is an in-game collection that fills in as you meet each pollinator. It introduces the 12 native pollinators you can discover and the plants they visit, so the game quietly teaches as you play. You can read more on the Field Guide page.

As long or as short as you like. POLLN8 is built for unhurried play: a few quiet minutes or a longer wander through the meadows. Because there are no timers or streaks, you never have to finish anything before you put it down.

Yes. POLLN8 supports early nature study, pollination lessons, and ecosystem exploration without lecturing. The in-game Field Guide introduces the 12 pollinators players meet, and the calm pace makes it comfortable for a quiet corner of the day.

Yes. The POLLN8 Teacher Guide is a free downloadable resource. It includes a plain-language introduction to pollination, gentle learning goals, a step-by-step sample activity, a kid-friendly vocabulary list, and tips for pairing the activities with the game and a real or imagined meadow.

Through play, POLLN8 gently introduces:

• What pollination is and why it matters
• Who the pollinators are, beyond just honeybees
• How a meadow becomes a living, connected habitat

Nothing is presented as a test. The learning sits inside the experience rather than on top of it.

POLLN8 and its Teacher Guide are written to support early nature study and pollination lessons rather than to claim alignment with any single national curriculum. Teachers can map the activities to their own standards and adapt them freely.

POLLN8 is designed for children and adults. It contains no ads, no third-party advertising, no leaderboards, no chat, and no in-app purchase pressure, so there are no manipulative loops aimed at children. The experience is calm and self-contained.

No. POLLN8 uses a daily simulated weather pattern built into the game. It does not request geolocation permission, does not read your device location, and does not call any weather service. The weather you see in the meadow is part of the game world, not your real local conditions.

No. There are no ads of any kind, no leaderboards, no timers, and no manipulative reward loops. POLLN8 is intentionally free of the nudges and pressure tactics common in free-to-play games.

The full privacy policy is available at polln8.me/privacy. It explains in plain language what the app does and does not collect.

POLLN8 has no in-app purchase pressure and no manipulative reward loops. There are no energy meters, no paywalls between you and the meadow, and no nudges designed to make you spend. You can simply play.

POLLN8 is a mobile and tablet game published by XPDSHN. Visit polln8.me for the latest links to download it on your device.

Visit the POLLN8 support page for help with the app and your device. If this FAQ does not answer your question, the support page is the best place to reach the team.

POLLN8 is published by XPDSHN. For partnership, education, or press enquiries, start at the support page and the team will point you to the right contact.

POLLN8 is designed for modern phones and tablets and works in both portrait and landscape. It is a touch-first experience built to feel comfortable in one hand or on a larger tablet screen.

The meadow runs on your device. Because POLLN8 uses a daily simulated weather pattern built into the game rather than a live weather service, the core experience does not depend on calling external services to play.

POLLN8 is built to be played at your own pace, with no timers and no fail states. The interface favors large touch targets, gentle motion, and clear contrast, and the experience never punishes you for stepping away or playing slowly.

POLLN8 is designed to be calm by default: soft motion, soft sound, and no sudden surprises. The meadow is meant to be a gentle place, whether you play with sound on or in silence.