Live Mode Progress + Options Menu + Object Naming and Pricing + More! ✨

Soo, there's no option for interior lighting? For me this is a problem, I like to create cozy environments and I cannot do so with dollhouse lighting effect.

NOONE in my house is going to eat inlcluding ME lol

THE CLOWN FRIDGE???? LOVE IT!

These all sound so exciting! I wish I had learned about Paralives sooner so that I could have been a better patreon member! Are you guys open to more devs that can help with optimization and/or testing? Cute loading screen image btw! Also, the edge scrolling sounds really clever! Are you planning down the line to do something similar for other mouse types? (like I use my laptop's track pad, I think that's what it is called?) no pressure, just curious!

thank you for the addition of the Camera Edge Scrolling! I think it will be very handy since for most of the game we'll be using the mouse

I really like that the items don't have any rating attached to them about how much they fulfil needs, or how much they add to the environment. It means that cheaper items, if preferable to more expensive ones, can have just as much use and I really like that :) in other lifesim games that shall not be named I really dislike when for example I want to use a bed that is so lovely but it doesn't allow my sims to rest well. And then you are almost forced to buy a "better" one if you want them to have good energy levels! So I really appreciate this. 😃

I noticed that furniture is sorted by its listed price. So, how are items with the same value arranged? I'm a bit of a hoarder and love having tons of beautiful mods (currently, there are over 30,000 furniture mods for TS4—I know it's not great, but they're just so pretty!). However, organizing them is a pain. TS4 sorts items by price → furniture type → instance (a 16+2 code), which means there's no way to control the order of custom mods. Even if you patiently organize them neatly, they still appear messy in the game, especially in broad categories like "Decor," which makes it even more chaotic. I really love Paralives' Build Mode and have lots of ideas I'd like to bring to life here. So, how does Paralives handle sorting? I think the ideal method would be sorting by file name. I know you've already implemented the in-game renaming feature, which is brilliant. But if we could modify file names to group similar items together (like decorative food, clothes, or shoes), it would make organization so much easier. Additionally, TS4's mods use the names and descriptions left by the mod creators. When the creator's naming doesn’t match the file name at all, it becomes really difficult to find a specific mod through search. Will Paralives be the same? Maybe it's too early to discuss this, but it’s really important to me! Looking forward to your reply! Thank you! (PS: My English isn't great. This message was translated by DeepSeek. If it sounds a bit odd, I apologize. Thanks again!)

Wonder if you will expand the accessibility options in the future, it would be nice if visually impaired players can also enjoy playing the game :))

Super excited for the Legend rewards! I had to downgrade from legend a bit ago but I know I accumulated enough months to earn the rewards. Super excited to receive that DM!

Will they possibly use my suggestion?! I put it into the discord the currency symbol for "paradimes" and it's actually happening 🤯🤯 can't wait to see the shorthand symbol! Edit: I can't add a picture here 🤦🏻‍♀️

🥲 stunning

I’m surprised the loading screen is only 5-10 seconds, I was expecting something closer to 15-30 seconds for an open world game with a simulated town, but I guess I’m still used to the 15 year old Sims 3 engine 😅 Am I right to assume the loading times will increase for older savefiles and as the game becomes more complex with updates, though? In that case a short loading time for now is definitely welcome, I suppose ☺️

I cannot express how excited I am about this game. I've had multiple times the last weeks were I dreamed that I had finally been able to play it 🙈 I am so looking forward to starting a legacy file with this game, currently the gameplay looks so cute and I want to see how versatile the relationship and personality system can be 😭 I cannot wait for December

I just wanted to ask if we can enable the police for people who have dyslexia in the accessibility tab?

Thank you! I look forward to playing this game and seeing it grow! I am most excited about Weather & Seasons, as well as Build mode!

Oh I forgot in my other post, I noticed that a bush disappeared when I guess getting closer or something, and I hope they're is a way of turning off having trees fade away as you get closer, I hate that in The Sims 4, it ruins taking photos, because if your Sims are close to a tree or bush and you manage to get close to them to take a photo, the trees or bushes will just disappear. It of course also happens in videos, when is even worse sometimes, if you are just following you Sims around and you get too close to a tree or bush and suddenly it vanishes, it looks really weird! I've always wanted a way to turn that off in The Sims games!

It's funny but I got so happy when I saw that the office chairs just look like normal office chairs in real life, not something weird, sometimes something looking more simple, is better. Also I was hoping there would be a way to turn off animations in the Paramaker, I actually use a mod in TS4 to keep the Sims from moving, sure certain reactions from when I choose different Aspirations or traits still happen, but at least they don't do the other animations because they're elderly or a vampire or spellcaster. But I would rather not have the Para's reacting to every different hairdo or piece of clothes or other items at all. So I would like an option to turn off all animations in the Paramaker or even be able to pick and choose which we want and which was don't, like if there are animations when choosing traits and things like that, it will be okay, as long it's not really long. But I would want to turn off animations where they react to what hair or clothes and things I dress them in. I mean they might be cute once or twice, but they always become annoying after awhile, they have with all the Sims games. And obviously I prefer no animations while idle in the Paramaker, since The Sims had that in TS2 to TS4, which with TS4 its the way they have the elderly Sims making weird sounds, and then with vampires, spellcasters and others, that is really annoying! I am one of those players who like to control that sort of stuff, maybe it's my autism that makes me do that, need a lot of control, not sure. I just know I like lots of options, meaning I like the option to turn a lot of things off that are just extras in any game, but the though the Sims gives us a lot of options with all the added things in the game, they still don't give us enough, in my opinion! Plus sometimes they say we can turn a feature off, and even though we do, the game keeps doing whatever it is anyway, like you never turned it off, like story progression. I do hope if we get something like that in Paralives, it also will be truly able to be turned off. Or at least not be as bad as the TS4 one is. Again its a control thing, and the game is always messing with my special Saves/Legacy Saves!

all i can say is im SO EXCITED and SO PROUD of how far this game has come (been here since the very first announcement) cannot wait for december 8th🫶🏽

I love this I love this I love this. Seeing the UI evolve over the course of production I really feel like you've hit a vibe that works so well for your game. Honestly the goofier items like the clown fridge are giving Sims 1 in a way I adore. I appreciate you adding some animation to the Paramaker. I know a lot of people are annoyed when they move around, but to be honest I find in a CAS scenario when they stand too still I lose the life in them. Staying too still they're just assets, a little bit of movement and they're characters. This post made me very excited for early access. I genuinely feel like you're trying to bring out the best game you can, and I hope that energy continues with launch!

I'm so excited!!!

Please make the paras also be able to stand still in the paramaker.

I have a random opinion that certain items like some clutter, mess, and even some plants should cost negative money. Meaning that it costs money to delete them and you can save money by having those items. For example a cluttered, run down house with an overgrown yard should be cheaper than a simple/starter/basic house. Probably too soon for this game's items, I'm mainly fuming about paying for mold decals in the sims

I hope you can choose inverted camera controls when rotating it left and right, since that's what I've always used in gaming.

Please add a gameplay setting to turn off aging, thanks!

Will objects have gameplay effects?

I think this is my favorite post you guys have done yet. This game just feels so alive and real and I can't wait to play it!

This game is coming together so beautifully and I appreciate every little detail and all the work put into it. The loading screen and options menu looks so clean. I love that the town will have a more realistic feel and townies will come and go based on their obligations or routine.

I love the fact that townies walking around actually have a destination, and that it's built around their routines! That would be such a neat way to set up a meet-cute with your paras too!

Love the item names. Chiller Clown. XD

Love the new menu. And getting to see object names. I also love that the para maker animations won’t play every time. Sometimes, that can be rather distracting when you’re trying to quickly change things, so in that was thought about. December is getting closer and I’m happy about that!

This is coming together beautifully!!! I absolutely love everything you've shown here! Are there differences between less and more expensive objects in terms of their buffs and reliability if they can break? Or is that not yet implemented?

Okay the Options menu getting darker the further down you go is so SO satisfying. Whoever came up with that I love you for it, genius haha

Ohh, the PAM reaction animations really remind me of The Sims 3! I personally really liked it when they were infrequent as you clicked around, sometimes I ended up choosing clothing based on what the sim reacted positively to. So yeah, don't make it too frequent, I like it when it feels like the reactions matter. (Of course, adding an option to disable them completely is very good too.)

87 days everyone!! I am so excited. I dont think I'll sleep in the few days beforehand. I'll feel like a kid at Christmas and I'm 56! Haha! Ive been waiting since day dot, its been a while but all the best things are worth waiting for 😁

Aaah, so "Chiller Clown" is the name/tagline chosen by the Patron? I didn't understand

I love that you've got accessibility settings! I'm trying to remember what disability stuff you've included. I know Sims didn't have much and isn't set up for mobility aids or anything from its conception so it's good to consider these things early on.

Love the post, can't wait to start playing on the 8th of December. Three things that I want to enquire about: ++> You mentioned a life goal, but there was no further expansion on it in this post. Does that mean that in the next week or so, we will be able to get a showcase of how they will work? Similar to how you guys showed off the career system? When you compare the life goals, how would you describe the scaffolding? Is it something like Sims 4, where you have a few checklists and then you complete them, or will it be more like Sims 3, where you will need to spend half of your sim's adult life to complete it? I think a good thing would be to make it a large task that can be broken down into three or four cores that each of which has its own requirements. That way, you have a meaningful life goal when it is completed, though not so overwhelming that a player might get lost or feel no progress is being made. ++> Regarding the loading screen, wasn't there a hack week somewhere this year where I think Chloe worked on loading animations, where it would be the black background with the white doodles on it? Seeing as you made a loading screen, does that mean those will no longer be used? ++> When it comes to townies, I think that to make them realistic, it can be very difficult. So, would you mind maybe making a showcase of how their AI functions? You mentioned that a townie visits places that correspond with their personalities. Does that mean if I have a townie that is lazy, he will never visit the public gym or if I have a night owl para, that they won't just randomly show up at the coffee shop on a Saturday morning. I think that is one thing that can be very immersion-breaking for the Sims, when you are at your local gym or pub, a 5-star celebrity would show up. Which is a place they have no business being. So I was just curious how you guys went to work about hemming in the AI to fixed schedules while still keeping it realistic and not just a fixed timetable that can be charted by the community. If what you are saying has to do with restraints that were placed on the towny, how will that translate to future game play, where I want to create a second family in the same town and save, with the idea that the two families will overlap in life? What element of my para from the para maker will impact these habits and movement patterns, or are these currently hardcoded limits pre-made NPCs? ++> Seeing as you guys have gone and given the objects' prices, does that mean you have finalised the economy of the game or will jou scale the jobs to match the items/bills generated from these object prices? As for more expensive variants of an object, are there any other differences other than appearance? Say that the expensive fridge has more storage space, food stays fresher for longer, it breaks less frequently and so on. If the difference is only cosmetic, do you guys plan on adding these variants later on, and will that be before or after the EA release? ++> I had a quick look at the settings menu and under the video section, I couldn't see if there is an option to run the game in borderless windows. Is this because the settings menu is still being adjusted, or will you guys add this later on? Again, loved the update and am looking forward to experiencing this passionately handcrafted world.

“fridg” is so funny to me idk why 😭

The blue name on the Kochi fridge is so small that it's hard to read. While I imagine this would be less an issue on a larger screen (I'm on mobile), would it be possible to let the blue titles take up more lines so the font size stays consistent?

Whoever though of "Chiller clown" is a comedy genius

In The Sims, the luxury items could also fulfill some needs "better" (the best bed gave you more "comfort" points), right? This isn't the case in Paralives?

This is so awesome, and I appreciate that there's plenty of camera movement options! That's been important to me lately lol. I love everything, where do I checkouttt 🙃🙃🙃

Very cool. I believe that the prices will probably have to change during Early Access, since is very hard to manage to find the right values considering the benefits that the item have to daily live versus how much can you get through your job, specially considering that different people have different expectations of game difficulty. That said... Do you intend to make "Difficulty levels" to the game that explore this or this will be my first mod ? :D

- Life goals (aspirations): will we be able to choose them or will it be something that the game comes up with (based on the personality of the Para or at random)? - Townies walking around town: will there be only adults? Or will we see children and kids walking around accompanied by adults?

I love the naming scheme for the items in build mode!

the infinity symbol (∞) means "show me all the objects in this category"? (i.e. all the kitchen items at once and not just fridges?)

Love this! I’m really curious about the museum, honestly. I enjoy visiting them in real life, but in a simulation game I wonder how you’ll make it interesting enough for players to keep coming back with different Paras. Maybe there could be scheduled activities on certain days? For example, small workshops related to Para history for kids on Saturdays? And maybe sometimes there could be temporary collections, like historic clothing? Or even large artistic installations where Paras can interact with the light, sound, and space to become part of the art (not sure if that makes sense...) ?

I like how the UI all has gradients. Are you gonna keep the bluish/grey colour and the text font as it is or change it closer to release? (Not asking bc I like it or dislike it, just curious!) Also...the loading screen art reminds me of GTA 5!! Imagine, whilst waiting, you get to enjoy the art of the postcards or the artist who made the new paralives cover, slowly appearing whilst u wait. That would be super neat!! In my opinion.. lol

I love the item names! Iconomi for example feels very unique and authentic to the game meanwhile you can spot the reference. I love love love it! It really gives the game it's own unique vibe. I don't know why but this reminded me of InKonbini's style, which I loved! Great jobs you guys so excited to play

In the last image, there's a hairstyle that has a little gear in the bottom left corner: can I ask what that means?

Will we be able to edit the names of the objects and/or the descriptions and the prices?

Komiko, my beloved (Also, quick question, but is there still hair physics?)

Loved the new post...like usual! ❤️

In a the future dlc id love so see hair salons! Like, go to the salon and being able to get your hair washed, colored, blow dried, cut, with animations. Maybe by choosing and specific hair style and color from the PAM that requires specific steps/animations to complete the look. Also being able to run your own salon. So cool!

Tengo tanta ilusión de ver mi para personalizado y mi objeto!para siempre juntos!

Mentioned on Discored that we have an aging UI so edited my comment. Oh, and I'm quite excited to see that "shops, collectibles, museum and more" tease. That's a huge part of these kinda games IMO.

Hi Alex! Loving the names for the furniture items and that the Paradime will get it's own symbol! I also love that we have descriptions of what the item is for. I'm also loving the paramaker animations!!

I love the loading screen... but I think it could be a bit more minimalist. 😅 Everything else is amazing as always.

How come the hunger need bar is longer than the others? Is it a vibe for that particular character? ("loves to eat"? :-))

Thanks, very interesting post. I'm happy there's an option to show/hide the character's path line. Is there also an option to show/hide the % of "success" for Together Cards?

Exciting! Feels like we’re getting real close now. In the edge scrolling demonstration the tree just kinda disappears when you get close. Bug?

"Success chance spinning wheel"? am i totally blanking on what that is.. or have we seen that🤔

I really love the improvements made so far! But I have a question tho. Will players be able to toggle the Paras moving in PAM? Because sometimes I just wanna skip through some options and the Paras moving every time I click can get quite annoying/distracting

Hi Alex, thanks for this new post. This is the kind of details that I expect when release date is coming... which is true, only 3 months left to go ! I'm glad to see the settings menu, and hope the key bindings are smarter than that of some other games (see also : https://www.patreon.com/posts/50806616 ). "we decided to name objects in Parli, Paralives’ own gibberish language" This is genius. I creates both a lore-friendly catalog, and a unique feeling that doesn't incentivize comparing it to That Other Franchise™. "Iconomi" is both cute and so telling ! This is going to be so cool to see emulated on the Workshop. Quick question : at some point I remember there was talk of tagging objects in the catalog, both hardcoded in the game/mod, and optionally by the players (for instance to have a "favorite" tag for preferred assets, or to create themed collections). Is that still on the table ? As for the paradimes symbol, I think a reverse ¶ could work, as it is both similar to a P, and could be typed when people talk about the game on social media and such.

Idk if Radio Stations are gonna be a thing. But will there be an option to create our own stations like Sims 4 has? That was one of my fav features of that game.

when you say move the camera "with mmb" do you mean blender-esk movement? bc i assumed thats what you had before, and i hope thats still an option in the game. :) anyways, exciting update! feels like finishing touches now😅, which is cool and i think the names are a really cute idea♡

I really do love how everything is coming along. Though I don't know how much large bodies of text there will be. But a nice suggestion would have large text, especially if it's for lore to have a read aloud option. It's helpful for those of us that have dyslexia and I wish more games had it.

please make the gif of the options menu slower so we can see them better

Looks amazing!! For the animations inside of the para maker I would recommend having an easy accessible button in the UI to disable the animation. Although it looks great some prefer for the para to be still.

Will the paras have differing opinions on the quality of furnishings they have? Or is it just a design preference to get the fancier items?

GORGGGGGG!! I especially love the animations when changing their look.

Happy National (US) Video Game Day! I am so exited to play Paralives to celebrate the holiday next year!

I love it, I have 2 suggestion one for the loading screen how about loading bar and different pictures for the loading page. In hogwarts legacy PC/ laptop in the main menu their a mods and it shows different mods in the game and you can download maybe that could be added in Paralives

Nice! Regarding the paradimes symbol, it could be based on the Philippine peso sign since that features the letter P, just make it completely different from the Filipino currency (just make sure to credit them though) Just a suggestion though, in the end I’m happy regardless. This applies to the Russian ruble sign too although that’s an R in Cyrillic.