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What We're Going To Do
🕑 Added 2021-08-06 16:22:45 +0000 UTCHello!
How are you doing today? Everything’s good on our side. We’re working on a lot of exciting things that we’re looking forward to sharing with you. Meanwhile, this week, I thought I could give you an update on the next steps in the development of this “Paralives” game. This post is for Patrons only so don’t share it. Thank you!
The Next Two Months: Paramaker Progress
We’ve made good progress on the build mode and we showcased our tools back in June in this 11 minutes long house building video. We still have work to do on the build mode like full support for basements, roof tools and custom stairs. However, we will be resuming the work on that in a little while. Starting now and for the next two months, we will be focusing on the Paramaker and all the character customization tools. This will allow us to create and showcase more Parafolks. Here’s an overview of what we will be doing:
The Following Months: Live Mode Basics
After our boost on the Paramaker, we will seriously attack the live mode to get a first playable version where we’ll be able to have our Parafolks do various actions around the house. We will start by working on the following core features needed for that :
After these “boosts” on the Paramaker and the first version of the live mode, there will be more work done on every part of the game to add more features to the live mode, build mode and Paramaker.
Side note: we are 4 programmers on the team and we used to work on different things : Jérémie and Étienne on the build mode, Anna on the live mode basics and animation systems and me (Alex) on the Paramaker and mod tools. We’re changing this to instead work on one part of the game together at the same time. It will be the Paramaker for the next two months and then it will be the live mode basics. This way, we’re aiming to make faster progress on a specific part of the game instead of slower progress on multiple parts of the game at once. We’ll also be unblocking other team members like Léa, Sonia and Alice who need additional features to be able to create more clothes, accessories, hairstyles, animations, etc.
Don’t forget to take a look at the Development page of our website for more details about what we’ve been up to in the past few months. What’s to come is really exciting and we’ll be able to share the progress with you guys in these weekly private Patreon posts and in some public videos as well.
Thank you!
Alex
Comments
TheCivie
Will there be an option to turn off the character reactions in the Paramaker?
Estelle
Amazing! :D <3 It's so exciting to see that you guys are actually starting to work on the live mode soon. I actually didn't expect that at all.
Dylan
So exciting! Could pool and Foosball tables be added too possibly? Those would be fun!
Nechan
Non vedo l'ora, vi supporto più che volentieri!! ❤❤❤❤
Toria Stock
Continually so impressed and grateful for the updates on the game. Every time we receive an update, it only increases my confidence in you all to produce an extraordinary game. Looking forward to future updates and excited for the new collaborative development!
LL
I'd really like to see asymmetrical Parafolk faces! It would be really cool to play with imperfections too
SketalDaz
Cool!
James Bender
Wow Want it now!
anita
sounds like a great plan! we understand everything doesn’t go as planned sometimes though so it’s alright if it takes a bit longer :)
Annamaris
100 % agreed!
chameleonwren
It's truly amazing to see such a small team tackling such an incredible project with so much professionalism! I honestly feel blessed for the opportunity to see insights into this game's development :) so thank you for the updates and all the hard work you're doing!!
thesimslover828
All news is good news, as far as Paralives goes. I'm so excited for this game, crazy excited for this game, did I mention I'm excited? Y'all are wonderful, and I love y'all. I am 100% a fan, been so since the first announcement.
kaaaaaj
This is exciting news!! Looking forward to seeing how things progress 😆
Nolria
That is a better way of working as a team on important areas of the game, great work paralives team <3
SaraZ
This is really exciting news! I can't wait to see more of PAM and the parafolk you'll create with it. :)
ladyteruki
It feels like a turning point for the development of the game : Paradevs have created solid enough foundations to the game that you can now focus on these next steps together. I can't wait to see it take shape :)
Alex Massé
Thank you everyone! 😊
Megan Santucci
I'm so excited for BOTH of these things AHHHHHH
Alex Massé
Good question! Our goal with randomization is to have a randomize button for the whole Para but also for each and every aspect of the Para: randomize hair, randomize mouth, randomize nose shape, and so on. The current plan for color randomization is to pick a random color among the premade swatches but maybe it could be cool to have a second randomize button that would pick a totally random color like you said!
Alex Massé
Thanks for the suggestions Sophia and everyone! There are many ideas we'd like to study for hair customization so it's possible that we'll add more features later. In any case, we'd like to have a wide array of diverse hairstyles
Alex Massé
Thank you! Stay safe as well!
tey711
Wonderful update!! Thank you for continually keeping us in the loop of game development!! ❤
ResembleMedia_UK
Comment: Would be interesting to have a Morning Hair, a Wet hair / A work Hair / and a lazy Hair setting, so as you do things and change scene your paras hair matches the scene - For me, I'm a male that has long dark hair, and when I'm working my hair is in a ponytail , yet if I'm listening to music, watching a film ill let it down , if I'm doing sports it's up again into a ponytail , yet after a shower its either/or, so people have different habits at different times of the day , doing different things, - such as at night I put the hairband on the side ; but during the day my hairband is around my wrist ... small things like that become important
1luckydandelion
Amazing
ResembleMedia_UK
would be interesting to have a Morning Hair, a Wet hair / A work Hair / and a lazy Hair setting, so as you do things and change scene your paras hair matches the scene - For me I'm a male that has long dark hair , and when I'm working my hair is in a pony tail , yet if I'm listening to music, watching a film ill let it down , if I'm doing sports its up again into a pony tail , , yet after a shower its either/or, so people have different habits at different times of the day , doing different things, at night I put the hairband on the side but during the day its around my wrist ... smalll things like that become important
ResembleMedia_UK
Question: When do you think we will be able to see / have an alpha test, and also a possible SDK?
Sophie Goodman-Merel
@Vee yes it does! That's what I had in mind actually lol you explained it better
Maxayn Henderson
Thank you for the update!!!
Vee
I think it could be possible if instead of a true “slider” there was maybe like 5-6 different “points” on the slider. So instead of being there being pretty much infinite hair textures between straight and afro, it could be like straight, slight wave, wavy, loose curls, tight curls, afro. Hopefully that makes sense
Kaitlyn Metro
Great update! Thanks Alex and the whole team. I really appreciate these periodic updates so I know where we are in development. Fantastic work!
Kymberlee86
I can't wait to see it (I mean I can, but I'll be anxious with anticipation lol)! I really needed a smile today and this made that happen so thanks. ❤️
Lavender
Sounds like you’ve got this ship sailing smoothly, Alex! Looking forward to future sneak peeks and developments.
Meagan G.
Can't wait for this game ❤️
Michael Green
Sounds awesome! Quick question, will there be an option to randomize separate items and not just the entire Para? Like for instance, when I’m in the hair category and don’t want to choose for myself, will there be a button to click to randomly choose a hair and subsequently for tops, bottoms, shoes etc.? I think this will also work well with the Paras’ ability to react to their outfits etc. Edited for extra question: Is it possible for randomizations to also pull a random color from the color wheel outside of preset swatches and can this be done with hair/eyes? (I do like playing with unnatural hair/eye colors and take too long making a decision for myself 😅).
lis1273
So happy to see the progeession!!
Sean McDorman
I’m really pleased to hear you are going to make a big push on live mode before the year is over, because I haven’t seen as much progress as I expected on that in 2021, and I feel like it will be the most time-consuming to implement. I hope this new approach yields more results faster. I’m rooting for you, team!
Kerry Wong
awesome! loving your teamwork :D and alex, you're doing an underrated job of leading the team! so excited as usual
Maddy
I would love to see more wavy/curly hairstyles :)
Sophie Goodman-Merel
Also I'm excited to see the genetics!
Sophie Goodman-Merel
@NHFoodie totally valid. I just want every hair type to have equal flexibility rather than what's usually in games with like two afro textured hairs and mostly straight hair. Any type of curly hair is rarely represented.
Holly Shanks
This so exciting!! Sooo pumped 🥰
Victoria Garcia
So excited about all the progress!! Really looking forward to seeing everything!! 💕
NHFoodie
It may may sense to just make those hairstyles separately vs doing a slider. Each texture can still have pigtails, etc. but that way they’re each done justice.
BekkiRoss
Yay this is so exciting! 🤩🎉 Can't wait to see more of PAM!
Sophie Goodman-Merel
This might be too difficult, but please consider it: a hair texture slider ranging from pin straight to afro textured. That way all hair textures will be represented for each hair style. I hope I'm explaining this clearly. I'll try to make an example: Pig tails for straight hair would look like long and sleek and pig tails for afro textured would look like either hair puffs or braided and long. Thoughts?
Court12413
Having a good fat and muscle customization is such a an awesome thing. Someone might just have strong arms or legs and a pudgy belly. Someone doesn't have to have fat or muscle in every place at the same time at the same amounts
Krissy
Sounds like great plans!
Harlequin Herveaux
This sounds amazing, I am so excited! :)
Daniel Asraf
Wow you guys are making progress! I'm dying to see these animations in a life mode gameplay clip!! Either way, stay safe y'all.
Cali Ann Y.
How exciting! Take good care of yourselves and please be safe! The new covid variant is going around, so I hope you all stay safe.
Sara Morgan
This is so exciting!
farah
cant wait!
