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

[boobmanlord]

There is some (not serious) competition. I remember being excited for "Accidental Woman". Apparently, the dev is a well-known Skyrim modder who, for some reason, wanted to go up against this game. He's the definition of "go big or go home." The breast size mechanic took actual in-game graphs to understand so you could pick the right bra. That too is being milked for all its worth.

I think Newlife has enough content for newcomers to enjoy and dig in but if you're like me and been playing for years... please, for all that is holy, edit your savegame via notepad++. Give yourself the values you want. Change the weight factor so you get (some) scenes you want. Newlife has a fun base gameplay loop but anything deeper isn't there.

Fuck me, 9 years... I hope we get half a new scene when we hit 10 years. That'll be grand.

 

[Susan Xandera]

There is some (not serious) competition. I remember being excited for "Accidental Woman". Apparently, the dev is a well-known Skyrim modder who, for some reason, wanted to go up against this game. He's the definition of "go big or go home." The breast size mechanic took actual in-game graphs to understand so you could pick the right bra. That too is being milked for all its worth.

I think Newlife has enough content for newcomers to enjoy and dig in but if you're like me and been playing for years... please, for all that is holy, edit your savegame via notepad++. Give yourself the values you want. Change the weight factor so you get (some) scenes you want. Newlife has a fun base gameplay loop but anything deeper isn't there.

Fuck me, 9 years... I hope we get half a new scene when we hit 10 years. That'll be grand.

SO: You can rely on a fraction of half of a scene just after the 10 year mark. Take it or leave it.

 

[boobmanlord]

I'm not sure why my comment got some likes but I imagine part of it is mentioning save editing to make the game more fun. Since it took me years before I got into it here's a quick guide on save editing for Newlife. This will let you change things for yourself and NPC's like traits and values. Don't ask me questions. I'm laying all I know here which is very little.

Spoiler: how to edit your save game (see attached pics)

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Lastly, I'm including my save game and custom NPC's:

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I shared one save but I recommend you keep two saves. I do a persistent save called "TaylorSTART". When I play I make a copy called "TaylorGAME". This lets me go wild with edits and I revert to the clean save when tired of my current game. I copy/paste my wardrobe into a new save when a new version pops up.

I hope this helps someone! Despite all the shit we like to give it Newlife is pretty fun. I'll lose a few nights just save editing and enjoying myself... but then I won't play for like 4 months and upon return I'll play what I played 4 months prior. There's still things I wish we could edit further like game code but alas.

 

[Ulyx]

Discovered this game now, having a great time with it, sad to know development is so slow.

 

[Killer971097]

who has a list of all traits ?

 

[infomercial]

Any games like this? I mean sandbox games in a modern urban setting with a decent amount of hand crafted content. It doesn't have to be a FeMC game. Already played Cursed and Girl Life.

Edit: I've read about Accidental Woman up there. Is it more of a full sandbox or does it have enough unique content?

 

[quiboune]

I've read about Accidental Woman up there. Is it more of a full sandbox or does it have enough unique content?

It has a main quest but the game is, overall, too sandbox for its own good. It's a nice play but gets tiring really quickly with how easy it is to get lost.

 

[Cicica]

I remember starting to play this thing years back and really loved the idea of no images, just imagination and text. Still really do, but it feels like not much more content has been added over time.
Personally, I am still missing rimming scenes from the "oral sex" section, but maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Possibly these'll be added in the future

 

[FrogFrozen]

Does anyone still have a link to that google drive with the custom scenes? I seem to have lost mine while moving to a different browser. And the Discord invite on SO's blog isn't valid anymore.

 

[badlulu]

Does anyone still have a link to that google drive with the custom scenes? I seem to have lost mine while moving to a different browser. And the Discord invite on SO's blog isn't valid anymore.

I think this is what you're looking for.

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[Zephran]

I constantly get an Error when going out with the office boss:

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[GhostProject]

Newlife 1.0 was released on November 17, 2014. Its 9 year anniversary is coming up in 2 weeks.

Last month's dev update had 3 "major" changes. I for one welcome the "Added a new friendship scene that can happen if you have an innocent female friend and also own the enormous teddy-bear, Mr. Snuggles."

Still can't get over there's no serious competition here, they'd make a killing.

Girl Life takes the cake in the sim department, and it's completely free (has a small team working on it that provides updates on discord)

 

[kymico]

Girl life is great at some things but completely unrewarding in others. (ex: actual interactions during sex scenes)

 

[EnIsLonely]

Girl life is great at some things but completely unrewarding in others. (ex: actual interactions during sex scenes)

Is it worth playing though?

 

[Susan Xandera]

Is it worth playing though?

I'd say its good to play when there's major updates to get the most bang for your buck, or just download every dev test version as they come out.

 

[FrogFrozen]

Is it worth playing though?

Personally, I would say no because its not text-only. I already extrapolated on why in an earlier post, so I'll just link it here. So, if you're like me and that's a dealbreaker for you, I'd say skip it.

 

[sparrow_rose]

Is it worth playing though?

And I'm going to be the yes answer here. Totally worth playing; I have lots of fun with it. Is it perfect? Far from it. Is it one of the best adult games here? Oh, absolutely. Easily in the top ten, top five, probably even in the top 3.

 

[ohwhatnow]

Is it worth playing though?

Comparing the current state of GL to Newlife there's a surprising amount of mechanical overlap. Some of the recent updates have kicked off an overhaul on the old generic boyfriend system. The work is incomplete, but here's what I found interesting:

Spoiler: details

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It's far from a replacement, but I still think it's good and similar enough that some players of Newlife might want to check it out as the system progresses. Most of the other games I've seen in this sort of niche have some sort of dealbreaker for me, such as NPCs with zero agency during sex. Girl Life does a pretty decent job as a sim with procedural encounters. However, people who are into Newlife's events and traits are going to be sorely disappointed. Given Newlife's pitiful content cycles it makes me pretty happy to see other games take a similar path.

 

[Jedsls]

Does anyone have an NPC creator? plis

 

[Missmiles]

Can't trigger the new landlord scenes even though I started a new game. Anyone have any ideas?