I came on today and I left it running. I noticed one of my villagers hit 65 and (I had upgraded my medicine tech) when I came back on the message said, Congratulations, you've hit the 25 population... and I went, 'what?'- all of my females were carrying babys before so I was confused.... the 65 year old lady had a child in her arms!!

can anyone else have gotten on your game? that is odd.

i dont think so! I didnt leave the computer, I just opened another browser... maybe it was a bug? But I dont tthink I want to change it if it is!! It was funny too!!

I never got to see what the child looked like! The lady died shortly after..

a bug or something similar is probably what caused it. can you find out who the father is? i dont have vv1, only vv3, so i don't know.

I dont think I can find the villager, in VV2, 3 and 4 it shows the parents, a bit transparent, in the left and right corner on the detail screen picture, but not on VV1...

Virtual Villagers: A New Home had no age restrictions on becoming a parent, and adult villagers could kiss anytime they wanted to, even when parenting was not set as their preferred skill. There are many threads that discuss coming back to the game and finding a 'population explosion' due to the way that the game was designed. We have made many changes to this facet of the game with subsequent chapters.

An option to mate for life would be nice, not get rid of the random mating, just have the option to stay with one partner.

what happens if your villagers all die but 2 females, how do you get more villagers? i am 13 and just started palying and left it on 2X overnight

There are several different Island Events that can bring new villagers to your game, so it's never hopeless until all of your villagers have died.

i'm fearly new at all the virtual villagers games and playing them all at once, but the