Game guide, saves and data sources

Start in three steps

Open the home page and choose an era, a birth-weighting method and a pace. Start a new life or resume one saved in this browser. You can pause, change speed and turn on automatic decisions during play.

1. Choose your settings and discover your birthplace and family.

2. Read events, set a yearly focus and make key decisions.

3. Review the ending and choose whether to share it.

How choices shape a life

From age six, choose a yearly focus such as study, friends, health or rest; available priorities change with life stages. Decisions affect health, happiness, knowledge, relationships and finances. Background and chance still matter, and no option guarantees success.

Yearly priorities include study, friends, health, family, work, love and rest.
Some are available only at particular life stages. Read your character’s circumstances and choose what matters to them this year.

Save, resume and move your records

The current life, preferences and up to 30 finished-life summaries (without full event timelines) are saved in this browser. Use “Move records” in the footer to export a code or file and import it on another device; importing replaces that browser’s existing records. Back up those records first if needed. Clearing site data or private browsing can remove saves. There is no automatic sync of in-progress lives. For signed-in Memories Pass holders outside classroom mode, the ending screen attempts to save the finished life to the account album and displays success or failure. That is separate from the free local save and is not automatic sync of an unfinished life.

Public data and simulation assumptions

Country and region inputs are rounded approximations around 2023, informed by public population and social statistics. They inform birth weights, life expectancy, income, education and other background conditions. Past and future eras adjust these baseline values with simplified trends. They are game estimates, not complete historical records or forecasts. Events and individual outcomes are simulated; one life cannot represent a country or community.

Eras and the public memorial

Choose the past, present, future or a random era. The simulation uses rules, an event library and randomness in your browser, without large language model calls. After a life ends, you may publish its fictional name, summary and an optional message to the memorial. Other visitors can browse stories, light candles and report posts. Multiple distinct reports automatically hide a post. Do not include personal information in a public message.

Free play

Playing from birth to the ending, browser saves, local recaps and the public memorial are free without an account. The Memories Pass is an optional one-time purchase for the account-based Life Album. It does not improve birth odds or game attributes. Check the purchase screen for the current price and availability.

Content and feedback

The game is intended for ages 15 and above. Illness and death are expressed in restrained, non-graphic text. Use the contact page for gameplay, readability or data feedback, and the Report button on memorial posts for unsuitable content.