The Paralives Office
Hi!
This week, we thought it could be nice to show you where we work, not in the para life but in real life! For now, the office is really small since it's only Roxane and I. Léa is working from home at the moment but will join us later! We might have to move to a different office when the team grows larger.
The table on the left is my desk and Roxane's desk is the right one. Our setup is pretty simple, we both use a Windows desktop computer with two screens. Roxane also has a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet to sculpt 3D models and draw textures. Oh, and we have some plants too! And no, I won't play something for you on the guitar, I'm not confident enough about it :D
That's it for our setup and hardware. As for software, we are making the game using the Unity3D engine so we work with it daily to add new features into the game and test them. The programming language is C# and I use Visual Studio to edit the code. On the art side, Roxane and Léa are using Blender for 3D modelling and sculpting. To create the textures of the models, they use Photoshop and Substance Painter.
I hope you liked that glimpse into our daily life working on Paralives and have a nice weekend!
Alex :)
Comments (55)
🌟❤️ fiquei tão feliz em ver isso ❤️🌟 i love Paralives team!
Alex, I'm a programmer too and your office is 100x better than mine. :D
So wonderful to learn about! I'm a computer animation major and we mainly use Maya 😊
This is so awesome!
Cool
When you plan on growing your team, how will you hire? I have a sister who's a programmer who's heart is in indie game development and a boyfriend who is an animator! Where would I point them to apply?!
We will make a post when we are ready to recruit more people :) But it will be positions in Montreal, Canada
Lovely. Thanks so much for sharing
Love it! This is where it begins! We get to see your origin story!
What a cozy and warm place !! Really can’t wait for anything u guys create and develop on there Ithink, this year will be a crazy and busy year for Paralives - Best of luck on the new place Alex, Lea and Roxane.. :D
Thank you Jason :D
SWEEEEEEET!!! Thanks so much for bringing us into your space, very practical and cozy.
I love that you shared this kind of things with us, its a nice cozy office and cool guitar btw.
In order to make Patreon more dynamic and attractive, it would be cool to have a schedule, in which you post for example every Monday or every Friday. I say weekly because I think it is important that people feel like they are getting content for the money they pay. It doesn't have to be something big every time, but just a reminder that we are not forgotten and that the game is still in progress. I think it's an important tool to keep people excited (thus to keep people subscribed) and to attract new Patreons. It could be about actual development every two weeks and about other aspects related to game creation in the other two weeks, for example, polls, pictures, anecdotes that happened at work, stories (how you came up with different ideas for the game), rituals you have etc.
Hi Cláudia! Thanks for the suggestion! It's really close to what we are trying to do at the moment: a post on Patreon every week to talk about progress, development, early look at a feature, polls, development life, etc :) So we're trying to post every week but not necessarily at the same time every week
Thank you for sharing. It's interesting to see how you work. Love how simple your office is. :)
I really love the wood logs on the shelves, there's something both warm and minimalist about it ! Sidenote but this made me think about what could be a symbol of Paralives. Obviously not a wood log :P ...although, why not XD But like, a lot of games have somewhat of a mascot (Vault Boy) or a shape (the plumbob) that says "hey, it's THAT game" without having to say the name. Thoughts ?
Hehe, that could work!
Not sure if you'll see this but I've been curious, how old were you when you started game design? I find it seriously impressive you're in your early twenties and doing stuff like this already. Seeing you doing this at such an early age really inspired me to take some classes at my college in game design as I would love create my own games someday. Best of luck on paralives!!!!
Best of luck to you Zoe! I started making games on the side while studying in computer science. Just making small projects on evenings and weekend. I think it's a good way to get into it! There are a lot of Unity tutorials and game design videos on Youtube, that helps a lot too :)
too cool!
Beautiful office!!!!
Beautiful!
Thanks for showing us your studio 👍 I'm looking forward to see some gameplay this year or next one 🙏
Thank you for sharing Alex!!! The only things missing......a Dogo portrait framed on the wall and the real Dogo (I assume there is one :)) lounging on the floor between your desks. LOL Many thanks for the peek behind the Paralives creation!! Blessed be creators!!
Ohhh! That's an amazing idea! I might just do it! Thank you, haha
Seems fun & cozy
This is so cool to see!! Looks cozy!!
Amazing!!! This goes to show that greatness can come from anywhere (:
cool that you stuff done with the space! i thought you guys were in a studio hehe. looks nice and clean :)
Apple started in a garage and now look at them:) The space ship took 5 years to create lol Your office looks like a space I could work in! lol
cool travaillez bien!!
Simple and clean, looks pretty fun! Do you all find it difficult to keep the small space clean?
Not so much, it's small and quick to clean up :)
Which Wacom Intuos tablet does Roxane use? And does she like it?
It's an Intuos pro. I like it, though it's driver had memory management issues in the past.
Thanks for sharing!
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing
This is awesome, thanks for showing! It is amazing, what big impact you can do with little things (or space) :))
I admire the three of you!! I'm broke but that one dollar every month is yours!!! Love you people!
<3 <3 <3
Cute office set up!! Plants are always a nice, relaxing decor~ in my builds, I tend to go industrial/contemporary with lots of plants!!! Lol
Same, haha!
Thanks for sharing this is really cool to see!
That's awesome! And you guys are based in Montreal, right?
Yes!
Love to see this stuff :) Looks like a really nice work environment !
This looks like a very calm and low-stress place to work in! I wonder where Lea's desk will be?
Maybe on the far right, where the guitar is
I love the calm set up, and geez little by little everyday (and I’m sure Alex works even when the ladies aren’t) this is a passion project!
Nice and cozy😃
A peek behind the screen! I love it.
I like how the left monitor has a picture of this picture, inception! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for keeping us updated ❤️
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