The episodes A New Home, Dead Pygmy Walking, and The Pyg Chill added additional islands to the game, which can be toggled from the menu bar.
One of the game's most notable features is the regular release of updates introducing additional content. The 'March of the Fire Ants' update also added a new feature known as OpenFeint, where players can access chat rooms, leaderboards, achievements, and announcements during gameplay. Most of these features can be toggled on the game's menu bar. Built-in features of iOS, the iPad, and iPod Touch are used, such as the accelerometer to simulate gravity and earthquakes.
These range from benevolent powers, such as giving the islanders a fishing rod, to destructive, for example summoning a hurricane, or simply entertaining, such as levitating the Pygmies.
The primitive islanders, known as Pygmies, are subject to the player's god powers. The player takes the role of an omnipotent being who rules over an island and controls everything.
