How Life By You takes a fresh look at life simulation | Rod Humble interview
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Paradox Interactive last week revealed details about Life by You, an open life simulator coming from Paradox Tectonic and longtime game developer Rod Humble.
Humble leads Berkeley, California-based Paradox Tectonic, and he was a pioneer in the life simulation genre with titles such as The Sims and Second Life. But it’s been a while since we’ve had another successful title in this genre, and Humble believes another single-player experience is the right approach.
In Life by You, players will create humans and live out their lives without loading screens. Life by You will be available in early access on September 12. Players can pre-order it on the Epic Games Store for a suggested retail price of $40, and you will also be able to wishlist the title on Steam.
Life by You allows players to design and live out the lives of the humans that they create in an open game world where everything is customizable. Players create their households, build their homes and tell life’s many stories. Players can share their creations, but the focus is on making it a single-player experience.
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The idea is to deliver a huge amount of customization as well as privacy as players work out fantasies and other things that they can’t really experiment with in the real world, Humble said. You can live your life to the fullest or break the rules as you see fit.
Players can take direct control. You can drag and drop your humans into their place — or drive them
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