The House of the Dragon HBO series is about to debut and they have created the House of the Dragon: DracARys mobile app. It is powered by Niantic Lightship. The Game of Thrones prequel series will drop on HBO and HBO Max on August 21st. The app was released in time for the House of the Dragon: The Dragon’s Den experience at San Diego Comic Con. Those gamers who did not attend would not be able to hatch their dragons until after the convention. We have seen that dragons were thought to be extinct by the time of Game of Thrones. Daenerys Targaryen was given three eggs by Illyrio, the merchant-prince, when she wed Khal Drogo. At the end of the episode, “Fire and Blood” (2011), Daenerys placed the eggs in the funeral pyre of Khal Drogo, entered into the flames, and returned with hatchling dragons!
DracARys allows players to create their own digital pet, in this case, an unique dragon!
The first digital pet was the Petz (Dogz and Catz) in 1995. This was developed by P.F. Magic for gaming systems. The player enters the Adoption Center to adopt and raise one of the pets. was the Tamagotchi (“Egg Watch”) that hit U.S. shores in 1997. It was a egg-shaped, electronic device. It fit in your palm and had a keychain to carry around so more portable and handy than the video games. The story were aliens sent eggs to be hatched and raise creatures of bizarre shapes. They are developed over time after giving them food, attention, and training. The boy version, Digital Monster, became the Digimon phenomenon with games, manga, and anime also starting in 1997. Once a player loads the app and clicks, “Start the Experience”, a portal will form in your cellphone camera. This leads to a dragon’s den and you can find your own dragon egg!
My dragon breathing fire and later he flew on the DracARys app.
Next, you chose the dragon’s name and have the option to translate it into Valyrian, the ancient language of the former Valyrian Freehold. House Targaryen was one of the three houses in Valyria. The hatching and naming is the first Milestone found in a record menu to the far left. Then, you give your dragon its first command, this is the order to come towards you. The hatchling shuffles towards you. Since the app uses your camera, you can go in close, and also get a 360 degree view. Later, when your dragon follows your orders, it will look at you with eager eyes. Soon, without commands it will screech, scratch itself, and crawl towards some direction. When you close the app and then later open it, you will be told your dragon is roaming and needs to be called by your command. Take your dragon outdoors and wander around.
Cooked Beef and Raw Beef will show up next to your camera button, the icon looks like a steak. Later, when you walk for some time, there will be Goat and other food (no Sheep yet!) when you forage. To the far right is the dragon icon which shows your dragon’s progress and stats. To the left is the microphone where you can verbally give the command holding onto the red microphone icon. Be careful you can enter the command and your dragon may not listen or misunderstand. You can use the command menu and press the command button. The first day, my dragon flapped his wings, and then later did a short hop. The following day, I gave him the command to fly. The next stage is Juvenile so there’s just a tiny bit of spending time with my dragon to reach it. Juvenile stage was reached on July 30th after twelve Milestones.
Blue was 1' long as a Hatchling and grew to 7' long! He doesn't have the wide, red eyes now, instead he has the adult-like horns and dark eyes. My dragon also did a short hop at 0.6 miles an hour. Now, he soars in a circle in the sky at 3.6 mph. There were also a number of dragons in the sky with at least two from the United Kingdom! I'm not certain if this was random. Since he has become a Juvenile, read teenager, Blue doesn't follow commands. I ask him to `Mazis' and almost immediately he flies away or ignores it. He has reached Diviner discovering a natural body of water, a grassy patch. New today was a Fish icon for Food. This was a Milestone. Also, a Fowl icon. Once they appear it is red showing foraging until you can feed it to your dragon. The next stage is Adult. There is no cleanup, no major time commitment, step away and start up the app to call your dragon. Raise your own dragon with DracARys!
Four Dragon Eggs out of Five!
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