Sebastian: New and Improved (Patreon)

Hi there,

Exciting post today! We’re here to reveal the new look of one of Paralives’ Townies, Sebastian. We first revealed him in July 2020 and since then, Léa and Sonia did a lot of work to improve the visuals of our characters. For those who are new, Sebastian is a Townie that we created with the Patreon community a while back (here and here). He’s a cook who aims to open his own restaurant and a single father who just moved into town with his child. The details about his past are mysterious. This post is for Patrons only so please don’t share it, thank you!

Left: Sebastian in 2020. Right: Sebastian now.

Among many elements that we improved, we added more details to the skin texture, we added a greater variety of colors to it and we added more details to the clothes. We also heavily changed the proportions of the body and face to make them more realistic. The eyes are now smaller, the feet and hands are bigger and the overall shape of the body is more accurate. Sebastian is now a bit taller as well.

Left: Sebastian in 2020. Right: Sebastian now.

As you’ll see below, we reworked the shapes and textures of the muscles. These details will automatically adapt when you change the fat and muscle sliders of your Para. The body hair is also more apparent and we added some on the arms and legs. Players will be able to select different presets for body hair.

Left: Sebastian in 2020. Right: Sebastian now.

All the improvements that we did to Sebastian were made while improving the features of the Paramaker. So all Paras will be in this new and improved art style and will benefit from all the new features we added while working on Sebastian like the muscle and fat sliders, the body hair, the new face and body sliders, the improved skin textures and so on. We’re very close to the final art style of the Parafolks. In the near future, we’ll be working on some improvements to the art style of the environment.

The new Sebastian looking in the distance.

Bonus: a funny bug we got from Sebastian. Alice left the game running for a while and when she came back, she found him like that… Don’t worry, this won’t happen when you’ll play the game, I hope.

Well, I hope you liked this showcase and feel free to share your comments below!

Cheers,

Alex