Happy New Year!
Hello everyone!
I hope the holidays were great to you and that you took some time for yourself!
For New Year Eve's, we wanted to make a table with lots of food. This was meant to be a test of what different food could like in Paralives. We included Champagne as voted in the last Patreon post! Thanks for your input! Cupcakes were also added because we love cupcakes.
Many people are curious if there will be alcohol in Paralives. I can say that there will be but we don't know yet if it will be called alcohol or something else!
Please note that this post and the above video are private for now so don't share it or discuss it outside of here or the #patrons channel on Discord :)
2019 was a crazy year for Paralives! So much happened and the feedback and love from everybody was incredible and overwhelming! I still can't believe we're able to make this game with you all and I'm so thankful for your support. It's because of you that Paralives can be made!
Recap of the year
Worked part time on the game for the first half of the year, creating the build tools
Left my part-time contract at Unity to work full time on Paralives in June
Posted the very first Paralives video (window resizing) at the end of June and people are already super interested somehow!?!
Posted the curved wall and split level video in July. Many Youtubers made videos about the game and so much people were talking about it!
The Discord blew up with tons of people joining every day! A huge thanks to all the moderators and kind people on Discord for making this a very positive community bursting with great ideas and discussions
Worked on many build features showed in different videos: object stacking, resizing, color wheel, object customization, etc, etc
Interview process in October and November to hire a full time 3D artist. Thanks to the Patreon money, the team can grow!
Launched the Paralives Steam page
Made some research and tests for the Character design and customization. Made a goose editor prototype to test the character creation tools
Started working part time with Léa in October to make some objects seen in the kitchen video and the tombstone in the cemetery video. It was great to finally work with someone!
Hired Roxane in early December, very happy to have her on the team full time!
Worked on the character design. This is the next big step and we're really looking forward to reveal the Parafolks and some gameplay!
2020 Goals
Finish the design of the Parafolks and reveal them
Show life simulation gameplay features
Hire more people to join the team
Suprises!
Thank you for the wonderful year! Léa, Roxane and I would like to wish you an amazing 2020!
Cheers!
Alex
Edit: This post is now public
Comments (76)
everything looks so good and realistically placed T0T
Also those light fixtures 👌🤤
YOOOOOOO THIS LOOKS SO GOOOOOD. The sushi, the oysters, omg. Really blew it out of the water. So classy, yet I know pizza and burgers would look just as phenomenal <3
Can we talk for a second about how there's cheese, baguette and oysters on the table? As a french person myself, I say YES.
Happy New Year!! I'm crazy about this game, and also for the Parafolks! Great job Alex
Happy New Year Paralives! <3
Not going to happening. Stand alone game only
You do not know anything
I'd love to see Paralives Multiplayer as an expansion pack!
No thanks.
Cant wait!
I support your project a lot, and as I said, it would be really nice to have a lot of romantic interactions and of course hairiness like hairy chest and beard for men !
I personally think you should just call alcohol by it's appropriate names. It feels like so many games tend to children these days with the censorship. Alcohol is something we'll all find out about eventually, plus it's a teen rated game right? All teens know about alcohol.
Happy New Years Alex ! I’m glad to see you got a team going working on the project with you to help the game progress in detail faster. Your going to
Thank you Kyle! Happy New Year to you :)
Keep up the good work! Can't wait <3
This is so beautiful!❤️
With all the customizations and things already possible, what would it take to convince ya to release an alpha, before tackling the simulation and parafolk aspect? I really want to make some stuff with this.
Maybe we could do that eventually, it would be great! But it's too early at the moment
Cool slang for alcohol lol : Spirits Aqua Vitae Giggle water Suds Dizzy Dew Nectar Bubbly And my favorite : Tipple
I think giggle water's a good one.
Looks amazing!
You should call it mood juice if you don't want to call it alcohol, although other games like Grand Theft Auto have beer in it. Why not? It is a teen rated game. Plus it would definitely set you apart from the other simulation games.
Call alcohol dumb bitch juice lol
Happy new year, Alex! This is the first time I take part in investing on a project like this and I’m really proud of it! Can’t wait to see the progress. Good luck with everything and remember to always get enough rest and to follow your heart! :)
Thank you so much Lorena :D Happy New Year to you!
Wah, it looks amazing as per usual <3 I have to wonder though, will all those foods be edible or are they more decoration items? Will Paras be able to set the table themselves or is that more a build mode thing? Either way, it looks absolutely beautiful C:
Thank you! Yes, food will be edible. Paras can set the table themselves but you can drag and drop the objects to rearrange them if you want :)
vraiment génial tout cela! j'espère que les parafolks se sont régaler pour les fêtes! bonne année à toute l'équipe!
I'm really proud to be part of this 💙
You have been doing so well with Paralives so far, and we can't wait to see how much more it progresses ;)
seeing this game is developed helped 2019 be great! all the best to the team going into 2020!
Wow I love the food
Happy New Year to you too! I can't wait to see some gameplay! 😊 Take your time, no need to rush things, we'll wait patiently and keep supporting you 👍
Reveal *heart eyes* That's amazing and congrats! Can't wait. Love this project so much and so happy to be supporting it :)
I love all the decorations and foods in the video! Thank you so much for sharing with us.
helium balloons?!
YAAAAAY!!! <3
Yessss! I’m getting a gaming computer JUST for this game! I’m going to enjoy it on the highest settings and absorb everything you’ve all worked so hard for!
:D
Congratulations for all your success, Alex. You absolutely deserve it. 👏
Je ne comprends pas comment vous arriver à surpasser les autres jeux dans ce genre mais vous le faite avec brio <3
Happy new year to you! That's a very impressive feast. Love the sushi, the cupcake tray full of cupcakes, the baguettes, and the champagne. Everything is just so amazing! (Hope everything is edible for the Parafolks) Thanks for all your hard work. 💕 May this year be even more productive for you and your team and move you much closer to releasing the game. Cheers 🥂
Thank you very much Kris! :D Yes, all the food will be edible!
Happy New Year! 🎉
Wow that looks so yummy, I love how you incorporated the different foods. And is that sushi that I see... I also just wanted to say congratulations Alex on the past year, your hard work and dedication is really showing with all the different content you are sharing with us. I wish all of the best for 2020😃🙌
J'aime de plus en plus ce que je vois sur les vidéos !! :D merci pour ce fabuleux travail et meilleurs voeux de réussite et bonheur pour cette nouvelle année \O/
Merci beaucoup! :D
I hope parafolk can get drunk but only after a certain amount of drinks. In the sims you either play it normal and it doesn't affect them, or you get the mod and they're completely drunk off of one drink. Though if your worried about rating I'm fine without it
Everything looks great so far Alex and team! Thanks for all the hard work- the food spread looks amazing and I’m happy to see different types of cuisine included in the base game!
Cookies! And chopsticks (I think)
Yes!
Are all these food items going to be intractable, as in actually edible by the parafolks? Or will they be decorative items?
They are decorative for now but will be edible, yes :)
Slippers, not even to grilled cheese?
Oh, this is brilliant! Of course, I keep watching again to take in the sushi and just die a million, excitable deaths...but, honestly? First watch...do I see registers? I am beaming! A game in which I can't even see CC being neCCessary. (Puns will always be intentional) c:
Haha! :)
Super excited to see the parafolk!!!!!! Also can't wait to get a rough release date woooot!
Can't wait, I really wish it will enter early access on steam, I'd give everything to play it this year! Happy New Year and thanks for the hard work!
Its crazy, but when I watched this video my mouth actually started watering, all the food was so recognizable and looked yummy. I've never had that reaction to the food in the Sims! Anyway, Happy New Year to you and your team, looking forward to playing the awesome game you're building!
Ohh, thank you :)
this is so incredible! I'm so glad to be apart of the development of the game. 💓
I really hope you make height customizable for the parafolk! Super excited to see the gameplay, you & your crew are doing an amazing job!! ❤️
>Show life simulation gameplay features 🥺
Happy New Year! Love it so much <3
Happy new year, real exicted for this game!
Omg there’s punch !!! I love that :D It would be cute if there were more food interactions, like popping a champagne bottle, throwing a pie in someone’s face, giving scraps to an animal, etc. So excited for paralives in 2020
I'm rooting for y'all! Happy new year!
Happy New Year!! Looks awesome. I love the little sushi rolls 🥺💖 and the eclectic look with the mismatched chairs!!! So cute
Happy New year y'all! Can't wait to see what you guys have in store. All the best!
Happy new year! I can’t wait to see more! :)
That’s awesome! I’m going to be 22 next Wednesday and I wish you’ll release the game or at least the trailers before I’m 23🎉 Keep up the good work guys💕
Can’t wait! Happy 2020!
Can't wait! Happy 2020!
I can't even describe how hyped I am for this game.
love it! can’t wait to see more from y’all!!