#everlife

Today I'm working on a new system for my upcoming life simulation game, Everlife!

The existing Life Goals system gives players specific achievements to aim for, like reaching the top of a career track or living to 100.

Milestones are a new way to track the pivotal moments within each stage of life:

Examples include:

Got License

Attended Prom

Joined a Fraternity

Fell in Love

Endured Midlife Crisis

please, I’m begging you - go listen to the Everlife covers of “Reflection”, “Look Through My Eyes”, and especially “Strangers Like Me”, holy shit

I’ve loved their “Strangers Like Me” cover since a friend gave it to me on a mix CD in 2006, but the others are also so good and so gay

like, “Reflection” in particular is a massive trans mood! and “Strangers Like Me” is the exact feeling of realizing that other queer people exist, and finding something that you can relate to for the first time!

it’s amazing.

...and since I’m here, here are some of my other Disneymania faves:

“I’ll Try” by Jesse McCartney - I loved this when it came out, and I love it still

“Kiss the Girl” by Ashley Tisdale - this song rocks, and it manages to be gay as hell, even though it’s definitely supposed to be straight

“Part of Your World” by Skye Sweetnam - this one also rocks!

“Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride” by Jump5 - ...I just like Jump5, okay? I saw them in concert once and everything, and I still listen to them if I need that upbeat nostalgia

(oh! Baha Men also covered “Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride”! their version is fun as hell, and it’s on all of my summer playlists)

“When She Loved Me” by Jordan Pruitt - I almost forgot, but this one is gay too! Disney managed to make this into a lesbian breakup song, and it’s tragic