How Public Lives Game works.

No. People can answer at different times. A few special events may have a live window, but ordinary work, messages, elections and relationships do not require everybody online together.

Regular costs, work and city events can move forward. When you return, the results that matter are waiting for you. You are not punished for missing a daily visit.

As short as a few minutes or as long as an evening. One meaningful choice can be a complete visit.

Yes. Computer-controlled residents called Townsfolk keep basic jobs, shops and elections moving when the city is quiet.

No. Townsfolk are always clearly labelled as computer-controlled residents. The game never presents one as a human player.

Never. Public Lives Game uses text and images. Calls appear as simple attempted or missed-call cards instead of using a microphone.

There is no single victory screen. You decide whether success means friendship, a career, a business, music, public service or a mixture.

No. Paying cannot buy a stronger character, a career, public office, extra votes or extra actions.

Open your bank statement and find the amount. Its description names the wage, rent, purchase, transfer, fine or other choice that caused the change.

Some choices take time or need another person to answer. The result appears when it is ready, and pressing again will not charge you or complete the same choice twice.

Your character may already be busy with work, travel or another important choice. Read the current activity to see when it ends or whether it can be changed.

Family play is not in the public beta. One account gets one vote and can field one election candidate.

Intimate moments are never explicit. Both adults must agree to the specific relationship choice, then the private moment fades to black while only the life or relationship result remains.

Use the block or report control on the relevant person, message or post. Blocking stops contact; reporting records what happened with the nearby context.

Your home page shows the full address. The map shows the block and street around it.

The home page warns you and the problem grows over time rather than removing your home without explanation. Find work, protect your money and respond before more payments are missed.

No. The game can use your address for neighbourhood play while public pages show safer street-level information where needed.

The starting journey guides a new adult through identity and banking. You can return to Northbridge Bank for your account and card details.

Choose Your Life, open Work & School and visit the Job Centre. Start with a vacancy you already meet, or use odd jobs while you build experience.

Look for a shift or odd job, pause non-essential spending and check which bill needs attention first. The game is designed to offer a route back instead of ending the character.

Choose Your Life, open Money & Property, then Start Something. Compare the three supported business types and licence cost before naming it.

SMS is a short private conversation. Solano Post is a longer private letter. Yap is a short public post. A Scene is slower shared roleplay tied to a place.

You cannot enrol or earn a qualification in the public beta. Choose a Job Centre vacancy whose requirements you already meet.

Begin at The Studio: write or record music, then look for a suitable live performance. Film, television and theatre careers are not in this beta.

Visit City Hall while a ballot is open, compare the candidates and cast one private vote for your account.

The Field Guide covers the public beta and changes with it. Every article is marked Live in beta, Limited in beta or Not in this beta, with the date it was reviewed.