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overview

A family (or household) is a group of Zois living together. Households can contain up to 8 Zois. When a household is at maximum capacity, new pregnancies automatically fail. According to the developers, "someone in your family would have to die" to add a new Zoi through birth at that point.

creating a new family

1. Access the Edit City screen (via Map, press [M], or during initial setup)

2. Click on any empty house or lot

3. Click "Select Family"

4. Move in a pre-made household from presets, or click "Create New Family" to design your own Zois

adding members

Open Smartphone, go to City Map [M], select the household, and choose "Add Family Member." Design the new Zoi in the Create a Zoi screen. When adding members, click the Relationships button to set connections: Roommate, Partner/Husband/Wife, Father/Mother, or Son/Daughter. Pre-existing relationships of current members can't be changed this way.

moving Zois between families

Open Smartphone > City Map > Manage Zois > Manage Family > "Move Zois Between Families." Choose up to two families, select specific Zois to move, and manually decide how much Meow (household assets) to transfer. Surnames are unaffected by family changes. There's also a "Create a Temporary Family" option for complex reorganizations.

pregnancy and genetics

Pregnancy lasts 3 in-game days. Babies inherit physical characteristics from their parents, including hair color, eye color, and facial features, and potentially traits and skills.

family interactions

In Early Access, family interactions are basic -- children can ask parents to cook or do laundry, for example. The developers plan to expand cooperative and group gameplay features in future updates.