Animation Showcase: Dance, Baby and Pregnancy!

i dont want my girl on paralives to get pregnant i want to adopt a baby a baby boy

Awesome!!

They look awesome! I love the idea of having different dance styles. Country line dance to heavy metal? Why not! Do the salsa to rap? Go for it!

Those dancing animations are way more expressive than the older animations! Very nice. :)

Hope I'm not too late but I would I love for an option to choose idle animations! I mean, what if a para hates children? I would imagine they would be highly uncomfortable lol I love to see chaos in my game 👀🔥😂

What I love most about this is it's not just a flat texture but 3d paints. The Grass painter reminds me of Viva Pinata, one of my favorite games series.

These are amazing, I love the dancing moves and the baby grabbing/eating its feet! Fantastic! :)

The graphics on this game look so beautiful and cozy. I’m so excited

Very adorable updates! I do want to say that with babies, they seem to be more head and torso, and their legs and arms tend to look a bit short, is what I've observed. The baby's legs look maybe too long. But that's just a suggestion. I love the animations.

I wonder how long a Parafolk's pregnancy will last?🤰

I wonder until what age we will be able to breastfeed infants? Or will there even be a breastfeeding option? Or will it just be bottle-feeding with formula?🤔

For the dance, I don't know who remembers the "Urbz, sims in the city", but they used to have choregraphies when dancing alone, and choregraphies when dancing together. https://youtu.be/wAxcXlI7VuA I'm just throwing that here as an idea for future content, thinking it could be a good idea with Paras dancing as a group to implement something a little more natural obviously than a pre-made dance, but synchro anyways. (Urbz entering a group already dancing, would simply get into position, and wait for their turn to jump in and get in sync with the rest of the group.)

Aww, cute baby! The nursery furniture is gorgeous!

Oooo so exciting! I can’t wait to see how you do with couples dancing as well! And I love the baby and pregnancy animations! So cute

These dancing animations looks so cool 😍 I can't wait to see them in the game while playing 😭 I just hope that the game will run smoothly on steam deck cause I only play on handheld consoles (steam deck and switch) If this game would be available on switch that would be just a dream come true for me and many others 😍

I adore the baby and pregnancy animations!

The animations are great! I don’t know whether it’s the baby’s facial features or proportions but I found it a bit unsettling, almost the way a face looks “wrong” when it’s missing eyebrows.

The medium variation and high skill dance animations are a tad sharp and jerky, if that makes sense. Probably has to do with the looping of the animation. Otherwise, beautiful work!

Maybe you guys could make a clothing store like from The Sims 2! Or a grocery store!

This looks awesome! It was fully expecting the baby to be like: "Baby Idle." "Baby Idle Medium Skill". "Baby Idle Maximum Skill" at first.

The dances, especially the medium skill (mostly because that's what you see irl most often lol) look so real and it, I'll say it again and again, makes the Paras feel like actual people that you can empathize with 😭 Like I'm already invested in this girl just looking at her cute dancing and having a fun time 🥹 I love that Alice chose a realistic approach for the animations rather than cartoonish. They are also just absolutely, incredibly detailed and well-made, it's astonishing that a SINGLE animator manages to make so many high-quality animations for a game! I sincerely hope Alice wins prices for her work if she hasn't already. Pixar level stuff ♥️

I have a few recommendations. Baby strollers, so you can walk around with your baby. And different types of dancing (ballet, modern, waltz, general dancing in pairs) and have dancing as a career. Singing could also be a skill within the musical career where people also can play in bands or like the same song with different instruments

i cant wait, im gonna spend so many hrs in this gameeeeeee

The baby is so cute 🥰 I'm so excited for this game

Hi Dev team! I have a few questions regarding pregnancy in the game. Will the parafolk gain weight during and after pregnancy? Will there be a hospital where they can give birth? Will there be sonograms that expecting moms can get? Will there be pregnancy tests that parafolk can take? That’s all I have for now! I’m so glad to be back after a year or so! 😁😁😁

I am excited for dancing, especially swing dancing.

The baby is so cute!! I also love the idea of the dancing skill, and how the dance moves improve when you are higher in the skill! Ready to party!

Love the dance animations! I am too excited for this game!

So great!! Thank you for sharing!

Nice moves! But can you cabage patch and moonwalk? Lol

I like the idea about advancing in dance skill, like the others skills on the game and that they are quite different between stages. I know it's quite hard to add more styles of dance but i'm really glad to hear that it's something that will come in time. This is a really good start. I'm quite impress about the baby and how fluid his movements look, they are a headache for a lot of designers because they look quite unrealistic, but it's not your case. I'm looking forward to see more of it. Finally, the pregnant parafolk looks really natural for being the first and i hope we will see a lot of evolution during pregnancy.

The dance is very good to start with, fluid and quite danceable for anyone. A very realistic baby, he beat us all by eating his foot. The pregnant woman, I have a little doubt, but I don't know what stage of gestation she is in, or if it is because of the dress, I was hoping that the shape of the belly would be more noticeable and differentiated a little better from a large person. I like that the shape of the belly is very well defined, and I loved finally seeing how we have a mother capable of touching her belly as a natural gesture in the breasts.

I would love to see ballet-dancing Parafolks!

Such nice and smooth animations! And the baby ones are SOOO cute, I'm obsessed

Hi! I'm not sure if this post is the right one for the following question, but I'm curious, will male Parafolk be able to get pregnant? Like in other games, with a toggle for it, or just not something that has been considered? Thanks!

please don't tell me the pregnancy's will be stuck wearing a maternity gown

I loved all of it, especially the idea of having many different dance styles. An idea would be to also have different dance styles for different music, e.g. headbanging with heavy metal and more casual dancing with pop! I love the pregnant parafolk, she's beautiful and the animation is so cute.

everything looks great! will there be slow dancing options in the future?

The mom rubbing her belly is such a sweet little touch!

The animation looks so natural and satisfying !

So my rambling dancing technique equates to "high skill variation"... Interesting.

Love seeing the progress! I definitely hope we see more types of dances, eventually. I keep thinking, while these are great, I’m not sure they’ll make sense for every genre of music. Like, the dancing might be too slow for some music, but too fast for other music.

Maybe babies can eventually learn rolling with tummy time!

Great post! Exactly what I hope to see in a post - progress, explanation of what is happening, explanation of what is planned for the future and why, which is evident in the *almost* lack of questions asking for this information :). It's great to see that you started with some very standard dance moves (of course, highly expected) and that you tell us that later there will be more variety added (and of course, we'll be downloading modded dance moves I assume). Alice, I have no animation skills or qualifications (or talent, lol!) but I play a lot of games with life elements. Your animations are amongst some of the most natural looking, if not THE most natural looking animations I have seen. Indeed, this thought strikes me at every post from Paralives where I see your work. They look brilliant! Well done!!

Dang first para gettin down okay period!

Why do I feel called out by the low level dancing? 😅😂

Wait the dance animations are hella cute. So is the idle pregnancy animation. The babies animations are good I thibk the art style is a bit tough for the little ones in terms of shading, etc. But I am so hype this is just so cute. I love this!!

SO excited for family gameplay. Pregnancy is a huge part of life and so I'm hoping to see lots of options and gameplay!

The baby animations are so cute, and I love the attention to detail on how the pregnant para stands and poses. Will pregnancy be locked to female only paras?

Can you add powwow dancing 🥹 jingle dress or fancy shawl omg

I love it! The only thing is that with dancing it can be very time bound. I think there maybe ways to do dancing that won’t date the game in a year or two. Maybe looking at similar dance moves across the late 20th and 21st century - think soul train, TRL, tik tok? Sorry if that’s too critical, it’s just that a teen para and an elder para doing 2024 dance moves in 2030 may be weird

Loving the progress! Paralives has such relaxing vibes, I could listen the soundtrack to sleep

Nice! And I like the music.

J'aime beaucoup l'animation du bébé qui attrape son pieds c'est vraiment adorable. Les animations son fluide c'est très agréable.

Phenomenal job as always, Alice! I'm also loving the expression on her face, she looks like she's having a blast 😄. The baby ones are so freaking cute and the pregnant one is such a nice touch for pregnant paras. Great job Lina!

Aaaaa the baby animations are so cute! Also so random but everything is crisp and smooth, I’m reading on my iPad and everything looks insanely great! I’m so excited to see lots of different styles of dance come to the game in future- and for maybe the little’uns to have little dances too 🥺 so so hyped to see more pregnancy and baby stuff when u guys are ready!

Hi Alice ! Great work on the animations ! I really like what the Para is doing with her heels in the Medium animation. And the variation is sick !!! I like that she looks confident while still looking a bit at her feet, that really fits the idea of a medium skill well. The baby grabbing its foot is absolutely adorable (but I suspect you knew that). The idea of adding a variation and leaving room for more in the future is really interesting. That's a great way to release a product that will feel finished in Early Access, but thinking ahead to make it more interesting in later updates. I really like that. I could absolutely see people modding their own variations, too. Let's give a name to that pregnant Parafolk ! Sonia did a great job with her. I like that she likes purple, too XD The way she's arching her back shows that she's not just a regular Para with a big belly, but that she's struggling against the weight of the baby, and it really shows. Feels very natural ! On a different topic, I was watching a Tiny Glades dev video recently and I have to say, the way their windows adapt to the roof is really incredible. What do you Paradevs think of this feature ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y579pGbhf-s Lastly, I was recently browsing the Notion roadmap (you know, as one does), and I was thinking there's a feature I'd very much like for Paralives to treat as default : when browsing any catalog of assets (PAM, build/buy mode, etc.), I'd love it if by default we could have one line of the description dedicated to showing the name of the creator. For basegame assets, it'd be just "Paralives" or "Paralives basegame" or something like that, but for a modded asset, it'd show the name of the mod. That way it'd be easier to organize our content, recognize what assets are buggy and need to be uninstalled/patched... and it'd make it the default for mod devs to "sign their work" when uploading an asset to the Workshop which is a healthy culture imho. I play some games where this is not done by default, and it's A PAIN to recognize what is the asset that is not rendering properly. But I also play a game (namely Rimworld) where there's a mod that extracts that data from the Steam Workshop, and it's a life saver that I keep feeling is so simple and essential, it should be basegame. It's also a great way, when streaming or filming any kind of gameplay video, to give proper credit while playing :) Just a suggestion !

I really like all of these animations! I especially like the way the pregnant para holds her back in the pregnancy animation, it feels quite realistic to me, since a lot of pregnant people get back pain during the later stages of pregnancy.

The pregnant Para resting her hand on her belly... Wow :')

I always love your animations, Alice. Everything looks very natural. It is a long way to have the variety that I know that you all are striving for, but if you keep this level of quality, this game has an incredible potential. I eager to play it already!

Omg the animations are so well done !!!! And i looove the dancing ones 😻

Very nice! The only thing for me it seems that the baby has kinda too black lines on his knees. Not so fan of so dark lines but everything else is perfect.

I'm so excited 😭😭 can't wait for early access!!

The baby's face seems a little too mature from a distance for me. But that might be because I'm used to animated babies having huge eyes for exaggerated cuteness and expression. The eyes on this baby are round enough, they just seem kind of small unless I zoom in closer. Less expression readability from afar or on a small screen. But that's more a style nitpick and I could get used to this one.

These animations look amazing! Although I still think the characters are way too bright and stand out too much from the room (specially the baby in this case), they don't look like they belong or something 🤔

More hip-focused dances please! While the Irish-looking toe dances are cute, a lot of cultures use more hips in their dances, such as latino/hispanic and African dances. Also, I imagine you’ll add couple dancing, essential to weddings and romantic dates. The baby and pregnant mom are perfect — living their best lives

So Lane already mentioned some things that I wanted to address but I will also just mention it. I assume when you have a moment you will have a look at it. Also, I have noticed that either you (Alice) a team member or even Alex will like or reply to our post. For me, it shows that as a studio you truly care about your community. As for the post: 1.) I think that as your dance skill increases your Para should accumulate the dance moves. Thus, at the high level, you can do the high-level animations and the ones down. This should also reduce the requirement of making new animations. Seeing as the high-level animation cycle will become more varied as the skills increase with all backs to the 'lower' animations. 2.) From an animator's side, how difficult would it be to allow for a base system that 'auto' selects a set of animations based on the music that is being played? So that the 'random' animation fits the rhythm more. 3.) You mentioned that couple dances will be coming after EA which makes sense based on the reasons you have provided. However, What about if you want your Paras to dance in a group using the group interaction? Will the group dance in a circle or how would the locomotion regarding this look? 4.) When looking at the dance systems of the sims, the action can some be out of place or seem 'unnatural' Have you guys thought about how to implement this system in a way that feels more natural? 5.) You mentioned that you can't speak on life stages yet. Would it be possible to get a rough estimate of when we can expect a post regarding it?

It’s all so wonderful!!

The baby's legs are WAY too long. A baby's legs are only about 1/2 the length of the torso and head combined, or about the length of 4 of their heads.

I’m loving the dance moves, but I’m especially loving the baby grabbing their feet! You guys are doing an amazing job and I can’t wait to see and play the complete project.

Wow ces animations me donne vraiment hâte au jeu!! Les animations de bébé sont A-DO-RABLE

Omg the idle pregnant animation is soo cute!!

This look so cute!

you're incredibly talented, Alice :)

Ok first, those dance animations were on point! Rose did not come to play at all. The foot work... the foot work! Second, the baby grabbing their little feet was so adorable, I need the babies nowww 🥹🥹 and lastly, the pregnant para is so pretty!!!! She looks so cute rubbing her tummy! This has to be my favorite update in a long time! Loving everything so far

Will it be possible to dance with one or many para folks ? Like duo dance (Tango, Salsa, slow, east swing,...) or group dance (ex. Capoeira)🪩 ?

Paralives really out here calling my sick dance moves "low skill." 😔 😂 Looks great! Love the grabbing feet animation!

I love the cradling the bump animation it’s such a small thing to create but such a realistic one! ❤️

So exciting!! Thank you so much for sharing all of these! As someone who loves dancing and is medium- to high-skill in real life, I do have a couple of thoughts on dancing. 1. The standard Medium Skill move is my favorite! It feels so realistic. I would definitely bust that one out myself! 2. A lot of times even a high-skill dancer will just do a simple step-touch move, similar to the Medium Skill animation, because it's the most appropriate move! Like at a wedding or other party setting where you're not trying to show off. The Charleston looks great but it's not really a default move haha! It's more like a move to throw in every once in a while to show off :) 3. I'd also love to see some groovier moves - less footwork, more hip swinging! Shaking your hips to the beat works great with any style of music. 4. I'm sure this has been suggested before (or you might even have it already!), but it would be very cool if there is a dance-like idle animation. When I hear a beat, I can't help but move my feet or tap my hands on my legs. Even if I'm in public, or even if the beat is inside my head haha! So it would be cool to see a musical/dance-inclined Para, or any Para, tap to a beat when they're just standing around. Though again, you might already have this, I can't remember! Thank you again for all your hard work and for sharing it with us! Everything looks beautiful, and as always, makes me so excited to play!

The baby grabbing feet animation was adorable 🥹❤️ they all look so good though!

It's so simple, I love that

Loved it all ❤️. Can't wait to see more. I appreciate all the hard work the team is doing.

It all looks so incredible! All the hardwork is definitely paying off :) One small thing from my view, is that the babies are very cute but they look quite harsh. Could they be made to look softer? Toning down the wrinkle lines and redness.

I love the baby grabbing feet animation so much 🥹😭

When the game comes with a base world, will it have a household with a pregnant parafolk? I think it would be pretty nice

OMG the baby grabbing their foot was adorable 🥹🥹

Wonderful animations! ❤️

I love the cute animations, and the pregnant para! But I'm sorry, there are a couple of things I didn't enjoy: the first was the high skill dance movement. There's something strange, like when you play a video too fast? And the baby is too shiny in my opinion, but this one is easy, it's only the white lines that stand a bit too much. the baby is so cute though!

The low skill variation is giving Max Caulfield vibes ❤️

Grabbing their toes!! I love it! ❤️ And, the dance moves are smooth and varied. The more variety the better! Great work!! 👏

I love the animation showcase the idle baby and dancing animations look incredible. But I did realise how the babies skin details/ wrinkles were really dark compared to the adult paras. Also the redness was quite harsh on the baby. Apart from that I absolutely adored this video. Is there a possibility that the babies skin details will be tweaked to be less harsh like the adults?

The dancing looks really good!

Will there be specificities of babies like rising early, likes to be carried, hates being woken up, often hiccups or many others if so how many? I hope over 18 and much later to put specificities for children and adolescents, and also could we choose our gender other than man and woman and sexual orientations ?

The baby animations are too cute!

The different dance steps are beautifully chosen, but sometimes the feet don't move smoothly but rather choppy. The baby animations are also incredibly cute, but I would prefer if the lines were softer, especially on the legs. I love your work and your transparency. A huge thank you to each and every one of the team. You are doing great work!!! ❤️💐🤗

What a cute baby! Also, I would love to see more dance moves from modern styles to traditional/cultural ones!

Haaaa the dance moves 🤌 Also babies 🥹 and the pregnancy 💕 this is so cool! Can't wait to play your game guys !!!

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Woohoo! Babies! Responsibilities of raising a child in real life is scary, but parababies on the other hand… 👶👶👶👶👶👶👶👶

Hype!!!

I loooove the first pregnant Para ❤️❤️❤️

Low dancing skill animation is so on point 😂

Can’t wait to see how genetics will work ❤️

2025 where are you?😭😭😩😩😩 Also, those high skill level dance moves were nasty!😂👌🏽

The baby!!!! 🥹😍 So cute, awesome work!!

Great work guys 👏