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A First Live Mode Version + Poll
🕑 Added 2023-04-28 14:54:02 +0000 UTCHey there, I hope you’re doing good!
Alex here to share progress updates on our work on the live mode 📝
⭐ Live Mode: A First Playable Version
As I quickly mentioned before, we are working on having a first basic live mode experience on which we will then be building upon. This first version will include:
- 🍎 Needs: Hunger, hygiene, sleep and bathroom
- 💪 Skills: 8 basic skills will be included
- 💬 Conversations between characters to build relationships
- 👨👩👧👦 Perform some interactions as a group
- 💼 Jobs and schools
- 🙏 Wants
- 😭 Emotions
- 🤱 Pregnancy
- 👴 Aging: From babies to elder
- 💀 Death: Dying of old age and dying of hunger
- 🙏 Autonomy: Characters can choose to do some interactions by themselves
- ✨ Various secrets
We’ve made good progress on that already and our goal is to have this first playable version of the live mode ready in the coming months so that we can start testing the live mode as a whole internally, within the team. It will be hugely helpful for us because it will determine if the various secret features and innovations that we want to test are actually fun or if they need changes or improvements. We can’t wait to share more about this and give you sneak peeks of it!
👨💻 Live Mode: Adapting the Gameplay Based on Your Parafolks
In Paralives, every live mode gameplay system will be able to adapt itself based on the unique characteristics of your Parafolks. Us, developers as well as modders will be able to take advantage of that to create interesting gameplay twists that will make your characters feel alive and unique which should create great situations for the players to experience.
To achieve this, Jérémie recently built a system that allows developers and modders to choose conditions that should be evaluated to determine if the player can do X or Y in the game with their characters.
For instance this will allow:
- ⏩ Showing very specific social interactions and conversation options based on the state of the relationship with another character
- ⏩ Offering different interactions on an object in your house based on many things like the life stage of your character, their skills, their job and so on
- ⏩ Choosing what the character autonomy will do based on their current needs and wants, their personality, etc
- ⏩ Playing different character animations based on their skill level, the life stage and even things like the current weather or the memories of your characters
- ⏩ Much, much more
In this early version of Anna’s death system, we have set up a rule so that the character will do the “Death by hunger” interaction if their hunger need is critical. The interface you are seeing in this screenshot is our in-game modding tools.
Here, we have a “Program a video game” interaction and it is set up so that it only becomes available in the interaction menu if you are level 4 or higher in the programming skill and if the needs of your character are not at a critical level.
We’re eager to share more in-game examples of the dynamic gameplay that this system will allow us to do!
📊 Poll: Live Mode Features
Please tell us: which live mode feature that we are currently working on are you most looking forward to learning more about? Vote in the poll below!
Cheers,
Alex
Comments
none beeswax
I would love it if you commit crimes if you actually have a jail interaction
EaselEar
I mostly wonder if animations change depending on personality! In a certain other game I'm always disappointed by grouchy characters dancing like there's no tomorrow, and such
Takaya
I suspect that creating a good Parafolk autonomy can be difficult. I hope you will work hard on this aspect. I don't want my neighbor who visited me to suddenly decide to do some push-ups in the kitchen.... This has nothing to do with realism.
Kathicasa
The Animals T-T
Trisha Feder
I'd love to see basic needs beeing affected by personality traits not only in terms of how fast the status bar is falling and raising but also how fast the action/animation is. For example an overexcited active Para might need less sleep and digging food in as fast as possible, leaving all the dirty dishes behind because we gotta goooo, while a daydreaming Para might need some extra sleep or naps, eats a bit more slowly/consciously... and perhaps also leaves the dirty dishes behind :-)
Trisha Feder
I'm excited to learn more about the Autonomy Feature. I'd love to opt for free will and watch the Paras take action based on their personality besides fullfilling their basic needs.
Hoff Fondue
Yeah, like Sims4 demo, everyone was hyped about the character creation, it's sad that they patented the drag customization TwT
Sophie Goodman-Merel
I would love for them to release just the character creation when that's complete while we wait for the full game
Tom Lu
I love gameplay built around Wants and Fears. When there's a robust system of wants and fears, and the game comes up with realistic ones, it gives my play style natural goals. I love for example when a major life incident happens and the character's wants and fears change as a reaction. It makes me curious to see what will happen next. Most importantly, I feel like I'm not just a puppeteer of mindless dolls.
TnT_Terry
I am looking forward to each and every update but I did choose my most importants aspects. But the one thing that frustrated me the most in a game we won't mention, is the piece mealing of life stages, so please tell me that you plan on having all life stages intact in base game? Newborn, infant, toddler, child, tweener, teen, young adult, adult and elder. This would be the ultimate realism (said game doesn't even have tweener 10 to 13),and would by far be the best base game ever! You all are doing an amazing job thus far, so cannot wait to see what's coming ;)
Joseph Michael Hebert
I will be so GLAD when this game becomes available to play! Keep up the great work that you guys are doing!
Amara
im so excited!! i really want to see the jobs and schools, and of course all theother things <3 u all doing an amazing job
KittyPara
ça donne vraiment envie ce jeu ^^
Ashley Strebel
i’m over the moon and so excited! I don’t know how the game plans on releasing, but i honestly rather wait another year or two instead of getting early access. every new game now is releasing in early access and i’d love to see a whole polished game come out, or a short and set period of early access. i’d love to see a demo though, to catch more audiences and all that without. idk but i’m excited so for paralives! i know it’s gonna be so good!
Hoff Fondue
Will we have access to any form of character creation for now?
lias
I'm super excited for a skills system! I Love making my characters learn new skills and perfect them all c: but all the other ones are so exciting as Well! I can't even put into words how hyped iam for this game. I hope there's gonna be lots of skills, like crafting, gardening, programming, writing, painting, cooking etc dhdhsh i'm just so excited
Tini
I’m excited for all of this, but most importantly for me are Skills, wants, emotions and relationsips because this is what makes a difference and let me feel how unique all of the characters are.
mar
At first I wasn’t going to pick Autonomy because it’s something that’s been massively bugged, made completely useless and boring in that Other Game™️. So I always turn it off so I can actually play, but I’d love to see what you come up with on that part, that would be fantastic if we could let the paras do their stuff and they either are very good at managing themselves and/or it creates interesting/funny stories to play with.
Megan Santucci
*mashes poll options like a little kid in an elevator*
Megan Santucci
A little panic, as a treat
Megan Santucci
CHOO CHOO 🚂
Ryn
So exciting! Personally I’m more into the storytelling aspect of these types of games so I’m most curious about relationships and emotions. I get really invested in the characters and storylines and that’s what often keeps me playing. I love the idea of specific interactions depending on relationship levels/types – these are the things that really make the characters and relationships feel real and dynamic! Especially specific interactions between family members, close friends, etc – for example, unique interactions between parents and children/adult children, or siblings. Also this may not be possible but I love the idea of one-sided relationships! (Let’s be honest, half of the paras probably have an unrequited crush on Sebastian, it’s just inevitable…)
BooDotBoo .
I’m always so happy to see a progress update! At the top of my list is wanting to see what Para will do automatically, honestly. Often, I let my characters just live on there own for a bit, so it’ll be nice to see if they take care of needs or what idle things they do when I’m not controlling them.
tey711
Oh my goodness!! I'm getting so excited and I just can't hide it!! 🤣🥰🤩🎉🎉🎉
ladyteruki
You didn't let us vote for the secrets XD Autonomy, Wants, Emotions and Skills (pretty much in that order) would be my priorities. To me they determine gameplay more than the rest. Aging, for instance, is a pretty passive thing (at least for the most part), so as a player I'm a bit less interested in that. Autonomy in particular is the hidden, but most important part : what the engine of Paralives determine, its ability to surprise me, its ability to create things for me to do and strategize for, are actually huge determiners of the interest of gameplay. Note : "it only becomes available in the interaction menu if you are level 4 or higher" would there be an icon or mention somewhere to see that the action exists BEFORE it's unlocked ? How do you know that working towards lvl 4 will reap that benefit ? Of course when it comes to "Program a video game" and the Programming skill, it seems self-explanatory, but it won't always be that way. Sometimes skills are more complex (like, let's say "Identify vegetable" at the supermarket if your Gardening skill is high).
neae
Im freaking out!! You all are making such wonderful progress. 🍻
Dizzardy
I'm excited to see what wants and lifetime goals are like in Paralives. I feel like in Sims 4 things like wants and lifetime goals were kind of watered down and uninteresting.
Ashley L
I feel like needs are great for realism but depending on the type of player you are; you might not want it. I personally toggle between wanting to play with needs and wanting to quickly create the life/story I'm aiming for. Which is why I'm pretty excited for how wants, interactions, jobs & school, ect will look like and work in this game!
I kinda forGoT
😃😃 so exciting how far you've progressed. I love that we can mod it!! I'm really curious how wants/needs will play out and how different personifies will interact. I'm taking the week off when this game drops lol.
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you Léa :)
Gab (Paralives)
Yay! So good to hear :)
Gab (Paralives)
Don't worry, we have a couple of those hehe
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you so much!
Gab (Paralives)
you can panic a little bit, it's okay 😌
Gab (Paralives)
So happy to hear that!!
Gab (Paralives)
We're still discussing how gradual aging could be and how the details of it would be implemented! :)
Gab (Paralives)
That's a very valid answer too 😌
Gab (Paralives)
They will allow for so much creativity and freedom!
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you so much!
Gab (Paralives)
Haha it won't be the Early Access version but a very important step towards the final product for sure!
Gab (Paralives)
I would assume it's pronounced like "Live on air" hehe
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you so much Becky 😊
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you so much! :)
JossGun Shipper
I want my Paras to have a personality. So Wants, Relationships and Autonomy is an important part of it. If anyone has watched youtube videos where the Simmers intentionally leave their sims unpaused, the Sims behave in nonsensical and lifeless ways, all of them end up dying by the end of the video :( Apart from that, i think the jobs and group interactions will also offer a great gameplay experience.
Léa
Just ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Pedro Lima
Oh no, I jumped the gun. It's an internal version. I'm sorry 😅
nemo
Extremely into the ideas presented in this
Lyyo_
There should be an option for secrets in the poll. I want SECRETS.
Terri
I went with skills, communications, interactions within a group, and jobs & schools. I’m not a fan of needs, I know that is part of life, but I get frustrated with needs because (in other unnamed games) I don’t like spending 30 seconds of game time waiting for bathroom use. It always seems to become an issue when you are in the middle of doing something else. I’m very excited about the release of Paralives. 🥳
Kit
Looks awesome!!
Thekla
Omg its happening guys don't panic
greeneyedsims
You cannot even begin to know how THRILLED I AM!!! FOR EVERY.THIN.G.!!!
Julio
At this point, do you already know if gradual aging will be possible?
Bizbot
All of it. Yeah but which on..... *smooshes face* A.L.L O.F I.T 😍💖🔥
Lucía
I'm so happy I decided to support you guys since I knew you existed ^_^ this looks amazing!
Beth Anne
The modding options make me so very happy.
M13Vulpecula XIII, ruler of Vulpeculand
I went with Autonomy, Relationships and Wants - because honestly, the very core of the Paras is going to be their personality and how they handle/react to things that happen to them in the game. If the traits and life experiences of a Para are quick to influence them personally and make them behave and crave in a mix that's unique to them then that'd be a BIG yes for me ^w^
rénette
it"s fantastic , i can't wait
BreakingGaia
I'm here for group interactions. I loved TS2's group games and I absolutely adore cooking as a family in TS4! Having stuff like that in the game makes families feel like families instead of roommates. Yes please!
Tiffany Perry
I pick jobs and schools however I wish it was an option that had all the above. I'm super excited for everything. I can't wait for this game to come out. It gives me old school sims vibe. When I would spend hours and hours building a house or making my family before I even started playing the game. I appreciate you guys giving me that feeling of excitement again since I stopped playing the sims 4 years ago.
Rolling
Live mode updates are so exciting! As a programmer I'm really curious as to how this system is implemented. Looking forward to seeing its capabilities in action!
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you for following us along our development journey! We really appreciate your support :)
Gab (Paralives)
That's a very good point! Thank you for your support :)
Gab (Paralives)
It's hard to contain the excitement! 😊
Tanisha Rogers
I’m so excited I can’t wait to see the live mode
Gab (Paralives)
It is getting very exciting !
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you Michael :)
Gab (Paralives)
So glad you're liking it, thank you! :)
Gab (Paralives)
The only correct answer 😌
Pedro Lima
I think of all the options, the emotions category has been the least detailed by dev updates, so that definitely is the one I'm more curious about. And OMG, did you say the first playable version is coming in a few MONTHS? 😍😍😍 I was expecting it so much later! I'm pumped!
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you so much Brooke!
Gab (Paralives)
Thank you Julio!
Stermatical
It's so good to finally learn about the progress on Live Mode. I'm most excited for skills but everything else is important, too. 😃 Oh, and a question just for fun. How do you pronounce the word "Live"? Is it like "Live your life" or like "Live on air"? 🤔
Becky
IM SO EXCITED GUYS!! You’re all doing so well! Can’t wait for us to finally experience this whenever the times right ♥️✨
Gab (Paralives)
I agree with you! Autonomy and group interactions have a way of making the gameplay more real and fun :)
Gab (Paralives)
So happy to hear that Rayan!
Lane Brettschneider
I love that the computer has the Patreon page open haha! <3 <3 <3
Peach
I'm so EXCITED !! 😍😍😍
Plutonian Ambassador to Earth
This is fantastic!
Fran Smith
Skills, wants, emotions and relationsips - the things that make them most playable and human, and the four parts that I hope will have the most depth and complexity. This is very exciting! The stage of development that I've been most looking forward to!!
Giammarco Victor Venturi
Wants is what I'm really looking for! :)
sourmilk
I think having skills that are not one-dimensional is very important! So it’s not just about numbers but how it affects the world and the characters. So I’m glad to see you guys are adding an option to influence different activities and their availability based on the skill level :)
Gill Reid
Im trying to be so patient for this game but sometimes, just sometimes I want to say "are you nearly there yet? Can I play yet?" I'm SO excited about it!
CB gaming
Now this is super exciting! I can't wait to hear more
Michael
Wow I can’t wait until this post is public! For me, I’m most excited about Wants. I hope I will see them relate to the personality / aspiration of the paras!
Ashley young
Good stuff! Can't wait! This looks amazing and very detailed!
Xavier Zayas
All of the above 😝
Brooke H
All aboard the hype train!! 🚂Can't wait to play the first version - and to see what modders do with these awesome tools.
Julio Saliba
Good work! I’m excited to see these features come in play.
sofst
oooooo yesss
MrPinguv
I know it seems not interesting but group interactions and autonomy are my hyped categories. I wanna see if it feels like they’re alive and interact between them
Lucie Baha
I am more and more exiting for this game
