TreesPlease Games unveils LongLeaf Valley eco game and $8M funding
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TreesPlease Games is coming out of stealth today with the debut of its Longleaf Valley game where you can play to support planting trees in the real world. The company has also raised $8 million in funding.
Founded by veteran game developer Laura Carter, the company has made a free-to-play mobile game with merge puzzle mechanics. And it teamed up with Eden Reforestation Projects to plant trees in the real world for players who hit achievements in the game. The game is available on Android and iOS today.
“We’re now officially breaking cover and announcing the launch of our game Longleaf Valley,” Carter said in an interview with GamesBeat. “It was a clear vision which was to build games that can make a difference in terms of climate change. Our aspiration is to plant millions of trees and create a movement around the biggest threat for us all, which is climate change.”
Started in 2019, the London studio’s mission is to make meaningful games that can be good for the planet and are loved by millions, said Carter. The game has been in soft launch around the globe and it’s available now. The feedback from players is good and it is performing well.
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Carter says the aim of the game is to be satisfying, relaxing and cathartic. It does that with a merge mechanic where you can combine seeds to make a sapling and then saplings to make a tree a so on.
“It’s like cleaning up and organizing,” she said. “The metagame is what really drives the
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