Observed arrival · 2026-09-05
La Vallée, Where Your Garden Gnome Outlives You
A coming-soon simulation in which one garden dwarf lives continuously through work, weather, elections, family, and eventual death.
Field notes
The proposed simulation advances continuously rather than waiting for a player to launch a session. Each account follows one dwarf through work, relationships, illness, weather, local elections, and death, with a child eventually taking over the account. The page says six months of real calendar time can span a life and describes decisions arriving through an iPhone app or Apple Watch. It also specifies that hats and outfits use earned in-game coins rather than real money.
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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.
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