Tracing blueprints in Paralives is so easy it freed me from 25 years of The Sims' grid-based tyranny

One tiny mod for Paralives has finally made my childhood dreams of more realistic life sims floor plans possible.
Now that we have Paralives, Inzoi, and The Sims 4, life simmers finally have the variety we've been begging for
19d 13h ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comParalives continues to sound promising with a roadmap outlining free updates The Sims would normally charge for
23d 2h ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.rockpapershotgun.comI'm not ashamed to admit that The Sims 2 got me into house music, especially since its devs hired the best DJs in the biz to score it
23d 10h ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comParalives is the very definition of early access, but it's already a promising Sims rival
27d 23h ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comParalives: 45 Minutes of Gameplay
28d 22h ago by lemmy.blahaj.zone/u/velma in lifesimulation from www.youtube.comLike fleshy, diaper-wearing cars, infants in The Sims 4 have been "tuned up", making them faster to feed and change, and it's easier to clean up their poop
1mon 11d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.rockpapershotgun.cominKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories - Review
1mon 14d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from gamersocialclub.caPetit Planet is exactly the Animal Crossing clone it looked like, but after 15 hours of it I'm shocked by how many new ideas it has too
1mon 27d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comThe Peak of Life, a lifesim set in a major metropolis, with professional development, enterpreneruship and investment, released on Steam
1mon 19h ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from store.steampowered.comThe Sims 4's microtransaction Marketplace has officially shown me the door after 24 years of Simming
2mon 2d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comCrop is Stardew Valley except you arrive at your farm naked and in the boot of a car
2mon 8d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.rockpapershotgun.comWitchbrook's taken 10 years because "Harry Potter meets Stardew Valley" got old and the devs wanted time to make "something more unique"
2mon 10d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comPetit Planet, the upcoming 'cozy galactic life sim' from HoYoVerse, is taking signups for a new beta test happening later this month
2mon 12d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comInzoi Studio head says early access was unavoidable, but he feels kind of bad about it: 'The users are testing it on our behalf, so I always feel sorry for them'
2mon 17d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comNew inZOI patch dubbed the "GTA 6 update" by eager fans, adding everything from cozy flower shops to car theft to the Sims 4 competitor
2mon 20d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comStardew Valley-like farming sim, [Grave Seasons], with a romanceable "supernatural serial killer", [and horror elements], gets an August release date, with a demo coming soon
2mon 21d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comStardew Valley farmer takes advice from AI, ends up brewing 136 useless bottles of rice juice
2mon 22d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.com'I took those files and deleted them': Former Sims 4 developer says he totally rewrote the sims' AI in the middle of development and 'that was a scary thing to do'
3mon 1d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comThe Sims announces a Creation Club-style Marketplace and Maker program enabling content creators to sell their work directly to players
3mon 15d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comWhile you wait for a release date announcement, have a gander at Nivalis' opening moments [lifesim/management from the creators of Cloudpunk and set in the same world]
3mon 17d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.rockpapershotgun.com"I don't know what I was thinking": Stardew Valley creator went through hell 6 months before launch, and the game didn't come together until "the last moment"
3mon 18d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.com10 years later, I still can't believe Eric Barone thought Harvest Moon fans would hate Stardew Valley
3mon 21d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comXCOM designer Jake Solomon announces surprise closure of his studio alongside a first look at its canceled life sim, 'the game we poured our hearts into'
3mon 27d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comPokopia finally gives starving Pokemon Mystery Dungeon fans some food with its talking 'mons as the life sim's devs "really focused" on conveying each one's "unique personality"
3mon 9h ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comGood news, Stardew Valley enthusiasts: the 1.7 update will make children 'a little more interesting' and add two new marriage candidates
4mon 13d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comStardew Valley creator breaks silence to shoot down myths about Haunted Chocolatier, including that 2030 release rumour
4mon 18d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.rockpapershotgun.comHalcyon Days at Taoyuan, a Stardew Valley clone set in historical China, with beautiful period-inspired pixelart, released on Steam
4mon 20d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from store.steampowered.comThe Sims 4's most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day, which is more people than I realized were even playing The Sims every day
4mon 25d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comThe Sims 4: Royalty & Legacy | Official Reveal Trailer
4mon 28d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.youtube.comCozy Caravan is a feast of little cooking minigames
4mon 23h ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comFormer Stardew Valley dev's upcoming life sim has a brilliant quality-of-life feature for its fishing that speaks to my completionist heart
5mon 2d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comI was getting a bit bored of the traditional life sim routine, but it turns out I just needed more hobbies which Heartopia is happy to provide
5mon 3d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comMy Winter Car is a 'dangerous, depressing and tiring' life sim, and the developer doesn't want you to play it unless you've mastered the infamously tricky My Summer Car
5mon 5d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comAs The Sims Project Rene switches to being "mobile-first," EA vaguely tease the series' "next evolution"
5mon 7d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.rockpapershotgun.comLife sims are in a slump and the only way out is becoming strategy games
5mon 8d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comSchedule 1 developer TVGS is 'an actual game studio' now, with an office, desks, and a new guy named Rob: 'By the end of the year, there will likely be 4 people working on Schedule 1'
5mon 11d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comEric Barone doesn't want to 'reveal much yet,' but Stardew Valley's 1.7 update is starting to sound like another big one
5mon 1d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comFarmRPG Milestone: 1,000,000 Members
6mon 10d ago by lemmy.kikuri.moe/u/HoneyCup in lifesimulation from bsky.appNetflix sells the studio behind Cozy Grove back to its original owners, freeing the studio to bring its mobile life sim to other platforms
6mon 13d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comGalaxy Princess Zorana is like if you made BG3 passive checks into a whole game, a great tale of political intrigue, and will give you like 4,000 ways to die embarrassingl
6mon 16d ago by ani.social/u/Elevator7009sAlt in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comAs if Disney Dreamlight Valley could get any more magical, the Wishblossom Ranch expansion adding horses has improved the entire experience more than I thought it would
6mon 16d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comGTA San Andreas modders tease fully-fledged standalone indie game inspired by Stardew Valley, Graveyard Keeper, Mafia and Schedule I
6mon 18d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.cominZOI tells The Sims 4 wait, I've got this – actual schools are coming to the life sim for free, in a move fans of EA's own game have waited 11 years for: "We aim to create a real school – not a rabbi
6mon 19d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comThe Sims' biggest sex mod creator says that around 300,000 people use it—that's more than some of Steam's top games: 'It doesn't make sense to me'
6mon 21d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comBuild a new life after a revolution on Jupiter in the very Animal Crossing-esque, co-op life-sim Young Suns
6mon 21d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.rockpapershotgun.comDespite getting delayed, Paralives looks like it's avoiding Inzoi's biggest flaw
6mon 22d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.pcgamer.comThe Sims 4 legend behind piracy tool rendering nearly $1,500 of DLC totally free quits town and takes his loot with 'em, players pay tribute as copycats immediately try to charge for alternatives
6mon 23d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.comQuestion about this comm's definition of 'life simulation games'
6mon 23d ago by lemmy.dbzer0.com/u/sp3ctr4l in lifesimulationAfter a lackluster launch and "Mixed" reviews on Steam, [Mirthwood], the Stardew Valley-esque medieval life sim RPG I wanted to adore in 2024 redeems itself with a massive free update
6mon 23d ago by piefed.world/u/Agent_Karyo in lifesimulation from www.gamesradar.com












































