Banana flies, also known as fruit flies, are small flies that are attracted to overripe fruit, sugary foods, and other fermenting substances.

They are particularly useful for studying genetics, learning, memory, sleep, and behavior because they share many basic biological processes with humans while being small, inexpensive, and easy to breed.

There’s probably something in all of this that could be useful for game development. We’re just not entirely sure what it is yet.