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[Freshmaniscoolman]

Real Lives is a life simulation game. It's a pretty fun game too. If you have the 2010 version you can just copy the story or just narrate.

Here's my life.

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0 years old
I was born a girl in the city of Yonkers in the state of New York in the United States.

My parents have named me Kimberly. My surname is Adams.  My mother, Laura, is 22 and my father, Eugene, is 28. I have no brothers or sisters.

My mother has graduated from college with a degree in History.

My mother has failed the graduate school entrance examination.

My mother is now working as a chemical plant operator.

1 year old
Moved to a nicer place.

Got my first tooth at the age of 3 months.

Learned to crawl at the age of 5 months.

Learned to walk at the age of 12 months.

I've had measles.

Brother Gerald born.

2 years old
3 years old
Brother Adam born.

4 years old
5 years old
6 years old
Sister Lori born.

Began school.

My brother Gerald began school.

My sister Lori has asthma.

7 years old
8 years old
My brother Adam began school.

9 years old
Quit school.

10 years old
My country is involved in a small scale military intervention abroad. 4,266 American soldiers have been killed.

Began work as a beggar.

11 years old
Peace.

Moved away from home.

Moved to Orange.

Moved to Egypt.

Moved to Asyut.

Began work as a domestic helper.

Received a 2% pay raise.

Denied a raise.

My sister Lori began school.

12 years old
Growth stunted from inadequate protein.

Received a 5% pay raise.

Denied a raise.

13 years old
Invested 281 Egypt pounds in a bank account.

Received a 7% pay raise.

Met a new boy I like very much, named Zine Salam.

Rejected by Zine Salam.

Met a new boy I like very much, named Ali Bendjedid.

We've begun seeing each other.

My brother Adam has had malaria.

14 years old
Ali Bendjedid broke off our relationship.

Received a 2% pay raise.

Met a new boy I like very much, named Salheddine Shehata.

We've begun seeing each other.

15 years old
Decided not to give money to charity.

Received a 3% pay raise.

Received a 3% pay raise.

My boyfriend Salheddine has been involved in a road traffic accident but fortunately suffered no permanent injuries.

16 years old
Avoided using drugs.

Received a 3% pay raise.

Received a 1% pay raise.

My brother Gerald's girlfriend Sagirah has graduated from secondary school.

My brother Gerald's girlfriend Sagirah is now working as a seamstress.

My boyfriend Salheddine has graduated from secondary school.

17 years old
Avoided donating to a disaster relief charity.

Denied a raise.

My brother Gerald's girlfriend Sagirah is now working as a construction worker.

18 years old
A famine or food shortage has hit Egypt. 22 people have died and 2,200,000 others have been affected.

I was not directly affected.

Took up smoking.

My parents don't approve of my engagement to Salheddine Shehata.

Written out of parents will.

My boyfriend Salheddine and I are now engaged.

Salheddine Shehata and I got married this year.

Received a 4% pay raise.

Received a 1% pay raise.

Pregnant.

Quit my job.

Began work as a shoe cleaner.

Denied a raise.

My brother Gerald has graduated from secondary school.

My brother Gerald is now doing temporary odd jobs.

19 years old
Helped out a beggar.

Son Mohamed born.

Received a 6% pay raise.

[Fikes]

That was somewhat of an interesting read, but it didn't really tell me anything about the game.

You should spoiler the story and add links and screenshots.

[Freshmaniscoolman]

There are no screenshots to add really.

[Sirus]

Links maybe? Or are you just trying to be clever with your life story?

[Freshmaniscoolman]

Well, Real Lives isn't free. You can just Google, don't download the one from Softronic though. The trial ends as soon as you install it.

[Ozyton]

Yes, googling "real lives stories" sure does help

[Freshmaniscoolman]

Reading the very first post does help.

My new life that started in Bangladesh and ended up in North Korea (illegaly) resulted in me having 365 trillion wons. Sadly, my house was broken into and burglarized. Not to worry though, I still have loads of money and I'm livin' the dream.

[Kaje]

Here are some helpful links:

http://www.educationalsimulations.com/products.html

http://www.examiner.com/article/real-lives-2010-review

[aristabulus]

Reading the very first post does help.

No, really, it doesn't.  You gave us three terse sentences, and an output dump.  Put that under a spoiler fold, man.

Also, this doesn't seem like much of a game...  more like a procedural background generator.  What do you even do in it, besides tell the program to run?  The fact that someone is actually charging for this boggles my mind.

[Freshmaniscoolman]

You cause what happens to you after. You'll have to try since I can't really explain. It's like Alter Ego. Just not web-based, and you have more decisions.

The richest man in Pyongyang, North Korea died 62 year old of kidney disease. (my character). It was eventful. Both of my parents died before me. My 30 year old daughter died of an asthma attack. My sister (50 years old) died. It's pretty much my wife, daughter and other sister now.

[Kaje]

Reading the very first post does help.

No, really, it doesn't.  You gave us three terse sentences, and an output dump.  Put that under a spoiler fold, man.

Also, this doesn't seem like much of a game...  more like a procedural background generator.  What do you even do in it, besides tell the program to run?  The fact that someone is actually charging for this boggles my mind.

Check the links I posted, dude.

Essentially, it's similar to a 'Choose Your Own Adventure' style game, though a little more in depth.

You are randomly born a male or a female, to a random set of parents in a random country. Each year you progress, certain events may or may not happen to you. You may or may not be sent to school, forcing you to find a job and work your way through life yourself, you can change jobs, travel to different countries (legally and illegally) to try and make a better life for yourself, set what you spend on food/luxuries/housing/transport, meet a partner and have a child.

You will, eventually, die - so this is basically you taking control of someone from birth to death as a playthrough.

It's quite basic, there are no real graphics to speak of, but it's not terrible. It's not worth the price they're asking though.

[Freshmaniscoolman]

It's better when you don't finish a whole game in one sitting.

[FritzPL]

I was born to a rural Chinese family, moved to a bigger city, emigrated to Poland, and died of breast cancer.
I stupidly didn't go to college because I forgot to.

[werty892]

Born in Uzbekistan, learned law, worked as a lawyer there, earned good money, moved to the USA illegally, then lived lavishly(max everything) until my death, working as a community organizer.

[vagel7]

Why are all of my characters removed from school?

From the 10 characters I tried to play, only one has finished school and he had such bad stats, that he didn't even get to college.