Disney Dreamlight Valley Is a Life-Simulator that Puts You in the Disney and Pixar Universe

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For Disney fans who’ve always wondered what it would be like to live in a Disney or Pixar movie, Disney Dreamlight Valley might be the closest real-life version of that experience. Dreamlight Valley is a free-to-play game that lets you play as yourself and live in a fully customizable Disney…uh, World! The main story campaign will allow you to bring in characters from Disney and Pixar movies and have them live in your town, which will enhance the life-simulation aspect of the game.

Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Game Manager Manea Castet gave me a tour of the gameplay as well as the customization menus the game has to offer. What I witnessed was a very personal life-simulator/adventure hybrid game magically unfold before my very eyes. (*Cue “When You Wish Upon a Star”*)

Disney Dreamlight Valley might seem like a cute life-sim on the surface, but the start of the game is actually a mysterious adventure that has you rescue the valley from darkness – which later becomes the beautiful life-simulator you see in the trailer. In the beginning you meet up with Merlin from The Sword in the Stone, and he’s hoping you can help him recover his memories and figure out what happened to Dreamlight Valley. You’re quickly introduced to your Quest Log and learn a few basic moves to get to the main hub of the game, the Dream Castle. Everything is dripping with Disney references, including the name of your first mission to find a Royal Tool: “The Pickaxe in the Stone.”

The Dream Castle is the center of the valley and acts as a gateway to all the Disney realms that we know and love from the movies. After the valley fell to darkness, Disney and Pixar characters escaped to their own realms, and it’s up to you to bring them back home. The quests keep