Seeing the people out and about just living their lives outside of the ones you’re controlling, absolutely beautiful. I love that

@gaatjouniksaanja753

10 ай бұрын

Yes very nice! And that without a loading screen or glitches in the game! My compliments!

Another thing I'd love is skill locking. I want to be able to lock my cooking skill at a certain low point so that I don't just become a 5 star chef just by making a bunch of sandwiches and cereal

@sugarqueen8332

10 ай бұрын

i feel like instead of locking it should more be like skill based foods that bring ur level up yk? like if u make a lot of cereal and sandwiches ur not gonna be gordon ramsey but if u make like beef wellington a few times you’d start becoming more of a top chef

@squiddybobble

10 ай бұрын

@@sugarqueen8332 Perhaps there could be a thing called skill mastery that after you get far enough into your skill you have to meet certain goal and expectations in the form of quest to actually master your skill. Instead of just repeatedly doing an action over and over again and.

@fransmith3255

10 ай бұрын

I totally agree. Perhaps there should be some inbuilt levels assigned to various plates, so that they only up a skill significantly at a certain level - perhaps cooking lower level meals should have much fewer diminishing returns as their level increases. That would be far more realistic. The housewife who cooks meat and 3 veg every night should be fairly competent, but shouldn't become a master chief. For that they should need to cook lavish high level meals.

@hugh___morris

10 ай бұрын

@@sugarqueen8332 that could be a better way to do it sure 🤷‍♂️ I think that AND locking the skill at a low level could both work really

@ramza8355

10 ай бұрын

I think locking higher levels skill by quests is a good idea. For, example to achieve cooking level 8, the person should work as certain occupation for bla bla bla, or other quests. That way, we couldn't unlock cooking level 8 by just making sandwiches.

Don't get me wrong, I still love what I'm seeing especially gameplay-wise, but this game really needs an overhaul of characters: add more life to them, more fluid animations, realistic proportions. It's still in early development, so I hope for the best!

@ddss7272

10 ай бұрын

Yeah the default arms are still too short, it shouldn't bug me so much. But it does!!!! Also shoulders look very weird.

@helmaschine1885

9 ай бұрын

Those are cosmetic things though...they're still working on game mechanics. Please have patience ffs

@aprilmeowmeow

9 ай бұрын

​@@helmaschine1885how are they supposed to know what people want fixed if they don't say anything? lol

@pamelaabel5264

9 ай бұрын

@@aprilmeowmeow I don't like the green circle that's around them! For some reason , it really bugs me!

@basshead.

9 ай бұрын

Even the characters from TES: Oblivion look better lol.

Night time is looking great! I really like the look of the environments overall, humans still need A LOT of work. But please add animations and actual interactions to things like buying food from the bakery. I'd love to see the character actually interact with the cashier. I want to see the cashier grab something from the case and hand it to them and the customer actually carry the food to their table instead of it just magically going into their inventory after clicking an unmanned cash register. What we all miss from the sims is the small lifelike touches the older games like the sims 2 had. Please make this game lively!! Loving the clothing physics so much tho!!

@SM-4359

10 ай бұрын

Yeah it'd be nice if the cashier, sales rep, receptionist greeted customers when they enter a store or come to the counter and ask what they want and then the menu pops up to order from. Then they'd prepare the food instead of it being instant unless we could differentiate between self-serve restaurants vs served. I hope they have wait staff and hostess for in-dining experiences who take their order and serve it. Taking reservations for the fancy places. It'd be nice if lines could form at cashiers and they could grow impatient (depending on their personality) or complain or just leave. For Retail Shops it'd be nice if sales rep greeted customers and ask if they can help if not they'd go away until you click on them again to ask for suggestions or sales etc.

@CYB3RNYMPH

9 ай бұрын

yes i wish sims had grocery shopping

@kobebeef415

9 ай бұрын

@CYB3RNYMPH it used to in sims 3

@Shoopshoop

9 ай бұрын

It used to in sims 2 as well - oh how much i miss it

@SimsAllAround

8 ай бұрын

They did - Sims 2 and 3 both@@CYB3RNYMPH

The earrings moving is so cool!!!!!!

@HarryClipzFilmz

10 ай бұрын

I hope necklaces and any other jewelry and accessories move as well. This game it getting better and better

@HodelosGaming

10 ай бұрын

@@HarryClipzFilmz yesss! Same :)

Rod, please remember The Sims 2’s animations, faces, and how lively they were. That is what we want and that is what Life by You is lacking.

@playbunyi

10 ай бұрын

this isnt the sims 2 calm down ma

@ALT1308_

10 ай бұрын

This isn't the Sims 2 🤦‍♂️

@TheIndigoLion

10 ай бұрын

No its not the sims but the animations cohld be just a smidge more lively, and I hope they add facial animations too. It just seems a little robotic at the moment.

@LK-3000

10 ай бұрын

I was hoping to see their interactions up close to see just that. Maybe next time.

@NotLikeUs17

10 ай бұрын

@@playbunyithey want it to be the sims so bad and this what a lot of the complaints are rooted in imo.

More people in the town? I LOVE THIS

@badgirlgigix3

10 ай бұрын

If you want this on your sims game there are mods for that!!

@100madmic

9 ай бұрын

@@badgirlgigix3 sad part I can get mods to work and some people play sim 4 on console

You guys are impressing me more and more each time I see a new video. I may pre-order this. Great work by the LBY Team.

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

So glad that you're enjoying the updates! 💜

@justjen139

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for replying to me @@lifebyyou I very much enjoy your updates. I also think you're making sound business decisions and listening to your community. Smart strategies.

You guys have a beautiful game world it’s just the character design needs a real overhaul. I understand these things will progress as time goes on, and character art style changes but character design should be the most important thing to work on going forward. I’ve seen many people say they won’t pick up the game because of how the character look (without understanding that all of this is early development footage; so maybe there should be a video or announcement addressing that?) Otherwise you guys are doing a great job! So excited to play.

@stanpikaliri1621

10 ай бұрын

Yes just look at those legs at 3:22 its not anatomical right

@LydiaKettle

9 ай бұрын

I thought I would be the only person moaning about that, beautiful world and plasticine faces on the lifers. The hair textures are naff too.

@citrusbutter7718

9 ай бұрын

@@stanpikaliri1621 And their posture needs fixing.

@Bionickpunk

7 ай бұрын

I rather they be stylized like Sims 2 & 4, than the uncanny valley of Sims 3.

I sincerely cannot wait for this game. Soooooo excited

Getting stuck with the office gossip so you don't get anything done is really relatable.

Always happy to see Rod 🥰 Just listened to a pod cast Rod did 4 years ago when he joined Paradox. It has certainly aged well. So happy to have a new life-sim soon! I do have one question and that is...Will we have cut scenes for important life moments like we had in TS2? I miss that. Not for silly things just important things like birth of a child, proposals, kissing the bride, etc.

@sense2001

10 ай бұрын

+1 for cinematic cutscene, it's one of the best charm from TS2 alongside memory system for storytellers!

@Thyana-ig5no

10 ай бұрын

Where did you find that podcast?

@Xxsorafan

10 ай бұрын

Cinematic cutscenes were always so sweet with your beloved characters ❤️

The characters do need some work. The shaders especially for the hair look very unnatural like hard metallic rather than soft and fuzzy like real hair, and the eyes also look flat with the scleras being WAY too white. I’m assuming more detailed facial and body animations will be gradually added in before release. I’m a player who focuses primarily on the characters so those will be the first things I notice and stick with me over time. The world looks like it is constantly improving to me though. Vegetation looks very nice, I can see you optimized the LOD distance quite well! 🙂

@sierrarosie

10 ай бұрын

maybe I’m mistaken but didn’t he edit the sclera color (by mistake at first)? so you could make it so it isn’t stark white

@potts995

10 ай бұрын

@@sierrarosie That’s true! But my concern is if the default color is too bright, the base game will be filled with characters that look like zombies, and we’ll have to customize every character in town to get something realistic. Kind of like the “pudding face” problem the Sims 3 had.

@sierrarosie

10 ай бұрын

@@potts995 yeah you’re right. I just went back and the default was a bit brighter than I’d like too. maybe they’ll do something so we can set our own default

Treasure troves and crafting?? I'm very excited to see that in the future!

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

We cannot wait to show you! Just a few more tweaks and hopefully ready for a look 🔍

The thing I noticed here was that Tamara got stuck at work, she and the other person was behind where the stairs are, the walk way seemed too narrow to get out of behind there, so she spent the whole time there. The only good thing is that we know we can pick them up and move them if they do get stuck like that, but Ron didn't do that, instead he just assumed it was normal or avoided showing that she was still there even at the end. Then he moved her outside the building so she could go home, I am guessing he realized he was going to have to do that, since she was stuck. But I did like the way the earrings actually move, like real, and that little bit of the guy Quincy combing his hair, it's nice to see them doing little things like that! Also something I saw that was funny, when Tamara first came to work, there was someone in the bathroom sitting on the floor in front of a toilet, lol! Makes you wonder what they were actually doing. Can't wait to see more, I hope they will show us kids and babies, I still don't know if we are even going to see babies in the game or pets for that matter! Are there going to be cats and dogs at least in the base game? Also is their weather/seasons?

Yes! A Life By You video on my birthday!

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

Happy birthday! 💜

I periodically check in on this progress once in a while, especially when Rod's doing his gameplay videos, and I love the progress!! It's really shaping up. I understand that there are still things needing to be fixed but from what it originally looked like...this is really great progress. Keep it up, guys and take care of yourselves (the team)

I get more and more convinced by this game for each video that comes out, it is looking so very nice so far so props to the dev team! However, at this time, my only problems are with character animations which look like it deforms the human and make them look really disproportionate (very noticeable on the shoulder and arm area), and my only other complaint is still that every single wall, object etc. that is white in color has so much bloom and is so blown out in exposure which makes the whole room sometimes feel completely out of place and it doesn't match the exposure of anything else in the room, last building video posted in the channel, Community Manager Rocio had place a white wallpaper on a wall with an intricate pattern, and because the wall just seemed to glow for no reason, the pattern of the wallpaper almost completely disappeared, engulfed by the white.

Best part of my Friday!!

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

Glad to be a part of your weekly routine 🥹

I'm very excited and impressed with how the game is getting more and more beautiful and incredible!! Thank you for always keeping us up to date with everything

@gaatjouniksaanja753

10 ай бұрын

Yes, it's really cool to see a game developing and growing more and more like this.

I really hope we have a (visible) queue for following actions so we can plan more what will happen! :)

so exciting seeing people going around minding their business, having their little chats. can't wait to see more about crafting!

Yay for hotels!!!

i was going to leave some feedback on animations but the moment tamara left the house i completely forgot everything i was going to say because i was just so blown away by the world. it's so beautiful and lively, i'm so excited to see more of it! it's so crazy seeing other people living their lives completely separate from the players control. i also really like that tamara walks to work instead of taking a taxi, not only is this more realistic and will add even more life to the world, but it should help ease the load of the game having to spawn in cars to deliver every car-less character to whatever destination they're going to. and can i just say, night time is absolutely STUNNNG! i love it

This definitely doesn’t look like the next Sims killer, but I’m interested in seeing how turns out in a year or two

This was very calming to watch, I appreciate all the add-in's mentioning the upcoming updates and features. Everything is coming along great.

Love the way the town looks populated. Much more lively. I know that was a concern of several people in the past.

this game keeps getting better and better, the progress is amazing! however, i think the time is going definitely too fast, even on the slowest setting. it took tamara 30 minutes to make the salad, 10 minutes (!) to cross the few meters from kitchen to dining table and another 25 minutes to eat it. that's over an hour wasted for a simple meal. LBY humans will be late for everything 😅

@J0J0155

9 ай бұрын

everything, down to even the time, is adjustable!

@mirusama7045

9 ай бұрын

@@J0J0155 if so, then i'm very happy about it!

The jewelry physics (and it looks like a little bit of hair physics too) really made me happy! Also, I feel like the first time I open this game, I am just going to spend an hour or two randomly looking around town seeing what everybody is doing! Loved seeing the lots looking busy and all the little snippets of conversation. Thanks for another exciting video!

@TheDawnofVanlife

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I will likely spend time poking in buildings. At least in this video, seems way smoother than sims 3. (Nothing against sims 3, it just does).

19:26 the town looks so alive ❤❤❤

I never knew how much I needed to know where my characters worked until now. Being able to just pan over to the character to make sure they're working at work and then seeing the building even when they're not working makes it feel so real. I mean, how many people work at a grocery store and then have to drive by it or buy groceries on their day off.

Just imagine what Modders can create with the personalization that this game offers, we could have incredible good looking characters and worlds full of events and thing to do 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Another thing I noticed... will we be able to park our cars in the driveways?! While watching the rest if the video my favorite thing about this being open world is seeing all of the characters autonomy. You guys did brilliantly with that! Seeing you switch between the characters and then also seeing how they were living their lives without you was absolutely brilliant!.

Allways a good time when Rod Humble does his lets play. I LOVE what you guys are doing with the game. The MORE I see the MORE this game keeps impressing me. Awsome work by the Life By You Team. Please Keep up the great work guys and PLEASE keep showing us MORE stuff from the game as much as you guys can. Thank so much and take care guys. 👍✌❤ Can't WAIT to for early access Next Year.👍🌟

She was eating with a knife and fork! 😃I'm so happy! 😃🥰

That was the quickest 20 minutes. Wish it was longer. I am super excited to start playing!

Looks good. Character animations still have a long way to go, especially the eyes they look very lifeless. (not saying they don’t in the Sims, I think that’s really an issue with most video games tbh).

@lance9249

10 ай бұрын

Yeah the eyes are terrible in Sims 4 but cc for them are great so it's possible.

I haven't been this excited about a life simulation game in 14 years since The Sims 3 came out in 2009. Keep up the great work, can't wait to buy and play this game!

Please make sure you're including more black hair options when making black humans. Locs, braids, twists, natural hair, fros, head wraps, etc.

OOhhhh I love this so much! ALWAYS been a sims fan, but this, THIS is a work of art! Obviously things will be tweaked and polished but even thus far you have me sold! Can not wait to see the finished product!

I am super impressed with the AI shown in this video. The town truly feels alive, especially at night. Also the small details like pulling out a chair at the table, placing the food onto the table so it doesn't magically teleport there, bending down to clean the floor with a rag, are all great! I just think the animations in general like when walking and turning corners needs to be smoother and it would be really helpful if characters could choose between takeout and eat in when ordering food or drinks somewhere. Then if they order eat in then they automatically sit down to eat their food. Also it would be great if the workers at the stores actually manned the cash registers and had an animation to hand them their food. Also, if we could get a clothes hamper instead of having to just go to the washing machine to dump clothes every time they shower or change that would be awesome. Please keep up the great work though!

Great video! 🥳 Some thoughts around cooking: - Are characters able to cook different serving sizes, rather than one portion? - Do the characters chat while sharing a meal together? The folks at the office lunch room were sitting around the table eating but were not interacting with one another whilst eating. - After eating, the dirty dish kind of flew into the character’s inventory. Can we have the dish remain on the table, and messy characters might take their time in cleaning up after themselves?

@Carrots-sb7qo

10 ай бұрын

I dont think they can multi task.

Moving the camera around the neighbourhood is giving me Sims 3 vibes! Its something I've missed doing in an open world sims game. Its looking good. It still needs work, definitely, hopefully there'll be more detailed animations and movements.

So excited for the game! Currently I’m mostly worried about the humans and how they look and move. Do we already know how long it will take for the team to make them feel and look more natural and nicer overall?

@brunobisio2406

10 ай бұрын

I'm also worried about the buildings, I hope this are place holders and they end up getting architects or interior designes to do them 👀

@gem_sixx

10 ай бұрын

@@brunobisio2406 That would be a waste. I plan on tearing everything down and building my own anyway. But I don't see anything wrong with the buildings.

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

Great question Sirenia! We anticipate we'll continue working on humans' look and animations throughout our entire development process. While we're adding a ton of improvements for our Early Access period, a lot of improvements will come in Early Access, as we can see what animation issues folks are running into, and where the biggest issues are. Since any changes to humans affect every aspect of the game (like animations, buildings, interactions), we're aiming for slow and steady progress!

@MadCheshireHat

10 ай бұрын

​@@brunobisio2406what's wrong with them?

@stanpikaliri1621

10 ай бұрын

To be honest I feel like they need to redo the whole female model it looks unnatural and anatomical incorrectly

Game is looking great ! My only concern is the characters appearance and the walking. Hopefully the appearance will improvse drastically and the walk because they walk like they are Centaurs lol hopefully that will change also.

As someone who loves creating sims in the sims 4,3,and 2 I truly hope this character creator can look a lot better than it is currently. For some reason it reminds me of old Facebook simulation/dress up games. It could be due to the harsh white lighting used and the clarity on the character models when zoomed out. Hope this can improve over time

GUYS! YOU FIXED THAT GLOWING/LIGHTING ISSUE!

I remember seeing it in a previous gameplay video but will we have another camera angle where we can zoom in more closely as our characters interact with their world?

@Xxsorafan

10 ай бұрын

Yes there’s a third person mode where you play as your character like it was gta or something

I am so exited for this game! I still play Sims 3 and always love just watching people in town going about their lifes, so I think this game will be perfect for that. However, I would love if wants could be integrated into the game. For example, a human could come home after a long day of work and have the want to watch tv or something like that. And of course tying it to traits. So active humans want to workout more, creative humans want to paint and so on. It would help bring new ideas into your gameplay! And maybe also some surprise with unusual wants.

I'm loving the environs. The breezes in the trees are a wonderful immersion element. The earring movements great added element. I wish that my workplace was a chat center like your human's - lol. I'm glad you're listening to our feedbacks.

Rod I just want to say I adore your development updates, you have such a soothing and beautiful voice. I hope u continue to bless us with more amazing developments 😊💕

I can see the improvement and it's impressive. Good job team! ❤ I have this on my mind because these are features I always wanted. I want my "humans" or characters to be able to listen to music while they're driving in a vehicle. It would be cool to even hear other characters do this around town autonomously. Very small, but I think it would be neat and I enjoy listening to music in games.

The way he says mocha kills me 😂

you guys will probably notice yourselves at some point but “caffeinated” is misspelled in some of the item descriptions. you guys are doing a great job with this game and thanks for sharing so much with the community!!

"Let's go to the character creator- I *always* spend too much time in here!" All of us, Rod, all of us 😂😂😂

Loved the bar with everyone showing up in the evening! Autonomous dancing to music and the ability to add custom dance animations, custom music, outfit requirments or preferences for the venue and the ability to adjust the volume of the music will make this the perfect bar/club experience!

I love seeing all the updated UIs they look so good! 2 unrelated questions though: 1. Can you get fired from your job? 2. Are you able to lock doors? Say if I have a roommate I want to be totally hands-off with and don't want them entering my room.

15:18 Gotta love the random scooter in the middle of the road, lol

Counting down the days til the next vid. Wish this was available to play sooner than March. Makes me feel like when I was a kid counting down the days til Christmas Vacation.

I hope you guys give animation where the workers hands the foods and items to the humans ( characters ) . Also , I see a lot lagging when they are walking and moving .

Got my early access bought today 😊, I'm super happy to play test and give as many feedback as I can! Love the idea of building this game together 🎉

Please add the option to be able to change the speed of the game . I think the current speed is too fast. It is exactly the same as sims 4, that is why i always use MCC mod to slow down the clock speed. Please make the clock a bit slower, or give us the option to tune the speed as we want. thanks

I am simply amazed again!! 😅 Rooood you should be lets player 😁 Thank you for awesome playthrough and showcase again 💙

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

We can't show this to Rod or he may never finish those descriptions!

@ShanFindsPixels

10 ай бұрын

@@lifebyyou Oh you must! I will roast him again on my next video for sure! 😄💙

18:30 love the lightning ❤

Omg I love it so far, I really hope the characters will be able to talk too.

Looking better and better each video. My big concern is the scaling of objects. Some things look teensy whereas others look giant. I hope a middle ground can be found and things start to fit together more. I also hope for expanding/dragging furniture to increase the size. Imagine a desk or a table. You click and drag it out like a wall and it stretches one tile or half a tile. Bigger, more modular pieces would be amazing. For chairs/sofas, too! Anyway, love the video! I’m so excited!

Thanks for video, looking gr8, love the earring movement..cant wait to hear them talking...cant wait for next vid..Cheers 👍👍👍🙏🏻

I am so so glad that we will be able to set the career / job details directly during character creation ❤ Comments while watching the video: * breakfast / eating in general: would be cool to have a "speed eating" option. When I'm late, I don't sit down but just quickly get a few bites in while standing and then rush off, leaving half the food still on the plate. * the lighting looks great (scene: back in the house, dark outside) * thought bubble "why is the fridge so loud?" - absolutely love that ❤ * breakfast for dinner - the best thing of being an adult - being able to eat sweet stuff for dinner 😄 Thank you so much for this Let's Play. Rod, we love you, too. Can't wait for more 😊

This is looking really great. LOVE the lighting in the house at night AND the interesting exteriors of some of the buildings in town. AND I spotted live edge river coffee table at 11:45 which looks absolutely brilliant! Love it!

I hope the devs will implement an optional first person camera as well.

@stanpikaliri1621

10 ай бұрын

I hope too

The game is so quiet. When will ambient sound be added to the game?

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

Yes! We have some ambient sounds and are continuing to implement them--we will definitely showcase them in future videos 💜

1) sclera moved to bottom perhaps? Iris is the more natural choice. 2) I hope that humans you control can autonomously visit lots. 3) Performance is noticeably better. 4) Population density looks nice.

One thing I'm very interested to see is the tattoos. I'm really curious to see if there even are any and how limited or free it'll be, I'd love to replicate my real life tattoos into the game

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

Noted the interest! ✍️ We hope to show tattoos off in more detail soon too!

@fransmith3255

10 ай бұрын

Could we perhaps have tattoo artistry as a future career...?

@hugh___morris

10 ай бұрын

@@fransmith3255 I was thinking that too!!!!!!

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!! This is looking so damm coooooooooool! The physics on the jewlery, map view, even Rod's comment "bc folks don't llike the way it looks right now" haha c'mom people, that's still WIP, base game and already doing SO MUCH MORE than 10 yo game after 70 dlcs 😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂 A-MA-ZING all I can say is that. Congrats to all the LBY team, this is truly AMAZING. Quick question, will we be able to personalize the UI colors? And the carreer panel.... will we be able to personalize all of that? SPEECHLESS!

I love how you bring the old school Sims vibes into this game 😊 Not in anyway do I compare this game to The Sims. I see LBY as it's own thing, but you have brought back what I and so many have missed for ages now 🥰

I'm glad they pushed early access back as this already looks a lot better than it did after summer.

Loving what I’m seeing so far, and I’m really glad you’re keeping us in the loop with all of the progress! All of the little details are so wonderful. I know you’ve heard it already, but the people graphics really do need some work. I’m all for forgoing some graphical greatness if the gameplay is great, but those hair textures are really screaming Sims 3 and it’s rough. I’m sure you’re working on it, but I really hope it’s a focus point in the next couple of months before early access. Keep up the hard work, I’m really excited overall to get my hands on this game! ☺️

@lance9249

10 ай бұрын

You mentioned the hair but let's not forget eyebrows and the male facial hair which needs more texture and better shaping.

The game is looking so much more lively Rod, I am so impressed and like you said lots of little things need tweaking such as having the comb appear in characters hand when combing and glass appearing in hand when drinking. Also the characters seem to move extremely slowly when going to sit down, im not sure if these movements are still being tweaked but i love the game as a whole!

On Friday afternoons with the new videos from Life by You, it's becoming the day when your favorite series episode comes out! :D Keep up the good work and transparency, guys! Every Friday, it's noticeable how everything is improving little by little! 💜💜💜

Thank you! Looks so amazing and the details coming together so far is so exciting! ❤

Can't wait to play this game! Thank you for sharing! 😍

Omg 😮😮😮 the jewerly moves!!! Please I hope those lovely Ball gowns and gala gowns also have physics on their draping ❤

Love these gameplay videos! Rod could easily have twitch channel just playing the game upon early access as part of marketing campaign. I see that there is no queing system for tasks. I really hope there will be an option to que tasks for active household. I cannot imagine jumping between my characters every 10 seconds to direct them to the next task (otherwise they get stuck in office flirting for 5 hours!!) Aaand, floating vacuum cleaner in the hotel really got me 🤣

I totally think they’re more so working on the details for actual gameplay and hopefully graphics especially with the youmans themselves will come last but I appreciate the depth of the game rather than that first ! That’s what really makes an immersive game that’s hard to get bored of !

Each playthrough video I watch adds a new excitement and anticipation for this game. I cannot wait! Oh and did anyone else see the way the two cars swerved past the scooter in the middle of the street 15:17 - 15:25? I love these small details. Keep up the great work Rod and team!

You guys spoil us so much! 🥺 Love it! I'm going to pre order this! ❤

Can the characters multitask? Eg. Can you they walk and talk, or eat and read a book?

@Charrq2dv

10 ай бұрын

Really important question in my opinion!!

Not going to lie, the characters and everything still looks very cursed... (idk any better word that describes this better and I really don't want this to come off as rude). They looked a little unsettling to me and I cannot put my finger on it. I know this is still early access, but I hope they change a bit. I am also hoping the animations are much smoother upon release. But very excited nonetheless! Thanks for being so transparent I know this game is going to be AH-MAZING!.

Will you guys ever do a lets play video using the direct control mode? Id love to see more of it😊

It's looking absolutely beautiful so far. I am so excited!!!

I really love these videos so much, i just want an hour long one where we watch Rod play through everything :D On a separate note, I would really like it if our humans could have middle names/ nicknames/ second names (like two first names or two last names) soooo much, bc my name is so long and I can't create a character like me without cutting half of their name off :( Please LBY team!!! Please consider it!!! ☹️

Great work ❤ thank you so much! I can‘t wait to play! It‘s gonna be so funny 😊

There was so much to take in with this video. I loved the view of the trees and grass at the start. Paying money for the cosmetic changes is interesting. I kinda like that. The amount of customization is just so cool! Nice detail with the earring physics. Thanks for showing more of the game play, loving what I see so far. The town is so cozy!

Poor Tamara was stuck behind the stairs for half the video. But I'm loving the look so far, I love the lighting and how lively the town is

The game has improved so much over the last few videos. Can tell how hard the team is working. It is so exciting. Can't wait to see the improvement over the next few months. The main things to improve which I'm sure you are all aware: character aesthetics, smooth animations, lighting (especially inside lighting), facial animations and scale of things plus tuning of time in the game . However the gameplay itself looks so detailed. I true life simulator.

I love when you do let's plays! So many things were revealed that I am excited to dissect. The game is looking stunning. I love the decor and landscaping. AND the town is so lively!

Highlight of my Friday, honestly.

@v1ku390

10 ай бұрын

Friday was my birthday which was yesterday

Another great video, thank you Rod and LBY team! Cannot wait to play. One question I had was whether tasks you assign the humans are stackable/form a queue? Or do you need to wait for them to perform the task before you can ask them to do the next one?

@lifebyyou

10 ай бұрын

Great question! Life by You was designed from the start to allow for immediate and direct control over any character in the world. From early development, we found that forcing each action into queues with that many characters slowed gameplay down and added friction to the play experience. We know that everyone plays differently though, and we are happy to revisit the feature during Early Access depending on your feedback!

@TheFlippinInsane

10 ай бұрын

@@lifebyyouin my opinion, this is actually a good idea. I do think though that for big family or household players, there could be some friction if autonomy isn’t good. If there was maybe a way to set alarm clocks or routines or protocols for specific characters I think it could be a good workaround because I can imagine that family players will need a way to control behavior, especially to do things like get everyone ready in the morning before school or work.

@paigesayys5830

10 ай бұрын

I agree with queued task. It could work for just the active household, so there's no issue with every character in the world being given a bunch of tasks at once.

@cherithklehm

10 ай бұрын

@@paigesayys5830 I think the issue with this is the terminology. “Active household” probably means every household if the game prioritizes easy switching. Maybe it would just have to be manual so that the player can control the routines but they will not automatically generate for unplayed characters? That puts the responsibility on the player to not have too many routines. I could see why they would see it as easier to go without.

@Laika98Butterfly

10 ай бұрын

​@@lifebyyouWould it be possible to at least add them for the active household and cancel them if you switch? :) Lag is of course a big concern, but for managing bigger households it would be very helpful. Maybe it's just me but I also saw a bunch of comments on reddit stating that this is an essential feature for them. But I guess it will show in open access. I am already very excited for it 😊 Thanks for keeping us updated so much. It really feels like the community is heard

Every video shows the progress ya’ll made, and it’s so inspiring to see! Already, the town looks so lively, especially in the night with all the cars and bicycles driving all around. Many…youmans(?) walking around doing various things in the background! Can’t wait to play around with it. Curious question with the “Why is the fridge so loud?” thought bubble. What triggers that, exactly?

Nice to see Rod playing the game. Nice and relaxing too. Maybe I have an idea...Not that this is necessary... But I would find it quite funny/nice if a thief came again, like in the Sims 1, when you don't secure your house with an alarm system for example.... Or perhaps when you don't lock your house properly... As I said... not really necessary. But if it were possible, it would be really cool. Just those little funny things...... Unfortunately the thief disappeared in later games...... Keep up the good work!