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Hey!

WARNING: Please don't share this with anyone until I have made the video public tomorrow! :) I wanted to show it to you first!

In Paralives, you can use simple but powerful tools to create and edit lots. Players will be able to create custom shapes for lots, expand their existing lot if they run out of space and even use the curve tool to create curved lot shapes!

You may have noticed the new measuring tape feature that allows you to easily draw lines of a specific length. This tool is now also available when placing walls and fences!

I hope you liked this little snippet. Tell me what you think!

Cheers!
Alex

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Paralives - Creating and Editing Lots

In Paralives, you can use simple but powerful tools to create and edit lots. Players will be able to create custom shapes for lots, expand their existing lot if they run out of space and even use the curve tool to create curved lot shapes! You may have noticed the new measuring tape feature that allows you to easily draw lines of a specific length. This tool is now also available when placing walls and fences! Join the Discord community to chat and get more info about Paralives: https://Discord.gg/HfcUJWz Support the game developer on Patreon: https://Patreon.com/alexmasse

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Anonymous

AWESOME

Anonymous

Whoa!!!

Anonymous

This looks so amazing!! So looking forward to Paralives~

Anonymous

Wait expanding lots! And changing the shapes of them! awsome!

Anonymous

Awesome Alex, thanks for sharing!

Anonymous

This is amazing!!❤️

Anonymous

That looks really good! Continue the great job!

Anonymous

this makes me so happy alex!!!!! Ahhh im so excited!!

Anonymous

Oh my gosh that’s awesome!! Absolutely love this! Seeing videos like this makes me even more excited for the game to be released!!

Anonymous

this looks amazing! so excited to see what else is coming soon! ✨💞

Anonymous

Alex this is amazing!!

Anonymous

I love thissss :D

Anonymous

I love it!!

Anonymous

This is astounding. “Simple but powerful” feels like a mantra for the game :) !

Anonymous

Utterly AMAZING.

Anonymous

AMAZING!!!❤️

Anonymous

This is absolutely amazing and insane!!! Absolutely genius idea, congratulations!

Anonymous

You're amazing Alex!!! 😃 Thank you for the update ♥

Anonymous

This will make planning homes so easy! Also, will we be able to name streets?

Anonymous

My jaw just dropped. Amazing! Thank you, Alex!

Anonymous

Super cool!

Anonymous

I am truly and unbelievably shook. I never knew I wanted that until I saw it and thank you for even opening my eyes for that to even be a possibility.

Anonymous

wow just wow

Anonymous

This is brilliant! I'm so impressed!

Anonymous

omg it looks so good! i am so excited

Anonymous

Amazing. I'm being impressed over and over again.

Luciana

you are a god

BekkiRoss

😍😍 Love it!! This makes me do excited!!

Anonymous

What you've done with building tools and terrain so far is truly amazing! I can't remember the last time I was this exited for a game

canaggable

Oh this looks so gorgeous and runs so smoothly! Honestly, uniquely shaped lots is something that never even occurred to me before, but it's great! And the sound effects so far are very satisfying.

Anonymous

Looks amazing!

Anonymous

In the Sims 4, I've been getting annoyed that I can't expand a lot when I need more room. So, this is truly amazing!

Slippers

OMG that is brilliant! I love how you think outside the box of what we have come to expect from a simulation game!

Anonymous

No way😵

Christophe Zajac

This is freaking amazing. This is going to allow for the creation of realistic looking neighborhoods where people share a fence! I can only imagine how awesome it would be to play a family and get to see your neighbors enjoying a BBQ in their backyard or kids swimming in the pool! Maybe I am getting a bit ahead of myself but this is really something I would like to see. It would add so much realism. Awesome work Alex!

Anonymous

It is so amazing dude! Good job on that one! I am even more exciting now :D

Anonymous

Oh, wow! Very nice!

Anonymous

Incredible!! You're doing an excellent job! Hope to see more features soon :D

Anonymous

It's really cool you applied something someone suggested :) this would actually help me a lot more on building, and is great for people who want to treat the game more serious like floor plans

Gary Hardt

That is really cool.

Anonymous

I cannot wait for this game this is awesome!

Anonymous

I think the ability to choose precise measurements is very cool and unique, it's pretty cool to get these updates early! Thank you for sharing!

alexmasse

:D Yes, naming streets will be part of the World Building tool that will come after release!

Anonymous

Awesooome!! /+

Anonymous

This is awesome. What is the price per m^2? And does is change for each street?

Anonymous

So awesome!!

Anonymous

WHOA, Alex! Wow. You keep outdoing yourself in crazy ways. Thank you for making that!

Anonymous

Looks super nice =3 Would also be nice if there's an actual service like this in real life, where you would play around building your dream house in a very fun and convenient way, and shows you its costs as you continue to add stuff and material, for each country in each area and selecting the best stores for the resources.. one day hopefully x3

Anonymous

Woah, this looks amazing!

Ella Pilchik

Omg this is incredible

Anonymous

this is amazing

Zacking16

OMG OMG OMG!!! Btw question, Does that mean we can create our own world or it's in a part of the already build world? (English isn't my first languague so maybe you didn't understande) :,)

Anonymous

I’m too excited about this omg

Anonymous

Loved it, keep the good work!

alexmasse

Lot editing can happen in existing worlds so it's not part of the World Building tool :) This tool will come in an update after release

Anonymous

Amazing!

alexmasse

At the moment, it's 142$ per m^2 for every street. Having more expensive areas is a cool idea :)

Anonymous

Wow so cool!

Anonymous

This is really cool! I love that line that marks the other corners!

Brynja Sandhals

Wow this is amazing! Will there be a feature to edit the roads?

Anonymous

That's awesome!

alexmasse

Yes but in the World Building tool that will come out later, in an update after release :)

Anonymous

This is next level!! I'm so excited for this!! I love that lots already added can be altered too! Will there be a terrain tool or water tool to make ponds? I'd love the opportunity to build on a hill or cliff 😊 you're doing an amazing job!

Anonymous

Can’t wait 😊 looks amazing 🥳🥳

Krissy

Welp, farewell future free time. I’ll catch my family and friends on the holidays. Maybe. Haha thanks for sharing! Looks amazing!

Anonymous

Yes that's good point about the fence sharing! I have never seen that in the sims and I've always wanted that! It would be a cool feature to have a nosey neighbour peek over the fence too 😂

Niambi Faizah

It’s so beautiful I want to cry 😭 Thank you!!

Anonymous

Aaa looks amazing! I have one question though; is there some kind of restrictions on building to the egde of thelots (ex in the sims there is one square on the edge where you can't place walls)? I was wondering if it would be possible to build something like terraced houses?

BreakingGaia

This is amazing! Literally everything I've ever wanted in a certain other game! I'm so excited to be seeing your progress. When the beta opens up, please let me be part of it. *Crosses fingers*. Can lots be placed in the middle, not connected to the street and still be usable?

Anonymous

this is amazing, you can do so much with this omg

Anonymous

DANG, this looks so smooth. Easy to understand, looks fun to use. Cool sound design too :)

Simday1

I’m in love with this!

Anonymous

Really amazing feature! And nice sound effect too. What I love about this is lot's price - much more realistic.

alexmasse

There is a terrain tool, can't say much about the water tool yet though :)

Anonymous

WHAT? This is awesome!! I never even thought about that but it would be so cool to be able to make your own lot! So excited, can't wait to play this game someday.

alexmasse

Yes, you will be able to create attached houses! When placing a wall, it will snap to the very edge of the lot :)

alexmasse

:D If there's a beta, Patrons will get invited first! At the moment, you can only place a lot alongside a street :)

Anonymous

This is one of those things I never thought I needed until I saw it, this is awesome!

Anonymous

Screams

Anonymous

Looks so intuitive and smooth!! Love the bounciness of the text :) Will there be an option to change to feet for us silly Americans ;p?

Anonymous

In Love!

Anonymous

Looks so promising really can't wait!!

Anonymous

Omg I can't wait! This looks so amazing!!!

Anonymous

This is amazing. Love it!

Anonymous

Looks like a dream 💖💖💖 Can't wait to play :))

Anonymous

And screams too!! 🤗

Shelli

❤❤❤ This is amazing.

alexmasse

Thank you! Yes, there will be an option to switch between Imperial and Metric :)

Nida Kamran

EEEEEE I LOVE IT!!

Anonymous

So cool. I really like your sound choices!

Anonymous

Revolutionary I can't believe what I just Saw

Andrea Digney

Oh I love it, it will make setting up neighbourhoods such a pleasure. Even the sound effects are pleasing!

Stermatical

Wow! Kinda reminds me of Cities Skylines where you can purchase more land for your city. Something *cough* *cough* EA never did for Simcity 2013 which was one of the biggest reasons why that game was a big failure which caused Maxis Emeryville to shut down and why we won't ever have another Simcity or Spore 2.

Anonymous

I want to say that as real estate is one of subjects that interests me (particularly given that as a history buff, most of the history are very much intimately tied to the land themselves), I applaud your decision to allow us to define real estate in a way that we could not have in that shall-not-be-named game. ;) What would be interesting, though, in the long run, depending on how big the world will be, is how the division of lands all over the world evolves. If there will be farms at the edge of the town, I bet that as population grows, some of the farmlands may end up being sold for subdivisions or something. I assume that only you as the player can define lot boundaries, though, so that might not actually happen unless you do make it happen. One other thing... by defining lots, it may make alleys possible. And I LOVE alleys for the urban areas.

Nadine Poplawski

That's awesome...do lots need to attach to roads? Can roads be made changeable? Like to dirt or cobblestone? Wanting to do a midevil challenge

Anonymous

YOOOO this is amazing I'm so excited - thank you for all that you're doing, it's incredible

Garst

Wow looks awesome!

Andrea Digney

He said above there will be a World Editor tool released after launch, maybe that will allow changing the style of roads?

Anonymous

Wow, I didn’t even know I wanted this, but there it is and I LOVE IT!!

Anonymous

THIS IS AMAZING!

Anonymous

Amaaaaaaaaaazing!

Anonymous

This is such a cool concept! Great work Alex! Thank you for sharing with us😄

Anonymous

The Sims 4 COULD NEVAAAAAAAA ...

Anonymous

Aaaahhhh!! This is so good!! Amazing! I'm so glad you're creating such versatility with paralives, I can't wait to see what else you do ❤

Anonymous

Wow, I love this concept so much, feels like blue prints you would find from a local council to view your local street. It’s super realistic feels like I’ve just walked into a real estate agency!

Anonymous

Amazing -sooo good!

Anonymous

It looks sooooo goooood!!!

Ava Wolchuk

I’m speechless!! 😍

It'sMike64

Breathtaking as usual! Always leaves me yearning for more 😍😍😍

Anonymous

Amazing!!!! Love it!! I hope this means I can create British terrace houses without having to build a tiny amount on one plot and just locking doors for the different families 😅

Anonymous

Difference between alex and ea: we ask ea for specific features and they are still not able to do them. Alex gives us amazing features that we haven‘t even asked for because we have a limited perspective on what might be possible due to ea that constantly tells us that everything is unpossible to include in a game (:

Anonymous

This looks incredible! I can't wait til this game is released <3

Anonymous

This is amazing!! Thank you so much! :c

Anonymous

Omg wtfffffff that's actually genius! Good job

Anonymous

this is so exciting!!!!!

Nivea

Love being able to make your own lots any size AND shape!

Anonymous

The game looks sooooo smooth

S&M Gonzalez

This is amazing! 😭😃😃 I’ve never seen anything like this before! This is outstanding Alex! 😀 a simulation where it automatically generates a street name and price for a lot based on its size/shape.

Anonymous

Haha Yes! I speculated on this as well as street names and numbers from the house that ad a number on it! I love this, thanks Alex! You're adding so much cool features and doing so great i think 🙈

Anonymous

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

Anonymous

Look at those prices! Pretty realistic. So where does the hand to mouth part time worker, full time college student live?(haha) I wonder if apartments/condos/townhomes will also be an option.

Anonymous

It looks sooo good! Great work Alex👏🏾

Anonymous

Omg can’t waittt😁

Anonymous

Oh my god, I absolutely LOVE THIS. I even like the sound it makes!!! 🖤 Alex, you're doing an AMAZING job.

Anonymous

I can't stop watching the video!! Just for some clarification, is this tool for creating a neighborhood (since you're making more than one lot in the video)? From what I'm gathering, it looks like you can create a neighborhood from [buying] one large lot?

Morgan LF

That is fantastic!

Anonymous

I’m so eXCiTeD omg ❤️❤️

Anonymous

This is awesome! 😍

Anonymous

This is so cool!

Anonymous

o: I'm trying to keep my excitement about this game very low... but this video dun ruined that. I'm too hyped for this game!! It already looks so amazing and you just keep givin us more!!! <3

Anonymous

This is so cool I wanna cry! It never occurred to me that this was something I needed, let alone wanted, until I saw this and now I'm wondering how the hell nobody at The Sims even thought about this!! You're a genius!

Lisbeth Kirkhorn Melsåsen

You never fail to blow me away with your updates 🙊 this looks so amazing

Stermatical

IKR! EA only cares about money. They never bothered to fix The Sims 3, which is my favorite in that series, and went straight for The Sims 4 which lacks open world and even a simple color wheel and say that it’s for “better performance”. Also, they charge 40$ for expansions which have barely anything in it unlike 1,2,3 expansions which were actually gamechanging. Meanwhile Alex will bring us open world, color wheel, pets and seasons in the base game and new features EA has never bother doing.

Morgan LF

The flexibility in just amazing! And I do like the little sound effects too. :-D

Anonymous

This is such an interesting feature. Love how flexible it is. :)

kesionna

Love how we can expand our lots. Alex as always you are amazing. This game will be amazing.

Anonymous

will wright would be proud. actually saw a video about him yesterday. he said he was disappointed sims had not gotten any competition at all. he had hoped to start a new genre . and here the competition is

Anonymous

Love everything about this!!

Stermatical

Sad to think that Will Wright had to leave Maxis just because EA butchered his dream game Spore. The game itself was great for what it was but could’ve been even better.

Anonymous

This looks Amazing! <3 I am so excited!! All the ways you can build and customize!

Anonymous

Amazing!

Amy

I notice that each section has a different street number, does that mean we could have different houses attached to each other?

Anonymous

This is....amazing

Anonymous

I dig the sound effects! Super excited to see what you have in store for us Alex!

Anonymous

So good! This customisation is a dream!

Anonymous

You did such a beautiful job and I can tell that you're passionate about this. I only hope above all that you do take care of yourself and put time aside for yourself too.

Anonymous

This is amazing

Anonymous

You’re genius!

Anonymous

I cant wait to play this game <3

Anonymous

This is pure art. I can't wait for this to come out!

Anonymous

This is so amazing!! I love the little updates Alex ❤

Anonymous

It would be really cool if we were able to connect related households, like if a child moves out but lives next door. It would be amazing to be able to switch between the households during gameplay!

Ludivine

c'est génial!

Anonymous

Great ! But... will you allow cheating codes? x)

Anonymous

It would be great if we could build right to the edge of the lot, so create more connected buildings like in England etc. Or potentially even apartments and flats within the same lot.

Anonymous

I really like your work! I hope that there will be horses at some point in the future. :)

I JONES

Just slightly worried that the grass strip along the road will be unable to be altered, forcing us to play in suburbia all the time. Will we be able to texture it as paving?

alexmasse

Oh, I see what you mean. I think I'll make it so that players can edit that strip as well!

Anonymous

Will it be possible to move a building around the lot? It would be a shame if in the middle of building your dream house you have to rebuild it again cause it doesn't fit in the desired place.

Anonymous

I wrote it on discord chat before, but why wouldn't I write it here? :D So now I'll be lazy and just copy and paste what I wrote on discord. So here you go: (at the beginning I want to apologize for my english) Para who watched too much tv would get TV addiction and feel that they have to watch TV. If they wouldn't they would improve they skills slower or smth. The same with computer, woohoo ect. And thank you so much for all time you spent and you'll spend making this game. You deserve more than 5$ for me but I'm too poor :/ If I could I'd give you all I have :)

Judi Dielman

Thank the Alex. I am so looking forward to what you have for us next, on the other hand no pressure, take the time you need to make it right. When you are finished I’m gonna have a blast with this beautiful game.🤗

Judi Dielman

I mean thank you Alex... 🤤

Anonymous

Amazing development Alex! I absolutely LOVE this new feature, and I can't wait to see what comes up next :)

Ludivine

merci Alex le jeu va être super!

Anonymous

I can't wait :D GIANT lots here I come is there any limit on household size?

Anonymous

i hope youncan build houses that are reeeeeeally close with each other and give a vibe of a cozy neighborhood, not like how in the sims 4 you can't place objects right at the edge of the limits (and not to mention how far away all houses are from your house)

Anonymous

I agree with cozy, super customizable neighborhoods! That’s my MAIN goal. Just creating a cohesive, Uber playable world.

Anonymous

I am literally crying at this!! I will be buying this the day that the game is released. You have changed the way of the builders, Alex.

Anonymous

This is amazing! I can't wait to use it when the game releases!

Anonymous

I'm wondering how big we can make the lot sizes.

Anonymous

I love that the lots can go right next to each other. How close to the edge of the lot will we be able to build? I've always wanted to build row houses or brown stones but I could only do that on one big lot in the Sims. =^..^=

S&M Gonzalez

Same here like how big can we make it before there’s loading issues with all the decorations inside of it as well