Hi there!
Alex here today to share some development updates regarding the live mode of the game. This post is for Patrons only so please don't share it, thank you!
As you can see on our recently shared development roadmap, Jérémie has been doing research and tests for our pathfinding system lately. What is pathfinding, you might a...
2022-05-13 15:04:41 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
Sandrine here! I’m ready to share with you the summary of the latest community brainstorming session and the new theme. Note that this Patreon post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it. Thank you!
Basic and Complex Needs Brainstorming Recap
We’d like to thank you all for participating in the Basic and Complex Needs brainstorming session. We gathered 2022-05-06 14:27:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there, I hope you had a nice week.
Alex here today to share two very very exciting news:
Hi!
Alex here for another Patreon post and this week, I will share a few of the many things we did recently.
Object Animation Tests (For Patrons only! Please don’t share)
As part of live mode interactions, some objects need to be animated. It is the case for pancakes that are flipped in the air when a skilled character cooks them. Anna and Alice got thi...
2022-04-22 14:33:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey everybody! Andrei here, ready to talk music with you!
You’ve probably noticed that for the past few weeks, the team has been focusing a lot on making the foundation of the live mode, polishing the PAM and making various new features, but you might have been wondering what’s going on lately with the music in this game. What has Andrei been up to this whole time? Are there any new tracks that we'll get to hear other than 2022-04-15 14:31:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Friday, Anna here!
Today, I am bringing you the above video showcasing our new clothing layering feature, which will be made public next week but we wanted to show it to you first. In the meantime, keep it between Patrons only! Clothing layering is the ability to wear, for instance, two tops at the same time. This is usually a rare feature in games because it comes with a lot of technical challenges but it was highly requested since it allows flexible customizatio...
2022-04-08 16:47:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
It’s Sandrine here, back again to share with you the summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme for the month of April. Note that this Patreon post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it. Thank you!
Town Services & Businesses Brainstorming Recap
We’d like to thank you all for participating in the Town Services & Businesses brainstorming session. We gathered yo...
2022-04-01 14:47:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi there,
Alex here today to give you various updates and news regarding Paralives 🏡.
Planning: Development Roadmap (For Patrons only! Please don’t share)
As you may know, we have a Development page on our website that indicates our progress on the development of Paralives. To give you an even better and more precise look at our internal planning, we are p...
2022-03-25 17:07:51 +0000 UTC View PostHello! How are you doing?
Alex here today to share some more development progress. I am currently working on the interaction menu for Paralives. This menu is what shows up when you click on an object or on another character in live mode. It displays all the actions that your Para can perform. Let me walk you through what we have in mind for this menu! This post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it. 🔐
2022-03-18 14:30:31 +0000 UTC
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A good Friday to everybody, Jérémie here!
Today I am going to show you some new features that were added to the Paramaker in the last three months since we released the Paramaker video. Even though our development focus at this time is on the live mode, we wanted to show you today a few of the important or essential improvements we made to the Paramaker before switching our focus. This Patreon...
Hello everyone,
It is I, Sandrine! As usual, I’m here to share with you all the summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme for the month of March. Oh but what is this? I also have something extra to talk to you about today: a new format for the weekly developer chat (reward available to the Hero and Legend tier Patrons)! Keep reading to learn more a...
2022-03-04 17:59:27 +0000 UTC View PostHi there!
Alex here today to bring some live mode development progress updates. Since releasing last December’s Paramaker focused video, we’ve been able to start doing more game design tasks related to the live mode.
Paralives is made of 3 big parts: the house building mode, the Paramaker where you will create all your characters and the live mode, also called simulation mode where you will be able ...
2022-02-25 17:20:13 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, Léa and Sonia here!
First, we wanna thank you for all the feedback you gave us on the Paramaker video and the various Patreon posts! Following this previous Patreon post by Anna, we wanted to show you some of the many visual changes we made to the Parafolks based on your advice. Note that t...
Hi, Alice here! :y
These last months I have been having fun creating locomotion and emotion animations for our Parafolks and today we’d like to share some of them with you all. I’ve already shared many animations in a past Patreon post so today is the second edition of my animation showcase videos. And, in case you’re wondering, the music in today’s video is one of the tracks that Andr...
2022-02-11 15:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
This is Sandrine here to share with you all the summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme for the month of February. Here we go!
Generations Brainstorming Recap (For Patrons Only! Please don’t share)
Thank you all for participating in the Generations brainstorming session, we gathered your idea...
2022-02-04 19:07:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! It is I, Chloé, bringing you today’s Patreon post! （ΦωΦ）
Paralives has gone through lots of visual changes since 2019 – originally, it was just Alex; but now, we have a dedicated team of artists to work actively on the art direction.
Top: Paralives in 2019. Bottom: Paralives in 2021.
Now that the style has undergone a massive overhaul, people...
Hi, Anna here!
Today, I wanted to explain a bit more what we have been doing since we released our video and came back to work this month, how we organize the work between us to properly wrap up this Paramaker period and show you some community and team feedback we are going to address.
Team organization and planning (For Patrons only! Please don’t share)
Last week, Alex told you about 2022-01-21 15:39:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there!
I hope you had a nice week. We sure did! These days, we are doing some exciting work on the planning of all the tasks we will have to do for the live mode of the game. That will include anything that has to do with the simulation of the lives of your Paras: interactions, careers and relationships, to name just a few elements.
Live Mode: Our Next Step (For Patrons only! Please don’t share)
Here’s how we’ve decided to...
2022-01-14 18:14:16 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Sandrine here! Hope you all had or are having a great holiday season! We’re well rested and back on track! Today, I’ll share a summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme!
Food & Cooking Brainstorming Recap (For Patrons Only! Please don’t share)
Thank you all for participating in the Food & Cooking brainstorming session, we gathered many 2022-01-07 15:27:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there!
What a week it has been. We were overwhelmed by the positive reactions and useful feedback following the Paramaker video reveal. Thank you so much for your incredible and continuous support! Also, a warm welcome to all the new Patrons, we are very happy to have you on board!
With the Holidays and after working very hard on the Paramaker and its showcase video, the Paralives team will be on a t...
2021-12-17 17:06:47 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time!
Here's the Paramaker video we have been working on for quite a while now. It gives an overview of all the new character customization features we have been adding to the game over the last couple of months. We are also introducing new Townies 👀
Key features in this video:
◭ Equip any outfit regardless of the Parafolk’s gender
◭ All of the skin tones!
◭ Freehand tattoo placement and scaling
◭ Mole placement and scaling 2021-12-14 16:03:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, Anna here!
Thank you for your overwhelming positive response to our new sliders feature. We spent quite some time thinking about this alternative and we’re very happy to see that you seem to enjoy it!
This week, all of us are very busy finishing the last details of our next video, which will showcase a lot of features of our improved Paramaker. It should be released to the public somet...
2021-12-10 15:25:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
We're sharing a public Patreon post today to showcase one of the new tools we recently added to the Paramaker.
With this new feature, you can use our handy diagrams to quickly customize the shape, size and rotation of different parts of your Para. You can edit a wide variety of sliders for important body and facial features and tweak the smallest little details. For those who like to fine tune, the sliders are also displayed in a more traditional fashion below the ...
Hey there, how are you doing today?
We’re already in December and we’ve been slowly getting into the spirit of the Holidays here. We decorated the office a bit and even put on some Holiday music the other day at lunchtime!
A few months ago, the Paralives team switched their focus to the Paramaker. We had a plan to work on the important core features that were still missing from this part of the game before switching our efforts on to the live mode. Good news! We’re closing i...
2021-12-03 18:06:49 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Sandrine here, writing my first Patreon post! Lots of information this week! We’ll start with news concerning the upcoming postcard for Hero and Legend tiers and then I’ll share a summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme!
For those who might have missed it, we shared a quick look yesterday at how you can edit eye colors so that Parafolks can have heterochromia. See it in action 2021-11-26 17:26:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi there!
While the rest of the team is focusing on the Paramaker, Chloé is making progress on the art style of the houses, furniture and general environment since it’s her area of expertise.
Improving the art style of the environment (For Patron only! Please don’t share)
Chloé has been tasked with making a house but not with the goal of using it in our town. It will instead be used to test improvements that we can bring to th...
2021-11-19 17:46:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey there,
A few weeks ago, in a Patreon post, we asked you to vote on what would be your preferred way of selecting the skin color for your Parafolks. We’ve made some progress so today’s post is all about that! This post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it, thank you!
As a reminder, here are the three options that we suggested:<...
2021-11-12 18:23:20 +0000 UTC View PostHi! How are you doing today?
I’ve been eating a lot of leftover candies from Halloween this week and I don’t feel exactly like myself but other than that, everything’s good on our side. For today’s post, I’ll share an overview of some of the things that we’ve been working on lately. As a reminder, you can take a look at this page of our website to see what we work on each month. Right now, we’re ...
2021-11-05 20:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostHey there!
We’re at the end of October so it’s time for Paralives to get a bit spooky. We’ve created an Halloween costume for Maggie that you can see in motion in the above video. Beware, crows and ravens!
Maggie is ready for the neighborhood's Halloween party! Do you think she would make a good impression? We wanted to show you this costume first and we will ...
2021-10-29 13:58:16 +0000 UTC View PostHi and happy Friday.
We’re back this week with the summary of the latest community brainstorming as well as the theme of the new one!
Weather and Seasons Brainstorming Summary (For Patrons only! Please don’t share)
Anna here. This last brainstorming session has made it very clear that weather and seasons have a huge impact on our daily lives and activities, so it should also be quite important in Paralives. We really loved readi...
2021-10-22 13:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post