Exclusive Chalet Tour for Patrons Only
Added 2021-06-11 18:05:44 +0000 UTCHello Internet!
Anna reporting from Paralives Studio Inc., on the eve of a very special day that I’m sure plenty of you have been waiting for a long time: the famous chalet reveal! But as promised, we have a sneak peek for Patrons only in this very post down below.
The full video reveal will happen tomorrow, 1PM ET on the Wholesome Direct. The Wholesome Direct version of the video is quite short, so in order to showcase more of the building process, we decided to also release a longer version of the video, simultaneously on our YouTube Channel. Stay tuned!
I know I know, it’s been a while since we announced this house building video, but it’s almost time now! Last year, when we announced it and asked you to vote on a theme for the build, we planned to build it and showcase it in late 2020 or early 2021. As you already know, we chose to postpone it to polish the build tools and make progress on other parts of the game like the Paramaker. Game development is a wild ride! Making a single feature work perfectly requires a lot of work coding, debugging, testing and sometimes going back to the design board again. Apart from the build tools and regular player features you’ll see in action in the video, there are plenty of mod tools in the background that needed the same treatment. Thankfully, our small but fierce team of build mode programmers was ready to take on the challenge!
Even now, our UI, mod and build tools still need improvements and are being actively worked on, so it’s not the last time you’ll hear about them.
We’re all happy with the result, as we were able to build everything from scratch in the game, including every item with our mod tools, and seeing all these new objects in their new environment. Everyone in the team was able to contribute to this result and it makes us super proud!
Chalet Sneak Peek (For Patrons only. Please don’t share)
Now with that said, let me take you on a secret tour of what you will be able to see in our famous chalet. Close your eyes if you don’t want to be spoiled!
Here is how it looks like from outside:
...Did you notice the bear?
The cozy interior looks like this:
This is what you see after you just entered through the door. Here are the dining room and the kitchen, both surrounded by large resized windows and separated with a curved wall. It looks like a cozy place to eat poutine after a long day out!
Or maybe you’d like to chill in front of the fire, drinking hot cocoa perhaps, sitting comfortably on our modular couch or our famous “sausage” armchair (temporary name… unless?). Again, there’s nothing like too many windows when you build a cabin in the middle of a beautiful landscape.
Rest reassured, there are comfortable and modern amenities in there too!
The above screenshot contains an early look at our catalog UI. It’s still very much a work in progress, but we’re satisfied enough with the general look to show it in action in the long version of our upcoming video. Thumbnails are not in the perfect shape just yet, and we’d like to add sub-categories to the left menu, along with some “resizable” or price indicators, to cite just a few improvements we’re going to make in the future. Thanks to everyone who suggested great ideas for the furniture catalog menu in this previous Patreon post, they will come in handy!
I’d like to show you a little bonus feature that we haven’t shown anyone yet! You can hold the Shift key while moving an object to move it into or above the ground.
Here concludes this little tour, hope you liked it! Thank you so much for bearing with us during this long journey. Can’t wait to see your reactions to the video!
Cheers,
Anna
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Comments
The lighting looks so beautiful!!!!! very cozy and ambient i cant wait to play!!!
2021-06-19 16:55:36 +0000 UTCthis looks so good!! The bear is so cute 🥺 , and I love the general look. You guys are truly amazing, so glad I joined!
2021-06-18 19:45:43 +0000 UTCI’m so glad I caught you guys in early development and I can be a part of the growth❤️ you guys are doing amazing
Natalia
2021-06-13 19:36:56 +0000 UTCLooks very good! Do you already have plans concerning testing and whether Patreons will be able to apply for testing?
N00dlex
2021-06-13 11:40:52 +0000 UTCSo I had a question...how did you do the steps?? I love how they are angled in the corner.
Maxayn Henderson
2021-06-12 22:52:11 +0000 UTCI’m soooo happy I found this game development in the very early stages and I’m very excited to be apart of the para-community and helping filter ideas into what is to be the simulation masterpiece of this generation !!! 😭👏🏽
Luther Duncan
2021-06-12 20:23:14 +0000 UTCAlso, upgraded my membership to Hero. I wish I could contribute more, but I am on disability right now. Keep up the great work BTW. Love Mike.
Michael
2021-06-12 18:22:36 +0000 UTCWatched the video today and did the Wholesome Indie video stream today too. I wish they could have shown a longer video of Paralives. Most of the people were watching were there just for them! hehe
Michael
2021-06-12 18:16:30 +0000 UTCWow, this is so beautiful! I love the furniture!
Elizabeth Gonzales
2021-06-12 18:02:19 +0000 UTCThis is absolutely astonishing! Ya’ll are so fantastic!!
Heaven Moore
2021-06-12 15:42:09 +0000 UTCI love 'Sausage Chair' as a furniture name.
2021-06-12 14:42:20 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see more...loving it all, and congratulations on your beautiful design and function! Awesome team work!!
tey711
2021-06-12 13:17:24 +0000 UTCThat's sooooo cool, congratulations 🎉! Also I love the "sausage chair" :D !
Leopoldine
2021-06-12 11:59:13 +0000 UTCWow I love this!
Catalina Lunessa
2021-06-12 11:07:55 +0000 UTCI'm lovin 'it. It'd also be great if you added plugs and stuff to have a more realistic decoration. Thnx!!
2021-06-12 10:18:42 +0000 UTCFantastic :) :D
Christina Ozeki
2021-06-12 07:38:13 +0000 UTCLoving this! Its such a cozy warm vibe. The (temporary) minimalistic UI is also looking good, I think I can see the vision of what it's going for because for some reason or another, it kind of reminds me of looking through an actual magazine catalogue. Im also really digging the art style, it strikes a perfect balance between realism and stylized. Can't wait to see the video, I'm sure it'll add an entire new level of charm and life to these images!
ramaru
2021-06-12 02:45:33 +0000 UTCLook so cosy! I can't wait to see the full videos both on the Wholesome Direct and Youtube. Also, The UI is nice and simple!
Kanchaross J.
2021-06-12 00:59:39 +0000 UTCLooks great! Question: are the modular couches suppose to look mix matched or is that lighting? :)
2021-06-12 00:37:04 +0000 UTCEvery time you guys post something it makes me want to play this game even more! As an avid builder in the “game that shall not be named” I’m loving what build-mode is looking like and the sheer amount of customization possible! Lots of love from BC ❤️
Breanna
2021-06-12 00:24:17 +0000 UTCI can’t wait to see the video! I love the living room; I actually like the name “sausage chair”, lol.
BooDotBoo .
2021-06-12 00:07:47 +0000 UTCI made a comment elsewhere, but I'm actually wondering, will Paralives have optional and user editable key bindings? To help minimise the user interface and make some often used options quicker for those who play a lot?
Fran Smith
2021-06-11 23:53:51 +0000 UTCI'd actually like to see them pop out from a kind of minimal side position. Most computer screens are quite rectangular these days, too rectangular, as if they were built for cinematic use. There is more room lengthwise then there is at the bottom - game pictures already are too narrow vertically. Lots of newer games are putting them at the side these days. If you play a lot, you get used to them regardless of where they are situated. I'd like to see either a small popup button on one of either sides of the screen, or even better an option to have them not visual at all, just optional binded keyboard shortcut, perhaps, so that they take up no space on the screen until you need it. Lots of user editable key binding opinions would be great! (hint, hint), eg numbers for choosing a Para, V for verbals, I for inventory, C for change clothes, T for travel, S for sleep etc. Lots of other options too.
Fran Smith
2021-06-11 23:31:49 +0000 UTCIt looks so good
Codi
2021-06-11 23:13:44 +0000 UTCWell done team! Thankyou for your hard work! We are all excited, but we all know that good things take time - so keep taking the time you need and we will be cheering you all the way!
JessIsMore
2021-06-11 23:06:26 +0000 UTC!!! Our first proof a real playable game exists! Finally we can tell the haters to go somewhere else when they call this wonderful project a scam.
2021-06-11 22:47:47 +0000 UTCThank you! We are aiming to make it so you don't necessarily have to pause the game to build and buy objects
Alex Massé
2021-06-11 22:10:34 +0000 UTCI really like this game style it reminds me a little bit of the tenants
Jasmine
2021-06-11 21:43:46 +0000 UTCI can’t wait to see the video tomorrow, it looks so cozy ❤️
Tini
2021-06-11 21:18:57 +0000 UTCIt looks amazing!
Tamari
2021-06-11 21:17:11 +0000 UTCJust when I think I’m not excited enough there’s a new post 🤣🖤
Brandi Werthner
2021-06-11 21:04:12 +0000 UTCI can't wait until tomorrow!!
2021-06-11 19:57:29 +0000 UTCSo exciting omg it looks awesome 😭😭
Alina Gold
2021-06-11 19:25:04 +0000 UTCI love how the UI looks very simple and clean. It's definitely the intuitive approach that I'd love to see in a life sim game. I like how the build mode catalog is able to expand down the length of the window as its easier to skim through. Is build mode still accessible during live play mode? I ask because the play button is highlighted in one of the pictures with the build mode catalog toggled.
hjs_wells
2021-06-11 19:24:35 +0000 UTCI want to move in there ... honestly, this looks so nice and cosy.
Anja Hoffmann
2021-06-11 19:20:19 +0000 UTCI'm of the thought process that those other games are keeping tabs on Paralives because they know they're losing their fan base and are releasing things that are going to be base game in Paralives because we are excited about Paralives
Toria Stock
2021-06-11 19:19:53 +0000 UTCThank you Sarah! That's certainly a challenge, yes! We're still working on basements and we'll have to make sure that lowering items into the ground works well with basements. We have an idea on how to do it so we're confident!
Alex Massé
2021-06-11 19:15:41 +0000 UTCThe UI is impressing meeeeee
Joanna Hinds
2021-06-11 19:04:24 +0000 UTCthe shift key feature gives me the planet zoo feels! thank you for adding this! the possibilities!!!
Mari R.
2021-06-11 19:01:14 +0000 UTCI'm in love with the colours 😍
teszter.bp
2021-06-11 18:58:45 +0000 UTCAahhh!! I’m so excited! It is so clear that all of you work so so hard to make this for all of us. I’m proud to support you!! Thank you so much 🙌🙌🙌🙌✨
2021-06-11 18:49:54 +0000 UTCThe catalog looks so GOOD!! Especially considering it's still in early stages! I LOVE all the detail and clutter (am I seeing coat racks where you can hang items, like the ice skates?!). Also, I can't remember if basements are confirmed or not, but has there been any thought to how lowering items into the ground will affect basements (if they are to be implemented)? I remember reading or hearing somewhere that Sims 4 devs ran into that issue when they tried to allow items to be lowered into the ground. Hoping it won't be an issue for Paralives! :) Keep up the great work, and take your time!!
Sarah
2021-06-11 18:49:39 +0000 UTCThank you! We'd like to test making it so you can expand UI windows and see more or less objects at once
Alex Massé
2021-06-11 18:46:25 +0000 UTCI think there’s a video shown early on that shows the ability to drag items. As in, you can make them bigger or smaller with height, but I’m not sure if you’re able to do so in terms of left or right drag to make things bigger.
Lily Tindel
2021-06-11 18:38:50 +0000 UTCOh my goodness!!!!! 😍😍😍
2021-06-11 18:38:40 +0000 UTCLoving the simple look of the UI. It would be great to be able to customize the number of columns and rows you see with a click and drag corner at the bottom right of the catalog, so you can decide on the go how much scrolling vs. how much background obstruction you want/need.
Maddalena Segato
2021-06-11 18:37:10 +0000 UTCOh lordy this is FABULOUS
Vic
2021-06-11 18:36:45 +0000 UTCwoaw that's beautiful! I only have a small recommendation: I think you wanted to stand out by placing the items on the left side, but it would be good to integrate an option to put them at the bottom, in the classic way because I think it goes quickly be painful. see you soon, I can't wait! sorry for my bad English ✨
Holly Kinglund
2021-06-11 18:35:06 +0000 UTCPetition for the chair to forever be called “the sausage”
Jack-is-here
2021-06-11 18:32:06 +0000 UTCIt's fascinating seeing this be implemented so early on while other games are putting in things like L sofas and platforms 5+ years after release. I'm so hyped for this game!
2021-06-11 18:31:56 +0000 UTCAre we able to resize items as in. "Make the lamp bigger or smaller" not just in dragging it to be a floor lamp instead of desk?
Kiiiwiii
2021-06-11 18:30:29 +0000 UTCAhhh I want it now! It looks so great, kudos to the team!
2021-06-11 18:29:31 +0000 UTCThat could be fun to create a whole house in yellow! Maybe we can look into it later to see if it's possible to add that as a feature!
Alex Massé
2021-06-11 18:28:15 +0000 UTCLove it ❤️❤️
Shelly Rice
2021-06-11 18:27:17 +0000 UTCI just got another idea for the catalog. Not sure if it has been suggested already, but what if you could pick a color on the color wheel, and every item's base/main color in the catalog would turn to that color? Would that be possible?
BekkiRoss
2021-06-11 18:26:55 +0000 UTCPlease keep the postage stamp looking thing in the lower right hand corner!
Jade Young
2021-06-11 18:25:24 +0000 UTCI agree that it should be called sausage chair lol
Krissy
2021-06-11 18:24:03 +0000 UTCWow! That you for sharing this looks awesome. I hope the postage stamp looking things are here to stay I love that look!
Krissy
2021-06-11 18:23:52 +0000 UTCThe "sausage chair" is the only correct name for that chair.
Phoenix
2021-06-11 18:23:09 +0000 UTCCan't wait to see the video 😭 I love it <3
Aleksandra
2021-06-11 18:22:13 +0000 UTCWooooow amazing😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
2021-06-11 18:22:03 +0000 UTCI'm sure you already are doing this, but make sure to have very detailed subcategories so players aren't stuck searching through long lists of items for one little thing
Sophie Goodman-Merel
2021-06-11 18:20:02 +0000 UTCLooks amazing! 🤩 Can't wait for tomorrow 🤩
BekkiRoss
2021-06-11 18:19:57 +0000 UTCLooks amazing!
2021-06-11 18:19:47 +0000 UTCExcited about seeing the UI development! Easy searchability for items and category tags make building so much easier
Sophie Goodman-Merel
2021-06-11 18:18:34 +0000 UTCThis looks totally amazing. You've blown me away, as always!! ❤️
Zahlea
2021-06-11 18:18:22 +0000 UTCThis looks so good
Deborah Aittokallio
2021-06-11 18:18:03 +0000 UTCLook closer!
Alex Massé
2021-06-11 18:17:32 +0000 UTCThis looks absolutely amazing! Good job team!!!❤️🙏
LightDeficient
2021-06-11 18:16:51 +0000 UTCI love it but I'm quite disapointed... WHERE IS THE BEAR ?
Emma Pelletier
2021-06-11 18:14:54 +0000 UTCWOW!!! i can't wait to be able to build in this game myseld!!
Kerry Wong
2021-06-11 18:13:38 +0000 UTCI AM SO EXCITED
Alfie
2021-06-11 18:12:24 +0000 UTCwow!!! amazing!!! i would just like to add that i much prefer to wait and get a complete and polished finished product than a half-built game by the promised release date where you don’t even have the pool or terrain tools. thanks for the preview! can’t wait for the video!
Aww
2021-06-11 18:12:20 +0000 UTCMoving objects above and below the ground is awesome! I can just thing of all the creative possibilities that this can provide with the many builds to come!
2021-06-11 18:12:08 +0000 UTCYeah this is awesome !! I’m so excited !!! Great job guys 👏
Lucie San
2021-06-11 18:11:58 +0000 UTCThis is so good! I cannot wait to finally see the video tomorrow! We all appreciate the work you guys put into this so much! :)
Mauro Fantin
2021-06-11 18:11:24 +0000 UTCI’m so excited for the video, this looks great!
Mo Des
2021-06-11 18:11:03 +0000 UTCOMG THIS IS AMAZING
Calista
2021-06-11 18:10:12 +0000 UTCAwesome 👌love it
Kyle Marquardt
2021-06-11 18:09:04 +0000 UTCi am so blown away, i cannot wait to get my hands on this game
Aliyah Martinez
2021-06-11 18:08:58 +0000 UTCOh nice! Getting super excited for this!!
2021-06-11 18:08:54 +0000 UTCThis is awesome 😎
Kiya Averhart
2021-06-11 18:08:42 +0000 UTC
