Tiny Life

Devlog

• 0.45.0: Small Plants and Big Emotions
  November 29, 2024 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! Today, there’s another Tiny Life update coming at you that features some cool new plants, as well as a new visual feature: emotion particles! It’s a smaller update this time around, b... Continue reading

  
• 0.44.0: Set the Vibe in Lavender Park
  October 17, 2024 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s been a while since the last devlog, but we’ve been hard at work on two major updates: this one, which features the Outright Pride 2024 set, and the next one, which will feature t... Continue reading

  
• 0.43.0: New Plant Stuff, New Language and New Gross Stuff
  July 09, 2024 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s been a little bit since the last devlog-worthy update, but we’re back with a bunch of small features, small improvements, and important bug fixes! Let’s get right into it. Some... Continue reading

  
• 0.42.0: Plenty of Personalities and Different Difficulties
  June 09, 2024 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s been a minute, but we’re back with more fun updates to Tiny Life, as well as fun updates related to Tiny Life. If you’re not in the loop with the regular updates, you might be... Continue reading

  
• 0.41.0: Huge New Set, Babysitters, Museums, More Stings, and More
  April 14, 2024 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s that time of the month again where we go through all the changes, additions, and improvements in Tiny Life, and then let you try them out yourselves. Exciting! This time around, th... Continue reading

  
• 0.40.0: Lunar Grove and Populated Homes
  March 09, 2024 by Ellpeck

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  Hi cool Tiny Life enjoyers! There’s an awesome new update out now, and it features a ton of improvements and fixes (seriously, check the changelog once you’re done reading this devlog), but it als... Continue reading

  
• 0.39.0: An Upgrade to Your Tiny Life
  February 02, 2024 by Ellpeck

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  Hi Tiny Life community! It’s been a minute since the last update that featured a devlog, but why that is, and why development speed will be a bit slower for a while, will be explained as part of thi... Continue reading

  
• 0.38.0: Get Cozy Indoors and Lock Out Your Friends
  December 06, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s been a minute since we released the last big update. Quite a bit has happened since then, both in the game and out! Let’s dive right into it, (not really) as usual. Tiny Life and... Continue reading

  
• 0.37.0: Multiple Floors and Fences Galore
  October 25, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hey gang! It’s been a minute since the last update with a devlog, but that’s for a good reason: We’ve been hard at work getting this very update ready for all of you! It’s a big one, so strap... Continue reading

  
• 0.36.0: Retro Rarities and Stopped Starvation
  August 15, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi friends and strangers alike! I’m excited today to share with you all an update that has been in the making for quite a while: the Retro Rarities Set! Along with this set, this update features a f... Continue reading

  
• 0.35.0: Multiple Maps and Fabulous Phones
  July 20, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! Today, there’s another super exciting update coming to you, which features a lot of improvements and two major new features, as well as some smaller stuff. So let’s get right into it!... Continue reading

  
• 0.34.0: Of Bars, Brews and Progress Bars
  June 25, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s been a hot minute since the last proper devlog for an update, partly because so much stuff happened since the last one (the game’s release and all that), but also because the las... Continue reading

  
• Community Showcase and Future Plans (Early Access Launch Postmortem)
  May 19, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! The Tiny Life Early Access launch, which was a few weeks ago at this point, was an unprecedentedly big success. Not only did we see a huge amount of sales, we also saw rave reviews and a... Continue reading

  
• The Release Date is Here!
  April 19, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi, cool people! We’ll make this quick, and then follow it up with some more in-depth info, as well as some cheesy emotional stuff, of course. The Release Date is Here! There’s all the exciting in... Continue reading

  
• Tiny Technicalities: The Pronoun Update™ (and an Announcement)
  April 15, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Before we get started: A super cool announcement is happening next week, so if you don’t want to miss out, be sure to subscribe to the mailing list , follow us on Twitter , or join the Discord serve... Continue reading

  
• 0.30.0: Big Steps Towards Release
  March 31, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi, cool people! Since the last demo update, Tiny Life has gone through Steam Next Fest, Plumbella’s amazing video, and PAX East, the latter of which ended just a few days ago. This whole journey ha... Continue reading

  
• Tiny Life at PAX East!
  March 22, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Let’s get all the TL;DR out upfront, before we get all emotional on you. The Tiny Life Demo will be playable at PAX East ! Like, the PAX East! It’s happening from March 23 to March 26 , and the op... Continue reading

  
• Steam Next Fest: A Thank You
  February 13, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  It’s the 13th now, and Steam Next Fest has come to a close. As you may know, Tiny Life participated this time around, and the turnout was really incredible. We’ve seen a ton of videos, livestreams... Continue reading
• Tiny Technicalities: What's in an Action?
  February 10, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! I’m Ell, the creator and lead developer of Tiny Life, and this is a new sort of series of devlogs that we’re starting. We’re calling it Tiny Technicalities , because it’s meant to... Continue reading

  
• Tiny Life at Steam Next Fest
  February 03, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  #steam, #next fest

  Hi everyone! It’s been a wild ride for us since the demo released a while ago, and we’ve gotten some great feedback and some useful bug reports from yall. As we mentioned in our last post, the dem... Continue reading

  
• 0.29.0: Say Hi to the Demo
  January 16, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  Today is finally the day you’ve all been waiting for. Well, okay, it’s not that day yet. It is, however, the day that we’re releasing the official Tiny Life Demo, for free, for everyone, forever... Continue reading

  
• The End of the Beta (and Start of the Demo)
  January 12, 2023 by Ellpeck

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  With the last ever beta update releasing at the end of last year, a sort of new era has started for Tiny Life and its development: The release era, if you will. Steam Next Fest is also coming up in Fe... Continue reading
• 0.28.0: The Last Beta Update Ever
  December 20, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! We just released version 0.28.0 of Tiny Life, and with it, a bunch of cool new stuff. This is a pretty big update, and we think that this devlog definitely reflects that. Be sure to stay... Continue reading

  
• 0.27.0: Trashy Techie Library
  November 12, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s that time again where we share a lovely little update that we made for you all. We’re still working hard on secret release features in the background, so this is another somewhat... Continue reading

  
• 0.26.0: Lights, Camera, Music
  October 18, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! We’ve been busy recently working on a lot of things that won’t be released for a while, so this update is a little smaller. Nevertheless, it still adds some cool features, and finally... Continue reading

  
• 0.25.0: Water, Stuff and Skill Books
  September 05, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! It’s been a little over a month since the last update, which isn’t really the update schedule we try to stick to, but it is what it is. We’ve been doing a lot of internal changes, a... Continue reading

  
• 0.24.0: Undo, Redo, Fridge Achievements
  July 28, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  At least for the ones of us who reside in Central Europe, it’s been a tough couple of weeks with the constant, devastating heat. However, in our everlasting pursuit to give you new content to play w... Continue reading

  
• 0.23.0: Job Choices, Aging Up and Furniture Fun
  July 04, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  Hi everyone! Between our Twitter hot takes and a few smaller updates , it’s been a while since the last devlog post. We apologize for that, but to make it up to you, here’s a pretty big devlog for... Continue reading

  
• 0.21.0: Two Years of Tiny Life: Cafés, Gamepad Controls and More
  May 24, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  To celebrate two years of Tiny Life’s development, and to finally relieve the tension that all of you have been feeling after over two months of new update, here’s 0.21.0, which marks Tiny Life’... Continue reading

  
• 0.20.0: The Children Update, it's finally here!
  March 09, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  Hello everyone! It’s finally time for another devlog again. It’s been a hot minute since the last one, but there’s a good reason for that: We’ve been hard at work getting The Children Update... Continue reading

  
• 0.19.0: Ui, Sound and Improvements Abound
  January 01, 2022 by Ellpeck

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  Happy new year, everyone! Unfortunately, over the holidays, and since the main developer (me, hi) is moving soon, development on Tiny Life has been a little slower than usual. This means that the upda... Continue reading

  
• 0.18.0: Animations, Food and Sources
  November 23, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  Hey everyone! It’s been a hot minute since the last update, but now we’re back, and we’re… more updated than ever. I still don’t quite know how to introduce these posts. The 0.18.0 update fe... Continue reading

  
• 0.17.0: Life Goals, Reward Personalities and Daily Tasks
  October 14, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  Hello everyone! It’s that time again where we release a Tiny Life update, and with it, a fun devlog post that features a bunch of descriptions and images of the new stuff. First though, some self-pr... Continue reading

  
• 0.16.0: Woodlands and Visitors
  August 30, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  I hope yall are excited, because this is a pretty big update. Not only do we have a ton of new features, we have an entire new Set for you to play around with, with art by the amazing faellynna ! Let... Continue reading

  
• 0.15.0: Barbecue Trash Cleaning
  July 27, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  Hello everyone! A new update for Tiny Life was just released, which means it’s time to share some screenshots and explanations with you all. This update features a lot of fixes for long-standing iss... Continue reading

  
• 0.14.0: Lamps, Lot Movement, Speech Sounds!
  July 15, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  It is that time again where we release an update for Tiny Life! This time around, we have some pretty cool stuff that I’ve been wanting to add for a long while now. This devlog shows and explains so... Continue reading

  
• 0.13.0: Camera Rotation and a Larger Map!
  July 06, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  A very exciting update for Tiny Life is dropping today: 0.13.0 adds camera rotation and a pretty major upgrade of the game’s map! Check out the screenshots, explanations and additional features in t... Continue reading

  
• Tiny Life Roadmap Survey
  June 20, 2021 by Ellpeck

  Hey everyone! If you're interested in the development of Tiny Life, and you want to help to shape the game, please fill out this quick form. It goes through some of the upcoming features for the game... Continue reading
• 0.12.0: The Fitness Set
  June 17, 2021 by Ellpeck

  Today marks the day that the first official set for Tiny Life is released. Now, you may be asking yourself: What is a set? How does it work? When did you become Electronic Arts? And how much money do... Continue reading

  
• 0.11.0: More Actions, More Skills, More Personalities, More Pride!
  June 05, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  It's that time again where Ellpeck lets Tiny Life run for hours in the background to see if there are any major issues, like crashes or people being unable to take care of themselves on their own. Thi... Continue reading

  
• Steam Wishlisting!
  June 01, 2021 by Ellpeck

  Hey everyone! I'm coming to you with an exciting announcement: Tiny Life can now be wishlisted on Steam! Not only does wishlisting the game on Steam keep you in the loop about when the game is release... Continue reading

  
• One Year of Tiny Life, and Cursed Comment Time
  May 24, 2021 by Ellpeck

  On this day, exactly one year ago, I made my first commit to the Tiny Life repository. Since that first commit, which included some code for the isometric perspective that the game uses, Tiny Life has... Continue reading
• 0.10.1: In-depth writing skill and more AI depth!
  May 22, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  Tiny Life version 0.10.1 has been released today, and with it, the first rather in-depth skill and gameplay component, as well as some lovely fixes and a pretty major AI improvement. Let's start with... Continue reading

  
• 0.10.0: New colors, clothes and many fixes!
  May 17, 2021 by Ellpeck

  Version 0.10.0 of Tiny Life has been released and with it come a multitude of new clothes and hairstyles so you can finally give your people the looks they deserve! ...Or at least a look closer to the... Continue reading

  
• 0.9.0: Kick Out Your Annoying Aunt and Sofas
  April 30, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  A new update for Tiny Life has been released, and this time, there is finally some new furniture! Also, some quality of life improvements for household editing and, of course, spoiled food. Yum. Here... Continue reading

  
• 0.8.0: Mail Carriers, Bills and New Screenshots
  March 27, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  I've been taking a little break from Tiny Life development over the last month or so due to exams and just general life stuff. There were, however, a few pretty major things I did before taking this b... Continue reading

  
• 0.7.0: Breaking Furniture, Programming, and Many Improvements!
  February 18, 2021 by Ellpeck

  The new version, 0.7.0, adds a ton of new content, and also a bunch of fixes to the game! As always, the full changelog is at the bottom and in the game's main menu, but there are a few things that ar... Continue reading

  
• 0.6.0: Romance, Sounds and a Lot More!
  January 27, 2021 by Ellpeck

  A new update for Tiny Life just launched, and this is a pretty big one! To sum up the changes in one beautiful sentence: We now have romance, dating, beautiful plants and trees around the map, the abi... Continue reading

  
• 0.5.0: Emotions!
  January 11, 2021 by Ellpeck

  Now, we're finally getting somewhere: In the 0.5.0 update released today, emotions were introduced into the game! People can gain emotions through certain events (like cleaning disgusting dishes, havi... Continue reading

  
• 0.4.0: Consequences! Death!
  January 06, 2021 by Ellpeck

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  Finally, the people of Tiny Life have some consequences added to their lives: When some of their needs get dangerously low, they will now automatically do the following things: Pass out Pee themselves... Continue reading

  
• 0.3.1: Jobs! Hyperspeed!
  December 20, 2020 by Ellpeck

  I just released a new update for Tiny Life, which, among a ton of performance improvements and fixes, also adds HYPERSPEED and jobs! To get a job, all you have to do is click on the computer: The job... Continue reading

  
• 0.3.0: More skills, more stuff to do!
  December 09, 2020 by Ellpeck

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  You could consider 0.3.0 to be the first proper content update for Tiny Life: It adds a bunch of new skills and objects that you can learn and interact with when playing the game. Also, the interactio... Continue reading

  
• 0.2.3: Personality Types!
  December 04, 2020 by Ellpeck

  Among some other stuff, the 0.2.3 update released today adds personality types! Currently, there are only a few in the game, but they already influence your people's actions. To add personality types... Continue reading

  
• 0.2.2: Nicer menus, more mod abilities!
  November 28, 2020 by Ellpeck

  Version 0.2.2 of Tiny Life was just released! Among other things, it adds a really cool looking new main menu: Here's the full changelog as well: - Added mod list and "Open Game Folder" button to Opti... Continue reading

  
• 0.2.0: Custom Mods!
  November 25, 2020 by Ellpeck

  Surprise ! Tiny Life now has a modding system. You can write mods using C# and then share them with your friends easily. All they have to do is take your files and drag them into their "Mods" folder... Continue reading
• Version 0.1.1
  November 05, 2020 by Ellpeck

  Version 0.1.1 of Tiny Life was just released. Have fun with the new stuff for building! - Added gridless placement by holding the alt key - Added furniture picking using the middle mouse button - Made... Continue reading