hklifesim

hklifesim is the solo-developed project behind HK Life: Legacy, a browser-based life simulation game set in Hong Kong. The current public demo allows players to start at age six and progress through school, the DSE exams, university, and entry into the job market up to age 25. The full game remains in active development with plans to cover ages 6–99.

The game incorporates systems for academic performance, university major selection, early career trade-offs, and relationship management. Morality and social choices produce ongoing consequences, where an apparently safe choice can solve one problem while creating another. The interesting part is not a single score, but how each stage passes consequences into the next.

The current public build includes school, DSE results, university choices, Final GPA, and the first job market. DSE routes involve star grades, subject constraints, retaking Form 6, self-study, and several medical study paths that create different ways forward for players.

The website provides first-party notes, traditional Chinese guides, system explanations, and developer updates to help players navigate the available content. Guides are written in English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese around concrete choices in the current build.

The developer maintains the site as the browser home for HK Life: Legacy and publishes dated development posts on itch.io. The project is independent with one developer, and there is no invented editorial team or outside endorsement.

Players can use interactive sim tools to simulate DSE scores, property mortgage debt ratios, career salaries, and inspect ending branches. The site also offers a player guide hub to learn the yearly loop, the five stats, and first-run mistakes.

The official itch.io disclosure identifies AI assistance in game code, but the developer emphasizes that this does not replace testing, version notes, or human responsibility for what the website publishes.

The public browser demo currently runs from age 6 to age 25, while the broader game description covers later housing, migration, family, and legacy themes. Those later routes are labelled as full-game material because they are not all playable in the current public demo.

The developer requests that bug reports include the page URL, browser, device, operating system, the choice or action before the problem, what happened, and what was expected. Content corrections should include the inaccurate sentence, the build or update date tested, and a reproducible result.

The site uses Google Analytics 4 to see which pages help players, and users can allow it or keep it off; the game and tools work the same either way.

The developer states that gameplay explanations are prepared from the owned browser build, direct playtesting, and dated first-party development posts. Version-dependent claims include a source or a clear scope note.

The developer notes that the official browser home is maintained by the developer and that the same identity publishes the game and dated development posts on itch.io.

You can reach hklifesim by e-mail at [email protected].

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hklifesim has official profiles on Instagram.