Hello everyone! Richard and Alejandro here bringing you new features and changes to the Build mode! As you know we have been working hard on the last touches to the build mode before focusing on the Live mode.
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We started with the feature of...
2024-09-20 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi! Alex here to share a few updates! As usual, this post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it, thank you 🔐
For the past 6 months, we’ve been heavily focused on the build mode to make sure it’s ready for the Early Access release next year.
What we did:
⭐ Missing features: We added important missing features like the 2024-09-13 13:58:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Léa here to bring you some fresh news 🍃 Since I’m working on both the Build Mode and the Paramaker, I will present you a mix of the two!
During his hack week, Alex created a prototype for clotheslines in the game (feel free to check out the other hackweek projects!) He asked me to...
2024-09-06 13:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostA good Friday to all! This week, I wanted to give you another glimpse of what a typical work week looks like for me. That means going through my tasks, trials and tribulations, and more! I always enjoy talking about what I’m doing on a day-to-day basis, and I hope you’ll enjoy reading about it! As usual, this post is for Patrons only, thank you for not sharing it around!
Today was my day at the office. I love ...
2024-08-30 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHiiii, Alice here with you today! ☀️
I’m back from my holidays and this week, Lina and I would like to show you what we have been up to during this year’s Hackweek, as well as new baby animations! To showcase these, I made a short video that you can watch at the top of this Patreon Post. ⬆🎥 Everything shown today is still a work in progress and might change and evolve in time. ✨
Baby...
2024-08-23 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings dear viewers, Sonia here for your weekly dose of content!
As usual, I will introduce you to our latest creations for the Paramaker. For today’s selection we have options for various styles, so hopefully you’ll find something that tickles your fancy!
Here are our models of the day:
3 Parafolks wearing the newest additions to the Paramaker.
2024-08-16 13:10:00 +0000 UTC
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For this week’s Patreon post, brought to you by Alex and Charlotte, we will take a look back at our experience at Montreal Comic Con, followed by a look into Charlotte’s work as a Quality Assurance tester and her hack week!
This post is for patrons only, so please do not share! Thank you! ✨
Hi, it’s Alex! Last month, we had the opportunity to showcase the build mode for a 3-days weekend at Montreal Comicco...
2024-08-09 14:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, Anna here!
Today I’m excited to show you what Jérémie and I worked on during our hackweek. For those who don’t know what it is, every year at Paralives Studio, we all participate in a special week during which we can work on things that are not necessarily urgent (or even planned for the release). It’s nice because it allows us to work on exciting features without waiting for it to be the top priority! There are also no meetings during that week so it f...
2024-08-02 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostHi there! It’s Chloe, here for today’s Patreon post. A few months ago, Alex tasked me with something I was not used to doing, but that I was game for: drawing custom icons for the game’s menus! So for this post, I will be showcasing the work that went into our revamp of the Build Mode menus and the Paramaker’s. This post is exclusive to Patreon, so please do not share it! Thank you!
One of the first thing...
2024-07-26 13:08:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Andrei here ready to show you a special post on the creation of our audio assets! In the last few weeks, the team has been focusing on finishing everything left to do in the Build mode before Early Access. So we’ve been adding tons of cozy sounds to the game as features get implemented and the UI gets polished. Well, today I’m going to show you a more in-depth look at how I make most of these sounds for the game. We’ve already made a similar post showcasing the Paramaker s...
2024-07-19 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostGood Friday to you’all :)!
It’s Richard, for a new post on our progress on the terrain tools. I will be summarizing the work on terrain painting and sculpting made by Alex, Andrei, Chloé, Jérémie and I ( in alphabetical order).
Alex and I made a video to show how it looks and feels. You will also hear the ambiance and tool sound effects that Andrei has been adding to the game. My favorite part is the “krum lum bululuuluul kluc”.
Hello everyone! Léa here to celebrate summer by bringing you some of the hottest content ever created in Paralives. 🔥This week, I’m taking our Parafolks’ clothes off to showcase our new underwear, new swimwear, and three new hairstyles! 👙
All the content in this post is available for all body types without gender restrictions.
For the second year in...
2024-07-05 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Jérémie here this Friday to do a deep dive into a core aspect of the game’s Live Mode, social interactions. I’ll talk a bit about the whole process, from our original goals, to the ideas we’ve considered and prototyped, the Together Card System, and more into the future! By the end of this post, I hope you’ll have learned a bit about where we’re coming from on that side of the game and where we’re going with it! As usual, this post is for Patrons only, so please ...
2024-06-28 13:54:07 +0000 UTC View PostHi!
Anna here, today I’ll show you some of the improvements we made recently on the build mode!
As you may already know, we are focusing on the build mode these days and to help us finish and polish every aspect of it, we do in-person playtests with friends every month to gain feedback from real players. These feedbacks help us to improve existing features but also prioritize features that are lacking. Sometimes playtesters bring forward issues that we never thought of; thin...
2024-06-21 14:13:33 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, Alice here with you today! ☀️
This week, we wanted to show you our new dance interactions, as well as some of our first animations made for babies and pregnant Parafolks! To showcase these, I made a short video that you can watch at the top of this Patreon Post. ⬆🎥
Dance - Low Skill
Dance - Low Skill Variation
Dance - Medium Skill
Dance ...
2024-06-14 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, Sonia here for your Paralives news of the week. Today’s topic: hairstyles and clothes! As usual, I created some random Parafolks with a little backstory to make it a bit more interesting. But before showing you that, we have an exciting update about the team!
We have recruited a 13th person on the team, Lina, who will be working with Alice on creating more character animations and interactions for the live mode! She will be working w...
2024-06-07 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat’s up everybody, it’s Andrei! 🪇
It’s been a loooong time since I’ve been waiting for this day and now here it is: today I’ll be showing y’all our work on the ambient sounds of the game 🥳🎉 For context, ambient sounds include things like birds, wind, crickets, distant cars and all the cozy-fuzzy noises that make a space feel immersive! Right now, I’ll be going through:
How we created the video you saw above ⬆️🎥
Our ambient...
2024-05-31 14:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHii 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 ✨😇🧚
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Hello everyone! Chloé here for today’s Patreon post!
Recently, we held our first external, in-person, playtest for people to try out our Build Mode. We also had an internal playtest with the team that same day! I will share what we learned from this first experience and the fun creations that our various players made. This Patreon post is for Patrons only, so please do not share it. Thank you kindly!
Good Friday to you’all :)! Alejandro and Richard here with our first Patreon post.
First, we wanted to show you our new stairs locomotion, then our new tools for easier floor creation and finally a nice collection of bugs that we think all of you will enjoy seeing :)
As we are working on features related to floors, we also needed to have our characters move from one floor to the other. 2024-05-10 13:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everybody, happy Friday! Jérémie here - after a short hiatus due to a medical leave - back to showcase what I’ve been working on over the last few weeks, notably The Grid and Build Mode Catalog UI Improvements.
Because we will have internal playtests starting soon, we needed to give a big push on missing Build Mode features and make tweaks here and there wher...
2024-05-03 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
Léa here to share with you some Paramaker content.
As usual, this post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it, thanks! 🔐
We might have talked about it before, but the most time consuming things to create in the Paramaker are hairstyles. Creating a new hairstyle is challenging for several reasons, including having a good rhythm, a recognizable texture while still being stylized, respecting the overall shape, and making sure it...
2024-04-26 13:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Friday everyone, Alice here! ☀️
Now that spring has sprung, we thought you would enjoy viewing our most recent cleaning and repair animations! To showcase them, I made a short video that you can watch at the top of this Patreon Post. ⬆🎥
Cleaning surfaces
Cleaning vertical surfaces
Cleaning vertical surfaces while crouching
Cleaning fl...
2024-04-19 13:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostHello 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! 🔐
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 o...
2024-04-12 14:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! Léa here, bringing you a spring update on the vegetation in Paralives. 🌷It’s been a minute since we made a post about all the vegetation, but you’ve seen some sneak peek during our yearly recap for 2023. It’s time to give you a tour of everything we’ve added so far to the game, some are old friends, but the majority haven’t been properly introduced to you yet!
2024-04-05 13:43:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi, Anna here!
Today I’m going to talk a bit about what’s new in the jobs and school system!
I hope you’ll find that as exciting as me! Starting with the most exciting thing to me… Schools!
Please don’t share this post because it’s for Patrons only, thanks 🔐
The core mechanics of going to school are quite similar to the ones used for jobs that we already 2024-03-29 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
What’s up everyone, it’s Andrei! 🎺
We got some pretty exciting music news to bring to you today! As of the beginning of March, we reached the minimum required amount of music tracks that we were aiming for the Build mode and Paramaker! 🥳That is 6 full music tracks for each game mode which makes up to around an hour of continuous playback in total. We'd like to add more tracks before Early Access and, of course, after the release of the game 2024-03-22 13:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, Sonia here for your weekly dose of Paralives!
On today's menu, an interesting assortment of accessories, clothes, hairstyles and some new additions: gloves and teeth variations!We hope you’ll find everything to your taste, and bon appetit!
Here are our models of the day!
A group of happy Parafolks posing for the camera.
Let’s hav...
2024-03-15 13:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Chloé back again to present today’s Patreon Post.
Two weeks ago, we featured a little sneak peek of our fences in a modern house build. Today, I will be showing them a bit more thoroughly!
First of all, we have two methods with which you can place your fences:
✏️The drawing method, where you can draw your fences the same way you would your walls.
2024-03-08 13:59:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello, hi!
Alex here to share various development updates this week. ✨ Please don’t share this post because it’s for Patrons only, thanks 🔐
Sonia and Chloé are creating a lot of illustrations that will be used for the painting skill. When clicking on the easel to start a new project, you will be able to choose the size of the canvas and the painting style (abstract, impressionist, portraits and more). The...
2024-03-01 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post