Life By You is a fully customizable and controllable life-simulation game where the world and its stories are crafted by you! Read on to learn how it plays, what it’s about, and everything else we know so far.
Everything We Know About Life By You
Update - June 18, 2024
Paradox Interactive has announced that Life By You has been cancelled. Deputy CEO Mattias Lilja announced in their official forum that the team has decided to stop the project entirely as more time will not lead to the product that will get them to a version that they would be satisfied with, saying "However, when we come to a point where we believe that more time will not get us close enough to a into this project, especially when our decision comes so late in the process." Paradox also announced that the game was delayed a few weeks back, as they felt that the game was still lacking in certain important areas, saying "A few weeks back, we decided to hold off on an Early Access release in order to re-evaluate Life by You, as we still felt that the game was lacking in some key areas."
During this time, they re-evaluated the game as a whole because it became clear to the dev team that the time it would take to get the game to an acceptable state that they were in confident in will take longer than intended. Lilja ends the statement reiterating the difficulty in developing games and aims to get better in the process as there are no guarantees in the industry, saying "Games are difficult to get right, and we’ll definitely make mistakes, which, as these things go, always become painfully apparent in hindsight, but still shouldn’t reach this kind of magnitude regardless. We have to take a long and hard look at what led us here and see what changes we have to make to become better. In the end, our mission remains the same, and we’ll continue to take whatever steps we need to do just that."
In a separate press release posted in their official website, Paradox Interactive CEO Fredrik Wester disclosed the damage that Life By You has done to the company's financial saying, "We’ve performed poorly in recent releases, continued Wester. Even though we now start new projects in a different manner, it is clear that we must make further changes so that quality is more consistent and the promises we make to our players are met." Wester also said that they will be taking measures to look at how they manage and organize projects moving forward, saying "Moving forward, we should perform at a much higher level, and it’s obvious that we have work ahead of us."
Life By You Trailers
Early Access Coming June 2024 Trailer
The early access coming June 2024 trailer is the second and hopefully last delay the game received, where Paradox Tectonic GM Rod Humble goes into detail as to why the game needed a bit more time, as well as enumerating and addressing all the feedback they’ve received from the community who have been given selected access to the title. Humble seeks to smooth over as much kinks as possible for the official early access release, and thanks players for still being patient.
Early Access Date Update Trailer
The early access date update trailer is the unfortunate first delay of the game. In return, they promise all the new features being added and refined due to the game’s changing of release date. Such features include graphical improvements, UI upgrades, community modding tools, more accessible languages, and a new Nightclub assets pack!
Announce Trailer
The announce trailer is the grand reveal of the massive life simulator where they promise an innumerable number of features that Life By You aim to have as an open world life simulator The Sims-like.
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Life By You Product Information
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| Title | LIFE BY YOU |
|---|---|
| Release Date | TBA Delayed indefinitely |
| Developer | Paradox Tectonic |
| Publisher | Paradox Interactive |
| Supported Platforms | PC(Steam, Epic Games Store) |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Number of Players | 1 |
| Rating | N/A |
| Official Website | Life By You Official Website |
