Help The Real World As You Create The Perfect Virtual One With Z2Live's Play2Change Initiative

Are you a fan of real-time simulation games, looking to create and manage your own virtual world? One developer of online social games, Z2Live, has announced a new initiative to use that passion of creating the perfect virtual world into helping to create a better real world. The project, Play2Change, is designed to help people living in undeveloped regions throughout the globe. As of now, the program is focused on bringing safe drinking water to less fortunate groups by building wells through numerous small contributions of players of Z2Live's social real-time simulation game, Trade Nations.

Next time you play Trade Nations, we encourage you to purchase a wishing well using Magic Beans and directly contribute to the building of real wells in communities around the world. All of the proceeds that Z2Live receives from these virtual wishing wells go directly to charity: water.

The well is priced at 95 Magic Beans, and is available at level four or later. Depending on how long you've been playing, you may need to purchase quite a few more beans to afford a well. Put simply, being charitable could cost you up to $5 for a bucket of 110 Magic Beans. Even at $5, the cost isn't likely to break your monthly budget, and does fall into the average donation amount range. Z2Live mentions that they began the project without gamers knowing, and thus far it is a notable success. The company also felt it was worth mentioning that they plan to expand the program into more of their games, plus hope to get other developers and organizations on board.

Without any promotion, we have already sold enough wells in Trade Nations to build a real well. Additionally, we are happily donating $5,000 to charity: water to build another well to kick things off. These two wells will provide safe drinking water for about 1,000 people for the next 10 years. We are thrilled to be incorporating Play2Change into our corporate game roadmap and hope to encourage many other game and entertainment companies to join us in the Play2Change initiative.

Trade Nations features: • Over 60 buildings and decorations to choose from as you grow from a small village to a bustling city. • Build houses for your villagers, give them jobs, and create a productive society. • Participate in a marketplace for goods where prices are driven by true supply and demand! • Make friends, visit their Nations, and trade resources! • Manage multiple resources to grow your Nation. • Use Magic Beans to make jobs complete in record time! Trade Nations is a universal app compatible with iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch running iOS 3.1 or later, and available in the App Store as a free download. Making some in-app purchases, such as more Magic Beans, will cost actual money.

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