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Pathfinding + Animations Adapted to Different Characters
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!PathfindingAs you can see on our recently shared development roadmap, Jérémie has been doing research and tests for our pathfinding ...
Basic and Complex Needs Brainstorming Recap + Last Brainstorming Session + Poll
Hello 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 RecapWe’d like to thank you all for p...
A Deep Dive into our Development Planning
Hi there, I hope you had a nice week.Alex here today to share two very very exciting news: 📢 We are sharing a big project roadmap, giving you an exclusive look at our internal planning of every major feature to include in the game before its release. 📢 You will notice on the roadmap that Paral...
Animating Objects, Extra Shirt Customization and Curves in the Modding Tools
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 ...
Paralives Music Demos Showcase
Hey 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 wi...
Clothing Layering Video + Dev Diary: Deep Dive Into the Design of our Clothing Layering System
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...
Town Services & Businesses Brainstorming Recap + New Theme + Poll
Hello 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 ...
Live Mode Progress and Answering Some Common Questions
Hi 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 bet...
Interaction Menu: Features and Ideas
Hello! 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 ...
New Features In The Paramaker Since The Showcase Video
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 impo...
New Dev Chat Format + Emotions & Mood Brainstorming Recap + New Theme + Poll
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 c...
The Complexity of Making Pancakes
Hi 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 yo...
Visual Improvements We Made Thanks to your Feedback
Hello 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...
Exclusive Animations Sneak Peek #2
Hi, Alice here! :yThese 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 video...
Generations Brainstorming Recap + New Theme + Poll
Hello 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 Generatio...
Explaining our Art Direction
Hello 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: Paralive...
Addressing Paramaker Feedback
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 organizat...
Live Mode: Our Goals and Next Steps
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 relati...
Food & Cooking Brainstorming Recap + New Theme
Hello 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)...
Happy Holidays + Paramaker Video Developer Commentary
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 Holiday...
4 Minutes Paramaker Overview Video!
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:◭ Equi...
Exclusive Paramaker Showcase Preview
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, wh...
Sneak Peek at the New Sliders & Character Editing in Paralives
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 slide...
Wrapping Up the Work on Our Paramaker Focused Marathon
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....
Heterochromia + Postcard + Skills & Hobbies Brainstorming Recap + New Theme
Hello 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 ha...
Creating a New House and a Paramaker Room
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 wi...
Skin Tones Poll Results and First Look
Hey 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, he...
Clothing Recoloring + Body Shapes + The Language of the Parafolks
Hi! 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 ...
New Team Members + Maggie's Halloween Costume
Hey 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 ...
Weather and Seasons Brainstorming Summary + New Brainstorm Topic and Poll
Hi 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 s...
