š® Paralivesā Build Mode is Almost Done and Live Mode is Next + Creating our Color Swatches
Hi! Alex here to share a few updates! As usual, this post is for Patrons only so please donāt share it, thank you š
Last Touches to the Build Mode. On to Live Mode!
For the past 6 months, weāve been heavily focused on the build mode to make sure itās ready for the Early Access release next year.
What we did:
ā Missing features: We added important missing features like the fence tools, a grid for wall placement, roof tools, better terrain tools, a reworked build mode catalog, ambient sound systems, and more
šµ Playtests: We organized 4 playtests with friends and went to Montreal Comiccon so that we can observe players build houses and take notes on what still needs work.
š Quality of life improvements: Following the playtest, we made many usability improvements to make sure new players and expert players can enjoy a smooth experience while using the build mode interface and features
š Bug fixes: The build mode is a really complex and technically challenging piece of software to develop. We found around 300 bugs and fixed as many!
Someone recreated their own apartment here!
Alice (top) and LĆ©a (bottom) both challenged themselves to build a cottagecore home!
To make sure that we have enough time to finish the live mode, there are some build mode features that will only be added after the initial releases. This includes pools, basements and more advanced stairs and roof tools.
On to the Live Mode:
š October 1st: The date at which all programmers on the team will switch to working on the live mode for many months, until it is ready for release.
šÆ The goal: Focus exclusively on the live mode to finish all the live mode features and content needed for the Early Access
š® Features: We will be polishing the gameplay elements around needs, skills, jobs, social interactions as well as adding a lot of content for them. The pathfinding and autonomy systems will also be improved.
š Playtests: As we did for the build mode, friends will help monthly with feedback to make sure that our live move provides a fun and engaging gameplay experience!
Color Swatches
Alejandro recently worked on improving the systems around creating color swatches for the build mode and the Paramaker. It is now a lot easier for us developers (and for future players) to create new swatches.
ChloƩ took this opportunity and this week, she is focusing on creating ALL the swatches for the build mode! Up until now, most items only had one or two premade color swatches. Now, players will have a good selection of colors for every item in the game.
To create the swatches, weāre hand picking the colors that work well for a given item, based on its nature and style. Of course, players will always be able to create their own swatches for their own specific needs!
Have a great weekend everyone! š¶
Alex
Comments (87)
I am so ridiculously excited!!!!!
the babies are so cute awww
It's looking gorgeous š
Amei tudo! Queria ser um desses amigos que vĆ£o todos os meses para ajudar nos testes šā¤ļø
Great to see you all having a great time away from stressful development! BRAVO Team Para!
This game just looks sooo beautiful!
I am soo happy I joined to see the progress of the game I canāt Waittt š¤§š„¹š©µ I love to have something to look forward to towards the ending of this year
Right like following the development since the beginnings and see all the amazing things they did is wow
I am so happy to see all the progress and congrats to all of you that you made it into the next phase ā¤ļø It was probably mentioned before and I am sorry to ask it it's so: will it be possible to "copy" a colour from a certain furniture and change another one to this colour? Can we pin or save this certain colour in our pallet? Thank you so much in advance. I am deeply in love with what I see and your passion for the game ā¤ļø
So exciting to be moving on to the Live Mode! Congrats Alex and Team! I love the build mode thatās been shown so far and am patiently (impatiently) waiting for the EA. I had a few things that came to mind. Are you thinking about having a creation catalog where people from the community could upload/download content? Something similar to the Sims 4 with the gallery? When will the in game rewards from being a Patreon start being implemented? Is that planned for the official release?
I believe paralives will have something similar through the steam workshop.
This is super exciting!! I also love to see yalls company pictures having fun, like idk it just feels good knowing that you guys are liking working together and on the project ^^
Do you already have an idea which specs will be needed to properly run this game?
Amazing stuff guys as always I absolutely love what Iām seeing in ābuild modeā. Say you have a tv playing upstairs in a different part of the house, one thing in the sims 3 that bugged me was you would be able to hear it playing from every room in the house, loudly unlike real life where it would fade depending on how far one was from it. Hopefully this is considered in Paralives. Keep up the great work !
The cottage core houses are so cute and cozy looking!
The houses look so cute and realistic ā¤ļøš„°!
Iām glad to see things coming along even more, and that you guys had a great team-building exercise. Looks like it was fun!
Love, love love
The swatches looks great š¤© I feel like a congratulations is in order for your guys next big shift š the build mode look fantastic !!! I suck at building anything but I'm still super excited for building and furnishing in Paralives, very much looking forward to what is coming next. Also would this next shift include building up the town for the game ? I'm really curios on what kind of world and neighbors our paras will be with š (though asking that I realize you probably still have to work on basic gameplay elements first to know what kind of story you can make for Parafolk) but again congratulations on the progress and as always looking forward to the next update posts š
I love the swatches feature and being able to create our own! Can't wait to see the live mode progress in the upcoming months.
Everything is coming together nicely, I'm so excited for the final product! Here's hoping we also get purple swatches for home items, it tends to be a very slept-on decor color! š¤š¾š
i am in love w the selection of fidget toys shown off in ChloĆØ's build š„° as an AuDHD neurospicy kiddo this is very very exciting to me ;3 (everything else is amazing as well, as always~)
Iāve been watching your development since 2019 and Iām so proud of your progress!! I could cry!!
Being someone who is into all the aspects of a life sim, like character creator or whole family creator to building a home, decorating it and then playing with them, I am really hoping this will be the new life sim for me! So far everything looks great, but unlike some people I don't go by looks, I am referring to people who are crazy for the NEW big fancy so called life sim, who I won't mention here, I'm not impressed by it at all, it doesn't have the warmth of Paralives, the cozyness, and thoughtfulness of Paralives. I've been watching this game since I first heard of it in 2019, and I am still waiting for this game, for Paralives, and I will be here waiting until it's ready to come out so I can play it, I'm not going anywhere, at least not on purpose! I am really looking forward to a game where I can enjoy all aspects of the game, not just creating characters or building, but also live mode, what makes it a real life sim game!
Hopefully early access comes in October/November T_T
They slated Early Access in 2025 next year. That may be at least a whole year from now. We will have to see for sure.
Omg, the decor from the inside out is always so lovely. And all those color swatches!!š You guys continue to work so hard & these updates reflect the beautiful fruits of your labor! I hope you know it's deeply appreciated & I can't wait to see what's in store because I know even with these weekly updates, you can't tell us EVERYthing šš & I love the group pic! š
I want to build in this game so badly
Omg I love yall, yall are so cute. I love how open the team is, yall have included us in every step and it just makes the team feel like family to me. I would send brownies and cake if I could, cause yall deserve something sweetšš«¶š½
I love the computer ā¤ļøthat's it, that's the whole comment š„°
Fantastic news! The excitement for Paralives has been bubbling around inside me for the past few years, but this news has made it grow (does that even make sense!). This game is going to be amazing. Thank you Alex and team for all your hard work š
The number of color swatches though! Yessss. š
I'm so excited for the live mode! I've never been much of a builder although your build mode does look great and I'm sure I will enjoy it. But as a live mode player I cannot wait what you have in store!!
Yay! I am excited for the next news on live mode!!
So proud of you guys! What a journey it has been to follow the games insane development for the past few years!! And now weāre at a stage where one of the game modes is almost complete for EA. Crazy!
I appreciate having the neutral vs rainbow colors in separate groups in the color picker. Thatāll help color selection feel less overwhelming.
Fantastic and so exciting that the build mode will be finished soon.....
Looking good! Keep going šŖ
So excited for the live updates especially around careers. I love seeing the main para get a job offer to be a music teacher bc of her music skill and her being a teacher I hope u keep that feature in and expand upon it!
I'm so excited to see the progress you guys are making, I can't wait to see this game come out in early access <3
Je suis obsĆ©dĆ© par le lĆ©opard alors j'espĆØre mettre du lĆ©opard sur tous les objets de ma maison ahah ^^
C'est tellement un rĆŖve ce jeu ! Merci Alex
This sounds amazingš
You guys are so amazing honestly!! It's been an honor seeing the progress since I heard of it in 2019, and I heavily appreciate your great communication and dedication to weekly updates. I'm looking forward to seeing Live Mode updates!
Talking about bugs: there will be some tool so we can report bugs during early access? Or we will do it by email or Discord? I'm old, I never understood Discord properly :D
We are interest in adding an in-game tool to report bugs but can't 100% confirm we'll have it yet :)
I catch a bug on the post: "Playtests: As we did for the build mode, friends will help monthly with feedback to make sure that our live move provides a fun and engaging gameplay experience!" It says live move, but It is live mode.
Good catch on that bug! Thanks, I'll fix that!!
How exciting! I canāt wait for all the updates leading up to when the game is available to play
I'm so excited to see the progress in live mode. What feature would you say you're the most excited to get fleshed out?
omg this is so crazyyyyy, i love the lighting in the comfy house picture!! i cant wait to see the progress on live mode!!
The Build Mode looks really good! Thank you for the update! šš» Best of luck with the Live Mode! āš» Looking forward to seeing it come to life (no pun intended š). Love the photo of the amazing team! š
Looking great!
The build mode feels very fleshed out right now and I'm so exited that you are going to concentrate on live mode! I feel like you'll come up with a lot of immersive and creative features :Š·
Love it! Great work everyone!
I'm so excited that early release is coming soon. I'm actually going to buy a laptop just to play this game. Y'all have made me excited again to play a simulation game. It reminds me of the first Sims and how I spent hours just building a house and family.
I got a whole gaming PC rather than a power console to ditch my old notebook last year in large part in anticipation of this game being PC/Mac exclusive at launch. I am SO ready!
What else can I say except that I can't wait to see the rest of your creative process and, needless to say, to play! You are amazing, I'm glad to be a supporter. Take care along the journey! <3
Until this post, I hadn't realized how close to 2025 we are getting ! Of course that doesn't mean we'll play Paralives on January 1st, but it's certainly an exciting milestone :) I really love LĆ©a's ivy cottage, and more broadly I'm so happy to see how wide the range of styles is. I am personally someone who likes more modern stuff, but that so many things are already possible within the game in its current state is really fantastic. A big part of that is the amount of clutter and decoration made possible by the catalog (I don't think I had noticed that little trolley shelf before, but it's gonna have so many uses !). The swatches are also pretty cool. Of course we can customize ourselves, and it's a big part of the appeal of Paralives to be able to pick our own colors (and oftentimes textures), but a choice of colors really helps picturing things sometimes. Not to mention, not everyone has 6hrs to sink into the perfecting of a kitchen XD I can't wait to read more posts about gameplay, and how the mechanics might get deeper and/or intersect. Thrilling times !
so excited to get those live updates! great work on build mode, the style and selection of items are wonderful
It is so exciting to see how far this project has gone! I can't wait to try to build something!
ahhh so excited!! all of your hard work will pay off!!!! thanks for the updates š©·
Love, love ,Love!!! Waiting with antici....pation!!!!
I'm very happy with the progress and that Build Mode is almost ready (at least for Early Access). I can't wait to see what's new in Live mode and find out what's possible. Thanks that all furniture and objects can have the same colors! You do incredible work, each and every one of you. Thank you ā¤ļø The rooms/houses are all really nice and suit my taste exactly. I can't wait to try everything out for myself soon. Take the time you need and please don't stress yourself out! I'd rather wait a moment longer than get a half-finished game or half-finished animations ā£ļø
Exciting times!
As usual I'm in love! The love and care y'all are putting into this game really shows and I know I'm going to love it too just based on that alone. Also I love seeing the team out and having fun together! Seems like such a lovely group of coworkers and friends! š Keep up the amazing work and know it's very appreciated!
Can't wait for the future Live Mode updates, game's turning out to be better and better with each new update y'all put out and I'm very excited for the eventual Early Access release next year :)
After 2 1/2 years of supporting it makes me so happy to see the progress you've achieved over time! Looking forward to all the features and cute little details in the live mode <3
C'est incroyable de voir le travail que vous avez accompli jusqu'Ć maintenant. Contente de pouvoir vous supporter! LĆ¢chez pas la patate <3
Thank you for another great update!! Love love love what I have seen from builds and decorating already. It gives me all the cosy vibes and it screams personality and love to me. I feel like we can really make each house feel like a home and personal for our paras! I look forward to building when early access comes. And I'm so excited to hear the focus is now on live mode!! I look forward to seeing more on that in the coming updates!!
So exciting! As always, everything looks great so far. Can't wait for the live mode updates in the near future
Seeing yāallās progress is always the best part of the day! So excited for early access so I can put my real life on hold to build a cottage
Ugh I cant wait to make myself and my family and my little house
I am never short of astounded by the sheer variety of buildings and styles and looks we'll be able to make with Paralives! Yay! Can't wait to see more of what you guys do with live mode!
Aaaa how exciting! All the clutter in this post makes me so happy, and the cottages are just gorgeous and so magical. And October 1st, how exciting! Good job team, and playtesters!
Amazing! Always nice with a good premade swatch selection, even if we have a tool to make our own. Saves a lot of timeš¤
Excitement lvl 9000 !!!
AHhhhh canāt wait to see whatās in store for live mode!!!
Y'all have been doing an amazing job so far! The build mode looks absolutely fantastic, the variety that it possible to make is so great and just generally it's beautiful! Wishing you guys good look for the live mode from now on! I'm so looking forward to seeing all the new posts and I can't wait to play the game
This is so exciting! š¤© Love the color swatch menu!
Very exciting news. Can't wait for more updates. Best of luck wrapping up build mode things these next two weeks!
My god Iām so excited guys!! Youāve done so well with build mode āŗļø šš»ā„ļø
Great work! This is really exciting! Looking forward to early access š
Is it pronounced live mode or live mode? š¤
Definitely live mode š
Wicked!!!!!
I canāt wait to see the live mode!