Media outlets often tally disaster casualties in cold numbers, but 9.03m spotlights the personal stories those stats obscure. This indie game unfolds on Baker Beach in San Francisco, amid tsunami wreckage scattered years after the event. Players search for butterflies amid the debris.
The core loop centers on spotting these delicate symbols in a somber landscape. It draws players who seek quiet, reflective indie experiences that honor real-world loss. All royalties support charities aiding tsunami survivors and disaster relief.
The media is quick to put figures to death tolls in such disasters, and 9.03m tries to remind people of the individuals behind those figures.
9.03m is set on Baker Beach in San Francisco, where debris from the tsunami has washed ashore in the years following the tsunami.
To play, you must find the butterflies.
All royalties (as of 19/12/2013) are donated to charity. Half of all received Space Budgie royalties go to Aid For Japan (), a charity that helps children who lost their parents in the tsunami. The other half goes to Redr () a charity that helps in disaster scenarios.
