2,660,928 lives lived for a total of 411,728 hours
163,065 people lived past age fifty-five
288 generations in longest family line 127 monuments completed, 839 in progress
a multiplayer survival game of parenting and civilization building by Jason Rohrer
This game is about playing one small part in a much larger story. You only live an hour, but time and space in this game is infinite. You can only do so much in one lifetime, but the tech tree in this game will take hundreds of generations to fully explore. This game is also about family trees. Having a mother who takes care of you as a baby, and hopefully taking care of a baby yourself later in life. And your mother is another player. And your baby is another player. Building something to use in your lifetime, but inevitably realizing that, in the end, what you build is not for YOU, but for your children and all the countless others that will come after you. Proudly using your grandfather's ax, and then passing it on to your own grandchild as the end of your life nears. And looking at each life as a unique story. I was this kid born in this situation, but I eventually grew up. I built a bakery near the wheat fields. Over time, I watched my grandparents and parents grow old and die. I had some kids of my own along the way, but they are grown now... and look at my character now! She's an old woman. What a life passed by in this little hour of mine. After I die, this life will be over and gone forever. I can be born again, but I can never live this unique story again. Everything's changing. I'll be born as a different person in a different place and different time, with another unique story to experience in the next hour...
....Progress Report....
51 natural objects (latest: Bison)
14 playable characters
1114 human-makeable objects (latest: Stack of Steel Ingots)
85,349 lines of code
What you get
Immediately after your payment is processed, you will receive an email with an access link. You will then be able to download all of the following DRM-free distributions:
Windows build
MacOS build (10.5 and later Intel)
GNU/Linux build (compiled on 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04)
Full source code bundle (compile it yourself)
The price also includes downloads of all future updates and a lifetime account on the main game server that I am running.
The source bundle includes the editor and server software, allowing you to set up and run your own server or even leverage the engine to make your own game. See OneLife/documentation in the source bundle for instructions.
Great game to play, every life is unique! Sometimes you play with annoying children who wants to stab everyone.. but most of the times you will play with nice people who want to play the game and can learn new people things.
Recommended Pangaea (333.2 hours on record)
Posted 3 hours ago
How many hours have i added this week?
Recommended new born (1.6 hours on record)
Posted 4 hours ago
the tutorial is a real nighmare
Recommended Ducky (92.5 hours on record)
Posted 7 hours ago
Love this game. very peaceful.
Recommended Adveloq (152.3 hours on record)
Posted 7 hours ago
This is a pretty great game with lots of things to explore. In a way it is a social interactions- and trust simulator.
Recommended Great Game (8.1 hours on record)
Posted 22 hours ago
This is such an interesting and fun topic. I love the family part and how people put themselves in these little bits of code. The community on the most part is amazing and bring wonderful stories. The survival part is also a fun challenge, but if you're lucky, you start in a farming village.
9 out of 10. Would Recommend
Recommended Allyourkins (368.9 hours on record)
Posted 27 hours ago
Great game! Very involving and fun!
Recommended MuffinGamys (499.2 hours on record)
Posted 34 hours ago
It's a great game where you have one hour to play one life. Your goal is to build for the future. Make carts, farms, hunt, get sheep, run from bears. There's loads to do and learn. Name your kids and watch your line go on for generations. New content gets added weekly. Try it out. Still playing after 450+ hours so I'd say it's enjoyable ;)
It's a good game but honestly I just wanted to see how many hours I have
Recommended Tarr (911.5 hours on record)
Posted 28 days ago
Jason pretty much delivers on each and every patch. Things can and will be out of balance here and there but he generally fixes most things with time. Right now is a pretty good time to play now that the arrow-note bug has been fixed.
Recommended telafiesta (797.7 hours on record)
Posted 3 months ago
The game is finally adding more game-play content, I approve of more domestic animals, and the surgery addition is also welcome. I still feel like the game needs more structures and a better way to locate nearby towns (bell towers are a joke) maybe establish trade and migration like the good old days where you had neighboring villages, and carpenters who built roads connecting them.
Recommended shampein (778.4 hours on record)
Posted 4 months ago
its a fun, simple game, with a complex strategy lot of drama, lot of bad players, lot of griefers and murderers, so will annoy you a few times but can be so fun, very original concept and jason works on it frequently, each update changes everything but its in a good direction
Recommended AAA (749.4 hours on record)
Posted 4 months ago
Just checking my hours.
Recommended Xan (694.2 hours on record)
Posted 4 months ago
The big farm update is the best update so far. I love sharing stew with my family. It gives me time to spend more time with my children and makes the game not feel like such a rush. It seems the game culture has improved because of it.
Recommended OK (693.9 hours on record)
Posted 5 months ago
Recommended Sad game (689.3 hours on record)
Posted 4 months ago
This game describes the love of mother and family
Nobody can live forever and their life is limited.
The only thing player can leave is their bone and what they've made.
But what in earth do they've manufactured or harvested good for themselves after death?
It barely effects players next game so It means nothing as well.
Not Recommended LAG LAG LAG (553.0 hours on record)
Posted 2 months ago
Since we get more players in this game, the game become lag as hell. Optimization didnt not work, I found this game great but I cant play laggy as hell or can take to be disconnected because servers can handle so much ppl. I dont think it will improve, if you are thinking about buying this game, get a time machine and buy it three months ago, when it worked great. Its a shame such good game has th...
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User Story: The Best Lives are the Ones That Make You Cry, by Morti September 11, 2018
So, another life, born to a mother wandering about, with a name, not an Eve, but someone away from home, that appears lost.
I say little, I don't beg for food, I just watch. She pulls milkweed, makes thread, stands there looking at it for 10 seconds, probably going through the Tab menu, looking at options, then she carries me away. Next she pulls some clay from a pit, looks at it a few moments, grabs a stone, makes bowls, looks at them for a second, turns them into plates, then carries me away. [Read More...]
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