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Chalet Floor Plan Reveal + We Hired a Music Composer!
🕑 Added 2021-06-04 18:52:09 +0000 UTCHello!
Chalet Reveal Schedule (For Patrons only! Please don't share)
Over the past few weeks, we have worked hard on building a whole house from scratch in Paralives based on a theme chosen by Patrons, a cozy couple retreat chalet. We're very excited to finally reveal it so here's the schedule:
- [Patrons only] Today, June 4: Showcase of the floor plan for patrons only
- [Patrons only] Friday, June 11: Exclusive chalet screenshots for patrons only
- Saturday, June 12: The chalet house building video, published publicly
It was really great to work on that house because it helped us test our build tools and improve them a lot! We still have a lot of work to do but it's a great milestone for us to be able to showcase the building of a whole house in Paralives!
Chalet Floor Plan Reveal (For Patrons only! Please don't share)
This first screenshot shows a top view of the floor plan. We decided to only have one floor for this build so it's more comfy and not too big for a couple.
The next screenshot below shows where the Kitchen will be. It's in this room that Paras will be cooking a great meal after a long day of enjoying the great outdoors. There are tall windows with a view on the back of the lot. If you are lucky, you might just see a deer in the backyard. Deers not confirmed for the initial release™️ of Paralives!
Next to the kitchen will be the bathroom. How about enjoying a nice bubble bath with some candles while reading a good book? Would be nice! We'll have to test if it's possible to make your Para read a book while they are in the bath once we make some more progress on the live mode!
A chalet wouldn't be complete without a fireplace or two! That's why we have one in the bedroom and one in the living room. This cozy couple retreat will be a great place to relax and stay warm in the cold days of winter.
On the image below, from left to right, we have the living room, entryway and dining room which are in a big open area with a split level floor plan so you can get a good look at the huge windows and actually feel like you are part of the nature around the house. This great view will be the first thing you'll notice when entering the chalet and you'll also be able to enjoy it while chatting in the living room (left of the front door) or while having dinner (right of the front door).
That's it for the floor plan tour! Stay tuned for next week's Patreon post where we'll show you screenshots of the final chalet with all the furniture and deco before we release the final video! We're pretty happy with what we made so I'm really excited top show you!
We Hired a Music Composer!
We're pleased to welcome Andrei to the team! He will be taking care of all the music and sound effects for Paralives. Audio is a big part of any video game so we're pretty happy about having Andrei with us. I'll let him introduce himself:
Hey everyone! My name is Andrei and I'm very happy to be the new Music composer and Sound Designer at Paralives! Video games have always been a very big part of my life since my childhood and being a music geek, I’ve always dreamed of doing the music for one. My main instrument is piano. I’ve studied many sorts of musical genres and their production ranging from symphonic orchestral music, jazz and latin music to pop, funk, R&B, rock, blues, indie, Lo-fi and many more. All those genres are gonna come in handy in the game ;)
When I was a kid, I used to be addicted to the Sims 2 on the first Xbox. I used to spend unhealthy amounts of time (like most of us) just fooling around with the same 2 characters. Good thing that I found another vice in music later on! Other video games that have influenced me greatly have been all the Assassin’s Creed saga, all the Dark Souls saga and Minecraft in its early days. If it’s worth mentioning I’m also a Lord of the Rings and Star Wars geek.
I’m very excited to take over this role and to hear all of your ideas concerning music and sound effects whether it’s for the characters, UI or basically anything! I’d also like to show you in the future my workflow and how I get to create music! It’s been a life-long dream of mine to be part of a project like Paralives and with my experience and your ideas, I’ll do my best to make justice to this dream-game. Thanks everybody!
Have a good weekend and stay tuned for the full chalet reveal next week!
Alex
Comments
I cant wait to hear the sounds that go along with the beautiful visuals! I just graduated for audio design and production and imagine there will be so many fun sounds and musical interludes to create!!!!
Really looking forward to hearing more of Andrei's work! The House Building Gameplay had some excellent relaxing, house-building music :)
Tom Lu
Welcome Andrei! I really enjoyed the music in the chalet build video. I have some (hopefully constructive) feedback about some of the sound effects: when painting/papering walls and laying floors, the sound that plays is rather long and potentially irritating considering we'll hear it so many times in short succession. I think I would prefer a "chunkier" sound, particularly for laying floors. Seeing a paintbrush icon for these actions is also dissonant to me. On a positive note, the sounds for the colour wheel, stretching objects and building walls are very satisfying. I'm very excited to hear your contributions!
Kaminox
Thats so great !
Estelle
Welcome Andrei!! :D
Alex Agustin
Welcome, Andrei! Do your best!
Earl Grey
Welcome, Andrei! I can't wait to see more about the Chalet.
Welcome to the team Andrei!!!
Catalina Lunessa
I am loving the depth of the textiles!
chameleonwren
looks incredible!! :D and welcome, Andrei!!
Karina Reyna
Welcome! We are so excited you're here!
Kyll
Amazing floorplan. Can't wait to be able to NOT make a square or rectangle house ! Also the split level tool is going to be AWESOME. I wonder if we're going to be able to zoom in and actually be the size of a para, like the camera being on the same point of view. So that we can actually enjoy the homes as much as the paras. Great works once again ! Eager to see the video and to start brainstorming about the music !
Kyll
Welcome to the team Andrei !
Interested to see what the roof looks like, if you guys made one for this. ^^ Great work as always!
Jazzyfay
Omg i would LOVE a Lo-fi vibe with this game😄
Stermatical
Hello Andrei! 👋😃 And look at that, the chalet already looks so cozy without the furniture. 😌
Holly Kinglund
Welcome to you! I'm sure you're gonna do some great things! :D
Tini
Welcome to the team, Andrei! I already imagine all the great music you will create for this amazing game. Also this floor plan already looks great, I’m so excited to see the video next week.
Anja Hoffmann
Welcome to the team, Andrei! The floor plan looks great ... this looks so natural as a build, with the curved walls and the different floor levels.
Kanchaross J.
I love the floor plan! The curved walls truly add that cosy vibes to the build! and the split level is so cool! I can't wait for the full reveal. Also, welcome Andrei to the team. I can already imagine smooth jazz music playing in the background!
Sachi Nero
I can already see myself getting up early in the morning, making a cup of coffee and opening this game. Can't wait. :)
ESW
Seeing this post makes me so happy. I'm really excited to see the building. And welcome to the team Andrei. :)
Zeevryn
Very promising! And I’m excited about the music, too! 😁
omg it's pretty ✨👄✨ can't do anything but to stan harder now
I love the floor plan! Now I just wonder how it looks like on the outside
Paige Fletcher
Welcome, Andrei! This is all such exciting progress!
Alice Taylor
Looking so cool! Welcome Andrei ❤️❤️❤️
Marcin
Remember to update Patreon about page, I’d like to see the two new faces 😊
Macanon Snow
Welcome to the team Andreil, hope your work goes well! ^_^
sofia lol
welcome Andrei! :)
I'm not a big builder, but seeing how you all have designed the build tools gives me a big creative itch. I find your layout for the Chalet beautiful and can't wait to see it in action. Also, welcome Andrei! I look forward to your sounds :)
Alex Massé
It's something I've been considering and I agree it could be helpful! We might try it to see if it can work later
Alex Massé
Great suggestion! The grass is still a work in progress and your idea could improve the look!
Brandon-Lee Ensing
Welcome to the team, Andrei!!!
Auntyleti
The chalet is amazing, thank you! I love it. I can really see a couple or a single person really enjying it! Welcome, Andrei! I can't wait to be able to hear some of the things you create for the game. I personally usually turn the music off in games, but there is so much more to sound in videogames! And I promise I will try to listen to your music the first times I play.
Aaron
Welcome Andrei!! It’ll be amazing to get a sneak peak into the process behind the work that you do, and I can’t wait to hear the tunes you bring to Paralives! Bonus points for being a lotr/sw fan :D Also, so far the chalet looks great, and I’m so excited to see the fully furnished result!
Stacey Dunnachie
So excited for the chalet and to hear the music that is going to be composed as well! I love music, so will be great to hear the sounds unique to this game!
Sir Buvex
Will there be an option to switch to parallel perspective/projection when building walls? I think that would make it easier to create rooms because you can see the shape better....
What a great idea!
talaynalynn
Yay! I was sitting on my porch watching fireflies/lightning bugs last night and thought how pretty it would be for that to be in the game. Just little random lights lifting up from grass and plants in the evening hours.
Welcome Andrei! I love the floorplan, I would love to get cozy there! I have the suggestion to make the grass less "squeaky green", a little darker and patchier, less manicured :)
Elizabeth Gonzales
Welcome, Andrei! I get excited every time I see curvy and slanted walls! Thank you for these screenshots! 😁
Maiden Minnesota
Got a kick and a giggle out of the [Insert Chalet Here!] screenshot! 😂
Brickitect
Holy balls I am going to have so much fun building in this game
ღPark Nikkiღ
I love how this is getting better on and on, also welcome to Andrei! 🥰
Love it! Can't wait to see it fully built!
Jennifer
welcome Andrei! Also I just love the aesthetic of everything so far!
jade
I like this build it’s so pretty, can’t wait until it’s decorated!
Henrique S. Cunha
😍😍😍
Ilan Raviv
Welcome, Andrei!! I'm getting more and more excited each Friday! So, thank you very much for your hard work, and I cant wait to see what more you will share with us! Each time you share a photo of the surrounding (the Paraworld/town), I'm stricken (in a good way) with how beautiful it looks! and now, with the chalet, I can't but wonder will the paras ba able to go on hikes? alone and as social interaction? and again thank you very much!
kesionna
Welcome to Paralives Andrei, can't wait to see what you can do. And I love the layout of the chalet.
tey711
I'm loving the Chalet floorplan and so looking forward to walking through it!! ❤ Welcome to this fabulous team, Andrei! The Sims 2 music is my favorite of all the Sims games and I still listen to the entire soundtrack, often!! 😁 I'm looking forward to hearing yours for Paralives!!
SmirkyBoot
It's so nice seeing the team growing. I've been following Paralives since it was just Alex and I'm so glad we get to meet everyone as they come on, know their names etc. It makes it more personal and I love each and everyone of you and am so proud
You guys are growing every day! I can’t wait for this game to come out to see all your hard work :)
Mike Grande
😍😍😍
Victoria Franklin
Its wonderful seeing the team expand so often. Being solely in charge of a game's audio is a major responsibility...looking forward to hearing some great stuff in the future. Also, the curved walls for the build mode really intrigue me. I'm excited to see how that will work too. Nice work as usual and thanks for sharing (: Keep up the amazing work!!
Welcome, Andrei ♥
Sara Rocha
Welcome Andrei! And I'm so excited to see the full chalet next week :3
BekkiRoss
🤩🤩🤩
Christophe Zajac
Welcome Andrei! Congratulations on joining the Team! Can't wait to see what you'll come up with. Super excited for you!
Zahlea
Welcome Andrei!!! So happy you're joining :D The chalet looks amazing. Especially loving the split level room 😍😍
Kerry Wong
welcome andrei!! dark souls uses music very well so you have my immediate approval ;) wow, the team is in the double digits now. and definitely looking forward to seeing the full chalet.
Mo Des
Welcome, Andrei!!
NICE! I’m so excited!!!
