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Facial Hair Showcase + Objects With Editable Text + Funny Bugs
🕑 Added 2022-10-14 13:32:29 +0000 UTCHey everyone!
Alex here today. I have one Paramaker thing, one build mode thing and one live mode thing to show you!
Video: Facial Hair Combinations
The video at the top of this post đ„ is all about showing how you can combine various beards and mustaches in Paralives. LĂ©a worked on this feature a while back and we wanted to show you how you will be able to customize facial hair to create the look you have in mind! Note that more beards and mustaches will be created before launch.
Build Mode Objects With Editable Text
Some of you might remember that a long time ago we showed a feature that lets you edit the text that appears on some objects in build mode. Today, we wanted to share a new look at this feature and how it allows you to get creative with different objects.
For this occasion, Chloé created a motivational poster and a front door rug. In build mode, there will be many objects that will support editable text. Just select the object and click the text button to change it to your liking.
Parafolks will be really motivated now.
When visiting Paras are overstaying their welcome, you might be tempted to change the front doorâs rugâŠ
Live Mode Animation Bugs
I thought you would like to see more funny bugs we got while working on live mode interactions and animations! Itâs great to see Sebastian and Maggie dancing! Until they start partying a little bit too hard...
When you are dancing and it gets to your favorite part of the song.
When the Paramaker body customization sliders are messed up, the vibe of the whole game takes a different turn!
Have a great weekend and take care!
Alex
EDIT - January 11, 2023: This post is now public. Feel free to share it!
Comments
Jeremy Dell
Any updates coming?? We are all excited for Paralives :/
Krayola
honestly this is just how i dance, nothing wrong here xD
Alex Massé
Yes! It will be available for both Mac and PC
Riikkis
I watched that EA stream announcing the Sims 5. Paralives was discussed in the comments, so I had to check it out and IÂŽm so happy I did! IÂŽm really excited about this game, it feels like a breath of fresh air. I love the aesthetics, really wasnÂŽt a fan of the disneyish feel of the sims in the first place. And including cats, dogs and horses straight away , donÂŽt you guys know youÂŽre supposed to put them in an expansion pack and charge 40 bucks extra?! lol
Luna
yeah, but the same guy that was in charge of Olympus is at charge of René so, i'm not worried at all. Ts5 will be multiplayer, so there's also the fact they'll have lots of restrictions Paralives won't have
Océane Gougeon
Do you mean Project "René" ? Project Olympus was the Sims 4
Simmons
Yes thatâs what has me worried. EA is a huge corporation and can hire expensive lawyers if needed. It would be easy for Paralives being a small Indy game to get the shortened of the stick. Iâm 100% fine with the paralives team keeping features hidden from us until they get the necessary patents, or whatever so that their ideas and hardwork doesnât get ripped off. It was obvious that EA was taking notes from paralives when they introduced âproject Olympusâ and that they will update the community throughout the game development. Iâm not one who even likes bringing up EA because thereâs space for both the sims and paralives to exist and excel in this space but EA is definitely taking notes
Vincent Paré
I really hope they can protect the game and donât let greedy EA get the final say
Kenzie Lippa
Looks like the sims 5 was announced the other day and I think they showcased some of the features with building that look similar. I hope you guys are able to patent your stuff before the sims tries to take it and make you change the game again(idk if they can actually do this or not but they did it with the face dragging which every 3D sculptor uses on a daily basis so its certainly not new technology). I'm way more excited about this game than the sims đ
Amy Anderson
Ah I'm so excited for this game!! Thank you for providing so much transparency with everything. Keep up the good work!!
Levi VonMarx
Curious on when a alpha build will be available for us.
Elizabeth D.
Will Paralives be available on Mac and PC?
Megaira
I am super excited about that facial hair and being able to mix and match it like that!
LĂ©a (Paralives 3D Artist)
Don't worry we are going to add more options for beards, including patchy, low-density ones!
Keosha 6
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Trishy
I love the look of everything I wonder if you guys could implement a scissor sound when selecting hair and facial hair? Really excited to see more stuff keep it up!
Pedro Lima
My beard is patchy and very low density. I see that all the examples showcased in the video are of very high density facial hairs. Will we have low density beards in the game as well? I understand that they are very performance expensive and hard to implement, because they require some complicated techniques using transparency and whatnot, but I never feel myself represented in ANY games (not only life simulators) because they never dare to create an ugly beard style. Yes, my beard is ugly. Yes, I'm better off shaving it. But I'm lazy so...
breah
This game is beautiful
Clara Guilcher
I'm new here and so excited about everything ! This game is going to be something huge !! I am so happy to help you in this development !
Lisa-Marie Berzelius
That is amazing! â€ïž
rénette
it's very great the text is one extraordinary idea.
Sherydyth Gilchrist
This is just getting g more and more amazing đ
Maxx
If he walked down the street I wouldnât know a thang!
Maxx
I would also rename âbeardsâ to âfull beardsâ because having a âbeardsâ section within a âbeardsâ category is a lil confusing maybe | EDIT: Okay it says âfacial hairâ but i still feel like having just âbeardsâ is a little unclear
Kate GĂŒnelkan
That's a master stroke there, editable text. I'm so looking forward to this. You're a Simmers dream Mr M! đđ
Luna
haha you reminded me of those videos where babies see their barefaced dad for the first time and get confused
Kyll
LOVE THAT MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND
Sarah Capozio
Another great update! I seriously cannot wait until release day! Great job team!
JossGun Shipper
Awesome stuff! I can wait to see the makeup sets. I just know you guys are going to deliver an awesome experience in paramaker đ€©
Fran Smith
Awesome! Another wonder wonderful unexpected, but so much wanted, feature with editable text! Will in-game photos also be captionable? I'm imagining photos on the wall labelled like "Amanda's First Day At School" and "Off to University" and "Christmas 2022" and "Family Day at the Beach" etc. I would use this soooo much! I suspect they will be, but I'd just like confirmation. Thanks!!
Alex Massé
Nice! That would be a really cool way of using the text feature, thank you for sharing!
Alex Massé
Thank you :D
Alex Massé
Thank you!!
Alex Massé
Haha, I totally see what you mean!
Cassidy Wilson-Warner
I LOVE the salty welcome mat!! I'm always amazed by the littlest details!
Maxx
Stackable beards?! I never even thought of that! With the current beard assets alone that already creates so much opportunity! I gotta say, itâs kinda creepy to see Sebby without his usual beard though! Who is that?!
Giammarco Victor Venturi
it always looks great! Thanks!
AK
Hey, I just want to say, I hadn't thought of or expected something like editable text on objects, might seem a small thing at first glance but I think that will be an EXCELLENT feature for me. When I play the Sims I like to come up with weird challenge scenarios and ideas for how things should progress as I play, so I end up taking notes in a text document outside of the game. I often wish that I could be taking notes in a way that is in-game, to the point that I was looking for mods and trying to do weird stuff with tomb inscriptions, and having my sims write books for only that purpose of taking in-game notes. None of that really felt natural or intuitive though, but having note rooms with that writing literally on the walls, well I think that will be just perfect for in-game note-taking. That's an awesome unexpected new feature!
Alex Massé
Thank you! We are planning to add multiple interactions and animations between two Paras and duo dancing is definitely something that we will want to have eventually!
Alex Massé
Yes! I know I'm gonna have a lot of fun with that! Thank you!
Alex Massé
:D
Alex Massé
Hahaha!
Alex Massé
Thank you!!!!
Alex Massé
Thank you Sarah! Yes! We were happy to finally reveal his last name!
Alex Massé
1. That might work too! We still have to polish and proofread the names of all the Paramaker categories 2. You are correct, for now each object has its own font and you can't select a different font. It's possible that we will add the option to select the font you want for each object. It would be great 3. We are not planning to have that feature for clothing unfortunately but it would have been really cool! The way that our characters and clothing work, it would be a bigger technical challenge to have editable text on them. Maybe one day though!
mortia
I love this! The editable text is such a nice little detail. The dancing was hilarious as well but I just wanted to ask...are Paras going to be able to dance with each other? Not just solo dancing on their own?
Alex Massé
Thank you <3
Alex Massé
Hehe, thank you!
Alex Massé
Thank you Kristen!
Alex Massé
Thank you very much! It's the color of the black background for now but it might also include the text later
Alex Massé
That would be really cool!
Alex Massé
Thank you!
JazzyJay
Love the editable text option. I imagine a lot of inspirational door Mats and wall pictures ! Keep up the terrific work!!!
Megan Santucci
I legit LOLed at the unwelcome mat. đ€Ł
KĂĄssio Alexandre Gama
lol Maggie looks like she got blind in the middle of the dancing
Fosette Anderson
This is hilarious! I will gladly wait several years for this to be polished and finished! No rush!
Sarah Rodrigues
Looks great guys! Amazing job!! Also, it's nice to have a sneak peak of Sebastian's last name!!
Domon0310
I have couple of notes/questions about features presented. 1. Would it be better renaming "Short beards" to "Stubbles" for clarity? 2. Currently it looks like each object with customisable text will have it's own font, but will that change in the future? So we could choose any font, from the ones present in the game, on any object with customisable text? 3. Will this feature with customisable text be extended to clothing?
LĂ©a (Paralives 3D Artist)
Yes it's something that can be done in the texture so you will be able to have them! We will be adding more beards and mustaches in the future
Keosha 6
Good question!
Alysia
The amount of customization, especially the changing text, is so brilliant!
Kymberlee86
The facial hair combos and the leave mat? As someone who loves creating hairy male characters and as a loner who rarely gets left alone, I wholeheartedly approve đ
Kristen
Amazing customization. I feel like you guys are thinking of everything.
Sehrys
kind of a random detail but i wanted to say how much i love the texture of the little colour swatches (the little circles that look like they were made by a scratchy coloured pencil)! also, would you mind sharing what the colour swatch in the poster editing menu does? is it the colour of the text? loving everything about this post!
Keesha Charles
This is really great! But I do have a question. Will there be curly beards for our paras who are person of color?
Hoff Fondue
Nicely done team, incredible work! Later there could be some text sentences as Easter-eggs that add some custom effect, similar to how specific mob tags in Minecraft have funny Easter-eggs, or how different things happen when you have a specific name in Undertale
ChosenSquirrel
The level of detail is impressive
Bespectacled_Beans
âLive, Laugh, Leave.â
Alex Massé
Hehehe :D
Alex Massé
Thank you!!!
Alex Massé
Good feedback, thank you! We will have different dance interactions and some of them will surely move the character's feet
Alex Massé
Thank you Becky!! <3
Alex Massé
Glad you like it!!! Right now, it's not possible to change the font but it's possible that we will add it in the future
Minakie
Renaming the Welcome mat to a Leave mat made me laugh even more than the bugs. That mat understands me. xD
Star Zoë
Oki thanks!! <3
Grouch
Great update this week! SUPER excited for customized facial hair...!!!
Alex Massé
Yes, good eye! We hadn't revealed Sebastian's last name before
Alex Massé
In Paralives, nothing will be gender locked so giving beards to your characters will not be a problem :)
Alex Massé
:D
Adina
Hi! Great work as always. I was just wondering of there's any way you could make the feet move as well when the paras are doing the dance animation? I understand if it's a technical thing, and it's not a big deal. It would just make it look less stale for me
Alex Massé
Yes, Sebastian hair texture has been polished
Becky
Thankyou Alex & team ! This post made my day as always âšâ„ïž brilliant job!
Alex Massé
Thank you! Hehe, perfect, that's what it is made for!
SeventhEmberXander
THANK YOU! So few games allow you to handcraft the perfect combination of face fuzz. Finally, i'll be able to recreate my bum fluff beard down to a T :D P.S. Do you think it'd be possible to change the font of the wording on the welcome mat?
Domon0310
Sebastian Marquez? Nice to know
Star Zoë
Ohhh those facial hair options look good!! Question: I'm a transman (ftm) and just on T, I don't have most of the body masculinity changes yet but do have some stubble now! Would it be possible to make trans paras and give them beards and such?
Savvaaaaaassss
THIS IS THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMIZATION I NEED IN GAMES OMG YASSS
John PT
Looks great guys!!! I gotta ask: did you guys change the hair texture? Cause it looks a little different from the clothing layering video.
Lord of the pomegranates
Iâm gonna be using the welcome mat edit feature for the most passive aggressive things I can think of! lol great jobs as always guys! Glad to be a Patreon :)
Alex Massé
Yes!!
Thekla
Titan dance party
