Alex Massé

Hey there, I hope you’re doing good! Alex here to share progress updates on our work on the live mode 📝 ⭐ Live Mode: A First Playable Version As I quickly mentioned before, we are working on having a first basic live mode experience on which we will then be building upon. This first version will in

Hi there, Alex here today to share various updates and a poll! This post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it, thank you! Discussion Interactions As you may know, we’re currently working on everything related to the social needs of our Parafolks. This includes doing interactions as a group,

Hi there! Alex here to share some news, a recap of the last monthly brainstorming about Pets as well as a poll about babies. Let’s begin! New Team Member We are very happy to welcome Javiera to the team! She will be working as an environment artist with us as part of a 3 months internship. She will

Hello everyone, It’s Sandrine here, back again to share with you the summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme for the month of April. Note that this Patreon post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it. Thank you! Town Services & Businesses Brainstorming Re

Hello everyone, It is I, Sandrine! As usual, I’m here to share with you all the summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme for the month of March. Oh but what is this? I also have something extra to talk to you about today: a new format for the weekly developer ch

Hello everyone, This is Sandrine here to share with you all the summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme for the month of February. Here we go! Generations Brainstorming Recap (For Patrons Only! Please don’t share) Thank you all for participating in the Generati

Hey there! I hope you had a nice week. We sure did! These days, we are doing some exciting work on the planning of all the tasks we will have to do for the live mode of the game. That will include anything that has to do with the simulation of the lives of your Paras: interactions, careers and relat

Hello everyone! Sandrine here! Hope you all had or are having a great holiday season! We’re well rested and back on track! Today, I’ll share a summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme! Food & Cooking Brainstorming Recap (For Patrons Only! Please don’t share) Tha

Hey there, how are you doing today? We’re already in December and we’ve been slowly getting into the spirit of the Holidays here. We decorated the office a bit and even put on some Holiday music the other day at lunchtime! A few months ago, the Paralives team switched their focus to the Paramaker. W

Hello everyone! Sandrine here, writing my first Patreon post! Lots of information this week! We’ll start with news concerning the upcoming postcard for Hero and Legend tiers and then I’ll share a summary of the latest community brainstorming session as well as the new theme! For those who might have

Hi there! While the rest of the team is focusing on the Paramaker, Chloé is making progress on the art style of the houses, furniture and general environment since it’s her area of expertise. Improving the art style of the environment (For Patron only! Please don’t share) Chloé has been tasked with

Hi and happy Friday. We’re back this week with the summary of the latest community brainstorming as well as the theme of the new one! Weather and Seasons Brainstorming Summary (For Patrons only! Please don’t share) Anna here. This last brainstorming session has made it very clear that weather and se

Hi there, happy Friday! This week, I wanted to update you on some of the work we have been doing so here it goes. Paramaker Progress (For Patrons only! Please don’t share) As you know, we’ve been hard at work on the Paramaker lately. A few things we did this week: Make sure every interactions in the

Clothing Brainstorming Recap (For Patrons only! Please don’t share) Anna here. As always, A LOT has been brainstormed during the past month! This clothing brainstorm was full of ideas, from clothing styles and Paramaker features to cool gameplay ideas. As we’re still working on the Paramaker, it rea

Hello there, We’re back with another Patreon post and this week, it’s all about highlights from our latest community brainstorming, the theme of the next one and a poll! Town Activities Brainstorm Recap (For Patrons only! Please don’t share) As always, we got so many great ideas from this month’s co

💍 Important Life Events Community Brainstorming Recap (For Patrons only! Please don't share) Hey there! Christine here, reporting for one last time (and for the hundredth Patreon post at that! 🎉). And what better way to finish things off than to share the latest brainstorming recap with you, which

🏫 Education Brainstorm Recap (For Patrons only! Please don't share) Hello everyone, Christine here! As we approach the end of the month, I’m here reporting for my usual duty, which is the recap of our latest community brainstorming. This brainstorming was all about education and, let me tell you, t

Hi there! How is it going today? This week, I'm pretty excited to introduce our newest addition to the Paralives Team! Christine also prepared a recap of our latest community brainstorming about careers and jobs. Finally, We're kicking off our new monthly community brainstorming with a Patreon poll.

Community Brainstorming Recap: Aging (For Patrons only. Please don't share) Hey everyone, Christine here for a little recap of our latest community brainstorming session, which was about aging! Now, this past month definitely flew by! Tons of interesting ideas were suggested and it’s always really h

Hello! New Monthly Community Brainstorming: Aging (For Patrons only, please don't share for a few days) The last monthly community brainstorming about relationships went really well and it was super helpful for us to read all your ideas and get your perspective on many subjects! We're excited to sta

Hello! Team day-to-day (For Patrons only. Please don't share) I thought it would be interesting to give you an overview of what our work days look like inside the team. Because of the pandemic, we work from home, but the plan is to get an office when everything settles down. Until then, we sadly can

Hey there, Hope you're doing well and that you had a nice week! Disability Survey Summary by Anna (For Patrons only. Please don't share) Image source: People vector created by stories - www.freepik.com Back in September, we shared a survey asking the community about how they would like disabilities

Hey there! This week, we wanted to give your a first look at cheats in Paralives. Cheat Command Window (For Patrons only. Please don't share) We think that cheats are very important in a sandbox life simulation game. Of course, many people like to play by the rules, earn their money fair and square

Hello there! I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had a great time (for us Canadians it was back in October)! I'd like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the whole Paralives team, to thank you for your generous support and for believing in the project. We're incredibly grateful and we cou

Hi there! I hope you had a nice week and that you are in the mood for some Halloween stuff! Pumpkin Customization (For Patrons only, please don't share) In Paralives, some items have variants that you can choose from. You may remember that feature from a video we made a while back where you could ch

Hello everyone! I hope you had a nice week! House Poll (For Patrons only. Please don't share) Last week, we asked you to vote for the style of the house that we will build from scratch in a video to be released in the coming months. The winner is Canadian Chalet. Really excited about that and we alr

Hi, hope you're doing well! Please keep this poll and the content of this post secret for now :) In the near future, we'd like to record a video of us building a house in Paralives. It will be a longer than usual video where we will build, furnish and decorate a house from scratch and we're really e

Hey there! Goals and Stretch Goals A few months ago, after Maggie's reveal, we reached our final $36 000 / month goal. That's totally amazing and incredible! I'm so happy that we'll be able to reach our target team size of 10 people! Now, we are starting to think about stretch goals. These are featu

Hi there! How are you doing? Postcards are in the mail Two days ago, we sent postcards to all the Patrons who were on the Hero and Legend tiers on August 1. That's almost 500 postcards to write and sign! It was a really fun thing to prepare and we can't wait for you to see the original artwork Léa m

Hi there! Hope you're having a nice week! Maggie's last name results Thanks to everyone who voted in last week's post about Maggie's last name! It was a very close race between Vaughan and Elliot but Maggie Vaughan won in the end! - Maggie Vaughan (32%) - Maggie Elliot (30%) - Maggie Maynard (16%) -

Hi there! Thanks to everyone who voted and shared their ideas last week about the cooking system in Paralives! It gave us a lot of stuff to think about! And in case you missed it, we posted a short video yesterday to showcase a box fort that I built in the game, check it out if you haven't! Cultural

Hello there! I hope you had a great week, we sure did! We have quite a few things to go over in this week's post so let's get started. Cooking Poll As you know, our latest Para, Sebastian, is a great cook. So regarding the cooking system in Paralives, we have been wondering what would be the best sy

Hello there! As you know, Roxane, Léa and I have been working on the reveal of the Parafolks. Today, we'd like to introduce you to one of our Para. She has an incredibly big passion for astronomy and loves music, reading and roller skating. When she graduated a few years ago, she moved in with her c

Hello! It's friday and we would like to know what you think about some stuff! As you know, there will be pets in Paralives: dogs, cats and horses. We are wondering if you would like them to be controllable or if you would prefer them to be 100% autonomous. Controllable means you can assign actions t

Hey! Thanks everyone for sharing your ideas for the name of the character creator in Paralives last week! Let's vote for the official name now. We picked some of our favorites from your suggestions. The result will be confirmed next week! I just wanted to say that many of you suggested Create a Para

Hi! This week, we'd like to know your opinion about something! It's about clothes and the way you acquire them in the game. Would you want all clothing to be unlocked and available from the start, or would you prefer clothes to be items that your Parafolks have to buy from a store or online? On one

Hi! I hope you are doing well. Roxane, Léa and I would like to wish you a great holiday season! We hope you can enjoy good times with people you love and also, take time for yourself to relax. :) Recently, we made some holiday themed objects for Paralives and plan to show them in a video tomorrow, D

Hello! There has been fewer updates recently, sorry! I've been busy with the interview process to hire a 3D artist. I met 8 talented people for an interview and I have one last person to see today. Some of them already have been selected to take a technical test where they will have to make some 3D

Hey! I hope you are doing well! Everything is great on my side. I had job interviews with two talented 3D artists this week. So the hunt for the perfect person to join the Paralives team is going smoothly! I'm hoping to officially hire someone soon so we can work together on completing the design fo

Hi! Since I'm currently working on the Parafolks and the character creation tools in Paralives, I wanted to get your input on something. Character editors typically offer ways to resize or move body parts and facial features. To do that, I know some people prefer good old sliders like in The Sims 2

Hello folks! I hope you're doing great! I've been working on a lot of stuff lately and I can't wait to show them to you! In the meantime, let's try something. In the comment section of this Patreon post, reply with an object you would like to see in Paralives. The comment that gets the most likes wi

Hey Folks, I hope you had a good weekend. I did! Here's a little summary of what I've been up to lately: - Improve build and object tools to have a first playable version of the game. - Work on the character design. - Progress on the announcement trailer (it will reveal the characters and more). It'

Hi Pallies/Paras/Parapals/Parafolk! Today, Friday August 2, you can ask me anything! I will reply to any question you ask in the comment section of this post between 9am EDT and 4pm EDT. Please keep in mind that it's a special event for Patrons only so do not share the replies elsewhere. :D Also, th

Hi there! There are now over 700 patrons backing Paralives? What! How?! I can't believe it! Thanks so much everyone for the overwhelming support! Here's a little poll regarding the name of the people in Paralives. How would you like them to be called? Cheers! Alex

Hey! Thought some of you would like to get a better look at the split-level and curved wall tools in Paralives so here it is! For a few days, it's an unlisted patron-only video :O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm08XAI55Vk Also, here's the very first poll! This one is not related to build tools but