Behind every 3D animation… is a skeleton! 🦴
Sneak peek at the spinning animation used for the reveal of Marvin in our latest Paramaker overview video.
Check out a higher definition of this clip, right here.
First Brainstorming Session of the Year! 🧠
The theme for this time is: Generations!
Here are some questions that you can ask yourself:
👁️ What physical and identity traits could be passed down from parents to their children?
📚 What kind of knowledge or tradition could be passed down to other generations? How would it be passed down?
🏺 What kind of items could be passed down from one generation to another?
👨👨👦 What would an intergenerational home look like in Paralives?
👵 What kind of specific interactions could different age groups have with each other? For example, grandparents with their grandchildren.
🏆 What generations related rewards or challenges would you like to see in-game?
💡 Join the discussion and share your ideas on our Discord server in the #generations channel or on Reddit!
It’s time to be grateful for what we have and we are so grateful for the Paralives community. You are incredible! We will never thank you enough for all your support. 🎁
We wish everyone of you joy and happiness for the year to come! 🎉
‘Tis the season of giving dev updates! 🎁⛄️
Didn’t we tell you we’d be back soon with a crunchy dev update? Today’s the day!
We are happy to unveil different ways to customize your characters in Paralives using the in-game character creation tool called the Paramaker. We really wanted to offer an extra level of customization with freehand tattoo placement and scaling, heterochromia, 2 color wheels for skin tones… We are also introducing new characters (townies)!
We’ll stop talking and let you enjoy the video instead! ;)
Slide, slide, slide! Discover how to freely reshape your Parafolk!
With this new feature, you can use our handy diagrams to quickly customize the shape, size and rotation of different parts of your Parafolk. 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 diagram where you can enter exact numbers and even copy-paste them between Parafolks.
Learn why we went for this new diagram tool for our Paramaker in this public Patreon post.
Many of you have been wondering about hair physics in Paralives. Here’s a preview of hair physics on Maggie. You can see how it looks in the GIF below, but I recommend checking it out in video to see the real effect!
More dev updates coming up later this month!
🧠 Last Brainstorming Session of the Year! 🧠
The theme for this time is: Food and Cooking!
Here are some questions that you can ask yourself:
🍎 What kind of food would you like to see in-game?
🎂 What would be the different ways to learn new recipes?
📁 What kind of classification could there be for food and meals?
☕ How could food and cooking impact the daily lives of Parafolks?
🍴 What kind of activities related to food and cooking would you like to do?
🍓 What would be different ways to get new ingredients?
💡 Join the discussion and share your ideas on our Discord server in the #food-and-cooking channel or on Reddit!
Heterochromia in Paralives
Here’s a small dev update we wanted to share with you: heterochromia will be an option in Paralives. It will be possible to choose any color for each eye.
More updates coming up soon!
Receive an exclusive Paralives postcard signed by the dev team for the holidays!
How to get one?
Do so by November 30th!
Make sure your mailing address is up to date
We’ll be sending a postcard to all Patrons pledging to the Hero or Legend tier on December 1st, 2021. The postcard will feature an exclusive artwork or image and it is kept a surprise for when you get it in the mail.
Learn how we create furniture for Paralives and how you’ll be able to do it too! 🪑🛠️
➡️ Check out this Dev Diary now available to everyone! 🌟
In this Dev Diary, game artist Léa explains - with various screen captures and adorable little doodles - the process of creating furniture.
You will learn about the inspiration and design process, how to build the 3D object using Blender and Substance Painter and how to work on resizable ceiling objects such as lamps. A most interesting post for 3D artists and/or future modders!
Consider joining our Patreon if you would like to see more posts like this one. We post every Friday! ✨
We’re very excited to introduce you to 2 new team members: Chloé, our new 3D environment artist, and Sandrine, our new communications director! We’ve been hard at work searching for the best candidates over the last couple of months and we’re so happy to welcome them to the team.
Read more about Chloé and Sandrine here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-team-members-58017380
Maggie is all dressed-up for Halloween this year! 🌻
Crows and ravens, beware!
🧠 It’s time for October’s Brainstorming Session! 🧠
This month's theme: Skills and Hobbies 🏀🎨🎸🔭
Here are some questions that you can ask yourself:
🏸 Which specific skills and hobbies would you like to see in Paralives?
📖 What would be the different ways to learn new skills and improve them?
📈 Which game mechanics related to progression and leveling up your skills would you like to see?
🎒 How should skills and hobbies impact your job, your studies, your relationships and your life in general?
💡 Join the discussion and share your ideas on our Discord server in the #skills-and-hobbies channel or on Reddit!
Hi there!
We're extremely excited to reveal our first full-length gameplay video where we build a whole house from scratch! We still have a lot of stuff to improve and features to add but I hope you enjoy this video.
Thanks so much!
- Alex and the team
The music used in this video was made by our in-house music composer Andrei Castanon
Support the development of Paralives on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexmasse
This game is entirely funded by the community so a monthly pledge of 3$ helps us recruit more people on the team and it unlocks cool rewards for you!
Add Paralives to your Steam wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/
Join the Paralives Discord community to chat about the game and share ideas: http://discord.gg/HfcUJWz
Add a personal touch to your home in Paralives!
Customize picture frames
Select an image or upload your own
Resize frames and images freely
Our build mode programmer in chief, Jérémie, added these new features in the last few weeks. Some things that are still to be done include improving the UI and adding more frames, swatches and images to choose from. We're working on plenty other features in other parts of the game and we're looking forward to share that soon!
The music used in this video was made by Ben Lipkin
Website: https://www.lipkinaudio.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lipkinaudio
Support the development of Paralives on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexmasse
This game is entirely funded by the community so a monthly pledge of 3$ helps us recruit more people on the team and it unlocks cool rewards for you!
Add Paralives to your Steam wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/
Join the Paralives Discord community to chat about the game and share ideas: http://discord.gg/HfcUJWz
Is this real life? Or are we part of a very elaborate life simulation game ourselves?
We won the Most Anticipated Canadian Game award from Canadian Game Devs! 🥳
THANK YOU to everyone who voted. Your support means more to us than words can express 😭
Deck the halls with boughs of holly, paralalala-lalala-lives! ’Tis the season to be cozy (and to put on your most festive clothes)!
The Paralives team joins Maggie in wishing you Happy Holidays!
Recently, we have improved Paralives’ clothing system to make it as customizable as possible while keeping it easy to use. Mix and match items to reveal your unique taste, select a design that best suits your personality and choose one of the premade swatches or a specific color using the color wheel. Get creative and impress everyone (or not) with your new outfit!
Features and graphics shown are still a work in progress and are subject to changes and improvements
Support the development of Paralives on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexmasse
This game is entirely funded by the community so a monthly pledge of 3$ helps us recruit more people on the team and it unlocks cool rewards for you!
Add Paralives to your Steam wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/
Join the Paralives Discord community to chat about the game and share ideas: http://discord.gg/HfcUJWz
Want to know what we’ve been up to in the past few months and where we’re headed? You can now! Take a look at our new development page https://www.paralives.com/development
Want even more news? Get access to weekly exclusive updates by joining our Patreon!
Cheers!
In Paralives, you can customize some objects to select a variant. We used that system to add different Jack-o'-lantern designs in the game. Everyone on the team created at least one design and it was a really fun thing to do!
Things you will be able to do in Paralives:
Place a zipline between point A and point B and let your Paras enjoy it!
Jump into a pool from a high place, if your Para is brave enough!
Set a house rule so Paras remove their shoes when entering a house
Use a mysterious and very secret bookcase door
Support the development of Paralives on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexmasse
This game is entirely funded by the community so a monthly pledge of 3$ helps us recruit more people on the team and it unlocks cool rewards for you!
Add Paralives to your Steam wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/
Join the Paralives Discord community to chat about the game and share ideas: https://discord.gg/Paralives
Name customization!
✅ Optional nickname
✅ Optional middle name
✅ Invert first name and last name (very common in some East Asian cultures)
✅ Disable the last name or first name
To add:
- Name randomization 🎲
Being considered:
- Artist/stage name 🎤
- Titles 👨⚕️
Also, Maggie's last name will be Vaughan! Thanks to everyone who voted on Patreon!