Testing Paralives with Friends + Guess the Parafolk + Team Pictures ✨
Added 2024-04-12 14:00:21 +0000 UTCHello everyone,
Alex here to share a couple of small updates! As usual, this post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it, thanks! 🔐
🎮 Testing the Game with Close Friends!
Since we are planning to release the game in Early Access on Steam in 2025, we have now switched gear and we will be playtesting the game a lot more. Starting in a couple of weeks, we will be asking some of our close friends to come to our office to test the game every month. For the first session, they will be trying their hands at building houses. 🏡
Within the team, we are used to working with the build mode but we’re eager to see how people from outside the team play with it and to see which feature can be made easier to use and more fun in general. I’m sure that this will drive us to make many improvements and polishes and we will be sharing these with you here on Patreon!
Side note: we often get asked if Patrons will be able to test the game before the release. Unfortunately, it’s not planned. We can’t wait to let you play when the game releases in Early Access and collect your feedback on what we can do to improve the game. However, for now, we are already aware of the important features to improve so we will be sticking to close friends for our tests because it’s easier for us to watch them play right in front of us and see where they get stuck. I hope that makes sense!
🧑 Guess the Parafolk!
When you will be creating your characters in the Paramaker, in addition to using the dozens of body and face sliders, you will have access to presets of eyes, noses, mouths and so on. These will help you select something that is close to what you aim for before you then tweak the individual sliders.
To make sure that we have enough of presets covering a large array of people, Sonia attempted to recreate well known people:
Can you guess who these actors are? Post your answers in the comments!
👨👩👧 Team Updates (Illustrated)
🌒 Eclipse
Total eclipses only happen once or twice in a lifetime and we were lucky enough to be able to watch it as a team this week. It was incredible!!
💬 Game Developer Conference
A few weeks ago, I went to GDC, the annual Game Developer Conference. I went to 35 sessions given by different game developers from around the world. I learned many things, met people and I came back with a lot of ideas and energy. Also, look at my cool Paralives shirt in the picture above!
One of the talks I saw was given by Larian, the studio behind Baldur’s Gate 3. It was amazing to hear about the development challenges they encountered because their game was one of my favorite from last year!
🐶 New Dog on the Team!
This week, Chloé adopted a very, verrrry cute puppy! Welcome to the team!
Have a great weekend and take care!
Alex
Comments
i dont regonize the actors at all
mollie
2024-11-14 16:18:09 +0000 UTC1 is Giancarlo Esposito, 2 is Samuel L. Jackson but I have no clue who 3 is
merrick
2024-04-17 14:15:29 +0000 UTCHaha awesome!! I'm framing this and putting it in the game 😄
Mo Des
2024-04-15 19:21:56 +0000 UTCThank you so much! We're very happy to hear you're liking the look of the foreheads and wrinkles :) #3 is a bald Benedict Cumberbatch haha
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 19:02:10 +0000 UTCHe is!! Thank you 😊
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 19:00:43 +0000 UTCChloé's puppy is named Layton!!
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 19:00:16 +0000 UTCthere are no plans yet but hopefully someday after the release 😍
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:58:05 +0000 UTCThe way I would have never guessed that 😂 Leave that man's beautiful hair alone.
Chanel Moss
2024-04-15 18:57:41 +0000 UTCalmooost! #2 is Samuel L. Jackson :)
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:57:32 +0000 UTCIt's actually Samuel L. Jackson, but I see why you guessed Ru Paul haha
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:54:18 +0000 UTCclose! it's actually Gustavo Fring 😊
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:53:40 +0000 UTCclose but no! 👀
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:39:14 +0000 UTCyou get an A+!!
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:38:54 +0000 UTCit was ✨ bald Benedict Cumberbatch ✨
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:38:36 +0000 UTCThat's okay, I also had a hard time remembering who some of those actors were 😅 - Gab
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:37:59 +0000 UTCWe can't wait!! But nothing will be as exciting as sharing the game with you all when it launches in Early Access 😍
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:36:49 +0000 UTCThat's him 😍
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:36:14 +0000 UTCChloé named her puppy Layton 🥰 Hope you enjoyed watching the total eclipse too!
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:35:58 +0000 UTCNo way omg that was gonna be my next guess! So close!
Victoria
2024-04-15 18:34:10 +0000 UTCAlmost got it! #3 was a bald Benedict Cumberbatch :)
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:34:04 +0000 UTCSo close! #3 was a bald Benedict Cumberbatch :)
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:33:40 +0000 UTCThat's correct 😊
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:33:00 +0000 UTCThank you!
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-15 18:32:42 +0000 UTCI didn't recognise number #1 but I was also guessing #2 Samuel L Jackson and #3 Benedict Cumberbatch?? PUPPYYYY!!!! So cute ohmygoodness
Bethy Grace
2024-04-15 00:42:16 +0000 UTC1 is Giancarlo Esposito, 2 I'm pretty sure is Samuel L Jackson, and 3 is Benedict Cumberbatch
xfakelucid
2024-04-14 21:43:50 +0000 UTCHello puppy! 😍 I know #3 looks like Benedict Cumberbatch but I’m not sure about the others. 🤷♀️
Zeevryn
2024-04-14 20:03:00 +0000 UTCI assume since its gonna be on steam it will work on either
Maxx
2024-04-14 13:45:28 +0000 UTCThey said, they will contact everyone when the time has come ^^
Elias-Crayario
2024-04-13 18:17:43 +0000 UTCIt’s probably too early but does anyone know when legends will get to add their parafolk to the game? I can’t wait to play! 😍
Closeface
2024-04-13 11:51:41 +0000 UTCNr 1 is gus from breaking bad (or Giancarlo Esposito). No idea who the other two are, but they look definitely familiar! But I also suck at actors though, so that just might be it! 😄
Neovelli
2024-04-13 10:44:06 +0000 UTCSo excited to see this!
Luiza Alves
2024-04-13 09:48:06 +0000 UTCThis has probably been asked before but will early access be available for mac or just on pc? So excited to play!!
Mara
2024-04-13 01:42:00 +0000 UTC1 seems familiar but I can't place him, 2 may be Samuel L. Jackson and 3 looks like Benedict Cumberbatch to me
Kechi
2024-04-13 00:35:02 +0000 UTCPuppies!
theo
2024-04-12 23:10:40 +0000 UTCBendersnatch Cucumberhead!
Maxx
2024-04-12 20:20:07 +0000 UTC2 is Samuel L. Jackson, 3 maybe Bruce Willis, if he shaved his 5-o-clock shade ? No idea about 1. Congrats on new puppy and surviving Sun Swallowing Event ;)
FinFan 83
2024-04-12 17:28:43 +0000 UTC#1 Giancarlo Esposito #2 ? #3 Benedict Cumberbatch?
Chiara
2024-04-12 17:27:27 +0000 UTCCute puppy !
Joanie Boissonneault
2024-04-12 17:22:41 +0000 UTCDon't know the first one but the second is Samuel l Jackson and the third is benadryl bandersnatch
lias
2024-04-12 17:21:11 +0000 UTC1) Giancarlo Esposito aka Gus Fring from Breaking Bad 2) I have no clue 3) Benedict Cumberbatch
Maxx
2024-04-12 16:56:42 +0000 UTCNumber 2 made me immediately think of RuPaul and not Samuel 😭
dinoPharaoh
2024-04-12 16:54:16 +0000 UTCI didnt know who any of those are and reading comments I know at least two but could not recognize them if the guesses are correct
Court12413
2024-04-12 15:41:44 +0000 UTCI already posted on Discord but here again: 1 Giancarlo Esposito, 2 Samuel L Jackson, 3 Benedict Cumberbatch
tey711
2024-04-12 15:25:41 +0000 UTCWill we get a TL;DR of how the tests will go ? Especially when it comes to the build mode, which at this point I feel we know pretty well (at least as far as we can know it without having played it !) and can't be spoiled much about. I'm really curious about the feedback from people who are not Paradevs, and who might potentially not be devs at all ! I feel like it'd be super interesting to have even just a few bullet points of some of their impressions. Giancarlo Esposito is super recognizable. Would you do Nicola Coughlan next ? You probably don't take requests but just in case... Hey, careful, that weiner dog is not wearing the appropriate glasses !!! XD
ladyteruki
2024-04-12 15:24:24 +0000 UTCI'd recognize giancarlo anywhere. the second is sam l jackson maybe???...not sure of the third one. And chloes new puppy is so cute 😍
Tinsley
2024-04-12 15:04:48 +0000 UTCImpressed with how well I can identify who those paras are! I'm excited!
Sylvester Negron
2024-04-12 14:55:26 +0000 UTCGuys… Come on now… Ru Paul doesn’t look like that! Not all bald men look the same. 😞
Toba
2024-04-12 14:46:59 +0000 UTC1. Giancarlo Esposito as Gustavo Fring 2. Samuel L. Jackson 3. Bald Benedict Cumberbatch?
Brandon Jewett
2024-04-12 14:46:21 +0000 UTCGiancarlo Esposito, Denzel, and idk
Synthia Hubbard
2024-04-12 14:40:06 +0000 UTCBless you 🥹
Sawachii
2024-04-12 14:34:26 +0000 UTC1 Giancarlo Esposito, 2 Samuel L Jackson, 3 Benedict Cumberbatch
sm duta
2024-04-12 14:34:10 +0000 UTCAn eclipse in game would be so cute! :’)
Rhia Bo bea
2024-04-12 14:27:10 +0000 UTCwe tried (https://twitter.com/ParalivesGame/status/1777508817208512760/photo/1) but they wouldn't stay on so we just put her little hood on so that she didn't look up at the sun 🥺
Gabrielle Boyer-Antoni
2024-04-12 14:26:03 +0000 UTCIn this moment, I just wish to be your close friend to test the game. 🤓I would be always hanging out in the office😂😂😂
Tereza Restrepo García
2024-04-12 14:25:02 +0000 UTCAs another fan of BG3, I'm totally jealous you got to listen to the Larian developers speak! I think they are another great example of a team of devs who really care about their players and the quality of the game they put out. :)
Toria Stock
2024-04-12 14:20:14 +0000 UTC#1 is without a doubt Gus Fring from Los Pollos Hermanos 🐤 Great job!
Ana Isabel Ribeiro
2024-04-12 14:19:30 +0000 UTCWHAT’S THE NAME OF THE PUPPY???❤️❤️❤️
Lisa Hedlund
2024-04-12 14:18:16 +0000 UTCWhen can we purchase paralives merch like that cool tshirt? :)
Toria Stock
2024-04-12 14:17:43 +0000 UTC1. Gus Fring 2. RuPau????? 3. benedict cumberbatch for suree
Sandy Pierre
2024-04-12 14:17:06 +0000 UTCOmg you might be right, that was the only one I couldn’t figure out
Sandy Pierre
2024-04-12 14:15:43 +0000 UTC200Hertz
2024-04-12 14:14:53 +0000 UTC2 must be rupaul
Emma Wagemans
2024-04-12 14:12:03 +0000 UTC1 is Andre Braugher!
Maxime Béland
2024-04-12 14:11:47 +0000 UTCDid you give the doggy glasses for the eclipse viewing too? 🥺
Sawachii
2024-04-12 14:11:42 +0000 UTC3 looks like Benedict Cumberbatch to me
EmiNerd
2024-04-12 14:10:49 +0000 UTC3 is Andy Warhol?
Maxime Béland
2024-04-12 14:09:58 +0000 UTC1. Gustavo Fring 🙏 2. Samuel L. Jackson? 3. Is it Benedict Cumberbatch?? I just recently watched Sherlock again and I can't NOT see it now 😂
Mo Des
2024-04-12 14:08:15 +0000 UTCI'm just waiting for someone to guess the third since I already know the first two immediately.
Chanel Moss
2024-04-12 14:07:35 +0000 UTCI guess I don't know as much about celebrities as I thought. I didn't know anyone until I read some of the comments.
Mason Evans
2024-04-12 14:07:24 +0000 UTCI had the same thought hahahaha
merlin
2024-04-12 14:07:22 +0000 UTCNumber 2 looks like Samuel Jackson 🤔. That's great to hear about your friends play testing the game! How exciting!!
Sammy Clark
2024-04-12 14:07:20 +0000 UTC3 looks like bald Benedict cumberbatch? Lol
Chloette
2024-04-12 14:06:22 +0000 UTCGus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), Samuel L. Jackson and I cannot tell who the last guy is...
merlin
2024-04-12 14:05:59 +0000 UTCWhat a cute doggo! What is the dog’s name? If you haven’t came up with a name, the team should come up with it. I’m glad you enjoyed the eclipse with the team! I watched the total eclipse as well from a different location.
Julio Saliba
2024-04-12 14:05:56 +0000 UTC1 HAS to be Giancarlo Esposito as Gus from breaking bad. 2, could it be Samuel L. Jackson? 3…. Can’t put my finger on it 😭
Victoria
2024-04-12 14:04:56 +0000 UTCSamuel L Jackson is in the middle I think
Danielle Ellis
2024-04-12 14:04:54 +0000 UTCGiancarlo Esposito. Great pictures!
Ivan
2024-04-12 14:04:52 +0000 UTCGUS FRINGGG❤️
Nana
2024-04-12 14:04:37 +0000 UTC
