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Sleep with

an App

Build a wonderland while you sleep.

By Vivian Cao in Yunnan

What was the last thing you did tectural masterpieces together, for ex-
before going to bed last night? Using ample, the Mont Saint Michel, the Taj
your phone to check Facebook and Mahal, the Great Wall, and so on.
Instagram posts? Are you interested Trey Huang, a 19-year-old stu-
in building a town on your phone dent who has been using the for eight
when you are sleeping? months, says: “Friends can watch out
Sleep Town, a time management for each other when building houses.
app, can help you build good sleeping You can build your house and your
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time. Huang thinks it is not easy to (Photo courtesy of Sleeptown)
In this app, you can set two alarms change his biological clock at first.
to remind you when to sleep and wake “When the pandemic first started, my tectures and ruins.
up. If you go to bed and get up accord- routines were disrupted. I slept in the “I can see many beautiful houses
ing to the time you set, you will be morning and played what at night. My in ‘My big town.’ It motivates me to
rewarded a virtual house and bonus friend invited me to build world-fa- build more houses. Now my sleep-
which can allow you to unlock dif- mous architectural masterpieces with ing habit is back to normal after three
ferent houses in a virtual shop. If you him by using Sleep Town. At first, I months. I go to bed before 12:30 a.m.
fail, your house will be destroyed in lost the game all the time. My town and get up at 8 a.m.,” Huang says.
the game. was full of ruins,” Huang says. “Gamify Your Life” is a slogan of
Users can invite friends to join “My big town” in the app is where Sleep Town’s developer, Seekrtech, a
them and build world-famous archi- users can see all their well-built archi- digital company from Taiwan. Their
mission is to design easy games to
help people develop healthy lifestyles.
Sleep Town ranks second as the
most downloaded app of all paid
games in the category of health and
fitness in 2020 in China, according to
Apple App Store data.
Do you want to have a better sleep-
ing routine and enjoy work-life bal-
ance? Please join Sleep Town tonight.
It is available on the Apple App Store
and Google Play Store.

Edited by Lasley Lui
Edited by Lasley Lui
Huang’s big town in the app. (Photo courtesy of Trey Huang)
Huang’ s big to wn in the app. ( Photo c ou rtesy o f Trey Hu ang)