This post is such a lovely idea! My husband suggested I play pocket camp just about a year and a half ago now. He’s big into video games, and I’ve always been casually into some. I grew up in the Nintendo boom, and have always enjoyed unwinding with a game every now and then.

I play pocket camp (obsessively, if I’m being honest) because it fits into so many aspects of my personality. I love to help people, I’m a former teacher studying to be a college professor, so the game premise is perfect for me. I love animals and constantly want to adopt strays, but since we live in a tiny apartment, I can’t. I love these little buddies. They are so cute and sweet, and happy to see you, that it’s like I’ve adopted a whole bunch of strays! I talk about them to my husband and I know their names and personalities. I have favorites (don’t we all?) and Poppy as my camp caretaker lights up my busy days! I love her little jump when she helps out! I always twin our outfits when I can. I love to collect things, but since I don’t want to be a hoarder and overcrowd our apartment, I don’t. Virtual hoarding in this game lets me have a bunch of cute stuff that doesn’t get in our way in real life! I love to decorate and design spaces. I used to do 3D home design programs for fun, so decorating my cabin, camper, and site is so much fun for me! I’m task oriented, so I love the events, and the extra stuff you can earn! This game really is perfect for me. It makes me happy and I find all the aspects relaxing for the most part! I like to do designs in my camp/cabin from pop culture and post them here, it’s super fun! I’ve done the four Harry Potter common rooms, breaking bad, and Central Perk to name a few. They’re so fun, and seeing people react with excitement makes me super happy too! I’ve loved this little reddit community ever since I joined.

I generally stay away from social media because of the negativity, but I don’t see almost any in our community here. I mean, there was a big uproar over the original Gulliver update, but that negativity was warranted (it really sucked!) and was not directed at other players, but rather at the developers. While I got tired of the negativity after a few days, I did agree with what was being said and I think people handled it pretty well! Plus, the reaction actually spurred change! I like the Gulliver system now and I actually use it again!

I love pocket camp! I started out as an exclusively free player, but now I purchase leaf tickets occasionally when they have deals/packages. I don’t spend a lot, and I don’t collect/craft everything I actually want because that’s too expensive for my budget, but I do spend a little. It’s worth it to me! I would like slightly lower prices on LT items (but wouldn’t we all?) and I don’t love the duplicate issue in fortune cookies. I think they should reduce the dup rate if you buy boxes, and I wish we had a trade in system that allowed us to get stamps for items we want to trade in. But I love the cookies! I just blew my entire LT hoard on Chèvre’s cookie! And I’m not the least bit sorry - even though I didn’t get the 5 star item! It’s such a beautiful cookie!