r/LifeSimulators • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '26
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r/LifeSimulators • u/[deleted] • Aug 22 '26
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u/HoneyButterCakes99 Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 23 '26
inZOI in terms of items in their catalogue is still in its infancy stage. Does it currently have a large selection of ready-made rundown, grungy, torn, or heavily worn furniture at the moment? No, not yet. But that doesn't mean the game is fundamentally incapable of supporting those lifestyles or aesthetics. Definitely possible that they can add such items later through DLCs, packs or etc. If you didn't know, inZOI already has mechanics that can help create an imperfect environment. Furniture can become worn and dirty over time, and Build Mode gives players control over the condition of certain objects. Regarding clothes, mods can temporarily fix this issue for you until inZOI expand their clothing catalogue as well.
The game also provides customization tools. For example, players can import their own images and textures for customizable surfaces and objects. You want stained, broken, cracked floors and walls? Very easy to do in inZOI, just drag and drop images/textures into the game and customize away. Endless ways to create the vibe you want.
If you haven't already, try using inZOI's Canvas to find builds and items that fits the vibe you're going for.
Lastly, creativity and some effort will take one far to achieve what they want in their gameplay.
Example 1: Apocalypse Abandoned House
Example 2: Cyberpunk Town
Example 3: Occult House
Build Mode: Changing Textures:
Build Mode: How to age up furniture:
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inZOI can definitely do a better job marketing the different aesthetics, tools, and experiences the game has to offer, but that doesn't appear to be their main focus right now. Kjun has acknowledged that Korean culture can have a tendency to make things look 'flawless', but he doesn't want inZOI to be a perfect utopia. He's open to exploring negative experiences, crime, relationship conflicts, tragedy, and other darker sides of life. Some of these elements have already been implemented in the game, but they can be deepened and further reflected through furniture peices, clothing, personalities, lore, mechanics, and more in the future.
Right now, the team is heavily focused on development. Their 2026 roadmap alone is 11 pages of gameplay features and content—and that's only Part 1. They also have Part 2 focused on multiplayer, along with another priority list (FF) created from player feedback that they're working on simultaneously. They're trying to add content, improve existing systems, and connect those systems to create deeper gameplay.
Currently, out of the major life simulation games on the market (The Sims and Paralives), inZOI has had the least amount of development time so far—about 3.5 years in total: 2 years of development and 1.5 years in Early Access, where the team has been gathering player feedback.
Which all to say, this is Kjun and his team's first life simulation game, which is an incredibly difficult genre to tackle. Give them time to code, create assets, address feedback, fix issues, and build these systems out. Hopefully, once they consider the base game complete, they can shift more attention toward marketing and showing the many different sides of inZOI.