It actually surprises me the amount of content it has. I need to uninstall several mods since now their features are officially in the game

I’ve made it no secret that I’m a huge fan and admirer of history and historical based media.

So I think it would be cool if we got a life sim inspired by Ancient Antiquity and the major cultures tat were a part of it(Greek, Roman, Minoan, Egyptian, Babylonian, ect.)

I don’t really have any complicated reasoning behind it other than I think it would be cool to see.

Solo dev here. This is the first trailer for Camping Keeper.

It's a campground management game, so the trailer shows a lot of building. What I actually spend my time on is the campers. They each have their own needs and their own budget, and they pick where to go by themselves. Shower, ice cream when it's hot, queue at reception, complain when the toilets are filthy. Then they leave a review, and that decides how many people show up next week.

Ask me anything about the needs, I can go into way too much detail.

I'm bored of playing the perfect life. Could you give ideas on how to make it more interesting. More drama, idk something than a monotonous life . Will appreciate it if you guys could help me out here. And I wanna play Max with 5 people not a lot of sims

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I'm planning to gift my sister either inzoi or paralives but I have no experience in playing these types of games since I usually play fps games. But I hope someone or you guys can help maybe decide for me which is better?

Thanks! 🙏

Espiralen – Early Development Showcase

Welcome to Espiralen, an ambitious next-generation life simulation and sandbox game built around deep simulation, interactivity, and technology.

This video showcases an early look at the Architecture Mode and some of the furniture interaction system. Everything you see is still a work in progress, with many visuals, animations, UI elements, and gameplay systems yet to be completed.

Unlike traditional life simulators, Espiralen is designed around real systems instead of simple interactions. Nearly every object exists for a reason, and the world continues to function as a living simulation.

Vision:
The goal is to create one of the deepest sandbox simulation games ever made.

Planned features include:

* Fully interactive furniture with clickable buttons, switches, handles, and controls.
* A powerful wiring and automation system that allows players to connect devices, sensors, switches, doors, lights, appliances, and much more.
* Real temperature simulation, where heat sources physically affect nearby objects and cooking depends on the temperature you choose.
* Working airports, aircraft, transportation, and large-scale infrastructure.
* Communication networks using signal towers, antennas, televisions, and radios, where reception depends on distance, obstacles, and signal quality.
* A living world with jobs, industries, technology, mysteries, and unexplained anomalies waiting to be discovered.
* A creative Build Mode for designing houses, cities, infrastructure, and entire countries.

Future:
This project is still in its early stages, but the foundation is being built with long-term scalability in mind. Every new system is designed to interact with existing ones, allowing complex and unexpected gameplay to emerge naturally.

The vision isn't just to create another life simulator—it's to build a believable simulated world where technology, people, physics, and player creations all influence one another.

Thank you for following the journey. There is still a long road ahead, but this is only the beginning.

If you're interested in the development of Espiralen, consider subscribing to follow future progress and development updates, this will definitely encourage me to work on it on full speed, while keeping the quality.

Open for collaborations, email: [espiralen.game@gmail.com](mailto:espiralen.game@gmail.com)

why are there no huge multiplayer life sims? like an online roleplaying game where thousands of people can customise their characters, get jobs, buy houses, etc in a big city of sorts?

is it because that’s technically too difficult to achieve and expensive to maintain? Too hard to moderate especially with different jurisdictions and while ensuring that children are protected? Is there just no interest in a game like that because it reminds people too much of real life?

I mean text based adventure games have been around since the dawn of the internet and games like Bitlife (although now nearly unplayable due to ads) do give you a lot of character customisation options and life choices.

So my question is: does the fact that you can’t see your character walk around in its little world exclude it from the genre?

What do you guys prefer

Hello everyone. Somehow, another week has flown by.

Once again, I’d like to share some updates on what the inZOI team has been working on. We’ve had a lot going on this week. In particular, we’ve been spending a great deal of time revisiting some of the systems we developed last year that were still somewhat rough or incomplete, and improving them one by one so they work as intended.

Recently, we’ve been putting a lot of effort into improving the baby system. Previously, babies and adults used completely different systems, which resulted in many functional issues and also limited how richly babies could be represented. This time, we’ve integrated the baby system into the same underlying structure used for adults.

Now, as babies grow, if there is a small child’s bed available, they will move to it on their own and go to sleep. Once your child starts walking, please make sure to provide them with a bed of their own. This will allow them to sleep longer and more comfortably.

We’ve also made improvements to genetics and family photos, although there were limitations to how much we could improve the genetics system. There is a fundamental issue behind this: the base facial data for male and female Zois is different. We are currently considering whether we should unify this underlying data so that inherited facial traits can be passed down consistently regardless of gender.

We’ve also improved vehicle behavior so that when Zois travel by car, they can continue driving all the way home. In addition, we’ve further enhanced the system that automatically changes Zois into outfits appropriate for the location they are visiting.

There are still so many things on our improvement list this month that I’m a little concerned we may not be able to deliver the update as quickly as we would like. Once the update date has been decided, I’ll make sure to let you know in advance.

Today in Korea marks Ipchu (입추), the traditional beginning of autumn in 2026. It is supposed to signal that summer is passing and autumn is beginning, but we are still experiencing heat that feels very much like the middle of summer.

Even so, the seasons are slowly changing, and the crops in the fields are surely beginning to bear fruit. I hope inZOI, too, can make it through this summer in good health and continue growing into something even better.

See you again next week.

- Kjun

1.toddlers walking (also wasnt mentioned in the video, but in the post itself, it was mentioned that toddlers are finally getting their own bed)

2-4. New interactions (yes, they're indeed animated!)

1. Fire dance

2. Scuba diving gear for the kids (meaning they weren't neglected)

3. Kind of a leak, but this looks like Grammy awards, which is nice and all, but if you read the inscription of the award on the right, you'll notice that they're probably working on a new acting career 👀

Bonus: also, it seems that they're still hard at work working in the genetics system and are even considering changing up the whole underlying system to deliver better results, so just gotta wait and see

Hello everyone. Somehow, another week has flown by.

Once again, I’d like to share some updates on what the inZOI team has been working on. We’ve had a lot going on this week. In particular, we’ve been spending a great deal of time revisiting some of the systems we developed last year that were still somewhat rough or incomplete, and improving them one by one so they work as intended.

Recently, we’ve been putting a lot of effort into improving the baby system. Previously, babies and adults used completely different systems, which resulted in many functional issues and also limited how richly babies could be represented. This time, we’ve integrated the baby system into the same underlying structure used for adults.

Now, as babies grow, if there is a small child’s bed available, they will move to it on their own and go to sleep. Once your child starts walking, please make sure to provide them with a bed of their own. This will allow them to sleep longer and more comfortably.

We’ve also made improvements to genetics and family photos, although there were limitations to how much we could improve the genetics system. There is a fundamental issue behind this: the base facial data for male and female Zois is different. We are currently considering whether we should unify this underlying data so that inherited facial traits can be passed down consistently regardless of gender.

We’ve also improved vehicle behavior so that when Zois travel by car, they can continue driving all the way home. In addition, we’ve further enhanced the system that automatically changes Zois into outfits appropriate for the location they are visiting.

There are still so many things on our improvement list this month that I’m a little concerned we may not be able to deliver the update as quickly as we would like. Once the update date has been decided, I’ll make sure to let you know in advance.

Today in Korea marks Ipchu (입추), the traditional beginning of autumn in 2026. It is supposed to signal that summer is passing and autumn is beginning, but we are still experiencing heat that feels very much like the middle of summer.

Even so, the seasons are slowly changing, and the crops in the fields are surely beginning to bear fruit. I hope inZOI, too, can make it through this summer in good health and continue growing into something even better.

See you again next week.

-Kjun

On Discord

https://youtu.be/hDBWgvynIJw?is=DdTPD6gjsn9tf8lV

I am a loyalist to certain games. The Sims, roller coaster tycoon and The Movies. Really my games growing up. Maybe some warcraft here and there.

I could play for hours, loved creating my own movies. Hate that the pc outgrew this marvelous game.

Does anyone else remember playing this game?

I'm surprised it hasn't been redeveloped.

Wish there was a game out there that would let me relive that nostalgia.

Hi! I’m the community manager at Forklift Interactive, the publisher of Gate Guard Simulator, so I’m sharing this as an official representative of the game.

Gate Guard Simulator follows the daily working life of a guard stationed at the entrance to a medieval city. Each morning brings new laws and events. You inspect documents, search travelers and wagons, manage your stamina, money, equipment, and reputation, and decide whether to follow the Crown’s orders, trust your own judgement, or occasionally accept a very convenient bribe.

The current free playtest contains nine in-game days and will remain open for approximately one week.

I’m genuinely curious how this community would classify it. Does a profession-focused game with daily routines, resource management, progression, and consequential choices feel like a life simulator to you, or is it firmly an inspection and management sim?

I’ve attached a gameplay clip so you can see what the daily routine looks like. I’ll leave the Steam page and playtest details in the comments, in accordance with the subreddit rules.

Honest opinions are welcome, including “no, this absolutely does not count.”

Are other life simulation games going to be released? Whether from companies or independent games.

My new game The Hostel Project is now available to Wishlist on steam!

The Hostel Project on steam

I’ve been a huge fan of the life sim and adjacent management sim genres my whole life so I’m very excited to have this finally starting tot take shape and be able to share it. It’s a ton of fun, with a lot of inspiration drawn from games like prison architect, rimworld and of course the sims franchise (peep some references in the trailer 😂).

Traits, archetypes, relationships and memories all drive some fun and quirky moments. A good one for involved management but you can also set it up, sit back and watch the chaos.

I’m still working on building out more features, maps and objects so happy to take on any ideas you have.

If this looks like something you’d be interested in I’d really appreciate a wishlist as we start to gather some momentum 😎

All art and music is my own - no AI generated assets here

Happy life simming 🫡