Java Abandoned Newlife [v0.8.7] [Splendid Ostrich]

[International]

I know this game is controversial for its pace of updates and how much content actually gets added, but if I were to give it a try, does anyone have recommendations for what sorts of character builds and decisions have the most content? I find this game kind of overwhelming, since there are so many different ways to approach it and I don't know what special scenes are where.

It's more like a roguelite game that you need to play through a bunch of times with different builds to see the content. Including using a character editor to have NPCs with the right traits to trigger scenes. Don't worry about it too much for your first time, make a character that you like and play with that.

Increase the game length to 2+ years, though. Triggering stuff like marriage and the following scenes in one year can be really tough sometimes. The actual endings are pretty boring, so the game really ends when you get tired of playing a character.

 

[International]

I'm looking for the late to work scene as baby-crazy character... Anyone knows how to trigger it?

I think that's the scene you get randomly once you're married? Where you click through your morning activities, then your husband wants to fuck? So get married and wait a while.

 

[Lord_Momentum]

can you cuck the guy that you marry? I keep trying to suggest a theesome but he wont agree

 

[axz2]

can you cuck the guy that you marry? I keep trying to suggest a theesome but he wont agree

He needs to have the "likes to share" trait for him to agree to a threesome.

 

[JDBlades]

Considering some people are saying there are better alternatives available - what might you recommend along the same lines? Thanks in advance

 

[borednow]

Considering some people are saying there are better alternatives available - what might you recommend along the same lines? Thanks in advance

lifeplay, it started out really rough but the creator appears to genuinely care about improving the game, is open to feedback, doesn't hide anything behind a paywall and updates the game twice a month

 

[Menthols]

I don't even give a damn about Newlife's supposed """Depth"""(that the discord bootlickers keep claiming). The reason I play the game is because of it's dynamic sex system, which is the same reason I enjoyed games like Lillith's throne. Sadly, even the sex scenes end up becoming repetitive after a while, because there's only so many variables for how many different ways a certain sex action can be worded. But it's still far superior to the classic "just dump a wall of text on the player" type of sex scene that so many visual novels love to do.

It makes me curious about how others play the game, so I would like to ask that question here. To anyone that still plays this game, when you start new characters in newlife do they tend to be very 'samey', or do you completely switch it up? My characters tend to be extremely similar, just with slight alterations to minor things on the occasion.

In my opinion the ostrich would be far better off focusing on the sex system that 100% of his userbase experiences, instead of focusing on arbitrary, nitpicky scenes that only 3% of players ever get because of RNG and strict trait requirements. So I will at least give him credit for working on threesomes(then again the horse and the gym rat threesome have been in the game for how many years now?), but whatever at least he's expanding it. Need more of that.

I still can't go lesbian in the game and it's been how many years? Will my character ever get to have sweet, lesbian strap on sex with a girlfriend in the game? Probably not. Will my character ever encounter some chick with a big ol' wiener because of some crazy science experiments gone wrong, similar to what happened to the player? Definite not, the ostrich isn't a fan of big tittied futa's, which is a damn tragedy.

Well, now I'm just starting to rant. Hey discord moderator bootlickers, do you guys at least get paid? I sure as hell hope so, because your shilling, deflecting and defending is honestly disgusting.

"I wrote a custom scene that took me over a year because the game is so deeeeep and complex!!!!!, therefor ostrich works really really hard every patch!!!" - discord bootlicker.

What a joke.

 

[yunasenna]

Shit update

 

[Mallee]

My characters are all pretty much the same, too. Tbh I have most of this game memorized - I've been playing on and off since about six months after the very first release - but for whatever reason I adore it. I like to interact with different types of NPCs rather than switch up my character, but it's probably more effective to change the PC's traits.

IDK. The fact that it hasn't significantly changed over the course of the six years or so I've been playing it is really rough, as are the rather arbitrary and hidden requirements to trigger content. But it's one of my favorite NSFW games regardless.

If he would just add content instead of whatever the hell he's doing, though, that'd be cool. And I know, people who always defend him, that making a game is difficult. But it's been seven years, should he not have a handle on basic mechanics by now rather than spending an entire month troubleshooting something?

 

[Korder]

I'd play the shit out of a game like this where you played as a (straight) male instead, but every dev seems dead set on female or male-to-female protag in these games. Such a shame. I even remember the Newlife dev mentioning adding male PC in the future - obviously that was years ago back when the dev still had ambition. Oh well...

 

[Mallee]

Considering some people are saying there are better alternatives available - what might you recommend along the same lines? Thanks in advance

Girl Life, but it's also full of hidden conditions to trigger most of the content lol. But it has oodles of scenes and all sorts of different viable character builds. And, unlike Newlife, Girl Life has actually added a ton of content over the past few years.

I love Girl Life, you just have to be willing to invest time into it and accept that some of the parts that haven't been fully translated yet (it's originally a Russian game) are still a bit rough. But those areas are a lot more seldom than they used to be. You can cheat to help avoid some of the grind, too, but some of it is unavoidable.

EDIT: I want to add that Girl Life also has a lot of user-made content, including mods, that can tailor the experience to your tastes. It's not a straight translation.

 

[International]

It makes me curious about how others play the game, so I would like to ask that question here. To anyone that still plays this game, when you start new characters in newlife do they tend to be very 'samey', or do you completely switch it up? My characters tend to be extremely similar, just with slight alterations to minor things on the occasion.

I try to give myself a goal, like 'get married as a virgin' and some stipulations, like 'take a guy home from the club or go on a date every week' or 'no underwear'. Then play the game like that, usually with a randomish character.

If i could add anything to the game, it would be to code scenario rules like that into the game. The baby crazy forced club scene is the closest thing in game right now.

 

[darkduck09]

I try to give myself a goal, like 'get married as a virgin' and some stipulations, like 'take a guy home from the club or go on a date every week' or 'no underwear'. Then play the game like that, usually with a randomish character.

If i could add anything to the game, it would be to code scenario rules like that into the game. The baby crazy forced club scene is the closest thing in game right now.

What do you mean by coding scenarios like that into the game? Like challenges? Or like a check box in the character creation that makes it so that you can't put on underwear? How would you envision it looking in the game? I'm genuinely curious.

 

[International]

What do you mean by coding scenarios like that into the game? Like challenges? Or like a check box in the character creation that makes it so that you can't put on underwear? How would you envision it looking in the game? I'm genuinely curious.

Probably both. Either take a random challenge and treat the game like a roguelite, or let you checkbox whatever conditions you want for a sandbox play through.

There would be a mix of pass/fail conditions to create soft victory goals. Like my example of getting married as a virgin. Those could be broken down even more. That's an event (marriage) plus a requirement (virgin), off the top of my head I can think of goals like being a pornstar, winning the dance competition, getting to the highest job tier, or the current hard victory of getting to X weeks. On my scenario page, these would be a radio button list on the left side.

Then a list of requirements to check when that event happens. Virginity is an easy one, maybe while married, with a boyfriend/husband of X type, with X kids, and none. Not all combinations would make sense, would need some sanity check there. This would also be a radio button list.

Then a list of restrictions. Things like can't equip underwear, can't use X kind of clothing, can't skip weekends, must invite guys home. These would be checkbox options on the right side of the screen.

There would be a randomize button to create a scenario, that you could modify if you want. Same as randomizing a character's traits. All this in another tab during character creation. During the game if you pass/fail you challenge, you get a win/loss message of some sort, and the option to continue playing if you want.

 

[darkduck09]

Probably both. Either take a random challenge and treat the game like a roguelite, or let you checkbox whatever conditions you want for a sandbox play through.

There would be a mix of pass/fail conditions to create soft victory goals. Like my example of getting married as a virgin. Those could be broken down even more. That's an event (marriage) plus a requirement (virgin), off the top of my head I can think of goals like being a pornstar, winning the dance competition, getting to the highest job tier, or the current hard victory of getting to X weeks. On my scenario page, these would be a radio button list on the left side.

Then a list of requirements to check when that event happens. Virginity is an easy one, maybe while married, with a boyfriend/husband of X type, with X kids, and none. Not all combinations would make sense, would need some sanity check there. This would also be a radio button list.

Then a list of restrictions. Things like can't equip underwear, can't use X kind of clothing, can't skip weekends, must invite guys home. These would be checkbox options on the right side of the screen.

There would be a randomize button to create a scenario, that you could modify if you want. Same as randomizing a character's traits. All this in another tab during character creation. During the game if you pass/fail you challenge, you get a win/loss message of some sort, and the option to continue playing if you want.

Seems pretty niche but that could make for a decent way of making achievements of some sort. Then those achievements aside from bragging rights could also be used for practical purposes if you wanted in the next play throughs. Something similar to how Simply Mindy had achievements.

Even on it's own, it's a good idea. Thanks for indulging my curiosity!

 

[MidaHanna]

Seems pretty niche but that could make for a decent way of making achievements of some sort. Then those achievements aside from bragging rights could also be used for practical purposes if you wanted in the next play throughs. Something similar to how Simply Mindy had achievements.

Even on it's own, it's a good idea. Thanks for indulging my curiosity!

Maybe allow outfits to be imported to new saves onward, or a way to unlock cheats on the public version etc

 

[weerchange]

To what extent it is implemented BDSM?
The maximum I got was that MC was spanked by her boyfriend.
Is there something else similar in the game and how to achieve it?

 

[Taryana]

To what extent it is implemented BDSM?
The maximum I got was that MC was spanked by her boyfriend.
Is there something else similar in the game and how to achieve it?

Pick "likes rough sex" under character traits, find a Jerk/Selfish/Chauvinist/Misanthrope boyfriend and ask to be his bitch, enjoy the poorly implemented and terribly written dialogue that whips from semi-decent to outright cartoonish.

 

[Funny Asian Pirate]

To what extent it is implemented BDSM?
The maximum I got was that MC was spanked by her boyfriend.
Is there something else similar in the game and how to achieve it?

there’s one of the early scenes were you help one of your friends apply for a job but they had to get tied up and stuff.

 

[rbx4]

Any idea what the "Major update vote for 0.8" is about? I didn't want to spend $10 to find out.