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Longleaf Valley
Today is Earth Day, and we will celebrate by playing games and planting trees — real ones. Longleaf Valley, developed by TreesPlease Games, plants trees when you hit milestones as you play the game. Longleaf Valley is in trouble, and it is up to you to bring it back to life.
GamePlay
Merge, merge, then merge some more. Play as Ash as you create your dream wildlife habitat. Combine useful items to complete goals and earn leaves. Leaves allow you to make improvements like adding trees, flowers and cute critters to beautify Longleaf Valley.
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Start on a small grid with items like a tent, seed packet or tree stump. These produce smaller items that you repeatedly merge to make more complicated tools, flowers or trees. Your grid will begin to fill up quickly, but you can unlock more space by leveling up or adding more complex items.
You also have a small backpack that lets you store a handful of items; this can also be upgraded to hold more. Love it or hate it, one element of this game quickly becomes inventory management.
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Of course, all this hard work requires a lot of energy, which is a currency in the game. Each item costs one energy, and you will inevitably run out. Your options are to wait a pretty lengthy amount of time to recharge or spend some money to speed things up.
Gold coins are a more difficult currency to come by and can be used to unlock items bubbles or invite new furry friends to your park. For example, a squirrel family wanted to live in my habitat, but it cost a whopping 250 coins to find a home for them. Squirrels just so happen to be my favorite animal, so of course, I did the necessary grinding to make them a home sweet home.
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Updates and Events
Ash and Jim find a cute cabin in the woods that would make the perfect dream home. However, curious paw prints and a mysterious package point to blackmail. Can you solve this intriguing mystery in the latest Longleaf Valley Update?
Longleaf Valley also has seasonal events, such as the Coastal Care event that just ended. You could merge beach-themed items to complete goals and get rewards. The main prize this time was an adorable sea turtle that creates leaves, coins and energy. Unfortunately, I started the game at the very end of the event, so I didn’t get the turtle, but I can’t wait to see what other events are in store.
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Plant Some Trees
TreesPlease Games has planted over 1 million trees with the help of players like you and the Eden Reforestation Project. The organization works with local communities in underserved countries to create jobs, protect ecosystems and mitigate climate change. Learn more about the Eden Reforestation Projects here and donate if you can.
The Eden Reforestation Project plants a tree for every 50 tree tokens earned. I have planted two so far, and it feels great.
Our Adventure Ends Here
Longleaf Valley certainly has a cozy game vibe with its charming little story and cute critters. The art style and nature sounds mixed with soothing music make me want to grab some tea and save the valley. There are only a few customization options when choosing things like the colors of flowers, which is not necessarily bad. Sometimes, I get overwhelmed by too many options.
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This game walks a thin line between relaxing and tedious. Grinding for leaves to add flowers to each bush can get frustrating. It feels like a lot of work for a micro reward. It is another one of those games that makes progress painstakingly slow to encourage you to spend money. Purchases are optional, but without them, the game moves considerably slower.
This Earth Day, if you can, please go into the actual world and plant a tree (it is rewarding and fun). But if you can’t, playing games and “planting” trees is the next best thing. I love the idea of gaming and environmentalism together. This made me look into other games that exist for a cause, so keep an eye out for more.
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Longleaf Valley is free in the Google Play and App Store.
Take it easy and play it safe, gamers.
Have you ever planted a tree in real life? How did it go? Let us know in the comments!
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