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LIVORA

LIVORA is a choice-driven life simulation where money, work, relationships, health, family and time all connect. Plan your days, build a career, join group chats, prepare for major events and live with consequences that can shape your life for years.

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July 3, 2026
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About the Game

LIVORA is a choice-driven life simulation about trying to build a good life when money, work, relationships, health, family, time and the wider world keep pulling you in different directions.

Choose where your story begins, decide what matters most and shape a life that feels genuinely yours.

One day, you might be deciding whether to work overtime, help someone you care about or protect the little energy you have left. The next, you could be planning a full day out, preparing for a job interview, responding to a major invitation or trying to afford a holiday without creating a financial disaster.

Every part of your life is connected. Earning more may improve your finances while damaging your wellbeing. Supporting someone else may leave your own responsibilities unfinished. Playing it safe can protect what you have, while taking a risk could change everything.

There is rarely a perfect choice.

Only the life your decisions create.

BUILD YOUR LIFE, ONE DAY AT A TIME

Begin from a range of starting lives, each with different circumstances, responsibilities, pressures and opportunities.

Your starting point affects the challenges ahead, but it does not decide who you will become.

Make daily decisions about money, work, relationships, health, family, personal time and long-term ambitions. Deal with urgent problems, follow unexpected opportunities and decide what can wait when life asks for more than you can give.

Some days will feel manageable.

Others will force you to choose what matters most.

PLAN DAYS THAT FEEL LIKE YOURS

Use the Day Planner Map to decide how your free time unfolds.

Choose where to go, what to do and who to spend time with. Plan activities across the morning, afternoon and evening, while considering their cost, travel time, energy demands and effect on the people around you.

Sleep in, recover at home, visit family, meet friends, work on a hobby, go shopping, take care of unfinished responsibilities or build an entire day around doing something memorable.

Your plans can change what becomes available later. Spending too much in the afternoon may limit your evening. Resting may restore your energy but leave something important unresolved. A successful activity could lead to an unexpected invitation or create a moment that changes the rest of the day.

Some days may become Days Worth Remembering: permanent Life memories shaped by the people, places, choices and trade-offs that made them matter.

BUILD RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH REAL INTERACTIONS

The people in your life have their own needs, expectations and memories.

Respond to messages, take part in conversations, support people through difficult moments and decide when to be honest about what you can realistically offer.

Playable Group Chats let you join active conversations, respond to plans, react to messages, vote in polls and influence what happens next. You may need to commit, set boundaries, suggest an alternative, support someone or deal with the consequences of staying silent.

Relationships can grow through attention, trust and shared experiences. They can also become strained by neglect, broken promises, financial pressure or repeatedly putting other priorities first.

What you say matters.

What you avoid saying can matter just as much.

PREPARE FOR LIFE’S BIG EVENTS

Weddings, birthdays, nights out and other major social occasions develop over time.

Receive invitations, respond before the deadline, manage the expected cost and prepare for what the event may require. Decide whether to attend, bring someone, set a budget, ask for help, leave early or suggest a different plan.

Then experience the event itself and live with what follows.

A brilliant evening could strengthen a relationship, create a lasting memory or lead somewhere unexpected. An expensive decision, awkward conversation or broken commitment may still be affecting your life long after everyone has gone home.

BUILD A CAREER, NOT JUST A SALARY

Explore career opportunities based on your circumstances, qualifications, experience and current suitability.

Compare salary, working arrangements, pressure, flexibility and the effect a role could have on the rest of your life. Apply immediately, save an opportunity for later or decide that the trade-off is not worth it.

Applications can lead to interview invitations. Prepare by researching the employer, reviewing the role, practising questions and reflecting on your experience.

During interviews, choose how to answer role-specific questions. Your preparation, evidence, circumstances and responses all contribute to the result.

You may receive feedback, face rejection, earn an offer or discover the areas holding you back.

A better salary can create new possibilities, but work can also demand more time, energy and emotional capacity than expected.

Success is not only about how far you climb.

It is about what happens to the life behind your career.

PLAN TIME AWAY

Request annual leave and plan holidays around your available time, responsibilities and budget.

Consider where to go, how long to stay, what the trip will cost and who will come with you. Decide whether to keep things affordable, spend more for a better experience or postpone the trip until life feels more stable.

A holiday can offer recovery, connection and memories that last.

It can also create financial pressure, workplace complications and difficult choices before you have even left.

MANAGE A CONNECTED LIFE

Your decisions can affect:

  • Money, rent, bills, savings and debt

  • Work, applications, interviews and career progression

  • Energy, physical health and mental load

  • Relationships, friendships and family

  • Stability, confidence, wellbeing and self-respect

  • Time, annual leave, holidays and social commitments

  • Housing, possessions and long-term ambitions

  • Unfinished responsibilities and future consequences

These systems do not exist separately.

Financial pressure can damage your health. Career decisions can strengthen or strain your relationships. A difficult period at work can follow you home. Time spent helping someone else may leave your own problems unresolved.

Protecting one part of life may require sacrificing another.

MANAGE MONEY UNDER PRESSURE

Handle rent, bills, debt, subscriptions, unexpected costs and everyday spending while trying to protect your future.

Decide what must be paid now, what can wait and whether taking on more work is worth the personal cost.

A healthy income does not guarantee a stable life. Higher earnings may bring greater responsibility, less free time and more pressure. A cheap decision may solve today’s problem while creating a larger one later.

Money affects what you can do, where you can go, who you can help and how easily you can recover when life changes unexpectedly.

LIVE IN A WORLD THAT KEEPS MOVING

Your life does not exist in isolation.

Seasons change. Weather can disrupt plans and influence daily decisions. World News brings fictional events, sporting results, economic developments and wider changes that continue beyond your immediate life.

New technology, rising costs, changing opportunities and major events can affect work, travel, finances and the future you are trying to build.

The world keeps moving whether you are ready or not.

Your life has to move with it.

YOUR LIFE REMEMBERS

Choices in LIVORA do not disappear once the moment has passed.

Ignored messages, missed payments, delayed decisions, broken promises, career sacrifices, health concerns and unfinished responsibilities can return days, months or years later.

People remember how you treated them. Financial problems grow when ignored. Work pressure affects life outside your job. Decisions made during difficult moments can follow you into completely different stages of your life.

Weekly summaries and long-term reports reveal the patterns behind your choices: what protected you, what repeatedly cost you and what kind of life you are gradually creating.

A small decision may become an opportunity, a lasting consequence or a problem you still need to face.

START AGAIN AND CHOOSE DIFFERENTLY

Every new life is an opportunity to approach things differently.

Choose another starting point. Handle money with more care. Protect your energy. Prioritise your relationships. Pursue a different career. Take greater risks. Build a family. Start something of your own. Make the choices you avoided before.

A single different decision can change what happens next.

A different pattern of choices can create an entirely different life.

There is no single correct way to play LIVORA.

The question is not whether you made every perfect decision.

The question is what kind of life your decisions created.

FEATURES

  • Choice-driven life simulation set under modern pressure

  • Multiple starting lives with different difficulties and circumstances

  • Decisions with immediate, delayed and long-term consequences

  • A map-based Day Planner with playable free-time activities

  • Full-day experiences with morning, afternoon and evening plans

  • Playable weekends, nights out and special occasions

  • Group Chats with messages, reactions, polls and meaningful replies

  • Major social events with invitations, countdowns, preparation and aftermath

  • Career opportunities, applications, interview preparation, interviews and offers

  • Annual leave, holiday planning and playable trips

  • Money, rent, bills, debt, savings and financial pressure

  • Relationships, friendships, family, health and personal wellbeing

  • Changing weather, World News and future developments

  • Days Worth Remembering and permanent Life memories

  • Weekly summaries and long-term reports

  • Multiple paths, outcomes and highly replayable lives

  • Thoughtful, text-led gameplay designed to be played at your own pace

Build a life. Survive the cost.