East Africa’s Kola studios, a game development company backed by Africa-focused Savannah Fund has today released a new game dubbed Mosquito Rush, something people in East Africa do almost all time.
Reknown for its Matatu game with over 60,000 users, Kola Studios has other popular games like Last Card, Keiko, Spar, Karata, Tapt and Zword and is developing more.
According to the team, “Mosquito Rush”, is an action packed fun game where the mission is to smash all the mosquitoes at all costs to protect a baby. Players have to be fast, furious and accurate and need to survive from mosquito attacks and make sure none of them escape or else the game is over.
The female Anopheles mosquitoes pick up the Malaria parasite from infected people when they bite to obtain blood needed to nurture their eggs and transmit it to others. Malaria parasites multiply rapidly in the liver and then in red blood cells of the infected person and in one or two weeks fever, headache, chills and vomiting characterize those infected. If not treated Malaria destorys red blood cells and can kill if not treated. In sub-Saharan Africa, Malaria claims nearly a million deaths a year according to the World Health Organization. This game can help peoplebe aware of the causes and prevention methods of Malaria and later save lives.