Live Mode Development Update + New Team Member! 👩🔧
Hi there,
Big news today! On Wednesday, February 7th at 11am ET (New-York time), we will be releasing a 7-minutes long video showcasing exciting live mode features. The video will be shared publicly on all our platforms and aims to reveal many parts of the gameplay that we have told you about in the past year but that people outside of Patreon have not seen yet. We wanted to give you a first look at some images from that video in today’s Patreon post!
The content of today’s post and the date and time of next week’s video is still a secret so please don’t share, thank you! 🔐
⭐ Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Live Mode Gameplay Video
In next week’s video, we’re going to follow Anisa, a new Townie who just moved into town. Through her story, we will show the various features of Paralives’ live mode.
Anisa’s personality will be created before your very eyes.
Anisa’s place when she first moved in, before we will be making everything perfect in build mode.
This townie’s dream is to become a musician so a guitar is one of the first things we will be purchasing for her apartment!
Everyone has to pay bills! That’s why Anisa will be first taking a job as a Barista at a nearby coffee shop. That job upgrade shown in red will be perfect for her since it will help her progress in her guitar skill!
Being a charismatic person, Anisa will quickly make new friends in this town which is a good opportunity for us to show how Together Cards work in the video!
One of the locations featured in the video will be the coffee shop. We’ve shown this sketch in a previous post but we’re happy to reveal it to you today in screenshots as Chloé and Léa have put a lot of work into it!
Public lots will be a good place to meet new Townies in Paralives!
Can I have one of everything, please?
This Café is so cozy! My Parafolks will be visiting it all the time, I’m pretty sure of it!
That’s it for today’s sneak peek! Look for our Patreon post at 11am ET next Wednesday or check Paralives’ Youtube for the whole live mode gameplay video which will contain some surprises… I can’t wait!
🙋♀️ New Team Member: Charlotte, Quality Assurance Tester
Monday was Charlotte’s first day working on Paralives as a Quality Assurance Tester! She will be hunting for bugs and making sure that players will have a good experience when playing Paralives when it comes out in Early Access! Here’s a little something she wanted to say to introduce herself:
"Hail and well met, everyone! My name is Charlotte, and I am excited to join the Paralives team as a QA Tester. I enjoy playing video games & TTRPGs, drawing, and drinking tea. I have also been a life sim fan for many years, with some favorites including Sims 3, Spore, Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. I've been following Paralives' development since 2020, so when I heard there was an opportunity to join the team, I jumped right in! I plan to put my studies in 3D and my industry experience in coordination and QA to good use to contribute to this wonderful project and its community. Now, it's time to take care of some bugs!"
See you next week for a pretty exciting live mode video and extra reveals 👀
Alex
Comments (101)
You can be very proud of all your work ❤️
Hi ! Have fun working on the game !
Are there going to be people who you have negative reactions or relationships (or slower building) with because your traits or personalities clash? That would be a cool part of the gameplay to add a bit of realism to it? Overall, I love how calming the game seems! So excited!! 🤩
The vibes are awesome, hoping to see more of them! Cottagcore/light or dark academia, or maybe even homebody/cozycore..that was more along the lines of what I was expecting for a vibe..but I still love what I'm seeing so far!
Are these the final traits, or will there be more later? Like do all paras have one trait or vibe? Or will there end up being multiple one para can have? Very excited to see all of this!!
I just thought about an idea ! It could be so fun to have a video about each main character of Paralives like a "One day in Maggie’s life", near the release of the game ! We could see each Para’s personality in a fun way and how they’re in their active life !
I am beyond impressed at the quality of this first showcase. Everything is working so seemlesly! I'm absolutely loving the level ups and personnality management, such a creative way to tackle this. Ux needs a little more work, but I adore the way the ui looks! You guys are amazings minds/artists! Also, you all seem so nice and genuine, Charlotte is very lucky to join such an amazing team. Can't wait for her to share all the funny bugs she finds!
Ahhh! The personality traits "anxious" and "peaceful" are awesome! The career menu is gorgeous, the different colors make it easy to read. The chandeliers in the cafe--gorgeous! I want to stop paying my car payment and just wheel myself to work and everywhere to give Paralives more money :)
Sooo excited! this is looking great already. I can't wait to see the video tomorrow. I need to let my friends know so they can be prepared too. Super duper extra happy! :)
Excited level 200%
OMGGG IM SCREAMING 😭 IM SO EXCITED 😆 AND WELCOME CHARLOTTE 💗
Y'all... one more day!!!! So excited to see what they're going to reveal
I want to see the video 🥹 the last days pass too slowly !
OMG CANT WAIT 😍🥰 I already know you guys worked so hard to make it this far
When I look back at the first reveal of Maggie with all her charm and her original art style, I can't get with the new character style. Im sorry but I think it's ugly and a bit of a deal breaker for me. I've followed and supported this team right from the beginning, and had hopes that the art style for the paras would somehow begin to develop into a more pleasing appearance but it seems the team is determined to stick with this over shaded and penciled style. Please bring back Maggie's original art style. Sorry if I offend anyone, I'm just saying how I feel.
I wouldn't want them to look like "dolls"... It would be too much like another game I won't mention. I actually love the art style of nearly every aspect of the game. But I do and will say what I think and not flatter and fawn over everything shown. The comments I made about my dislike of the strong pencil lines and of the shading and highlighting has been made by so many others, they did make slight changes : check out ! Dec 6 2023 Impeccable Fashion + New Clothes and Skin Textures. Slight changes but not enough. I would love to see all those ugly lines and highlights slightly blended. And I think if they ran a poll the majority of people would agree with me.
i'm liking the diversity. i can't wait to make the dark skin asian representation that i've always wanted. I can finally make my own representation that doesn't follow negative stereotypes!
This is so so cozy! I hope the vibes don’t change too much before release. Just looks so relaxing as is!
Anisa looks a bit like Alyssa from Life is Strange... BTW I love the whole Life is Strange vibe this game has
Feels like just yesterday y'all released the "Maggie's Loft" video, and now we're rounding a corner to a Live Mode demo. I've said this once before, but regardless of whether or not this endeavor ends up being my thing, I'm proud of this journey and its destination, and I hope you are as well. Also, a warm welcome to Charlotte. You're in good hands.
I'm very excited to see the personality selection and subsequent gameplay in action, as I'm one of the couple people who's unsure about the personality features. Everything is looking spectacular as usual though and it's so exciting that it's time for a real QA tester!!
I'm so excited for the video, you always put so much work into every single impotant detail. Also, welcome Charlotte. :)
I'm very excited about this video! Can't wait to see it! Also, welcome to the team Charlotte!
That café looks sooo cozy!! Really looking forward to the video!
Welcome, Charlotte! I am delighted to learn that you've played The Sims 3, it's one of my faves as well. I trust you to run Paralives through the proverbial wringer for us, ;) squeeze out all the bugs!
Bdw, looking at the boxes, I was wondering how awesome it would be if like delivery, items after you place them in build mode how u want n stuff, appear in boxes that you have to unpack n u take it or lug it to it's spot/is unpack n delivery people move it to the spot/appears on the spot n u just have to unpack. Like you click on it, n it unpacks!, or the more natural way of the box sides coming off n taking the item out naturally. These might be upto preferences, n if people want to have the box feature at all. But now you have boxes, n u can play, keep it as an offering to your respective fenile Deities, or recycle it! Or ofcourse, make a box fort, cuz obviously, why ever not ?
Welcome Charlotte !!
I CANT WAIT, SO EXCITED !!❤️🚨
Welcome Charlotte! Also, I cannot wait to see the video!
Is it pronounced live mode or live mode.
So like give not hive
I'm so excited I can scream. This game looks so awesome. I'm way too old to be so excited for a game to come out.
WELCOME CHARLOTTE!! We love bug testers, heroes of every game!!
Fantastic!
And welcome Charlotte!
Ahh so exciting!!
amazing work!! I never get tired of saying it s2
Super excited to see the video!!! Thanks devs for all your dedication and assuring Paralives will be as great a game it can be :) Also hi Charlotte :D
Keep it up guys !!
I go on vacation next week! 🙃😭 But this looks amazing!
Welcome Charlotte!! Can't wait to see the new video!
Ok, I'm now really excited for next week! Loving the preview pictures, they look so nice and the game is shaping up well. That cafe legit looks like somewhere I would go to really often, so cozy! Welcome to Charlotte! It's great to have a team member dedicated to that very important task.
Oh a really random request, but is it possible for Parafolk to NOT be born with a phone in their pockets? It would make it easier to play in various eras or themes, especially those with less technology or in the past.
Uhhhhh i am SO EXCITED!!! this looks really promising and i'm also so looking forward to the video, also because i finally get to share it with my friends yay :D i love the way the Cafe looks it's really cute and actually looks like a real cafe. Very lifely and cozy!
Seeing the boxes all piled around makes me want to be able to click on each of them revealing some objects our para already owns to help them "move in." Could even be a fun game mode in the future—when you're buying a house for the first time with a new para, you could pay a little extra to move in with furnishings, which could be somewhat randomized and allow for the fun experience of seeing what possessions the household ends up with as a kickstart to this para's story!
I've been hoping for that for ages. I love the gameplay but also roleplay aspect of this. Imagine that you have children and a fulltime job and you can't find the time to unpack XD
I have seen the reply on aproaching Youtubers; definitely great idea. What I want to ask in regards of this, will you also aproach foreign Youtubers or just US / UK / Australian / Canadian Youtubers? Obviously, would be anazing if you did try to get some foreign ones, but I would understand if its too much for you
We approached foreign youtubers as well!
Everything looks amazing! And welcome Charlotte :)
Looking forward to seeing the vid and find out how everthing works together. Also, a warm welcome to Charlotte. Good sign to see a QA tester join the team.
I love everything! This is a tad nitpicky, but of the trait names (charisma, creativity, physique, mind) "mind" feels out of place. Perhaps "intellect" would match the sound of the other trait names better?
Thanks for the feedback! We might tweak these names, I see what you mean!
I love everything about this post, im so excited about this game. Welcome to the family Charlotte!!!
WHO IS EXITED ?!!???! I REPEAT, WHO IS EXCITED ?!!?!!!
Welcome Charlotte!! Can't wait for Wednesday!!😆
I'm so so excited for the video!!!! And welcome Charlotte <3 you have such a pretty name 🥰
Will be the highlight of my Wed!!
This is so exciting! As a new member, I can’t believe all the work you’ve done so far!! I’m so glad I finally can support this lovely project. Welcome Charlotte!!
Yay Charlotte!
I know I'm like the only person to notice these tiny details, but I see you changed the circle underneath the selected character to a more pencil-style squiggly drawn look, which I really love as it goes so well with the style of the other graphics and it reminds me of (you know I had to do it) Life is Strange again! 😭 Watch me recreate characters from that game when I get my hands on Paralives
I wouldn’t have noticed if it weren't for your comment, thank you! It does look a lote more natural this way ☺️
The team grows! It's good see there is now a QA there. Also the UI seems a little cleaner, or maybe it's just growing on me. Also for the personality stuff, will the parafolk gain more traits as you play?
Thank you! We did clean the UI a bit and are still tweaking it. You will unlock personality trait upgrades and new personality traits as well as you progress, yes!
Oh, wow, that cafe looks so lovely. And I peeped Anisa the barista in that cafe apron...😎 #LiveCareers 👀 & Hey Charlotte!!
And also the warmest welcome to Charlotte!! 🥳 It's always so nice to hear about new team members! <3
I'm so excited to see some of these elements together. The isolated sneak peaks into skills, personalities, friendships, careers, etc are all amazing, but it will be so fun to see how well they integrate with one another. (I also hope that it will shut up a lot of the naysayers claiming you guys aren't making significant live mode progress because they won't bother to support you or have the basic understanding that game dev is a marathon not a sprint.)
I've been thinking lately that I so look forward to whenever you guys make a new showcase video, and this makes me incredibly excited! And the coffee shop looks amazing! It's the most thrilled I’ve been about a build that you've showcased so far! I just love the vibe of coffee shops, and you nailed it! Can’t wait till Wednesday!
I know this might not be needed or maybe you guys have thought about it. Maybe send the video a day before to some of the Youtubers, like Plumbella, etc. that you have worked with before, so they can make a react video that lines up with the release to see if you can 'help' the video get more traction quicker.
Thanks for the suggestion! We are already doing it! I'm excited to see the results
Welcome Charlotte !
Welcome Charlotte!!! So exciting to see you guys still growing and putting the absolute most into the game! Can't wait to check out the new video, tho from the sneak peaks it looks like it'll be worth the wait!!! 😁😁😁
Oh my God, welcome Charlotte ! We're happy to have you, not only because you sound delightful (I recently joined a TTRPG group !) but also because having someone dedicated to QA is such a good sign for things to come ! Ah, look at how big that team is getting...! I'm beyond excited for next week's video. It's probably going to be one of the most interesting Paralives updates in months, if I'm honest, because seeing how things work with each other really feels like a turning point. And the café ! It's exciting to see all these objects, of course, but also... OUR FIRST PUBLIC LOT ! (right ? I'm not forgetting something ?)
Yesss! It's one of our first public lot! There's also a gym that we've shown in a previous Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93056116
Simply amazing work from the whole team. And welcome, Charlotte!!
Welcome Charlotte!! Everything looks so good in this update. Looking forward to the video ♥️♥️
I'm proud to say i've following you guys since 2019, i recently became a patron almost a year ago and witnessing this game coming together has been really pleasant and exiciting to me, take your time cause i'll be worthy at the end!
Thank you all for the welcomes ! <3
I'm so excited to see the full video! This all looks Amazing!
Welcome Charlotte!
Yay! Can’t wait *absolutely obsessed with the café*
you are the artist resposible for all the postcards great work !
Hyped about all of this and welcome Charlotte!!
Very exciting! This is the type of update I've been looking forward to! Paralives looks beautiful but I've been so curious about gameplay. Also, hello hello to Charlotte!
Oh, and Charlotte, big welcome to the Paralives team! 🎉 Extra reveals you say! 👀
I'm so beyond being excited to ecstatic to put it mildly!! 😃👏 I'm loving the look and style so much, and I'm proud of the Paralives team not losing sight of their original vision which continues to exceed my expectations!! I can't wait to see the public response to what I believe is an amazing game being created by an amazing team!! Not to mention how wonderful it will be when us players will build homes and Paralives of our own!! Yeah, I'm just a little excited! 🤭
This is so exciting, it looks so good. I've been a life long simmer but honestly the graphics, the vibe and the general esthetic of this is just *chefs kiss*. I know these things take time but I cannot wait to try it!!
I cant wait welcome to the team
Welcome to the team, Charlotte!!! Thank you in advance for your service!
So excited to see the Paralives team expand and grow! 初めましてシャーロットさん！🙇♂️(Nice to meet you Charlotte!)
I'm very excited for this and it's clear you're progressing well. I do have some concerns with the personality system, I was hoping we could create characters that would be mean or nice, snobby, promiscuous, etc, all sorts of traits that don't seem to be present here. Visually it looks wonderful though as always
This is really well timed. I've been seeing a lot of people get skeptical now that the other life sim is being released. Mostly what I see is people saying there is no live mode showcase and thinking it's a scam. Of course we know it's not but this will help non-patreon members calm down and get excited again, or that's what I hope haha. Regardless I'm excited and another new member of the team is great!
The cafe is so cozy and inviting!! Can’t wait for the reveal video ;3
I'm so so excited to see next week's update!!!
Can't wait for the video 😭❤️
I’m so excited!
Congrats to the team to make it to this point. We are thousands of players dreaming about this game daily! You have no idea how much we love this game already, and so far, you always made good decisions for its development.Welcome to Charlotte!
Nice, congrats on the new role! If I'd have known I'd have applied. Lol.
This game is so cute and so clever! I can’t wait to play it!
So excited for the video!!!
OMG CANNOT WAIT!! 🥳❤️ love you guys so much!! And welcome on board the team!!
I'm so excited to hear about the public Live Mode video. People will love it!