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Shape your life through careers, education, and risky choices, then watch your story unfold through the consequences of every decision.\n\nVirtual life is calling...\n\nCREATE YOUR STORY:\n- Live your BitLife as a model citizen... or a total wild card.\n- Build a dream life story: love, family, career, and success.\n- Or chase chaos: fame, scandal, and bad choices with big outcomes.\n- Your life, your identity, your story, your roleplay.\n\nLIFE SIMULATOR:\n- A text-based life simulator where choices stack up, year after year in a true simulation.\n- Shape your life through education, careers, and relationships.\n- Every decision changes your path, your story, and your ending.\n- No two lives, and no two stories, play out the same.\n\nDRAMA & CONSEQUENCES:\n- Break the rules: crime, prison trouble, smuggling, and bank robberies.\n- Cheat, betray, or stay loyal: your choices decide the fallout.\n- Take risks, face consequences, and deal with the chaos your story creates.\n- An interactive story and simulation where choices actually matter.\n\nJOIN OUR COMMUNITY:\nTikTok: @bitlifeapp\nX: @BitLifeApp\nInstagram: bitlifeapp\nThis game is free to play.","facts":{"developer_id":284954685,"developer_url":"https://bitlifeapp.com/","first_released":"2018-09-30T04:46:01Z","support_url":"https://bitlifeapp.com/help/","privacy_url":"http://www.candywriter.net/ppolicy.pdf","website_url":"https://bitlifeapp.com/","app_version":"3.26.1","release_notes":"What's up, Bitizens? This week, we've got another round of bug fixes and routine maintenance. We're excited for you all to play Magic Mode soon. Are you going to be a good witch, or a bad witch? What kinds of spells and potions do you think you'll be able to conjure up? 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