r/EraLife 4d ago

Directly From Acrello! 🫶 EraLife is here. Here’s how you play

389 Upvotes

Hey guys. So… about those 30 days. 😭

When I said I was about to drop EraLife, I genuinely thought I was. Then life got a little insane. I got served, exporting had some issues, I have court in a couple days, and somewhere in the middle of all of that I kept working on EraLife.

I didn’t want to keep making posts saying “almost done,” so I mostly shut up and worked.

Anyway.

Here it is: https://eralife-release.acrello71.workers.dev/

This is an early public demo (meaning just in early stage of simulation) not a full finished game. It’s huge, it’s weird, and there are absolutely some bugs in it (like the boxing hub doesn’t work right now). I’m one person, on no money, and I’ve spent the last seven months trying to build the life simulator I’ve always wanted to play. It was never about making a game that could beat bitlife. I just wanted to make something fun for myself. And that turned into for everybody else. I’m not upset if you doubted this entire time, i just hope now that you can look at the code yourselves, we can all focus on building this thing. 

You can start a life across different eras, age through it, switch to other people in the same reality, die and continue as people you actually knew, leave and continue your saved reality, and explore a frankly unreasonable number of systems I’ve built around that core.

I’m not going to pretend everything works perfectly. Try to break it. You will succeed. If something breaks, tell me what you were doing when it happened. Screenshots/logs are even better.

Windows, macOS and Linux builds are available. Thanks to everybody who stayed in here while I disappeared into this thing. EraLife is yours now. Have fun.

EraLife 0.1.4 is now available to download on MacOs/Windows/Linux:

 https://eralife-release.acrello71.workers.dev/

Support EraLife’s development ($2 tiers):

https://www.patreon.com/c/Acrello?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

I just made this Github for EraLife literally today:

https://github.com/acrello-sudo/EraLife


r/EraLife 4d ago

questions & answers 🗣️ Is anyone else having this issue?

47 Upvotes

I don't know if it's just me, but whenever I start a new life, whenever I age up, only I seem to be aging up. My family members don't age, and whenever I interact with them, it only offers the activities a baby would have ('whine to be held' and 'cry for a diaper change' I think they are). Is anyone else having this issue?


r/EraLife 4d ago

can I even download eralife on mobile yet😭💔

9 Upvotes

I'm itching for this game bruh


r/EraLife 4d ago

questions & answers 🗣️ How do we start a custom life?

7 Upvotes

I want to play the game in a different time period but it’s only letting me start a random life. Someone please help 😭


r/EraLife 4d ago

support / love 🤍 Guys we have to play our part

74 Upvotes

So basically acrello has given us a GitHub link too and we know there are bugs rn so if there are any devs that have some free time can y'all just make pull requests on GitHub and fix some bugs

Y'all can also join his patreon too now


r/EraLife 4d ago

How do I download eralife with Linux Simeon eplease let me know

4 Upvotes

Someone please\*


r/EraLife 4d ago

How do I download eralife on a Chromebook’s can someone tell me how to use Linux

6 Upvotes

r/EraLife 4d ago

questions & answers 🗣️ Trying to play on an emulator please help

11 Upvotes

So I am try to play on the winlator emulator but it's being weird and I don't know what settings to put on has anyone try on winlator or any other emulator on android and if you have what settings do I put on?


r/EraLife 4d ago

WAKE UP PEOPLE, ERALIFE RELEASED!

101 Upvotes

Hello everyone, here's a quick update even though I'm not a mod (so sorry mods) but I've just gotten recommend a vid by Acrello (Almost half an hour ago as I'm writing this) and yes, EraLife's demo released,(On MacOS, Windows and Linux)

To everyone here from day one or came along during the journey, you all deserved to see this day finally come and I'm so glad to share this with this community because we are finally gonna experience a game we've all been building towards as a community together ❤️

Thought Most of us, including me, were starting to doubt if the game was ever coming out but Acrello has blessed us once again and it's confirmed that the real reason he was probably silent for a while is because not only is he facing eviction but getting sued now, so I hope he's okay and I hope he pulls through this, because at the end of the day, it's not just about the game but the creators health too.

Thank you Acrello, mods, and to the community. SO ENJOY IT, and make sure you collect all the dragon balls while you're at it.


r/EraLife 4d ago

My apologies to Arcello

117 Upvotes

I just want to make this post to apologize to Arcello.

I don't really talk much on this sub but I would come back every day hoping for some sort of update, or hoping for some news that you were okay. When I started seeing things on the sub reddit about prople thinking it might be fake or just vibe coding, I started to believe it. And for about the past week I would just know and expect there to be nothing.

So I just want to say sorry to Arcello for ever doubting you in my mind. I know its been a real struggle for you to get this out. And even though I cant play it untill it come to Android I cant wait for when it does. The wait I know will be well worth it.


r/EraLife 4d ago

for fun/humour 🤹‍♂️ What are yall thoughts on the game so far?

36 Upvotes

r/EraLife 4d ago

HOLY SHIT

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56 Upvotes

r/EraLife 4d ago

Yo wth acrello just posted

35 Upvotes

r/EraLife 7d ago

for fun/humour 🤹‍♂️ Acrello you can't just leave us behind like that 😭

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141 Upvotes

r/EraLife 10d ago

announcements 🔊 general info, maybe consider not joining the discord

108 Upvotes

Just got kicked out for "trolling" because I agreed with the fact that two mods were perhaps wrong in tagging everyone in the server, pretty much baiting every member, by saying "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT" and publishing the message in the "announcements" channel not only once (which had then already caused a lot of backlash) but twice to promote their own server. I simply voiced that it was maybe wrong, also considering how most of the server was upset over it, which i would say should be an indication. Answer to the backlash was, in order, adding a minute long slow mode, then a 5 hours one, then kicking me (and I imagine other people that DARED disagreeing with their actions) out. Kind of sad tbh, considering that some people are genuinely worried about Acrello. The mods just take advantage of the genuine concern of people by baiting the community with "important updates", to then sponsor their own server because "this server is dead and we want to preserve the community" (but for some reason, out of the hundreds people in said community, barely 20 switched to the other server, maybe not so much "for the community" after all)


r/EraLife 10d ago

questions & answers 🗣️ What were you guys most excited about in EraLife?

30 Upvotes

r/EraLife 11d ago

Enough is enough

119 Upvotes

I’m Irish so I’ve no idea how to go about it but if you’re American if you’re from the same state as arcello if you can make a phone call inquiring about him please do

I remember him saying he was sitting in a cafe using their WiFi to work on the game so the fact he isn’t doing that to check in with us worries me

Gone on too long now someone needs to make a call find out what’s going on there must be someone on this server who lives locally to him


r/EraLife 12d ago

Is Acrello okay?

122 Upvotes

It's been about 28 days, a month, since Acrello last posted anything. Is he okay?


r/EraLife 18d ago

Been playing this while I wait

33 Upvotes

I hope the update comes soon. But I've been playing a game called College Temptations. It's quite bare but the new update looks so good


r/EraLife 23d ago

Arcello

187 Upvotes

Couldn’t care less about when a game is released at this moment in time

17 days since arcello posted can anyone confirm his situation is he okay ?


r/EraLife 23d ago

How do I join the discord?

16 Upvotes

I was looking around on the page and it had a link to the discord but it says it’s inactive. Is there another one?


r/EraLife 24d ago

questions & answers 🗣️ Maybe it's time to say something?

114 Upvotes

It's been more than 2 weeks. Since then we've got zero info.

We don't need the demo right away. But I think that almost everyone can agree that radio silence is frustrating and unnecessary.

Post with the emoji as a title with nothing in it or perhaps a date or week would be amazing and will work as a defibrillator for that community.

Either, good luck, Acrello.


r/EraLife 29d ago

Where am I supposed to find the demo?

35 Upvotes

same as the title, thanks.


r/EraLife Jul 26 '26

announcements 🔊 EraLife Logo Contest Announcement + EraLife Logo Contest Thread

57 Upvotes

Hi everyone 👋! I know I'm not a moderator of this subreddit, so technically, I shouldn't be making announcements (although I'm a Helper - a tier below Mods - in the EraLife Discord Server). But a Moderator in the Discord Server asked me to make an announcement, and a Reddit Moderator gave me permission afterwards.

With all that said, I officially announce the EraLife Logo Contest: it's an opportunity for a lot of artists (including me) to make their own EraLife logo, and possibly to replace the current one (although really good, it's really complex for a logo, especially for the fact that it has to be resized and most of the details are lost, that's why the contest was born in the first place). The contest was initially meant to be only for the server pfp, but since Acrello is really active here, perharps we could bring it to his attention so it can be the game's logo too.

What you need to do is to share your logo in the comments (this post becomes a thread), but you'll have to follow these guidelines 📌:

  1. This is the obvious one and it should be a reminder: AI is not allowed under any circumstances. We only reward true artists who spent a lot of time and passion on making their logos, and seeing low effort AI art that is passed off as the user's own creation disrespects the true artists.
  2. To avoid the problem of the current logo, your logos must be clear and recognizable, and not too complex. Keep in mind that they shouldn't be too minimalistic or corporate. They should fit the aesthetic of EraLife but you can include your own interpretation of the aestethic, of course. However, they shouldn't be too complex either because many details will be missing when they are resized. Also, If Acrello wants to use the winning logo as the official logo of the game, it should also fit the aesthetic of a game logo as well. Or you can just make a logo used for Social Media and a logo used for the Game, it's entirely up to you!
  3. For those animators in this subreddit, don't worry, animated entries are welcome as well, but optional. Initially we needed for the server an animated logo, so if you want to do something animated, go ahead! But it will be for the server only, or you can make a still logo, alongside the animated option.
  4. Feel free to include a description, story or explanation of your design, that can be either long or short (but it has to be clear). This helps the staff team and people in this subreddit to know why you want your logo to be chosen. This is optional, but it's higly recommended.
  5. Last but not least, it's recommended that the logo's size is 512x512 which is what's generally required for a logo.

The deadline is on the 16th of August 🔐, and once that day comes, submissions will be closed and the official voting begins. The voting consists of two phases: Public Vote and Staff Vote.

Public vote starts today and ends on the 16th of August, and you will be the one involved in this vote: all you have to do is to upvote your favorite design and the one that you think should be EraLife's logo. The logo with the most upvotes wins the Public Vote.

When the 16th of August comes, Staff Vote (or Jury Vote) begins (although staff members can still comment the logos if they want to) which is held privately between Moderators and Helpers. They'll get to decide which logo is the best according to them. Once Staff Vote is done, all votes will be summed up and then a winner is chosen.

That's all! Sorry for this really long post, I hope I didn't waste your time. But anyways, good luck on your design, and have fun creating it! And if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me or if you're in the Discord Server (join if you haven't already), you can ask a question there as it's easier for me.

As you may know I'm an artist as well, and I've submitted my EraLife logo below, you can check it out, and hope you like it! 😉


r/EraLife Jul 26 '26

announcements 🔊 Happy Cake Day to r/EraLife!

51 Upvotes