Controls walkthrough

How to play Lagos life game: house, town, actions and saving

Learn how to play Lagos life in the independent LogosLife game: select furniture, walk through town, zoom in on your character and save a session.

This guide covers LogosLife at lagoslifeapp.app. Figures and controls describe this version’s rules, checked against the game implementation on 11 October 2026.

Play Lagos life game in the browser

This walkthrough applies to LogosLife at lagoslifeapp.app. If you intend to play the separate original Lagos Life, use its own website at lagoslife.app. A search for “play lagos life game” does not merge the two account systems.

Start with the introduction, then choose Play now. Register or log in and continue a saved story, or create a new character if you have no story yet. The first-day guide explains the opening choices and starting background.

Use the house furniture

After moving in, the house is your first interactive view. Select a bed, kitchen or bathroom fixture to open its action. Review the duration, cost and effect before confirming. The action affects game time and needs; selecting furniture alone does not complete it.

When you are ready to explore, use the door to enter town. Your character is then visible outdoors. Home and the My Home marker return you to the house view, which is different from Website home, the control for the public introduction.

Move, zoom and choose a destination

Move the camera

Drag the view or use touch to pan. The zoom buttons, mouse wheel or pinch gesture change scale. View character details focuses close to your Sim; Reset map view returns to the city overview.

Move the character

Click open land without dragging to begin a walk. The route avoids buildings, tree trunks and fences. Water requires a bridge crossing. Find my Sim brings the camera back to the character.

Perform an activity

Select a venue icon to read its activities. Some actions require travel, money, adequate needs or a qualifying career. Confirm only after reading the panel. The directory lists destinations and activity costs.

End the session with a saved story

During active play the game clock advances, and actions use additional time. Day and night follow that clock. The clock pauses when the page is in the background or you leave the game.

Website home saves before returning to the introduction and keeps you signed in. Continue playing restores the saved entry scene. Log out also waits for saving and ends the account session. If you left outdoors, the saved town position is used rather than always loading a house.

If saving fails, keep the current page open and preserve a backup in Settings. An import or reset replaces a story, so those controls are not substitutes for a normal Continue.

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