Live Mode Showcase: Town Events Tour! + Q&A Stream on March 17th
Hiya!
It’s Rina here for my (first ( ˶°ㅁ°) !!) Patreon post! Today, I’ll be taking you through some new town events we’ve added to the game, with a video you can watch above and a bit of background on each event, with the help of Chloe!
🏙️ How Town Events Came to Be
One of the biggest and most frequent feedback we’ve received from both our playtesters and viewers who watched our public stream last November was that the town seemed empty and lacked things to do. So, the artists and programmers worked super hard to come up with interesting town events that cycle throughout the week to keep your Paras entertained!
Let’s have a look at a few of them now…
🧘♀️Yoga in the Park (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)
Looks nice and relaxing!
Carina: How did you choose each location? By vibes or by how conducive it is to do yoga?
Chloé: Well, we needed locations that were big enough for the event, and that had flat terrain, too! We did end up tweaking the exact locations to leave enough space for the classes to take place. So, in the end, the answer is really for technical reasons!
Carina: Will participating level up your fitness skill?
Chloé: Yes! In fact, leveling up your fitness skill will be more effective if you join the yoga class, as your Para will get a significant learning boost!
🧺 Weekend Market (Sunday)
So many things to buy!
Carina: How did you decide what kind of vendors to include? The variety is really good!
Chloé: Alex, Léa, and I had a meeting to brainstorm event ideas. When it came to the market, we thought we could have the town’s stores participate, but we thought that 1) we needed some unique stalls to make players come back every Sunday, and 2) the stalls are not that far off from the shop plaza!
We decided on an Oddities shop, where you could get some wacky, creative decor pieces, and a painter who’s fighting with their desire to draw anime art while having to create more ‘’commercially-viable’’ art. We had a lot of fun creating the items on sale! With the items being on rotation, we hope players will have fun visiting the Sunday Market every week and seeing what’s on sale!
🌠 Astronomy Club (Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
I wonder what’s going on in that big ol’ sky…
Carina: Okay theory time, what rare space phenomena do you think is happening in Paralives town?
Chloé: Well, the newspaper does inform us that something is going on overhead the town, but whatever it may be, it’s still a mystery… Maybe it’s a black hole that will drop cars and pets when the content updates roll out?
Carina: Does this event level up a skill as well?
Chloé: Yes, it should give you a learning boost in the science skill!
Carina: Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?
Chloé: I could really use a wish right now.
🪙 Treasure Hunt (Thursday)
Who’s leaving their treasure lying around?!
Carina: How many items are there to find? Does the museum accept them as donations too?
Chloé: For the treasure hunt, players won’t be finding collectibles! The chests will look different from the collectibles’ ones, being bright red instead. There are currently around 20 different Build Mode items to find in the chests. The items vary in value, so you can either keep them to furnish your house or sell them for profit! If you need a free, luxurious oven or a Miki figure…well, I guess you can consider hunting down the hidden treasure chest on Thursdays.
Carina: Was it hard to find a hiding place for the chests?
Chloé: The chests are somewhat well hidden, but I wasn’t too evil with the placement of them. I looked for any nook and cranny around the plaza and castle exterior where I could hide them! It was much harder for the team to find them than for me to hide them… because a bug made it so that the chests didn’t spawn! So they searched really hard and came up empty-handed! Oops.
Carina: Thanks for answering, Chloe! Hopefully we’ll get to see more cool town events in the future (๑•̀ ᴗ•́)૭✧
Chloé: No problem! When we brainstormed, we came up with so many ideas… there’s even a few more events already in-game that we didn’t show you today!
❔Q&A Stream on March 17th!
You heard it here first! We’ll be doing another Q&A stream on Discord on March 17th at 11AM EST, so we want to hear your questions that you have for us. Drop them in the comments below, and tune in to see what we can answer for you!
Thanks for reading this week’s post, everyone! I hope you enjoyed getting a glimpse of what neat town events are waiting for you in game (☆▽☆)
Have a lovely weekend, until next time~
Rina⋆.ೃ࿔*:･
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Comments (116)
Love the addition of the market! Will there be paras who actually lead the classes, or will it just be do-it-yourself?
Lol. I love the updates in the newspaper on the train breaking down. XD And I looooove the farmer's market! So happy to see more events being added to the game. Thanks, guys! I know y'all are working your butts off. Can't wait to play this thing!
this is so cute , great way for paras to meet new paras
Q&A: Are the oddities items that can only be bought at the market? Is there books for skills? Actually, where do we buy books?
Q&A: Will there be pet fish in the game? I have one and I'd love to recreate him! I wonder if they could be more than just objects too? it'd be nice to have some interactions even with smaller creatures...
For the Q&A: Earlier, you mentioned that creating a size slider for pets would be too labor-intensive. Are you still planning to expand the presets from just "small" and "large" to at least three, or preferably five, categories? For example: Very Small (Chihuahua), Small (Bull Terrier), Medium (Labrador), Large (German Shepherd), and Very Large (Great Dane) — to represent the breeds more accurately
for the Q&A: Three questions 1-why in the PAM when select a para the screen turns black for some seconds, the time can be longer? 2- there are gonnna be different Walk styles for all the emotions? Like sad, happy, flirthy, etc? 3-can wee sell the portraits we create in game?
For the Q&A: Will there be Farm animals Like sheeps, chickens, gooses, cows or so in the game one day? I would be really happy about it
For the Q&A : 1. The Sunday market make me wish we could get a farmer market down the line ? It could be at the same location on another day ? 2. Do you think they could be other classes in town outside of the yoga classes ? Also would some of them not be free ? Like a 'community center' style building with cooking or art classes ? 3. Is there any activities plan inside of building as well as outside ? I know that the shop have some stuff like the free plants but is there a temporary exposition space at the museum for artist ? 4. Do you have any events idea that would center around other age groups specifically? Something for kids, young parents with their toddler, older parafolks, etc? 5. It would be nice to have day field trip or potentially longer out of town rabby hole field trip for the parafolks in school. Going to the museum, the castle or the mountain for exemple. 6. I think I remember the castle having a gift shop but does it have 'guides tour' that your parafolk can do? Do have have any idea of specifics events or details you would like to add to the castle and haven't yet? (I'm thinking of events because I love medieval and Renaissance fair like they do at Provins). 7. Can we mode events in game ? 8. Is there a bookshop or/and a library in town ? Or a more general multimedia library (je ne sais pas si c'est la bonne traduction pour médiathèque 😅)?
great questions! they're in our bank :)
My question for the Q&A- regarding pets, once pets are finally added I know cats, dogs and horses have been confirmed for later on but, I was wondering if there were any plans for pocket pets? Such as Small animals, like Hamsters, Guinea Pigs and Rabbits, Reptiles - maybe Breaded Dragons, Leopard Geckos and Turtles, Birds - Parakeets and/or Cockatiels, or Fish/Aquariums? Or perhaps even Ferrets! I dont see life sims having alot of options for pocket pets and was wondering if different options for pets is something thats planned to be expended on?
thank you for asking, i've added it to our bank!
Anisia having a HORRIBLE week it seems XD
For the Q&A: There have been many ✷★secrets★✷ throughout the years that were never revealed, even to patrons. I'm sure there is a lot the devs are waiting for players to explore and find out on their own but, if there are any more obscure secrets that may not be immediately obvious, do you have any plans to ever release an official list of all the past secrets?
thanks for your question minakie!!
For the Q&A: Will it be possible to travel to another world and buy a vacation home? (not in early access but further down the line)
thank you for asking!! i've added this to our question bank :)
Hi, is it possible to set up our own stalls at the market?
thanks for asking! this is in our question bank :)
For Q&A: There's yoga lessons but can our paras do yoga inside their house? Are the mats in build mode?
hi! this i can answer for you right away :) you can buy a yoga mat from build mode and place it in your house! this way you can practice yoga whenever you'd like haha
I'm so excited for this game to come out! 😁 I actually have a question regarding the launch, not sure if this has been asked before, but I remember from the dev chats before the December launch was delayed that you said you'd release it at 10am Eastern time. Is that still the case with the May launch? 😊
Rina I have a question for the stream! Can you clarify if we'll be able to build community lots from scratch for our own Paras/other Paras to visit during release, or will that be something that comes later?
Loved the post! Something I noticed: Maybe the Paras sitting could have some idle animations. Right now they seem rather stiff. I like the animations overall, but I did notice that they start very abruptly. Having smoother transitions could be something to work on in EA. Now my question: I love playing with families. We haven't seen anything concrete regarding pregnancy yet, so I'd like to know what the current plan for it is. And for the future, I'd like to see what the team is planning for children (school, daycare/kindergarten, maybe playdates, etc.).
thanks for your questions! I've added them to our bank c:
I’m glad to see that we will have some events in town that will make the town feel more alive and give motivation for us to taken our paras out more. I also appreciate the B.o.B and Hayley reference.
I do have a question and it's been my main concern through all the years I've been a backer. How can players control the tone of conversations in Paralives? If you want to flirt with a Para, but your Para isn't feeling flirty, doesn't seem like you can. If you want to make a joke, but your Para is sad, same thing. In the stream, even getting the prompt to finish a quest took two tries. Feels like there should be a few basic options in the radial menu.
Obviously I'm not Rina, but I happened to see your question and this is a topic I'm passionate about :) From what we've seen so far, it seems that the entire concept of Together Cards relies on your Para's environment, not just what you want. Together Cards are context-dependent, meaning that they take things like Vibes, Talents, Emotions, and more, into account in their calculation ; so for instance when Milo moved in, he had Together Cards about being new in town, because it made sense at the time ; we didn't see him live for an entire week, but chances are this would no longer have been the case after a while, especially since new factors would enter the calculation, like for instance an upgrade at work being on his mind once he unlocked it. Or when two of his Needs got very low, his Together Cards with Haven became red because he was uncomfortable, and he had no patience for the conversation. The system is meant to simulate your Para's inner life (and I'm sure as development progresses the calculation will be more and more intricate) to tell you : ok, right now, these are the things MILO feels strongly about, which do you want to pursue ? And so, if you want a conversation to go a certain way, the circumstances must be right for it. It's very much like in real life : if noone is feeling flirty, why would anyone flirt ? You have to set the mood ! Milo didn't have flirty Together Cards in his conversation with others... until he did something ("think about love life in the mirror" https://youtu.be/s7XxMchRd6c?t=2737 ) that gave him a flirty Emotion, which became a factor in his interactions after that ; that's how eventually he got Together Cards to flirt with Pauline. In Paralives, there's likely going to be two main types of live mode player : you can either take things as they happen ("no flirty Together Cards ? alright then, no flirting, maybe later"), OR you can decide to strategize to get what you want ("no flirty Together Cards ? let's increase the odds of them appearing"). The idea is not that you can do anything at any time by just clicking a wheel, but instead you need to make choices, and they always have consequences. You can make the choice to only go where the Together Cards take you ; or you can make the choice to influence what type of Together Cards you're more likely to get, but just like in life, there are too many factors involved for you to be in full control of what happens. You can only make choices within the cards you're dealt. Personally I like it, because I love to strategize in life simulations. I make a plan, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't so I just have to find another way to make it happen. That's life. I also think it's great because it nips in the bud any potential for boredom and repetition. It's going to be almost impossible to have two Paras have exactly the same life when the calculation takes so many factors into account for Together Cards, but also Work Upgrades, Relationship labels, and so. The replayability is going to be off the charts !
In the mod system, are we able to cancel/disable these events (the events are nice, I just want to know how much "control" we have over this part of the game)?
Will the things you can buy at the market change, So we have a reason to revisit? Looks amazing!! 👏 🤩
Yep! The post says that the items for sale will rotate, so we'll have to visit every Sunday to see what goodies we can get 🥳 From post: "With the items being on rotation, we hope players will have fun visiting the Sunday Market every week and seeing what’s on sale!"
Three questions 1-why in the PAM when select a para the screen turns black for some seconds, the time can be longer? 2- there are gonnna be different Walk styles for all the emotions? Like sad, happy, flirthy, etc? 3-can wee sell the portraits we create in game?
I'm almost sure walk styles were discussed before but I can't find where. That said, if you look in this video, when Anisa walks to her yoga mat, she's walking in a way that matches her Emotion (sad), so I think there's already at least some of them in the game. Maybe more Emotions will join over time ?
Question for the QNA. Have you come up with a name for the town?
Another question just occurred to me. We've seen commercial lots on the map with the option to buy them. What does that mean exactly? (assuming we won't be able to run businesses at launch) Can you buy businesses and make some kind of passive income from them or is it that you're just buying the lot itself and you can only turn it into a residential lot?
I think they've said that this is a cheat (that makes every lot purchasable) the devs use to work on the game, but we players won't see the map like this (unless this cheat will be made available for us too). This is what I remember, but maybe in the Q&A you'll get an official answer.
Nice feature! Is Anisa pregnant in that first clip during the astronomy event or did she just have a big lunch? 😁
Questions for the Q&A: 1. Will there be more small, detailed animations, for example when picking things up, opening fridges/cupboards, preparing food, etc.? 2. Will it be possible for the Paras to step to the side so that they don't glitch into each other? I'm looking forward to the stream! :)
This looks so fun
Question for the stream: How will modding in new town events work? Will there be some way to layout the items that spawn on a lot when a custom town event is running?
I'm concerned with the lag in the footage. Is that caused by the playback? Great vid as always!
All of that is amazing !! It feels so much more alive ! I suggest to add more transitions between paras animations. So when they start doing something it is natural/smooth, and not just having the animation starting too suddenly.
+1 I think this would be great.
i’m interested in how a memory system might work i’ve seen it mentioned on the roadmap but not a lot of info about it also when can we expect to see more public information about live mode and how you have addressed feedback since the delay i know a lot of casual followers of the game are interested in seeing more live mode
Question: A bit of a random one but adds to that realism charm, would Paralives ever seen a garbage truck stop by your paras home? E.g one night a week it’s bin night and your paras bin sits on the curb and can be collected? p.s can’t wait to play the game :)
I wonder why she’s sad :(
Questions: 1. Is it possible we could start seeing patron paras show up in videos and streams? 2. Is the beta access just for the people hired to play it? Just curious if I missed that option for patreon rewards. Thank you so much!
Good questions! One I can answer right away; playtesting/beta access is currently limited to the playtesting firm we've hired, and isn't a Patreon reward.
Question for the Q&A: Will there be more UI polishing before the early access release?
Yes I’m wondering that too
I'm quite happy about the market 😊
Same!
Amazing! Some other ideas for revitalizing a city :) Positive: street performers, food truck festival, library book club, chess club, speed dating, outdoor cinema, celebrity visit Dramatic: neighborhood disputes, strikes or protests, controversial street art, homeless people or pickpockets, lost and found system, scammers, graffiti sprayers
I love these ideas
C’est un peu dommage qu’il n’y ai pas de réactions des autres paras par exemple quand Anissa faisait son sport dans le stand de marché qu’elle ne réagit pas, autrement vous faites du super boulot !!
oh yeah!, i can see my para in an artistic or food competition or events in a future
"Maybe it’s a black hole that will drop cars and pets when the content updates roll out?" Now I'll be sad if I *don't* get a cat dropped on my head. Question: Are there plans to have players be able to sell things at the Weekend Market? Not right away, I'm sure, or even during early access, but at some point?
Questions for the Q&A: 1) We've seen proposals; how does getting married work for now, since we won't have events like weddings or birthdays for EA? Town hall rabbit hole? 2) Talking about rabbit holes, which ones are there? (I understand if you wanna keep some secret for now of course haha)
The more updates come out the more it becomes obvious to me that this game is adorable, innovative, and a perfect opposition to The Sims
THIS LOOKS SO NICCEE
This game is going to own MEEEE!!!!! Lol
I really love the events every week honestly I always missed it in games where you’ll see on the bulletin board or newspapers of what’s happening in town and so this adds so much life!! Thankyou devs 👏🏻💕
I have two questions! 1. I’d really like to know about the plans for the content updates post-EA launch. What are ya’ll going to be focusing on first? How many do you anticipate there being until the game is complete? And 2. I know you’re planning to stop Patreon when the game launches, and it makes me sad that we won’t be getting a weekly Friday post anymore ☹️. Are we still going to get frequent updates on progress and how things are going?
thanks for your questions! i've added them to our questions bank :)
My question is, “is there gonna be stuff for kids, babies and even elders to do? Like more or so for their age because I LIVE for generations and I find it somewhat boring besides the teens-adults since kids and elders don’t have anything really for them. If not right now, are you thinking about it?”
great questions! i've added them to our bank
Oh kids activities like nature club or day camp in the summer...that reminds me ... Another question for q&a ..will there be summer vacations for school? After school clubs...music classes and such
Ooo those could be great in game rabbitholes events
Who else likes to check their notion site and get more and more excited as the tasks left to do before early access gets shorter and shorter? :) https://paralives.notion.site/f138c4f6cb234604be16fe4198d17f51 Not including tasks to be completed during early access and beyond: Live Mode: 78 done, 7 in progress, 2 not started Paramaker: 81 done, 1 in progress, 1 not started Build Mode: 71 done, 0 in progress, 1 not started General Features: 26 done, 1 in progress, 0 not started Modding Tools: 16 done, 1 in progress, 0 not started
This week, I was browsing the roadmap for something else entirely and I was surprised to see that Steam achievements integration has already been completed. I could swear that it was initially planned for DURING Early Access, and that only Steam Workshop integration was planned before May. Or maybe I hallucinated it ? Either way, it was a nice surprise to see we'd get achievements so soon.
Oops I completely forgot to ask a question for the q&a! I'm lazy so I've copied and pasted a question I asked on a previous post 😅 If we play as a townie household, instead of creating a new para, will the townies have preset relationships that reflect their lore? So for example if I played as the Patels would they start off with a "good friend" relationship label for Emma Wake, or "annoying neighbour" relationship label for Maggie (if appropriate)? Or would we have to create all relationships from scratch like we would with a new para? I hope that makes sense!
thanks so much! i've added this to our questions bank :)
The events look super fun! I can't even communicate just how excited I am for this game to come out! My question is what other important features do you guys plan on adding before early access in may? Or is the focus right now on fixing bugs and quality control?
I suggest looking at their notion site as it shows each task they completed, what they are working on now, and what they want to get done for early access (and also beyond that). https://paralives.notion.site/f138c4f6cb234604be16fe4198d17f51 For example live mode has 9 tasks left to complete before Early Access. 7 in progress and 2 not started.
Alright I'm here to ask the real question. heh. Despite having full needs in almost every part of the video, why is Anisa sad/angry all the time?
Ah, this one I can answer right away! She's got a gloomy vibe, so that's why she's like that haha
I'm loving how lively the town is becoming! Giving us a reason to get out and explore. It'd be super cool if we could make our own event. Like maybe our para could rent out a space in town or somewhere in the world, add what they want to do, and set up an event. Would be perfect for potlucks, get togethers, or sudden skill classes.
I love this. I would really love to see variety in the marketplace. It’s random every Sunday, so it keeps you coming back to see what’s open. I love this, though. It’s giving Stardew Valley in the best way possible!
I love everything shared and the animation is looking so good! I especially liked the weight lifting one, but you had me at treasure chests! Lol.
I freaking love this so so much! This is usually exactly what is missing from open world games. A reason to explore the world and come back to places you have already visited. I especially love that the items for sale at the market and in the treasure hunt are exclusive to those events. I can't wait to see the other events you have planned!
I love the new events ! It sounds fun ! Here are my questions: can we meet our para friends at the time and place of the events and participate to the activities together ? Also will the Para that participate to the activities have a personality or skill that matches the type of event ? For example will I be able to meet science lovers at the astronomy club ? Will there be a special relation type for people being in the same club ?
my question is will there be first impressions and attraction systems?
thanks for asking, i've added it to our question bank!
"Train needs a new engine, but it's only deliverable... by train." I love your newspaper
As always thanks for making my Fridays. First for around town events: book club, knitting circle, movie night in the park with food and blankets and biking club or running club. My question for q&a Will families keep their relationship after moving out? For example will parents call their adult children autonomously. Siblings calling to talk or hang out.
thanks for asking, i've added it to our question bank!
how often will content updates be released during early access? (of course after all the bugs have been fixed 🪲)
I'd love a book club as well. Maybe also a community run outdoor movie night? (almost like an old school outdoor cinema) A gaming meetup (video games and/or tabletop games) would also be cool. The sky's really the limit. Maybe also a gardening club where they meet up to tend a community garden? I think some indoor events would be cool as well. (I could see the book and gaming clubs meeting indoors)
This is really cool! I love the yoga location, looks so peaceful. And the market looks so nice. However, I don't think she paid for that outfit? ;) I also really like the newspaper, avoids too many separate popups. One thing I notice though is that when you select an action for the para they seem to start it kind of abruptly. Would be nice if that was a bit smoother. And maybe paras sitting around can have small movements so they don't look lifeless. But all in all I am looking forward to exploring the game (and cant wait for cars and pets!!!).
"However, I don't think she paid for that outfit? ;)" If you see someone shoplifting, no you didn't.
It looks amazing! I'm so glad you've added these events, they really add life to the town! ... Also, is that a high school we can see behind Anisa in the market clip (when she's looking at clothes)?! It looks like it says 'Lycée' on the building 👀 On the topic of adding points of interest around town, one thing that could be really lovely to add around the town are little book exchange bookshelves. In the UK, you'll often see free book swap spots/community bookshelves in public spaces, like train stations, supermarkets or just out on the street. They are little community bookshelves where people will leave books they've finished with and you can take books for free. They are sometimes in repurposed telephone boxes, though I've seen smaller ones which are just covered bookshelves out on the street with a handful of books. Penguin's 'Little Book Spots' are a really good example - and look so lovely! Because books are constantly being exchanged, there's nearly always something new when next you check. I could imagine paralives having a few little book swap boxes like this around town, with 2-3 titles available that change every other day.
That DEFINITELY is the beginning of "lycée" ! Good catch. "In the UK, you'll often see free book swap spots/community bookshelves in public spaces, like train stations, supermarkets or just out on the street. They are little community bookshelves where people will leave books they've finished with and you can take books for free. " I made that same suggestion last month, I hope we'll be heard ! It's less of an events, and more like something casual that can be done at any time on any day :)
liking the ideas! having the same events on different weekdays seems like a really good quality of life feature for working paras. One bit of feedback though, I think the collectible hunting and the treasure hunt are too similar also treasure hunts are usually for kids. If the treasure hunt were on a Saturday and focused on kids toys and decor, I think it would feel more different and give kids more to do outside even if it was still open for all ages to take part in
True, a lot of these are mainly focusing on adult activities, and the videos mainly showcase adults. A kid could go to the astronomy club or engage in the treasure hunt, but minors are clearly not the focus of these features. Hopefully they're the focus of improvements we haven't seen yet (or that are planned for later).
the paras sitting at the gym market stall were kind of eerily still. will there be periodic idle animations like checking their phone, touching their face, looking over at a para doing an activity close by, etc?
It's odd because we know that there are tons of Emotion-related idle animations : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6W4vNKFUPk0 They've been there for a long time, so I have to imagine that maybe they're not being triggered for some reason or another ?
Just casually dropping public transportation lore 👀
I think a writing or writers club would be cool! so would an art club
Hi Carina, wow I can't believe you're only now writing your first post ! And of course you turned it into an interview of another Paradev to highlight someone else's work ; it's so you ! :) 1/ It's really cool how these events are not exactly random, but happen on fixed days. That way you don't have to suffer from FOMO as a player : you can finish a Goal you had started, or any objective, and your Para will go treasure hunting another day without missing much. It's an incentive, not an obligation to interrupt your gameplay if you don't want the event to go to waste. Plus it ties very well with the addition of the bus system. 2/ How are events generated in the world ? If my Para shows up right before midnight at the yoga spot, do I see mats appear ? (or do Paras arrive with a rolled mat and get set up ?)Same question for the astronomy club or market stalls. 3/ Speaking of, I audibly gasped when I saw the weekend market. It's... amazing. The video was really nice (oh my God look at that camping trailer ! this is teasing cars in the best way), but the ambiance on the screenshot later in the post is even better. The vibes are pristine. I hope it's very noisy, markets where I live are always full of people yelling stuff and people talking excitedly. Can we influence the stalls somewhat, so that they're not too repetitive with each different save ? Say, maybe I'm playing a culinary-focused save, so I'd want a stall from the general store this time around, for example. 4/ Is there any chance, any chance at all we might at some point (not necessarily for the Early Access release in May) be able to mod The New Paper's headlines ? I'm asking because this would be such a great tool to include in a mod to incentivize visiting a lot uploaded to the Steam Workshop, or to refer to a Para people can add to their game, or anything else really. I understand that the headlines with a call to action could be more complex, but stuff like adding quirky story elements similar to the train saga would be priceless. It'd really expand storytelling opportunities in a way no other life simulation game has ever allowed. 5/ "Okay theory time, what rare space phenomena do you think is happening in Paralives town? " Genuinely I'd love a meteor shower. Perfect for an exceptional outing with a science-minded child Para who exceptionally gets to go to bed late... or for a date with a secret crush. I just hope it isn't aliens. 6/ Lastly, I have a very different question/suggestion. A quessuggestion : would one of the Para-rtists be willing to record a timelapse of creating an asset ? For instance Sonia creating a clothing item, from start to finish (even if it’s over the course of several sessions edited together into one video/gif). I’ve recently been in a conversation with someone who claimed that it’s not hard and shouldn’t take a long time to make more assets for the game, and instinctively I know it’s not as easy as it sounds, but I’m not a 3D artist myself, so I was hoping to have something to show them. However when I looked on the official channel, there were behind the scene videos mainly by Andrei, but not really by other artists on the team. However I think it’d be really interesting to see an item from concept art to final asset… and also fun (protip : timelapses of 3D sculpting are actually super soothing for people who struggle to fall asleep ; my favorite ever is this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50RExi5vRbg ). Also, without being an actual tutorial, it would also serve as a reference for people interested in modding (like for instance when it comes to the cell shading style). Is there an item being worked on ahead of the Early Access release, that could potentially demonstrate that it’s not something done in half an hour ? XD Sorry if that’s a lot to ask. (I don't recognize the song in the video, can you help me out ?)
hi ladyteruki! i'm glad you liked this post <3 these are awesome questions, and i've added it to our question bank!! as for the ques-gesstion, i think that's an awesome idea and i'm always on the hunt for more cool social media posts highlighting the other devs' work!!
Aaah I love all of the events so much!! They all look so fun and I can’t wait to see what other ones you have planned, thank you for all your hard work! ❤️
I love how there is just casually a train fiasco happening while this para is going treasure hunting and doing yoga. 🤣 The details are amazing! 🩷
"Ah, the train broke down. Must be Tuesday."
Oh my god this is so exciting!! This is the kind of stuff I was expecting after early access release :') I love the town market especially, that's what I'm most excited for! 😝 The astronomy club reminded me of those car park movie theatres. That would be a cute event for the paralives town (minus the cars tho) 🩷 A question I have for the upcoming stream is: When are you thinking the next public stream will be?
hi! thanks so much i've added the question to our bank!
This is the perfect way to make the world feel real!!
Oh! This is huge. I agreed with the crowd in that the game felt lifeless, even for an early access game. Empty town, everyone walking the same way. It felt a little sad This, on the other hand, seems promising! I do hope when it gets out of early access you don't forget to add the polishing touches, like animation for changing their clothes. But you're onto something good! And in the spirit of open communication. I've never actually been a fan of the circle. Maybe it's too late, but wouldn't giving the profile pic a logo (like a star) be a less obtrusive way of knowing who you control?
i think the para's pic does get highlighted if there are multiple ones; i would personally like for the circle to be a toggle (i like it for gameplay, but would like to be able to turn it off for screenshots etc., similar to the plumbob in the sims)
"Maybe it’s a black hole that will drop cars and pets when the content updates roll out?" 👀👀
Great work, team! Really nice job! One thing that I think would be really cool is if there were objects you could only unlock through the Treasure Hunt. That way, if a player wants a specific item, it would incentivize them to participate in the event. Another idea, perhaps for the future, is to have vendors in the market waving and calling out to draw the attention of other Paras to their sales. In fact, it would be great to see more dynamic events—for example, kids running lemonade stands in front of their houses or knocking on your door to sell something.
Hi Rina! I hope my para has enough time for these events if she's working 😮 they look great! 80 days to go, im unbelievably excited for the game. Thank you for all your hard work 😁
I can never have too many community events in my game, bring it onnnn! I love this, thank you!! 🙂💕
Are clothes you can get during Market are unique to the event or are you able to get them in create para mode? So far it seems like fun idea.
hi! the clothes that are available at the market will also be in the game's catalog that you can access in the paramaker :) but it would be fun to add exclusive items in the future!
What type of careers/jobs will we see in the game? I'm just genuinely curious, hopefully this information can be shared. Additionally, can an airplane pilot be added as a career/job option?
All the jobs in the game are connected to actual places in the town (even if they're rabbit holes). So, if the town doesn't have an airport, I don't think an airplane pilot is in the cards :/