The Future of MobileLife (as of Feb 2023)
I can’t believe it’s been more than a year now since we’ve started development. I am so grateful for the success that MobileLife and I have been lucky to have. This game was initially going to be a small project that I was going to use as a break from my last corrupted game whose project file got corrupted, Cranium Conundrum, and thanks to you all I have been so fortunate to keep this project going. Development has been and will probably still be a bit bumpy as I continue adjusting for what the situation best requires, but my deepest and sincerest gratitude to you all for sticking around, keeping up with updates, and playing the game. As for now I am dedicated to finishing major features I had planned at the start of development which will all be in the forms of free updates:
Military Expansion
Royalty Expansion
Space Exploration/Space Travel
Criminal Careers
Sports Season 2
There’s more content I’d like to add to this game but these are the major updates that I have been hinting at for a while so are my main focus as of right now. These expansions will hopefully all come out this year leading up to something that was planned from the beginning, but release was so far away I hadn’t quite officially announced it yet:
Time Eras.
There’s a reason all saves currently say “Modern Era” atm. I haven’t decided the order of era’s I will be working on releasing just know that near the end of the year you will either be playing or seeing screenshots/development of these different time eras. I can’t say yet to how big these expansions will be as far as development time, but I do know they won’t be full on life sims in different eras, there are already some available and upcoming apps that already do this, (MedievalLife for example is looking already to be a great life sim in the medieval era). Think of these more as DLC’s or “Mod Packs” as far as how much visual and gameplay differences you’ll experience, but they will have their own set of appropriate careers, countries, laws and other limits+bonuses you won’t experience in other time eras.
Also, these will all be free!
A feature may be implemented for premium mode players to get free access to (beta versions) ahead of full-release of each new era, but once the era’s development is done it will be made to available and selectable to everyone before choosing a new life. Non-premium players won’t have control of specific years but they will still be able to freely choose any (finished) era available. Speaking of which, what are the era’s you want to see the most?
As the only developer at Falling Star Games, while I do want to continue supporting MobileLife for as long as players still want more content/patches, I also want to be able to create new and exciting content beyond MobileLife. So while I don't plan to create whole game expansions for each era, I'm excited to offer new modifications and give you all something new to explore.
I mentioned there are other apps out there that specialize in different eras, and I encourage you to check them out as well. But I hope you all will enjoy these new eras when they are available and continue to support Falling Star Games as we grow our library of games. Thanks for your support and feedback so far!
PC PORT (Modding?)
I've been considering some new ideas for MobileLife Simulator and wanted to share them with you. Specifically, I'm thinking about releasing a PC version of the game, which would run a lot smoother on Windows platforms than on the currently available mobile devices. Because of memory optimization issues, this game can sometimes be sluggish for some players on mobile. I'm continuing to optimize the game to run better on lower-end devices, but a PC version would provide an alternative for those who have that option available.
In addition, I'm exploring the possibility of adding modding to MobileLife for this PC version specifically. The game is already very modular and uses LUA code to interact with the engine, but I'm still considering the best way to implement modding for the community. It's possible that I may need to host a platform for these mods, which would require more resources and manpower. I do believe that the community can create exciting new scenarios, careers, and more that I haven't even thought of yet. Perhaps we can set up a way to implement community created features in “community updates” with development if there is still a desire for updates and new content by then!
I'll be sure to share more news about these features as they develop, but I wanted to let you know that I'm still looking for ways to improve and expand MobileLife.
