Longleaf Valley lets players play to support tree planting.
Longleaf Valley lets players play to support tree planting.
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TreesPlease Games unveils LongLeaf Valley eco game and $8M funding

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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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 and cofounder Jamie Stowe, 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.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.