Creating Parafolks of Various Ethnicities
🕑 Added 2022-12-16 14:01:05 +0000 UTCHello everyone, Léa here for the last Patreon post of 2022. The team will take a break for the next two weeks and we will be back with our weekly Patreon posts on January 6th!
Sonia and I are really excited to be able to show you the result of our latest tests! We already had a sample of different ethnicities with our existing Parafolks, but we wanted to add physical traits for new ones. This post showcases the result of our tests on recreating different ethnicities in the Paramaker.
⚠️ These Parafolks are anonymous; they were created for the sole purpose of carrying out our tests.
Keep in mind that this is a work in progress, Sonia and I are still currently working on the Paramaker, and the content we are showcasing today is very likely to change and to improve during the large-scale asset production for the game!

This Parafolk’s focus was on the eyes and nose, for which we added new textures and sliders.

For this Parafolk, we focused a lot on the eyes and cheekbones area with new textures and sliders to achieve this result.

Here, we aimed for an older Parafolk using our wrinkle textures. We also reworked the sliders for the face depth, cheeks and jawline.
Finally, we know how much hair styles are a huge part of our identities and that’s why I worked on creating believable coily hair, while respecting our artistic direction. The Parafolks will be able to proudly wear their natural hair and look fabulous!

A cute Parafolk with a dark skin tone and luxurious coily hair.

Some of the possible color variations for the new hairstyle.
In the future, we plan on adding more and more Paramaker content, the goal being that most players can recreate themselves and their families in the game.
We honestly can’t wait to show you what we are preparing for 2023! The Paralives team wishes you all a beautiful new year, full of happiness, positive energy, health and love!
Take care and happy holidays!
Léa
Edit - March 9, 2023: This post is now public, feel free to share it!
Comments
tylaarwin
OMG THE ASIAN CHARACTER, IM IN PARALIVES YALL
Jenna Maxon
Why do people want to create themselves or their family members in game? I find that so ... odd. Anyway, the models look nice. I like the style
Sarah
OH THE COILY HAIR! It is GORGEOUS! Please let her be a para-folk preset or a townie in the final release! She is so pretty!
Desirée Eriksson
OMG they're all so cute <3 Please have them show up as pre-sets ;__;
Nathalie Carluccio
OMG ❤️❤️❤️ THE COILY HAIR ARE AWESOME ❤️❤️👍👏👏👏👏👏
olivia mason
LOVE LOVE LOVE THE NATURAL HAIR!! Diversity >>>
Piper Smiley
I think I'm actually gonna cry these are all so beautiful
Felicia Bailey
The animation is def growing on me! Very excited about the coily hair, excited to see even more hair textures in the black community.
Dana Darling
The natural coily hair looks soo good!
Ella d
love it
Ifechi Onubogu
Okay, WHOA
LadyJ
Love this !! Especially the natural hair 😍
Masha
Omg, I'm so excited 😍 this looks incredible 😍
aza
Are you kidding me I'm going insaneeee this is so beautiful they look so good!!
Julia Samantha
Amazing! This is fantastic
Just joined this community and I am beyond excited to see Paralives come to fruition!! In your first few post when you are showing the dressing room , the para-people already have so much character!! What an unbelievable task you took on and I am beyond amazed what you do at your desk; speaking of could we maybe see a behind the scene view of the makers ?? What does it look like for a day to day for you all , can you show us your vision board ect. Anyways if I’m being too nosey I get it , just really curious in ya’lls process. Hope the holiday was good to all, xo
Vicarious Human
Holly socks! I love that last one. So beautiful! Great job guys.