👶👴 Life Stages in Paralives + Get an Exclusive Signed Postcard!
Added 2024-05-24 14:05:01 +0000 UTCHii everyone!
Gab here for my very first Patreon post! Alex is also joining me this week and has some fun live mode updates to share with you. So on that note, buckle up and get ready to read some ✨ informative content ✨ and answers to ✨ frequently asked questions ✨😇🧚
As always, this Patreon post is for Patrons only, so please do not share it. Thanks bestiess
💌 Get an Exclusive Paralives Postcard
It’s that time of the year again! On June 1st, 2024 everyone who is pledging on the Hero or Legend tier will be sent a Paralives postcard signed by the whole team 🤩
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Each postcard features an exclusive Paralives artwork and guys, I’m not going to lie, they are SO CUTE! This is what the last one looked like 🥹 I really wouldn’t want to miss the next one if I were you…
The illustration is by Mochii.mocha and it’s inspired by Juan Pablo Machado's Lofi Girl.
🙋♀️ Patron Rewards Delivery: Frequently Asked Questions
Since we’re on the topic of exciting Patron rewards, I thought it would be a good idea to clarify our plans for their delivery as those are questions we receive daily! (wow look at me casually relating this post to my everyday work tasks ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ !!)
When will Patrons get their rewards? 😩
Benefits related to in-game content such as your name in the credits, a Townie with your likeness, a random Parafolk with your name, etc., will be processed at a later stage in development when we are ready to add Patrons’ Parafolks in the game. We still need to add more clothing options and hairstyles before we are ready to create all the Parafolks. When we get there, we will contact Patrons by email to ask for all the information we require!
I have pledged 3 months at the Legend tier but didn’t receive an email about creating myself as a Townie 😰
Currently, we are not sending out emails or messages to confirm that you’ve unlocked any specific rewards. We will contact you when we are ready to deliver these rewards once we are closer to the release date. If you want to know whether you’ve successfully pledged any number of months to a tier, look for your billing history in your settings page (more info here). We’ll be happy to assist you if you run into any issues!
How do I request to have a pet in the game instead of a Para for the “create a character as a Townie” reward? 🐶
Pets will not be available in the game at launch and will be added in a free update! If you would like us to create a pet character, it will be delivered later, after the initial Early Access release. You will be able to request a pet instead of a character when we reach out to you about the in-game rewards.
I need to lower or cancel my membership, will I lose my rewards? 🥺
Not necessarily! Most rewards will stay unlocked ~ forever ~ whether you choose to switch or cancel your membership. Check out this super duper useful page to find out which rewards remain and which do not: https://www.paralives.com/patreonrewards
👶👵 Life Stages in Paralives: Frequently Asked Questions
Hi, it’s Alex!
I find it amazing to be making a game where you can see characters live their whole life from being a newborn to a great-great-grandparent! Besides me, I know a lot of people are excited about ageing in Paralives and are eager to learn more about it so I hope you will enjoy these answers to frequently asked questions.
Will characters grow up slowly and gradually while playing or will they grow up by life stage?
People often ask if ageing is going to be gradual in Paralives, meaning that a child would get just a tiny bit taller every day instead of all of a sudden when changing life stages. However, after much consideration, we believe that it’s more fun to see your character grow up and change in big steps, following life stage changes.
You may have experienced this as a child: distant relatives who haven’t seen you in a long time would be all excited to see you again because you had grown so much since the last time you met! On the other hand, your parents didn’t feel any excitement towards that because they were with you every day and you grew up so slowly and gradually that they didn’t notice any difference.
In that same way, we think it will be more exciting to see your Parafolks changing physically when they change life stages because it will be easy and fun to notice the big differences on the body and face of your characters!
What a baby Parafolk progressively ageing to the toddler life stage would look like. It looks cool, but if this child was growing by this amount but slowly, over a period of 10 in-game days, you probably wouldn’t notice the changes.
One idea that we like though (but can’t confirm at the moment) is having a few growth spurts inside the same life stage. A teenager would grow taller 3 times during the teen life stage, for instance. Modders could increase the number of spurts to create something that would look like gradual ageing.
*What are the different life stages in Paralives?
Baby
Toddler
Child
Pre-teen
Teen
Adult
Elder
*Important: Please note that this list is not final and it might still change before the Early Access release as we keep working on the live mode and the growing up process!
The same Parafolk at 3 different life stages: teen, adult and elder (taken from this recent Patreon post by Léa)
Will Paras have a specific age like 27 years old, for instance?
Parafolks will not have a specific age. They will only have a current life stage and a progress bar so you can know how many days they have left in that life stage. Parafolks will live for around 100 in-game days (this number is still subject to change) so if they had an actual age, it would be their birthday every day which wouldn’t make much sense! If characters only have life stages to indicate their age instead of a specific number, their birthday can be celebrated once every life stage.
A cute Para baby crawling around!
Will we be able to change the duration of the life stages?
Yes! There will be a setting for that in the game’s options menu. You will also be able to turn off ageing altogether if you wish to.
Besides physical changes, what else happens when changing life stages?
The game will prompt you to select a new personality trait or evolve a current one.
It’s a good time to organise a birthday party and eat some cake too!
Parafolks will get to attend different schools or workplaces according to their current life stage
Many interactions will be made for specific life stages. For instance, only toddlers will be able to learn to walk while teenagers and adults will be able to find jobs.
Will clothing items and accessories be limited to specific life stages?
No, for the most part. Children, pre-teens, teens, adults and elders will all be able to wear the same things. However, babies and toddlers will have their own set of clothes and accessories.
Sebastian and his son Eli wearing the same two layers of top clothing items.
📊 Poll: Ageing
What would be the most important thing to you when switching to a new life stage? Please vote below!
That’s all for this week, thank you for reading! Feel free to share your feedback or ask any question you may have in the comments! We would love to read what you think about everything that has been outlined above ◝(ᵔᵕᵔ)◜
We hope you have a beautiful weekend ⋆☀︎.
Gab & Alex
Comments
i love the sudden aging up, but what would also be very neat would be to still have some gradual aging inside of an age group, so that a "just became a teen" looks different from an "about to become an adult" teen. Even if its just something like height as a teen and under
i-eatteeth
2025-04-17 21:13:59 +0000 UTCI think it would be cool if there would be one more life stage "young adult", so there would be a difference between someone about 20-35 and 35-50 or something like this. But all the other life stages sound really promising to me. <3
Tiargo
2025-02-12 11:36:04 +0000 UTCawwww look at the baby crawling
mollie
2024-11-14 16:16:53 +0000 UTCNo jogo poderiam acrescentar "Jovem adulto" entre o adolescente e o adulto
Estefani Oliveira
2024-10-12 18:27:53 +0000 UTCHi Alex, hi Gab. I recently became a patron again, and wow, so many cool new things in Paralives ❤️🎉. Alex, something that worried me about aging was the release of common clothing for teenagers and seniors. For me, this breaks the characterization. It is not common for elderly people to wear teenagers' clothes and adults to wear elderly people's clothes. There are seams, trends and references for each stage of life, I understand the concept and what the team tries to do but leave the different stages of life starting with teenagers sharing the same clothing until the elderly stage.... I'm afraid of a break in immersion, especially for NPCs. I think this clothing release should be locked behind a personality trait and not free, precisely taking into account the simulation and individuality of the Parafolk's personality... Fear of NPCs using items and accessories that are not consistent with their Age and Personality
Junio Jose
2024-07-12 01:01:40 +0000 UTCI agree with some of the other people who commented, it would be nice to add an additional ''young adult stage''!
Layla
2024-07-09 11:46:05 +0000 UTCI think it would be really cool if we have a growth spurt for elders? Similar to preteen and teen. A 60 year old and 80 year old look different from one another typically. Not sure if that’s too much. Most important to me is definitely gameplay.
Julissa Hernandez
2024-06-29 19:54:29 +0000 UTCI’ve always liked seeing characters physically change when they age but if they are gradually changing in their individual life stages, what’s important to me comes down to the gameplay :)
Alexa Baczak
2024-06-27 21:01:54 +0000 UTCI hope we get young adults too, tho I’m assuming we will if there are preteens. It just makes sense then to have a young adult stage
Morgan V
2024-06-27 11:02:33 +0000 UTCMe too! For instance, though I’m technically an adult, so are my parents! If I were to create our family in the game, I’d like to choose between young adults and adults so that it doesn’t feel like the 20 year old is the same age as their 50 year old mom and dad!
Morgan V
2024-06-27 10:51:08 +0000 UTCI think the changes inside as character will age would be interesting for example upgrading the skills or changing interests or goals or changes after character turn 30s for example they will more likely to stay at home than going to town to meet friends maybe and they will develop hangovers (if they can drink alcohol in the game) or their muscles will hurt more or back after exercising or when they are elders they could get confused or forgetting stuff to make the gameplay more realistic if it makes sence?
Teri Lastovicka
2024-06-26 00:33:02 +0000 UTCI do hope young adult age stage gets added as I think it’s pretty different to be in your 20s and early 30s to being in your late 30s, 40s and even 50s while you’re still an adult, but a more mature one, but not an elder
Lully BC
2024-06-24 23:01:36 +0000 UTCI like all of this bummed at first about the life stages root but after hearing why no gradual aging I’m fine with it makes sense, then I saw preteens and thought (ok this is better) so I hope it stays, question will Tors get go rabbit hole preschool in base or maybe an update down the line? Also good to catch up on the progress.
Shota Tsunamura
2024-06-22 09:25:13 +0000 UTCYou're not the only one. I want preschoolers, too!
Eleanor Swan
2024-06-22 06:07:07 +0000 UTCBesides gameplay opportunities, I also like seeing the character physical changes.
Sherri Small
2024-06-20 02:14:57 +0000 UTCGameplay specific but not always exclusif to a certain life stages are the best. We just want game play yall. Whetevr it be 3 small actions or stuff. Just to differentiate between life stages for the base game
sofst
2024-06-14 16:08:23 +0000 UTCHey thanks so much for doing that work haha I should have looked around some.
Ashley Ailshire
2024-06-06 15:16:39 +0000 UTCI was wondering the same thing and their page ( https://www.paralives.com/patreonrewards ) had more info : Pledge at least 3 months at that tier to unlock forever. The 3 months do not have to be consecutive We can make multiple characters if you pledge for more than 3 months (6 months = 2 characters, 9 months = 3 characters, etc) We will contact you directly by email when we get closer to the release date to ask you for reference pictures and we will show you the result after. The character can be yourself, a family member, a friend or a pet (pets will not be available in the game at launch and will be added in a free update so if you would like us to create a pet character, it will be delivered later, after the initial Early Access release) The character cannot be a public figure The character will have a chance of randomly appearing in people’s town while they play and you will be able to interact with them. Given that there will be a lot of custom characters made for Patrons, you might not bump into yours. You will also be able to make them appear in your game with a cheat command, something like “InvokePara Alex Massé”
Space Giraffe
2024-06-06 08:14:19 +0000 UTCI suppose it's asking too much but I'd love it if I could choose all of the above.
Anne Patterson
2024-06-03 15:30:51 +0000 UTCDo the rewards stack for the townie additions? Say we were Heros for a year or more, are we able to do multiple townies or just one? Sorry if this has already been asked/answered.
Ashley Ailshire
2024-06-01 19:56:11 +0000 UTCI am the minority but would lose my ever loving sh*t if we could get preschoolers. But I do think adding young adult would suffice, if you think about it, 18-30 is young adult and 30-50 adult.
Katherine Winn
2024-05-31 23:35:45 +0000 UTCYes! Some characters are special and we must keep them... forever!
mintyKHat
2024-05-31 14:24:47 +0000 UTCI'm most excited at the inclusion of preteens! And growth spurts would be a great addition too 👍 I do wonder about the long adult life phase though. Like, there's a big difference both physically and mentally between being 25 and 45, you know?
Becky
2024-05-30 11:46:35 +0000 UTCI would like a way to turn off aging for individual Paras, as well as all, I've always liked that idea, because some characters I tend to like to have around always, lol! Also there needs to be a young adult part, which would be like 18 to 25 or 30, then adult 30 to 40, middle age 40 to 45-50-55 even, then elderly 60 on up!
Clara M Johnson
2024-05-30 02:08:28 +0000 UTCAdult 30-40? What about 20 on up to 30? Humans are considered a young adult 18 to 30! 😊We need a young adult stage!
Clara M Johnson
2024-05-30 02:06:01 +0000 UTCIdeally, what I REALLY would love (and what I mean by "organic") is to have traits directly correlated to choices made during the previous lifestage. For instance, if I played my teenager Para in a rebellious way, and she was sent to detention a lot, and she has had several fights with her parents, and she broke a street lamp in town... the game would invisibly tally all of these actions, then for her birthday I'd get the message : "During her Teenager years, Cait was rebellious and difficult to live with ; she now has unlocked the antisocial trait as an Adult". But I know few games will do that because the idea is not to lock players into one trait option in a life simulation. It's much more likely that we'd have access to any trait we want WITH an additional button to optionally randomize the trait and have it chosen for us.
ladyteruki
2024-05-28 15:15:12 +0000 UTC40-50 is too young for middle age, i feel like adult should be 30-50 then middle age 50-65
Roo
2024-05-28 05:06:20 +0000 UTCGrowth spurts sound really cool, I would love those if the age was to stay as an instant thing. Also the list of life stages looks perfect. I would love preteens
Rosie Beth
2024-05-27 21:41:09 +0000 UTCThat's a really cool idea, thank you for sharing it with us! For now, we are thinking of having the birthdays linked to the life stage changes to make the gameplay more smooth :)
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 18:19:23 +0000 UTCThat would be really fun, thank you so much for the suggestion <3
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 18:17:19 +0000 UTCYes, we are considering adding more adult life stages but can't confirm more details for now 😊
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 18:16:24 +0000 UTCWe totally agree! Hairstyles won't change as Paras grow older 😊
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 18:15:56 +0000 UTCHi, thank you so much for your comment 💛 Adding feeling pain during growth spurts, or mood swings, would be a really fun detail to consider! Thank you for the suggestion 😊
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 18:15:13 +0000 UTCThank you so much for your feedback! We are still working on the life stages and adding more stages for the adult/elder categories is something we are considering 😊 We'll share more once we've made those decisions!
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 16:50:01 +0000 UTCThanks Sydney! We are considering adding a young adult stage and/or a middle age one! We're still working on the live mode and growing process and we'll share more soon 😊
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 16:47:26 +0000 UTCHi Veronica :) We are still working on the live mode and growing process so this list is a work in progress and we're considering adding more adult life stages! We'll share more once we're closer to the release 😊
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 16:45:19 +0000 UTCHi Christine! Thank you so much for your feedback, we really appreciate it 😊 The list of life stages shared in the post is still a work in progress and we are very much considering adding one or more stages in between the current "adult" and "elder" ones! We'll share more details once we've made some progress on the growing process and life stages 🥰
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 16:42:45 +0000 UTCI wall love to see more updates on group communication animations
dodo dodo
2024-05-27 01:10:28 +0000 UTCthat would be so so cute, i'd love to see that as well! 🥹
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 00:58:10 +0000 UTCThank you for your feedback, Brooke! We highly appreciate it :) Our list of life stages isn't final yet and we are strongly considering one or more stages before "elder" before the Early Access release!
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 00:56:16 +0000 UTCHi Julio, thank you for your questions! The life expectancy of Paras is not planned to be linked to genetics for now. However, height will be :)
Gab (Paralives)
2024-05-27 00:48:51 +0000 UTCHey ! Love the post as always. I personally like the idea of growth spurt more than gradual aging. I'm rather certain I wouldn't really realise the difference with continue growing. I agree with all the people about the adult stage. While the change in physical appearance might not be has important, there is a lot of psychological differences and challenges that differs. I think having either more life stage/differentiate growth spurt to reflect that is really important. A 20 something college student and a 55 year-old manager in a office don't want the same thing in life. I could be reflected in the want of the para but also on gameplay opportunity (like mid-life crisis which is the obvious, but also stuff related to fertility issues for older adults and health or even gameplay around morgage). I also that for the baby stage we don't have hours old baby crawling around. While I don't really like the infant in the sims, I do like the idea of having to teach a baby how to crawl, sit, later walk, etc. Expending that idea, I do like the idea of life stage expending what a Para can learn (teen with their licence, kids with swimming and riding a bike, etc).
Yunahara
2024-05-26 10:18:24 +0000 UTCThey are saying that these are tied to birthdays though so why does an adult only get one birthday to represent 40-50 years of life? When we are looking at a span from an 18year old to a just retired 65 year old? I actually don't care about the emotional changes and gameplay but if that entire age range gets one birthday and can have children right up until elderhood, that's very off putting and not distinguishing itself from the Sims, which I thought was the point. Pushing for inclusive, realistic and fan-wanted content. Judging by these comments, most people want more adult life stages.
Lucy McClean
2024-05-26 08:55:42 +0000 UTCThey absolutely said it was on the cards and it looks like they're saying it's possible to do but they have chosen not to. Maybe don't jump down people's throats about it?
Lucy McClean
2024-05-26 08:46:56 +0000 UTCAdult 30-40 Middle age 40-50 Senior 50-65 Elder 65-80+ (maybe taking lifestyle factors, genetics and connections into account. It is a fact that the people who live the longest have the most social connections to others.) This would be my preference 😊
Lucy McClean
2024-05-26 08:42:07 +0000 UTCI think there needs to be at least two stages between adult and elder! There was a discussion a couple of years ago about having seniors that covers the 50-65 age bracket in which people are not immediately decrepit but still enjoying hobbies, still working, may be enjoying grand babies etc. If we assume that adults can have children still then we need at least one stage between the end of fertility, but the beginning of elderhood. Middle age is sorely missing from the Sims and I have hopes for this game to set itself apart from others and be more inclusive and realistic of these life details. Especially since the Sims barely gives the characters a chance to be a grandparent before they die, it's far too short. If people can have kids up to age 45ish (27 adult years) but then live until at least 70 (another 25 years!) most of my grandparents have reached 80 and I have two great grandparents who were 92 and 104 respectively which means an additional 47-59 years! It means something when these life stages are represented.
Lucy McClean
2024-05-26 08:37:47 +0000 UTCI was disappointed to see gradual growth is out, but 'growth spurts' does sound like an exciting middle ground. Some kind of sub-category for each life stage would really help expand on them. (The differences between the beginning, middle, and late stages of adulthood, for example.) I do still think some gradual growing from baby to toddler would work well. It's kind of amazing how quickly babies grown in real life, both in size and ability. While it might not be helpful or impressive to see a teen getting a little bit taller every day, I definitely think watching a baby go from sitting to crawling to standing to running around would be well accompanied by they getting bigger and taller as they go.
ponyfhtagn
2024-05-26 08:21:41 +0000 UTCBecause it adds realism to the game. You don't go from 8 years old to 17 years old that quickly. I guess it just makes it more gradual than it did in Sims
Eleanor Swan
2024-05-25 17:09:58 +0000 UTCTwo or more inbetween stages per life stage like pre-teen and teen is a great idea! I'd love to see that with elders too (the ones who just retired and the really really old ones walking slowly with crutches and such). Question: Will stages have a chance to change personlity traits and preferences? It would make sense when kids become teens, same with adults who experience a midlife crisis.
Trisha Feder
2024-05-25 14:26:38 +0000 UTCI do think adding at least 2 adult life stages would be beneficial! Almost thinking of how they break down tv ratings scales, but not SO tight. Maybe young adult, (18-29), adult 30-44, midlife 45-65, and elder (but call it something like Retirement Plus)
Leslie Reed
2024-05-25 11:05:59 +0000 UTCIn really happy that pre teen and teen are distinct but will adults gradually gain signs of aging before becoming elders? And will they have a birthday or 2 in their life stage?
Donny Miles
2024-05-25 10:22:32 +0000 UTCWhat‘s so special about preteens? 🙈 seriously wondering
Shada Said
2024-05-25 09:58:41 +0000 UTCIt's funny how many life stages there are for like, those under 21 or so, but then you're just an adult and finally an elder. But that's how it works for real humans too!
jaaama
2024-05-25 09:52:03 +0000 UTCpour ma part l'évolution ,c'est comme la vie
rénette
2024-05-25 08:29:49 +0000 UTCI'll be honest, I am disappointed gradual aging is gone. Personally I've never liked the dramatic aging up you get in the sims - I find it breaks the immersion. That being said, I understand it's probably a big technical challenge. Growth spurts seem like a really clever compromise. I really hope these "growth spurts" also occur in the adult life stages, with new wrinkles and grey hair being added over time. I think that would really help make the transition from "adult" to "elder" feel a lot smoother and more natural. I also agree with other commenters that it would be nice to break up the adult life stage further. Young Adult, Middle age, etc seem like good options. I don't think these stages would need to be hugely different in terms of potential interactions, but it could be really interesting if the wants and needs were slightly different. For example, maybe young adults need less sleep and are more likely to want to make lots of friends. Middle aged paras might need more sleep, and be more likely to want to deepen existing relationships, etc. I don't know how technically difficult this would be but I feel like it would go a long way towards making different stages of adulthood feel unique.
Ryn
2024-05-25 08:00:22 +0000 UTCI think people are excited, which I am, too, but people definitely have to consider how much goes into a feature like this, and if it’s really worth it. Plus, this is just the base game. Once the foundation is down, who knows what could be added?
BooDotBoo .
2024-05-25 07:35:05 +0000 UTCExactly. Heights are already something I’m amazed by, and I know that has to take a lot of work. I’m glad they’ve included it, but then gradually aging on top of that, and that would work for different heights, too? I can’t even imagine the time that would go into that. 🫠 If they bring it in later or modders do it, great, but I’m really more worried about having good “bones” and good gameplay first.
BooDotBoo .
2024-05-25 07:32:34 +0000 UTCI’d also like to add the different stages of adult are so different, like young adult in their 20s is very different from older adult in their 40s and that should be reflected, especially since 40s-50s is the midlife crisis era lol
Yvette Lopez
2024-05-25 07:19:24 +0000 UTCProgressive aging is really, really cool to me
Yvette Lopez
2024-05-25 07:18:21 +0000 UTCI've been wondering about that too, so I second your question! :)
dcknx
2024-05-25 06:43:55 +0000 UTCJ’aime beaucoup l’idée d’une évolution des traits de caractères plutôt que d’en ajouter d’autres. Finalement dans la vie on ne change pas, on évolue
Gabriel Piejak
2024-05-25 06:36:36 +0000 UTCI think adult paras gradually getting wrinkles and grey hairs would be amazing! They could also have quarter- and mid-life crises to amplify the sense of gradually aging as an adult
Maxx
2024-05-25 06:23:37 +0000 UTCI think many players play with young adults because they themselves are young adults, and many even recreate themselves or a sort of alter-ego. I like playing with families but I also sometimes play with a character I can identify with, which will be at my own life stage. I think that’s a good enough reason to include YA as a seperate life stage, and also for the fact that personality and looks develop quite a bit in those 30 years or more IRL.
Maxx
2024-05-25 06:20:12 +0000 UTCYour statement about the personality trait addition upon aging up got me curious: is there a planned maximum for how many personality traits, evolved or not, a Para can have? What order of precedence do each of the categories get upon aging, or are they all given equal weight?
Dale Cory
2024-05-25 06:18:34 +0000 UTCPerhaps you could simply have a birthday event you can hold at any time and it wouldn’t require a cake, or even guests if your Para is living alone in a cabin in the woods or something lol
Maxx
2024-05-25 06:15:18 +0000 UTCI think having a young adult stage would be nice, while there won’t be many physical changes of note to the Para, life definitely is different in your mid 20s than it is in your late 50s, and your personality will develop a lot in between.
Maxx
2024-05-25 06:13:07 +0000 UTCI think people underestimate the technical challenge of including gradual aging, sure it’s possible, but is the effort really worth it for a relatively minor effect on gameplay? I'd say no, especially when we'll have a wide spectrum of life stages and each jump to a new one gives the gameplay opportunities of a birthday party and personality development, ones which impact would actually be lessened by gradual aging
Maxx
2024-05-25 06:09:39 +0000 UTCI'm really intrigued by the inclusion of pre-teens. It's a transitional stage of childhood ripe to tackle the awkward and self-conscious beginnings of puberty. I'd like to hear more about it. I'm disappointed aging isn't gradual but possible growth spurts for the teens scratches that itch for a dynamic puberty anyway. Boo's comment above about gradual aging makes some good points.
200Hertz
2024-05-25 03:41:43 +0000 UTCI agree! Hyper realistic play in general isn't my whole bag, but also we've already seen how much work it takes to get different heights working with animations! I think it's also okay if things can be implemented later on. The interactions and animations are very important to me, and I want to see them at their best!
Ellen Kaluza
2024-05-25 02:43:55 +0000 UTCYay! I thought I might've missed it in rereading, thank you for confirming!
Ellen Kaluza
2024-05-25 02:40:47 +0000 UTCPeople may hate me for this, but I’m glad we aren’t doing gradual aging. Not that I think you guys can’t do it, and do it well given time, but it would take SO much to make sure all the animations look right and sync with all the gradual aging. To me, I was thinking that would take from so much else that could be worked on or put into the game. And I’m sure modders will add it for those who want it, but tbh, I’m good with Para having a big growth change or even the smaller growth changes. Like you said, I won’t notice. I have two nieces who are 6 months. Yes, I’ve noticed they’ve changed since they were born, but I really didn’t notice the day-to-day change because I see them so often. If I’m playing my Paras everyday, it’d be weird that I’m noticing significant changes every day.
BooDotBoo .
2024-05-25 02:25:17 +0000 UTCI love love loooove the idea of multiple physical growth spurts/changes in different life stages!!!
nemo
2024-05-25 01:42:37 +0000 UTCPlease add a middle age life stage!
Pri
2024-05-25 00:05:21 +0000 UTCThat's a good solution when aging is turned on, but I assume if it's turned off the counter pauses and we'd have to turn it back on and wait it out.
BonaparteBardithion .
2024-05-25 00:00:15 +0000 UTCIt says you will be able adjust the lengths in the settings!
Cece
2024-05-24 23:58:33 +0000 UTCMaybe it just happens when they wake up on their birthday? Giving you no pressure to get a cake or something and a birthday set up in time since they’ll already be in the next life stage
Cece
2024-05-24 23:57:07 +0000 UTCI do get this but part of the reason we play with young adult is because… the other game only really gave us the option to for years? Elders were no fun, kids were no fun, toddlers didn’t even exist and babies were objects. I think as long as the adult life stage is longer than the kid stages put together, there should be enough time to explore young adult and mature adult activities in this one stage. But I do also see how having the two be different could be fun!
Cece
2024-05-24 23:55:36 +0000 UTCWould it also be possible to toggle aging for an individual Para, like if we wanted roleplay an immortal elf or Santa Claus, while keeping aging active for the rest of the household?
BonaparteBardithion .
2024-05-24 23:52:20 +0000 UTCI'm curious what the solution would be for manually aging a Para in the case where aging is turned off. In Sims manual aging is tied to cake, but this requires the household to have money in order to age which isn't ideal. But just having it on the action menu all the time would be clutter, and hiding it in cheats would be less intuitive and may impact achievements if there are any. Maybe have it as an option in the Paramaker?
BonaparteBardithion .
2024-05-24 23:43:09 +0000 UTCTeen and toddler both have a lot of potential for milestones being tied to growth spurts. Since puberty doesn't happen to everyone the same way, but it might interesting to have it randomly pick an event at each stage. One Para's voice drops at the first spurt while their friend starts growing facial hair instead, for example.
BonaparteBardithion .
2024-05-24 23:31:27 +0000 UTCSomething I just realized too, if the ground work for different ways of holding yourself, even just one, that gives modders all they need to make every style imaginable. It’d be super cool! Some kind of way to differentiate your paras by just looking at them
Rosirose
2024-05-24 22:34:17 +0000 UTCWow, so excited!
theo
2024-05-24 22:25:45 +0000 UTCCompletely agree, I would love to see a young adult life stage
Kyriana Foster
2024-05-24 22:21:40 +0000 UTCI’m not sure where to share this but I was curious on how you guys handle something: Will paras with different personalities hold themselves differently? Let’s say you have someone serious and someone cheerful. They may not walk, sit, dance, or even express excitement the same way as each other. I feel like it’d add a ton of life to each character, even if there only like 3 different types. Do you guys have anything like that?
Rosirose
2024-05-24 22:17:36 +0000 UTCI hope it happens through genetics,maybe with a range of their parents heights, and the childs height is randomly place within that range, and maybe a small chance that they get a random height outside of the range.
Leaf
2024-05-24 21:50:15 +0000 UTCI loved the update! I do have one question tho. How will their height be determined for a new Para that isn't fully grown yet? Would that happen through genetics? And how/how much would the parents' genetics affect the height of their children?
Lyyo_
2024-05-24 20:10:51 +0000 UTCWill you have young adults?
Sammy Clark
2024-05-24 20:09:40 +0000 UTCI may be the odd man out, but I really really dislike when they age all of a sudden. I like seeing my "sims" grow and age, which is why I modded in those features. My kids get a bit taller until they reach their full adult height. It makes the world feel real. And my adults gradually get wrinkles and gray hair. If I had to choose, please at least the smaller gradual growth before the big one. It's still going to be something I dislike, but eh. Mods it will be.
BreakingGaia
2024-05-24 18:58:27 +0000 UTCyes love the idea of growth spurts! very excited that we're getting pre-teens too
Kieran
2024-05-24 18:56:46 +0000 UTCI like your work so far and that you considered more early life stages, but as mentioned by many a period from 18-65 is real big, with drastically different experiences and appearance. I think either an young adult or a mature adult would be perfect for this, cause many players mostly play with those mature stages
Ellis
2024-05-24 18:50:03 +0000 UTCI like the idea of growth spurts, but I definitely agree that it wouldn’t be exciting if they aged too gradually. Maybe a few small growth spurts and then a big one when ageing?
Agatha Newman-Steele
2024-05-24 18:21:28 +0000 UTCWhelp, the game can't have everything we want. i'm sure there will be a mod for this. But we can't expect that the team will do whatever we want them to do. That's not right.
PinkRosie
2024-05-24 18:13:47 +0000 UTCGrowth spurts please 😊
Aryel Draijer
2024-05-24 18:08:57 +0000 UTCWhy would you expect that? They've never said that gradual aging will be in the game.
PinkRosie
2024-05-24 18:01:04 +0000 UTCWill it be possible to adjust the life span of the paras? Or potentially freeze them and then turn it on again (in Sims I frequently turn aging off and on depending on if I want to give myself a few extra days or not)? If the gradual growing process was implemented, would that affect that? As someone who enjoys using Sims for storytelling, having physical changes like that would affect my gameplay, so these are things I would consider.
Ellen Kaluza
2024-05-24 17:48:56 +0000 UTCHope we can change the settings to make againg gradual if we want !
Fenite
2024-05-24 17:43:33 +0000 UTCI was expecting that paras can grow gradually, I really enjoy to have realistic things in the game
Fenite
2024-05-24 17:41:50 +0000 UTCOne thing I'm really excited for is a preteen stage. I feel that's been missing for way too long in a life sim, along with all of the things that come with that life stage - having a crush, the woes of puberty lol, the acne and the braces and the glasses and that whole awkwardness that stage of life can possibly bring. Growing up with your character, experiencing each life stage fully, really helps to feel connected and keeps me the most engaged in continuing to play with them. Love what we've been shown so far, though I will say that the gradual aging would have been awesome because the sudden change in characters when transitioning life stages has always shocked me a bit. I'm glad the possibility of growth spurts is being considered.
Xo.Noe
2024-05-24 17:20:21 +0000 UTCI would actually find it cool to have everyone age gradually! More realistic. Probably a lot more for the game to keep tabs on, though, so it makes sense to age up in stages.
mintyKHat
2024-05-24 16:51:37 +0000 UTCHi Alex & team, I really like the idea of age stages, I think it is great to capture the "quintessential" parts of each main phase in a person's life and perfectly fine for a video game in particular. I definitely love the idea of growth spurts, and I think a similar concept could be added to the adult life stage but instead of growing taller, growing noticeably older. I would like my young adult paras to be notably different from a middle aged para and then them notably different from an older adult, closer to becoming an elder. I'm thinking like, 21, 35, 50 (elderhood at maybe 65 or 70). If an adult para could find paras of a similar "stage" of adulthood more or less attractive, that might be a good system too - not to say we couldn't have relationships between a "25 year old" and a "50 year old", just, it would be rare. Looking forward to hearing more - as a family player! ❤️
Bethy Grace
2024-05-24 16:50:42 +0000 UTCI’m sharing similar feedback to many others in hopes they consider making changes before locking the final list.
Matthew Geller
2024-05-24 16:36:09 +0000 UTCPsychological and emotional differences are internal not external. A 20 year old and 40 year old are functionally the same. Both can get pregnant, get jobs, buy houses, etc. 2 "growth spurts" during the adult stage could account for this. Maybe you can get the opportunity to evolve or change a trait and more wrinkles.
bonkybon
2024-05-24 16:29:32 +0000 UTCDefinitely second this. Even an option to turn aging off for everyone *but* the played household would be helpful!
Megan Santucci
2024-05-24 16:22:46 +0000 UTCIt would be interesting at the very least to have a difference in desires/goals for paras depending on if they are newly adult or have been for a while. E.g. a "20 year old" para might want to go to college and travel and meet new people, whereas a "30 year old" para might be more interesting in buying a house, getting married, having kids, etc. (obviously with variations depending on personality and other factors)
Megan Santucci
2024-05-24 16:21:08 +0000 UTCPRETEENS!!!! YES!!!!!!
Eleanor Swan
2024-05-24 16:11:45 +0000 UTCI definitely like the idea of growth spurts for playing large families with lots of children. I like taking cute pictures of kids playing together but it's a bit funny when all the children are the same size rather than being stairsteps, if you will.
Megan Santucci
2024-05-24 16:09:35 +0000 UTCI agree with others young adult life stage should be added. The rest looks great and love the idea of grow spurt.
Dominique Kurtz
2024-05-24 16:08:59 +0000 UTCI would really love to see the new gameplay options, and seeing the characters change and a new personality trait.
Alyson Betancourt
2024-05-24 16:08:40 +0000 UTCRequest: can we adjust the age slider in the paramaker? For example, if I wanted to create my IRL family with a 10yo child and a 7yo child and have the older one be bigger from the start rather than having them look like twins. 😂
Megan Santucci
2024-05-24 16:07:51 +0000 UTCIn my opinion, there should be different types of adult life stage - YA, Adult and Later Adulthood. All these have emotional and psychological differences that would make them unique. There are as well changes in terms of appearence. Similar with elders - elders around 60-75 are very different than elders who have more than 75. In future, I would also like to see infants to really showcase the development from newborn to toddler and older toddler / preschool child to show the stage between toddler and school child. Teens could also have teen and adolescent phase, but I don't find it neccessary compared to others
Wondrous_Mickey
2024-05-24 16:05:17 +0000 UTCI'd like a young adult and/or middle-aged lifestage, as others have said, but only if they are functionally distinct. As voted in the poll, my priority with lifestages is more related to gameplay. Though YA/A/MA do not have dramatic physical changes associated, they are still different periods of life. If people want to simulate a change in style/physicality over time, the "growth spurt" interval could serve that purpose pretty well.
Madeline
2024-05-24 16:02:50 +0000 UTCThey didn’t say that everyone will be set to the same height as they enter a new life stage, so it’s possible that when you age up the height gained is varied. They also mentioned growth spurts, which would allow for paras to grow at different rates as well. I don’t think it’s something to worry about (yet anyway lol)
Jordan
2024-05-24 16:01:31 +0000 UTCLoving the fact that there are toddler and pre-teen life stages! Like some other people mentioned, I also would like to see a young adult life stage simply because I feel like the gap in-between teen and elder is too big for just one stage.
Jordan
2024-05-24 15:55:33 +0000 UTCThey said that the age list is not final and that it could change.
Lucie Baha
2024-05-24 15:54:58 +0000 UTCI really like the growth spurts idea. I would only add that I think these growth spurts should happen much more frequently for babies and toddlers and children than for adults. For example, I'd love to start with a newborn baby (I hope we start with a newborn baby in arms and not a crawling one), the first growth spurt could be from newborn in arms to an older baby on the floor learning to craw. The second growth spurt could be a toddler learning to walk etc. They children perhaps every couple days, and teens every 3 days. Adults could age once a week. Something like this. Humans grow much more noticeably when younger, then less noticeably as they age.
Fran Smith
2024-05-24 15:52:49 +0000 UTCThere could be though. The Sims just didn't manage to actually show the psychological and emotional difference between them.
Wondrous_Mickey
2024-05-24 15:50:48 +0000 UTCThe adult stage is where people spend most of their lives, but there’s only one “adult” stage to capture this. To me, this would be extremely immersion breaking to have a single stage represent 40-50 years of life… it’s not balanced or realistic.
Matthew Geller
2024-05-24 15:50:04 +0000 UTCYes, I hope they add more age in the future, but I think the reason they don't have progressive aging is because it's a small team and it would be too complex for them to design.
Lucie Baha
2024-05-24 15:44:53 +0000 UTCYes i agree
Lucie Baha
2024-05-24 15:40:57 +0000 UTCThey want it to be a life simulator and it's still a work in progress so don't worry.
Lucie Baha
2024-05-24 15:39:47 +0000 UTCI love the idea of the new personality trait being random! Maybe it could be randomized by default, but then those who want to choose a different trait can have the option of choosing another.
Holly
2024-05-24 15:35:33 +0000 UTCI actually disagree with others that a young adult stage is needed. If your character is a young adult, just play them as a young adult. You don't really need a game to dictate the type of character you play. If they are middle aged, make them look middle aged and play them as such. Customize them if you are ready for them to transition from 20 something to 40 something because there's functionally no difference between the two.
bonkybon
2024-05-24 15:27:28 +0000 UTCI do like the idea of growth spurts within life stages, seems like a nice compromise. Also agree we need a differentiation between 'young adults' and 'middle aged'
Andrea Digney
2024-05-24 15:25:25 +0000 UTCGosh you are right. Thank you for pointing that out. I was being extremely illiterate I guess.
Perkon
2024-05-24 15:18:56 +0000 UTCN/A I stand corrected!
Perkon
2024-05-24 15:10:35 +0000 UTCIf i upgrade to hero right now will i get this postcard? It's so beautiful! When i saw that there are two cats in it i was overjoyed! i love cats and these cats are so beautiful!!💖💖💖😻😻
PinkRosie
2024-05-24 15:03:07 +0000 UTCI LOVE LOVE LOVE the idea of growth spurts within each life stage! It's fantastic and. A perfect compromise between gradual ageing and a big jump transition. I also love that most life stages can wear the same clothes! I think that's a huge plus for cc-hoarders like myself and for modders! I think I'm most looking forward to different gameplay elements within each lifestage, but the physical changes are a close second for me- it matters to see my Paras age a little, especially with the ability to customize the life length- I have my own system for assigning birthdays so I really like that they won't have distinct ages, but I'll be able to see a little growth here and there. A puberty effect for preteens would be amazing too!
Lautel Okhio
2024-05-24 15:02:52 +0000 UTCI'm really missing the young adult stage, I hope you will add it into the game. :) And I really hope that elders really look like elders. In TS4 there is literally no Differenzen between adults and elders, they only get grey hair and some wrinkles. I'd like to see them walking more slowly, maybe with a walking stick
Leandros Manos
2024-05-24 14:53:45 +0000 UTCI LOVE the idea of growth spurts!!! so exciting and fun
Olivia Moore
2024-05-24 14:53:43 +0000 UTCI agree with everyone saying a young adult stage is important.
LightDeficient
2024-05-24 14:52:54 +0000 UTCAbsolutely agreed. Plus I would like to add another stage. Let's call it mature. The pre stage of elderly. Because the gap between 45 and elderly is too big. Maybe the "mature adults" can be seen as people in their 60s and 70s. Some grey hair and some wrinkles but not yet really old.
Liesel Strick
2024-05-24 14:48:33 +0000 UTCI'm very pleased with the direction chosen for the life stages. I'm thinking the 'baby to toddler' age progression was for demonstration purposes and more varying growth changes will be evident at game release, such as a chubby baby/slender toddler, slender baby/chubby toddler, (etc.), and will possible traits like active/inactive, eats all the time/finicky eater, as examples have an effect like it does for adults in other simulation games. I'm also loving all the creativity being thoughtfully added to Paralives and the Paras! 🌟
tey711
2024-05-24 14:47:50 +0000 UTCCongrats on your first Paratreon post, Gab ! Although I really liked the gradual aging and will miss it, this change makes sense. And the "internal" growth spurts within any give lifestage is a nice compromise :) "Children, pre-teens, teens, adults and elders will all be able to wear the same things" Yes. Yeeeeeeeesss. YAS ! There's a practical aspect to this of course (it's much easier to launch the game without creating the equivalent amount of assets for each lifestage), but what I'm mainly getting from this as a player is FLEXIBILITY. If I want an adult who dresses like a 10yo, or a weird 13yo who dresses like an elderly person, or every other variation under the sun for storytelling reasons, having access to [almost] the entirety of the catalog at each lifestage is ideal. It's also great to mix and match pieces without worrying that your Para has now aged out of having access to it. Plus, it could create the feeling that some Paras have clothes they like to wear over the years, or that have been given to them by family members. I love it. As for the poll, I hesitated between "new personality trait" and "new gameplay opportunities". To me they're kinda similar to be honest, in that they're not cosmetic all that much. What I want is to accompany a Para over time, see experiences have an impact on them (hence gaining a new personality trait), and adapt to these new things. I'd love it if some of the things gained over time was not something I would pick, but more organic (or simply that I could randomize), to make me feel like this Para is evolving on their own, and that I need to adjust my strategy towards the goals I had set for them, or even changing those goals entirely ! Both a new trait and new age-specific gameplay opportunities will create things for me to plan for, to expand on, to explore, in how my Para moves through life. Other Paras could have the same trait or reach the same age, but they will never know exactly THIS Para's growth and evolution. That's what aging means to me.
ladyteruki
2024-05-24 14:44:16 +0000 UTCI disagree. I had a mod in TS3 that allowed my child Sims to grow gradually, and it allowed for siblings in the same life stage, but different ages to be different heights from each other. I hate that they are all the same height regardless of birth order now. Fortunately, I also have a mod that allows teens to be shorter than adults in TS4. This is supposed to be a life simulator. My sister and I are not the same height now, and never have been.
Maiden Minnesota
2024-05-24 14:38:51 +0000 UTCI really hope there is a young adult or a middle aged life stage aged. I think from 20-retirement is too big for one life stage
Zach Speight
2024-05-24 14:38:17 +0000 UTCI hope young adult will be added. There is so much difference between being in your 20s and being 30 to 40
Court12413
2024-05-24 14:35:02 +0000 UTCIt would also allow for cosmetic changes related to ageing, rather than your main competitor’s rather abrupt transition from ‘fresh faced college graduate’ to ‘completely grey hair and bad back’ overnight. You could have the option (not forced) at the ‘middle aged’ transition to choose some wrinkles/lines/undereye bags, and some grey streaks in the hair.
Kat
2024-05-24 14:33:03 +0000 UTCYeah, there could be like mini stages within the adult stage to show the different elements of life and how their desires change
Kensa Fradd-Walker
2024-05-24 14:32:37 +0000 UTCGrowth spurts is a fantastic idea! I hope you guys can get it to work because I think that would really set Paralives apart. I'm also excited to see the pre-teen stage and how that will translate. I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but I would love to see preteens and teenagers deal with acne like in Sims 2! That was such a cute lil detail.
Sarah
2024-05-24 14:31:25 +0000 UTCI agree a young adult and an middle age adult seem to be a drastic difference in reality.
Peachkins
2024-05-24 14:28:55 +0000 UTCPreteens and growth spurts sound amazing! For people who want more adult types, they could have adult “growth spurts” which would slowly transition them to elders. Everything sounds so cool! I can’t wait!
CraftyK8e
2024-05-24 14:27:15 +0000 UTCI was wondering (since seasons were planned from the beginning on if I got that right) if there could be a birthday every in-game year, always during the same season, no matter if the paras are changing to the next life stage or not
Sophia Kohl
2024-05-24 14:26:23 +0000 UTCAs some people have already mentioned, I think having a "young adult" life stage is very important, even more so than a "pre-teen" life stage for me. 22 and 45 isn't the same thing at all. And growing from a teen to an adult is such a drastic change if the adult goes suddenly bald. It would be great to have it in the game from the beginning.
it'sLala
2024-05-24 14:25:05 +0000 UTCI hope for default lifespans, each day of the 100 day lifespan is about 1 real-life year. So teens would be Day 13-19, young adult Day 20-39, etc.
Michael
2024-05-24 14:22:54 +0000 UTCI really like the way aging works, although I feel like there should be a young adult phase as the teen to adult may feel too jarring. I do really like the growth spurt idea a lot!
Baph-Blood
2024-05-24 14:22:20 +0000 UTCI would love a young adult stage even if aging to adult just adds some crows feet. The adult stage is usually the most fun and having a little extra time there is always nice. Love the pre teen addition
Nathan Carpenter
2024-05-24 14:22:18 +0000 UTCHappy to see pre-teens but I think putting all adults aged 18-65ish into one category is a real missed opportunity. It would be great to have a middle aged category between ’adult’ and ‘elder’, with associated changes in wants and goals - e.g. young adults might get more wants related to trying different careers and hobbies, making new friends, and having children; whereas middle aged adults might prioritise stability, for example getting promoted within their career, deepening existing relationships, and providing for their family over having more children.
Kat
2024-05-24 14:21:50 +0000 UTCThanks for the update! I would, also, like to see a middle-aged life stage. And if you add a young adult stage at some point, it'd be neat if it would differ somehow from the adult stage. In Sims 4, for example, young adult and adult felt like the same stage was just repeated twice.
Mirka Lintula
2024-05-24 14:21:23 +0000 UTCsome age related idiosyncrasies would be nice :) . when ageing up bring up a roulette to win traits like ear hair, bumbling about youths, walking by cane, animal lover, frightened by cats, talks to themselves, can't cook to save their life etc :)
sm duta
2024-05-24 14:21:19 +0000 UTCThis is amazing news! Would there ever be the inclusion of other adult life stages, such as young adult?
Samuel Jenkins
2024-05-24 14:20:56 +0000 UTCI really hope when they are changing life stages, their style won't suddenly change to the most random one lol. If they can have the same hairstyle in all/most life stages, the hair should probably stay when aging up, I don't want to see another ponytail when growing up to teen or adult lol
Renikee
2024-05-24 14:20:08 +0000 UTCWould elders have specific number of days until their demise or will it be left open similar to how The Sims works (could happen every minute now or can stay alive for one week more). Also, as you mention growth spurts, that is really great idea and it is sort of a solution for those who want gradual aging. I think it would be fun with some life stages if the growth spurt also meant something in terms of gradual developing (like babies starting to crawl or preschool kid)
Wondrous_Mickey
2024-05-24 14:19:48 +0000 UTCI really like the idea of growth spurts. It would be a good compromise between gradual aging and the life stages. And it may add gameplay mechanics. As an idea: when I had growth spurts I was feeling pain on certain body parts. Maybe you can add it too? I know you can’t add anything in the game but it is an idea
KimMasila
2024-05-24 14:19:31 +0000 UTCAgreed on all points!
Katie K
2024-05-24 14:19:29 +0000 UTCIt’s a shame that there will only be adult and elder stage. Adult could be anything from 18-60, and elder 60+. It would be cool if we could have young adult (20-40), middle aged/adult (40-60), elder (60-80), old age (80+) Or something like that
Scandigal
2024-05-24 14:19:18 +0000 UTCSo absolutely excited
Alana
2024-05-24 14:19:05 +0000 UTCi do like the option of enjoying new gameplay opportunities for each life stage but i would love the option of a prodical child type thing which would allow you to access adult skills and stuff but as a teenager/child.
Stewby
2024-05-24 14:18:21 +0000 UTCFor me, I enjoy playing rotationally as it's most fun to spend time with multiple families throughout the generations. I wonder how this will work but also keep aging synced across the whole town. It would be a problem if I switch to play a different family and my first family is progressing and aging up without me. In other games, you would have to remember that Teen A in Household 1 is 3 days older than Teen B in Household 2 and then keep that age gap constant if you moved Teen A and Teen B into the same dorm for college. I hope there is some smart solution, perhaps tied to a calendar, that keeps relative ages and aging in sync.
Michael
2024-05-24 14:18:01 +0000 UTCLove that you're adding Pre Teens! Will the Young Adult Stage be added later too?
Sydney Jupiter
2024-05-24 14:16:46 +0000 UTCHi! I was curious why there is only an adult stage and not also a young adult stage :)
Veronica Vargas Zaraza
2024-05-24 14:16:19 +0000 UTCVery exciting! Thank you for the updates! If not during launch, potentially at a later date, it would be nice to have a "young adult" life stage as well. People change a lot when they're younger but not so much when older. A 45 year old and a 35 year old isn't that different but a 22 year old and a 35 year old usually have different experiences 🙂
Christine Harvey
2024-05-24 14:16:11 +0000 UTCI would love to see a lot of cute interactions with babies and many activities for elders. I think those stages sometimes are left out and boring and babies are too cute to be just a short and boring phase. Maybe walks with the babies, carrying them around on the Para's back...
Una_simple_ kpoper
2024-05-24 14:14:00 +0000 UTCCan't lie: it's a little bit disappointing that gradual aging is gone because that felt like a unique feature over other life sim games. But I do like the idea of "growth spurts" during life stages. That feels like a good compromise! Also love the inclusion of the pre-teen lifestage and the option to choose a new personality trait or evolve a current one. Would love to see the adult stage split into a couple different stages, though: EG: young adult and middle-aged adult. People often change a lot from, say, their 20s to their 40s, and it's not quite as dramatic as the shift from "adult to elder." But I love this overview, and I'm hyped!
Brooke H
2024-05-24 14:13:30 +0000 UTCNot gonna lie, the growing thing was just a wee bit creepy. But only because it happened so quickly LOL
Danielle Ellis
2024-05-24 14:12:54 +0000 UTCExclusive opportunities for each life stage sounds absolutely amazing!
Filipe Alves
2024-05-24 14:12:24 +0000 UTCAnother post card to add to my collection! Regarding the ageing process, will the life expectancy of Paras be assigned at random (much like genetics)? If yes, can other factors influence it (diet, exercise, etc.)? These questions apply to height as well. Sorry for long comment.
Julio Saliba
2024-05-24 14:10:59 +0000 UTCso hype!
merlin
2024-05-24 14:06:56 +0000 UTC
