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There is a chance that you will be born along with your friends, but babies also get spread out randomly.  There is no built-in friend feature.  That's not really what this game is about... it's about different situations in every life.

And even if I wanted to let you play with a friend, how would it work?

Let's say you join a the same time.  That means you're both babies.  So are you siblings with the same mother?  That's one heck of a burden for that mother, and probably only one of you will survive.  Then what?  Your friend tries to get born again.  Are they born to that same over-burdened mother again?  It's a recipe for disaster.

As it stands, there are child-spacing and child distribution algorithms that find the very best-suited mother for each new baby that joins.

I'm still thinking about this issue, and I know that people want to play with friends.  If you have any ideas about how it could work, I'm open to them.

I suppose there could be a "likelihood modifier" where you can enter one friend's email address when you login and simply be more likely to be their baby.  But you and your friend would have to space out your spawns in time to ensure that your friend grows up first before you try to get born.

Also, if your friend happens to be a male character, you're out of luck.

Finding a nearby mother to "force" your friend to be born near you wouldn't be fair to that other player (the one playing the mother).  They would get an extra burden of your friend, even though they don't know you.