This Grand Life

Devlog

• Release 1.3 - Hyperinflation Mode
  July 19, 2022 by PokingWaterGames

  The central banks have lost control. Prices are increasing at an alarming rate. Economic growth is stalling and money-less clouds loom over the horizon. Welcome to Hyperinflation Mode, a new setting f... Continue reading

  
• Release 1.2 - Survival Mode and the Hospital
  May 17, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

  This update features a new Survival Mode, Hospital location and doctor career path. Survival Mode In Survival Mode you have been diagnosed with Zombitus, a terminal disease with no cure. Doctors have... Continue reading
• This Grand Life is fully launched!
  April 17, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

  This Grand Life has now been fully released. A big thank you to all the players who have been on this journey with me. We've grown our careers, bought our first homes, become landlords, started our ow... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 2.6 - Balancing and Other Improvements
  March 09, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

  Alpha 2.6 has been released. This is mostly a re-balancing and minor improvements update. Now your business supervisors can auto-buy materials to the amount you set at the start of each week, as long... Continue reading
• Release Launch Date Announcement
  February 23, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

  The release launch date is set for This Grand Life on 17th April, 2018! What does this mean? This means there won't be any more major features added. The next two months will involve polishing up the... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.5 - Relationships Part 2: Family And Children
  February 14, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

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  Alpha 2.53 has been released, just in time for Valentine's Day (almost). I started talking about the dating portion of the game in the last update. After some tweaking over the past week, here is how... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.5 - Relationships Part 1: Dating And Marriage
  February 06, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

  The Steam test server has been updated to Alpha 2.5 with the new relationships and family feature. If all goes well, it will be released to everyone next week. This will likely be the final major feat... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.44 and City Poll
  February 02, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

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  Some minor optimizations in this update. Also, to get an idea of what kind of city players want next I've created a poll. You can vote at the link below: Which city would you like to see in This Grand... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.4 – Workshop Support and more Advanced City Options
  January 17, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

  Steam Workshop This part is mostly about Steam workshop support, but Itch.io players can still modify their games by specifying where their mods are stored in the options.xml file! Hooray! It's arrive... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.3 - Amsterdam and Advanced City Options
  January 03, 2018 by PokingWaterGames

  This update adds Amsterdam as a playable map and advanced city options to make each playthrough even more unique. Also a reminder that the game's price will be increasing next week and the demo has be... Continue reading
• Price Increase Announcement and Alpha 2.21 Minor Update
  December 28, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  Just as inflation relentlessly drives the prices of products higher in This Grand Life, the game is getting a real-life price increase at the beginning of 2018. If you haven't bought the game and it s... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.2 - Statistics, Achievements and Expensive Items
  December 20, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  In this update I'll talk about end-game statistics, achievements, some new expensive items and other miscellaneous changes. The process of adding Steam achievements had the unexpected issue of not bei... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.1 - New York City and Improved Events System
  December 07, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  This update features New York as a new playable city, an updated Sydney map and an improved events system with more tempting special events. New York In New York, you can start your life in the poorer... Continue reading
• Alpha 2.0 - Education Loans, Factory and Engineering, and Transport Options
  November 22, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  This update features the new education loans, the factory location and engineer career path, and new transport options. Education Loans Instead of paying the full price of education up front, you can... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.9 - Supervisors And More Business Types
  November 08, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  Alpha 1.9 has been released with the new supervisor role for your freelance business and 3 new business types. Your Business Supervisor Now you can promote one of your employees to supervisor. A super... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.8 - Stock Market and Luxury Views
  October 27, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  What's new? Alpha 1.8 is out with the new Stock Market feature. Note you need to start a new game for the location to appear. It's not in its proper real-life location on the Sydney map, but things ar... Continue reading
• Steam keys now available for Itch.io purchasers
  October 25, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  I didn't realise some people might not have received the email I sent about getting your Steam key if you purchased from Itch.io. Please find your Steam key for This Grand Life by clicking on the requ... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.7 - Home Services and Unicode support
  October 21, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  I wasn't planning on releasing an update, but I've discovered a potential issue and it's better to fix it now rather than later when the game is live on Steam. The problem was multiple currency/langua... Continue reading
• This Grand Life - Analysing The Stock Market
  October 12, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  Firstly, what an exciting two weeks it's been! Watching people play the game has given me feedback on things to improve, and I've released many small game updates as a result. I think the new system w... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.6 Update - Polish and Paint
  September 27, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  I've been focusing on retesting every existing feature and fixing issues over the past week. With the Steam Early Access 3 weeks away, I'll be sending out press builds soon and want the game to be as... Continue reading
• Keeping Score - Adding Charts to This Grand Life
  September 21, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  Firstly, a minor update Alpha 1.51 has been released which fixes some bugs that were found: Fixed missing Coin Collecting Album from Collector's Store Fixed missing Bachelor Of Arts and Philosophy fro... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.5 Update, Steam Announcement and New Trailer
  September 07, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  Lots to talk about! Firstly, the Steam page for This Grand Life is up and there's a new trailer to go along with it. I'll be launching on Steam Early Access on 23rd October and aim for a full launch i... Continue reading

  
• Themes, Comics and more Subscriptions
  August 25, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  First on the list of new features is themes. Each location in the game now has a different colour theme to make them more distinct. The Fast Food location is gaudy and bright, while the high-end Resta... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.4 and Running Your Business
  August 10, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  Alpha 1.4 is out and contains the new freelance/contractor business feature. I gave an introduction to this feature in the previous post here . Today, I'll talk about some other changes surrounding th... Continue reading
• Freelancer and Contractor Work
  July 26, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

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  The next big feature - freelancing and contracting! Start your own business, build your brand awareness and reputation, hire employees and organize jobs. This is a mid-to-late game feature, as the ini... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.3 Released and New Scenario
  July 10, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

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  Alpha 1.3 of This Grand Life has been released. This version features an improved education system as discussed in the last post , and also a new scenario! Here's a video summarising the changes: The... Continue reading
• Education Changes and the Knowledge Life Goal
  June 30, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

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  I'm making some changes to the way education works to make it a more rewarding experience. Hopefully it will feel less like you are grinding towards a distant goal that's still years away (like in rea... Continue reading
• Changes to Supporter Tiers
  June 22, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

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  I've made a few changes to the reward tiers to hopefully provide better value to supporters. Firstly, I noticed some people were happy to support us at the Worker tier, but had no interest in getting... Continue reading
• Alpha 1.2 and Subscription Services
  June 14, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

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  Alpha 1.2 of This Grand Life has been released. There are two new major features. The first is Collectibles, which was shown in the previous video . The second is Subscription Services, which is demon... Continue reading
• This Grand Life - Alpha Access Available Now
  May 19, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  This Grand Life is entering alpha development. I've created a Let's Play style video to demonstrate how to get started with a custom game (attached to this post) Purchasing the game will give you acce... Continue reading

  
• Alpha Demo 1.0 uploaded
  May 10, 2017 by PokingWaterGames

  I just uploaded the Alpha Demo 1.0 to Itch.io which contains improvements over the pre-alpha demo based on watching people play. It's also a much smaller size than the previous demo, I've removed some... Continue reading