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7,893,563 lives lived for a total of 1,724,254 hours
879,015 people lived past age fifty-five
813 generations in longest family line
796 monuments completed, 3307 in progress
Current player arc has been going 29054 years
Previous arc lasted 76283 years
a multiplayer survival game of parenting
and civilization building by Jason Rohrer
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2173 Player Reviews, 93% Positive
No DRM
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No middle-person
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Cross-platform
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Open Source
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- Lifetime server account
- All future updates
- Unlock on Steam
- Full source code
- Tech support included
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Available now for $20
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This game is about playing one small part in a much larger story. You only live an hour, but time and space in this game is infinite. You can only do so much in one lifetime, but the tech tree in this game will take hundreds of generations to fully explore. This game is also about family trees. Having a mother who takes care of you as a baby, and hopefully taking care of a baby yourself later in life. And your mother is another player. And your baby is another player. Building something to use in your lifetime, but inevitably realizing that, in the end, what you build is not for YOU, but for your children and all the countless others that will come after you. Proudly using your grandmother's ax, and then passing it on to your own grandchild as the end of your life nears. And looking at each life as a unique story. I was this kid born in this situation, but I eventually grew up. I built a bakery near the wheat fields. Over time, I watched my grandmother and mother grow old and die. I had some kids of my own along the way, but they are grown now... and look at my character now! She's an old woman. What a life passed by in this little hour of mine. After I die, this life will be over and gone forever. I can be born again, but I can never live this unique story again. Everything's changing. I'll be born as a different person in a different place and different time, with another unique story to experience in the next hour...
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80 natural objects
(latest: Rubber Tree with Pepper Vine) | | 22 playable characters | | 2912 human-makeable objects
(latest: Empty Paver) | | 122,938 lines of code |
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What you get
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Immediately after your payment is processed, you will receive an email with an access link. You will then be able to download all of the following DRM-free distributions:
- Windows build
- GNU/Linux build (compiled on 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04)
- Full source code bundle (compile it yourself)
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The price also includes downloads of all future updates and a lifetime account on the main game server that I am running.
The source bundle includes the editor and server software, allowing you to set up and run your own server or even leverage the engine to make your own game. See OneLife/documentation in the source bundle for instructions.
You can take a look at the system requirements.
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93% Positive Reviews: |
Recent Reviews:
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SoS (975.7 hours on record) |
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Although this game has it's flaws, there is potential.
There are many things I disagree with, but I am curious to see where this game will go in the near future. I would like to see a difference between the wood that each tree produces for building, crafting and so on. |
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Ciela (571.5 hours on record) |
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Im sure my hours speak much about how much I like this game. To be honest I wish I could put it down some times but I cant XD |
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asdfas (211.7 hours on record) |
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Tarr (2,476.2 hours on record) |
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Probably one of the better games you can ever play. Hardest part is learning, then unlearning, then relearning whenever things change. Hours speak for themselves. |
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Cabbagiorno (18.7 hours on record) |
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I really think that this concept is very interesting.
I mean, a game where you literally evolve from nothing and leave with nothing, but leaving something (simulating real life) is amazing.
I have nothing bad to say about this, it's just amazing.
Than k you, Jason, for making this lovely game, and thank you to every single player who does their best to help the communities survive! |
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Nicole (93.0 hours on record) |
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I was introduced to this game by Twisted on youtube. It's such a great community building game. So far I've been taught skills by the people who know more than I do and it's such a good feeling to be able to continue on the role as teacher to other new players. Highly recommend. |
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Ava1523 (183.8 hours on record) |
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I Would like to a dance so its slash e dance and it will be funny!
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onemore (868.0 hours on record) |
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just one more session learning one more tech and then i'm done i swear! |
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SimplePlayer (39.1 hours on record) |
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Top Playtime Reviews:
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Morti (3,013.6 hours on record) |
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I think my time played speaks for itself. |
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Tarr (2,476.2 hours on record) |
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Probably one of the better games you can ever play. Hardest part is learning, then unlearning, then relearning whenever things change. Hours speak for themselves. |
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Mirelli (2,150.9 hours on record) |
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This used to be one of my favorite games, with my hours as evidence, but I can't say the same now after the new "arc update"; with all the players crammed together and sharing finite resources in a tiny little hell box. Everyone is frustrated by the baby apocalypse and lack of progress. It's a constant scramble for food (if you survive infancy) so things can't really get done anymore. I would only...[] |
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Luna (2,127.1 hours on record) |
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Great game to play, every life is unique! Sometimes you play with annoying children who wants to stab everyone.. but most of the times you will play with nice people who want to play the game and can learn new people things. |
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demonicblack (1,805.3 hour on record) |
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even tho i dont like the rift the fixes jason is implementing are really nice |
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person (1,647.0 hour on record) |
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Good game, although please fix the naming system. |
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Shaivi Bane (1,630.4 hour on record) |
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Great game, with weekly updates for only 20 dollars! |
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shampein (1,600.6 hour on record) |
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its a fun, simple game, with a complex strategy
lot of drama, lot of bad players, lot of griefers and murderers, so will annoy you a few times but can be so fun, very original concept and jason works on it frequently, each update changes everything but its in a good direction |
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RedBack (1,594.8 hour on record) |
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The Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started
Starship - We Built This City
Madonna - Nothing Really Matters
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Children Collide - Farewell Rocketship
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7% Negative Reviews: |
Recent Reviews:
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Lman819 (196.8 hours on record) |
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Left the game for a long time. Came back and only certain races can go in certain biomes? There are tool slots? What the hell happened to this great game? I used to love it, I don't know if I can recommend it as it is now... |
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help (242.0 hours on record) |
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I can't play the game correctly due to wolves appearing as plates, and vice versa. Your discord server is full of shits who won't help because of dumb grudges from a completely different place. I don't recommend the game due to griefers, and I 100% dont recommend the discord server. |
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Top Playtime Reviews:
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Siyona (1,224.5 hour on record) |
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OH, PLEASE.... You've got to upgrade user interface in this game first. Make NO MORE complicated rules and stuff. I am tired to get new ppl to know some rules such as like hierarchical leadership shit or freakin yum system. I think only few players read your update news or forum, but many players get infomation IN THE GAME. You should know that. Sorry for the English. cause I don't speak English. ...[] |
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player8 (1,045.5 hour on record) |
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The sword was the most fun thing in the game, even after the shift-click update. People were joining raids and having the best lives they had had in the game while doing so. I loved it and I lead maybe over a hundred wars and raids on towns. Then the rift came, causing the crafting players to riot and grief the life out of it, giving us a moment of freedom when it was lifted. I even made a map in ...[] |
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[More Artwork...]
Update; Green Revolution
July 4, 2020
New this week: diesel-powered plows and irrigation systems.
Through these industrial farming techniques, you can use water, soil, and iron much more efficiently.
The third-party tech tree (OneTech) can now be reached from a button on the Login screen.
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Fan art: by Cantface
February 9, 2020
More in this thread:
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User Story: The Tale of Scott Silverthorn, by MaggieMurdoch
October 30, 2018
this is a tale of one of my last lives, sometimes I live very mundane and uneventful lives but other times I find one that stays with me and makes me think about it...This was one of those lives.
I was born a baby boy to a woman named Samantha Silverthorn in a tiny settlement, as I was born my older brother Lason was visiting, my mother had six children before me and had one after me, surviving to adulthood there was only me, my big brother Lason, my big sister Freyja and and my younger sister Liza. When I was born my mother gave me a single snake skin boot.
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The thinking behind One Hour One Life
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