Dream Life

Dream Life is a plug-n-play life simulation game created by Hasbro and Tiger TV Games in 2005 and targeted at girls aged 8-14.

The game unit includes a wireless remote.

The Game[]

You play the game as a high school girl of your own design. You can also can also determine how smart, funny, athletic, creative or outgoing your character is. You can make friends, attend social events, crush on boys, and shop for clothes to fill your closet and further customize your character and your room with.

After creating your character's appearance, choosing her initial stats, and picking a layout of your room, the game starts. You start out with $250, which can be increased by doing Chores and getting a Job. Each weekday you go to School, and are free afterwards to visit various locations in Town.

You can also create a Best Friend, who is a high school-aged girl as well. You can give her a name and customize her hair and outfit, which unlike your character's appearance, cannot be changed. Your Best Friend will give you advice and game tips. Occasionally, she will ask if you have a Crush on a specific boy character, which you can confirm or deny. Confirming a boy character as a Crush increases the likelihood of him appearing in social settings.

Time passing is shown by a sun/moon wheel and progresses with each conversation, location change, or activity. Each day ends when the moon passes the top position, and the game will save your progress. Your character always wakes up at 7:00 AM, and can visit various locations and do various activities until the moon rises up to the top middle of the counter (about 10:00 PM). But if there's time left to do one more activity, it doesn't have to be that short, as the moon can go out as far as needed, but only once. The Game starts out in the Fall.

Friendships & Crushes[]

All characters besides your Best Friend start at level 1 friendship, indicated by smiley faces representing a friendship meter. You make friends by initiating and engaging in conversations using 3 dialogue choices. Some choices are of more interest to certain characters than others, indicated by a plus (+) or minus (-) sign next to the friendship meter. When a friendship meter is full of the smileys, the meter will change to stars. Crushes are indicated by hearts in place of smileys or stars.

At high friendship levels, girl-friends may gift you an extra set of their clothes, and Crushes may gift you room decor in the form of stuffed animals. Your Best Friend begins the game with a high friendship level, and may immediately gift you clothing if prompted by the "What's new with you?" dialogue option.

Having conversations and increasing your friendship with characters will increase your Popularity stat. When you have maxed out your popularity for the day, a voice will say, "So popular."

The more friends acquired, the more points earned. This also applies to your character's sense of fashion, and lifestyle. At the end of 3 seasons (Fall, Winter, Spring) there's a summary of what your character has done in her life. After that, players can start over and create a new character.

Social Events[]

There are many locations in Dream Life where you can interact with and meet different characters. Social Events, in the form of school dances or parties, allow you to Mingle. Prior to the Social Event, Friends can invite you to attend with them.

If you have a Crush, he can ask you out to the school dance, and during it, ask you to dance.

You can view how far away Social Events are in the Calendar tab of your Address Book (viewable in Your Room).

School Dances take place at School, and Parties take place at your Best Friend's house.

Town[]

Town is where you can visit different locations in Dream Life and partake in different activities. As seasons change in-game, the Town will change appearance as well.

There are six locations you can visit:

School
Mega Mall
Rec Center
Salon
Your House
Best Friend's house (labelled as "Best Friend" in-game).

School[]

In School, you can talk to Friends and sign up for different Jobs from the bulletin board as a source of daily income. Jobs include, but aren't limited to:

Dogwalking
Working for the school paper
Babysitting
Helping your neighbor

Unlike other games with a School location, there are no specific classes to attend or minigames related to said classes. However, you still need to go to School on time during the week. By doing so, as well as completing homework and studying for tests in your room, you will get good grades and a good Report Card. Report Cards come out at the end of the season / every 30 in-game days.

As a result of getting a good Report Card, your parents will give you a large sum of money ($100 - $150) to buy something cool for your room from Mega Mall, such as a TV, phone, or computer. Spending this money on these things is not mandatory and can be saved or spent on other things from the Mall. Prior to unlocking, these special items are unable to be purchased, stating that you "need permission".

Mega Mall[]

The Mega Mall is where you can visit different stores and buy clothes and accessories, as well as items for your room. There are 10 different stores you can visit and shop at:

Fashionably Formal (Dresses & formal wear)
Funky Footwear (Dress shoes)
Alley Kat (Clothes)
Fab Fad (Clothes)
Furni (Room items & furniture)
Room Emporium (Room items & furniture)
Alterations (Clothes)
Miss Misc. (Jewelry & Accessories)
Activitoes (Casual shoes)
Josi's (Jewelry & Accessories)

Some stores contain the same items, such as Alley Kat + Alterations, and Miss Misc. + Josi's. Clothing items can go "offsale" and/or "out of stock", and therefore be unable to purchase. As the game progresses, new items are added and prefaced with "Coming Soon".

You can also go to the "Mall Hangout"; a Food Court-esque setting where you can talk to Friends and meet new ones.

Rec Center[]

In the Rec Center, you can talk to Friends and meet new ones, as well as sign up for Activities (12) at the front desk. Activities include:

Band
Choir
Dance
Theater
Softball
Soccer
Gymnastics
Skating
Basketball
Swimming
Track
Cheerleading

There is no limit to how many Activities you can sign up for. Upon signing up for an Activity, an item corresponding to it will appear in your room, which you can select to "Practice" the activity. If you sign up for more than one activity, their corresponding items will appear in different order at different times.

Salon[]

In the Salon, you can change your hairstyle, and add makeup (eye shadow, lip color). You can also talk to Friends and meet new ones.

Your House[]

Your House is where you start and end each day. There are 2 different rooms:

Your Room
The Kitchen

Your Room[]

In your room, you can:

Change your outfit or sell your clothes for extra cash from the Closet
View how much money you have in your Piggy Bank (if you have a job, the Piggy Bank also details your income)
Study for tests, do homework, and view your Address Book at your desk
Practice your activities (chosen at the Rec Center)
Sleep / Save Game from your Bed

If you buy a phone with your parents' permission, you can also Call a Friend from your room. Otherwise, you'll have to use the landline in the Kitchen

Address Book[]

Your Address Book allows you to view:

Your list of Friends (and their profiles), and your closeness with each of them
The Calendar, which includes countdowns to different upcoming events such as tests, parties and school dances
The Memo - advice/game tips from your Best Friend

Kitchen[]

In the Kitchen, you can do Chores in exchange for extra money ($10 - $40) from your parents. Chores include:

Setting the table
Sweeping the floor
Feeding the dog
Washing the dishes
Putting dishes away
Watering the plant

Best Friend[]

Your Best Friend's House (simply labelled as "Best Friend" on the Town map) is where you can visit and interact with your Best Friend. The only accessible room in your Best Friend's house is her room, which, unlike your room, is unable to be decorated and customized.

Sequel[]

A Sequel to the original Dream Life game named Dream Life Superstar was later released with expanded content.