Falcon Moving combines a serious story with playful interactions and fun VR gameplay in a game that’s all about getting your partner bird to knock flying drones out of the sky. In the process, it’s a little bit like taking on a big corporation that’s exploiting the planet you’re exploring – but with the added benefit of a relationship you can train and care for.
The Falcon
This sleek, fast-flying large falcon reaches incredible speeds in its hunting dives and is the fastest animal on Earth. Known as the peregrine falcon, these birds are capable of diving at up to 114 miles per hour and can be seen soaring high in the air with their powerful wings beating continuously.
They can reach great heights and even catch prey atop trees, cliffs or bridges if they are able to locate it before it gets too close to the ground. Their incredible vision allows them to spot their prey from a huge distance, and they also have specialized eyes that are more than twice the size of human eyeballs.
Their extraordinary soaring and diving skills are made possible by their thin, tapered wings which enable them to fly at very high speeds while changing direction rapidly. They also have long flight feathers which give them an advantage over other falcons when it comes to catching their prey.
In their first year of flight, falcons are trained to fly with these long flight feathers as they become more familiar with the art of hunting with their wings. They then switch to the shorter, more flexible flight feathers as they get older.
They also learn to use their wing-feathers as projectiles when they need to attack their enemies. This makes them one of the most dangerous animals in the world.
The kestrel
This small falcon is a common species throughout much of the Western Hemisphere, ranging from Alaska and Canada south to Tierra del Fuego in South America. It’s a member of the family Falconidae and is often called a “kestrel.”
Their distinctive appearance and excellent eyesight allow them to easily spot their prey from large distances. They perform numerous acrobatic maneuvers in the air to attract females and keep them engaged in a courtship ritual called “gifting.”
Male kestrels have long necks and legs that allow them to leap and catch prey from high in the sky, whereas females are unable to fly so they must use their strong talons to grip and control their prey. When a prey animal is caught, the kestrel will often pounce on it with its talons and crush it into pieces.
In addition to grabbing their prey, they will usually also drop the prey to the ground to eat it in a manner similar to how humans would. They may also scavenge for food on the ground and store it until they can retrieve it later.
The kestrel’s unique behavior and extraordinary powers of vision have made them an important part of the world’s wildlife ecosystem. In the United States, kestrels are threatened with extinction and there are a number of conservation efforts underway to protect them.