
Tip: When your start a new game, your adoptee will not be fully rested, so they could get tired quickly. You’ll then be able to play with your “day families” during the day, and with the others in the evenings. You should let them sleep during the day though.Īnother option is to create several families and have them on different day/night cycles. If you open your game at 5pm, will be 5am for your virtual family and they will be full energy. We strongly recommend you try it, otherwise you might find your family tired all the time when you play. If you play only in the evenings and at night, you have the option of switching day and night (options menu of the main menu screen). However, they tend to get tired as the evening progresses, and they won’t want to work that much. If you respect their routine, your family members should be energetic all day long. Do not check on you’re family while they are sleeping because they won’t be able to fully rest. For the best game experience, you should close the game for roughly 8 consecutive hours. You won’t be able to play much with them. If you do not close your game at night your little persons will be constantly exhausted and will not want to work.


More importantly, your virtual people need their sleep at night! Literally. If you open the game at 8pm for instance, it will be dark outside of your family’s home. The game also mimics your own day/night cycle. Virtual Families plays out in real-time, meaning life will go on in your house even when your close the game or turn your computer off. The day/night cycle is the single most crucial aspect of the game.
