A Beautiful Tragedy
A masterpiece that showcases the beauty of life but also how extremely tragic it can be. The storyline can be very unpredictable and the game has immense replay-ability. A bargain for the price.
This game needs an update badly
I’ve played this game since the 2010s and after it was bought out the only update it had was to be iOS acceptable.
I would hope a small team would play this game and start editing outcomes and adding new content.
If not then I’d like a refund on what I bought since it’s more or less a dead game
I would hope a small team would play this game and start editing outcomes and adding new content.
If not then I’d like a refund on what I bought since it’s more or less a dead game
AMAZING
Most amazing game in the world that you have to play at least once! Always updated and supported! BETTER THAN BITLIFE NO ADS
Not enough diversity
I used to play this game when I was younger on the computer. I downloaded the game because I thought there would have been expansive upgrades to it after some time but I was pretty disappointed that there really wasn’t. There is no diversity in the game. A lot of the people described are blonde with blue eyes. Furthermore, it doesn’t include the LGBTQ+ community. It would be nice to go through a phase where you’re trying to understand your sexuality or gender identity. I did just read their About page & I will check out the other choice of games to see if there is something more for what I’m looking for.
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Cute concept. Bit dated.
As I understand it, this is a copy-paste of a computer game from the 1980s—but as such, there are some features that don’t quite align with 21st-century values:
- very pro corporal punishment
- very heteronormative—just flat-out doesn’t acknowledge that LGBT+ people exist
- some events, without necessarily needing to be, are written differently depending on the player character’s sex (there’s one in the Infancy stage that, if you’re a girl, you’re pulling all the cards out of mom’s purse, but for boys it’s taking apart dad’s calculator)
If there was a game that was just like this but more in line with modern sensibilities, it would be un-put-down-able.
- very pro corporal punishment
- very heteronormative—just flat-out doesn’t acknowledge that LGBT+ people exist
- some events, without necessarily needing to be, are written differently depending on the player character’s sex (there’s one in the Infancy stage that, if you’re a girl, you’re pulling all the cards out of mom’s purse, but for boys it’s taking apart dad’s calculator)
If there was a game that was just like this but more in line with modern sensibilities, it would be un-put-down-able.
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LGBTQ+ OPTIONS PLEASEEEEEEE
How in 15 years do you guys not add the option to be gay? It would be an interesting choice to make in the game that could happen in adolescence, or maybe just randomly. It’s not super taboo to be gay anymore, please make it happen
Too epic 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
5 star
Love this game!
I always come back to this game and binge it for months at a time. I wish that you didn’t get a turn counted when you click on a category like “work” and back out that it didn’t count as a turn. Same with experiences that you end up being too old for or can’t do cause a parent is dead. Wish the game got occasional updates too. Overall I will always keep playing!
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Old school for the new crew!
Love it love it love it! Had it on 5 1/4 floppy’s back in the day(if I remember right, box opened like a ‘piece of vinyl’) anyway, ‘life simulator’ where you actually care about the choices you make and the person you become. One caveat, especially for younger generation(I’m 49), lots of reading….I love reading what the impact my choices actually make but it’s as much a story as a ‘sim’. 6 star!!
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Heartwarming and Entertaining
The game has a few quirks. It was made in the 80s, so many situations haven’t aged perfectly. Some parts of the game, like relationships, seem odd or buggy (you might randomly break up with your partner without the game ever informing you if you date in adolesence).
However, playing to the end is a joy if you take it seriously. I shed a few tears the first time from the ending text, which is something I can’t say other life simulators can do. You feel more connected to these scenarios since they’re more detailed than is typical.
Good for a few playthroughs before you’ve seen most of the content. I’d say it’s worth the price.
However, playing to the end is a joy if you take it seriously. I shed a few tears the first time from the ending text, which is something I can’t say other life simulators can do. You feel more connected to these scenarios since they’re more detailed than is typical.
Good for a few playthroughs before you’ve seen most of the content. I’d say it’s worth the price.
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New Idea
I really love your game! It was the first one ever of its kind back then! I think you can revive! People will 100% like it since BitLife is super popular and uses a similar growing up theme! But this game has so much potential!! You could redesign it and keep a lot of the same stuff but make it more inclusive with race, gender, and sexuality! You could have more choices added that lead to different life’s and careers! And when the player dies you can make the children continue the game similar to BitLife! You could add more pictures and graphics for events/life choices to make it more user friendly! You could add more customization for characters and abilities that can be purchased! You could add more control or not, over other characters in the players life! And after this one gets updated overtime you could even create a whole new game similar concept and mechanics but a different theme like in medieval times! Or in the future! There’s many things that can be done to improve it and make it popular! Meanwhile I’ll continue to play the game!
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Love love love
Been playing this game on the browser for almost two decades, decided to finally pull the trigger and buy it for my phone. Such a good game! I think about it a lot even though it has been a while since my last play.
Please UPDATE
Please update the user interface. Add more options? Please I’ve loved this game since I found it on the internet when I was in elementary school
LGBT
the game is fun but it is not inclusive. i wish i had homosexual options
A five star app that was not updated through numerous ports.
Normally I allow the gaming convention of ‘let it rest in the museum as created’ for most dated works, and appreciate them in accounting for time of their inception.
In this case though, as it is a text-based game, and more importantly is set as an ‘alter ego’ of what a modern child could be experiencing growing up, the choices are to note the actual dates or to modernize the material. I’ll drop a few suggestions below:
➡️A college degree can come from multiple disciplines and have multiple levels of mastery.
➡️Financial models need to be redone. (Eg you can bust your tail, become a doctor or lawyer before even reaching young adulthood, then be expected to pay your loan balances in full before hitting the next ‘stage’ of growth.
➡️No reason not to have full-spectrum personalities, preferences and identities here, seeing as how the game tries to flesh out exactly who you can become.
I hope someone can tackle this and either update or reboot this franchise, since it’s a cool and mostly unique idea. ✌🏻
In this case though, as it is a text-based game, and more importantly is set as an ‘alter ego’ of what a modern child could be experiencing growing up, the choices are to note the actual dates or to modernize the material. I’ll drop a few suggestions below:
➡️A college degree can come from multiple disciplines and have multiple levels of mastery.
➡️Financial models need to be redone. (Eg you can bust your tail, become a doctor or lawyer before even reaching young adulthood, then be expected to pay your loan balances in full before hitting the next ‘stage’ of growth.
➡️No reason not to have full-spectrum personalities, preferences and identities here, seeing as how the game tries to flesh out exactly who you can become.
I hope someone can tackle this and either update or reboot this franchise, since it’s a cool and mostly unique idea. ✌🏻
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Been playing this for 5 years now
I originally played the free version online but the limitations of the free version slowed me down and I enjoyed the game so much I finally purchased it.
It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
Such a wonderful game, highly recommend it to anyone.
It’s one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
Such a wonderful game, highly recommend it to anyone.
Why do I have be straight
Why do you have to be cis and straight
LOVE this game, but...
Okay, so I’ve played this game about a dozen times. I’d say it’s less “addictive” than well written enough to give you room to explore different lives while retaining its replay value. It’s a solid game and I personally love a good life simulator like this one.
One thing that stood out to me from the start was the lack of LGBT options. As a lesbian, this pulls me out of the gameplay experience every time. Do I choose an entire lifetime of male experiences in order to have a love life that includes women? Or do I choose a life of female experiences and accept that the entire romantic dimension of the game will center around men? More than once I’ve ended the game a spinster.
I don’t think the game needs a “modern LGBT twist”. I think it would be vastly improved even if it remained nearly the same, but with options down the road to choose partners of different genders, choose pronouns, come out as a specific sexuality, change names, and options to come out as transgender (with the gameplay literally switching from “Male script” to “Female script”, or vice versa), with specific characters responding accordingly.
Adding LGBT options just means more immersive gameplay for more people than you might think, and I feel it would vastly improve the game for players like me!
One thing that stood out to me from the start was the lack of LGBT options. As a lesbian, this pulls me out of the gameplay experience every time. Do I choose an entire lifetime of male experiences in order to have a love life that includes women? Or do I choose a life of female experiences and accept that the entire romantic dimension of the game will center around men? More than once I’ve ended the game a spinster.
I don’t think the game needs a “modern LGBT twist”. I think it would be vastly improved even if it remained nearly the same, but with options down the road to choose partners of different genders, choose pronouns, come out as a specific sexuality, change names, and options to come out as transgender (with the gameplay literally switching from “Male script” to “Female script”, or vice versa), with specific characters responding accordingly.
Adding LGBT options just means more immersive gameplay for more people than you might think, and I feel it would vastly improve the game for players like me!
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1980’s
I had this exact game on a floppy disk for my Commodore 64 when I was a kid. I loved it then and I love it now.
Great! But..
This game is overall great and fun to play, but I feel like more variety and more updates are needed. Besides that this is a heartwarming, fun game! And I’d suggest it to my friends!
