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It's time!

Here's the Paramaker video we have been working on for quite a while now. It gives an overview of all the new character customization features we have been adding to the game over the last couple of months. We are also introducing new Townies 👀

Key features in this video:

◭ Equip any outfit regardless of the Parafolk’s gender 

◭ All of the skin tones!

◭ Freehand tattoo placement and scaling 

◭ Mole placement and scaling

◭ Realistic fat and muscle sliders

◭ Changeable patterns for some clothes

◭ Improved height slider

◭ Adam's apple adjustment

◭ Heterochromia

◭ Various facial and body hair for Parafolks of any gender


This is a public video and post so feel free to share. Tell us what you think in the comments!

Have a nice day,

Alex and the team

Files

Paralives - Paramaker Overview

Discover the high level of customization offered by Paralives’ Paramaker! Meet Marvin and Eli! ✅ Wishlist Paralives on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118520/Paralives/ Key features in this video: ◭ Equip any outfit regardless of the Parafolk’s gender ◭ All of the skin tones! ◭ Freehand tattoo placement and scaling ◭ Mole placement and scaling ◭ Realistic fat and muscle sliders ◭ Changeable patterns for some clothes ◭ Improved height slider ◭ Adam's apple adjustment ◭ Heterochromia ◭ Various facial and body hair for Parafolks of any gender 🎁 Support the development on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexmasse This game is entirely funded by the community. A monthly pledge of 3$ helps us recruit more people on the team and unlocks cool rewards for you! 🗣️ Join the Discord community to share ideas: http://discord.gg/paralives #Paralives #LifeSim

Comments

lilblox

oh wow!

Anonymous

I love it so much! This is very exciting to see!

Brandon A-L

That was so gorgeous.

Anonymous

I love you guys 😭

Michael

Smooth animations!

Anonymous

Oh my!!! This is amazing and the Para's movements seem so natural!!!! Loving the sliders, loving how individual you can make each Para with both muscle tone and weight distribution. Absolutely brilliant 👏🏼 👌 ❤

Anonymous

Omg it’s beautiful 🤩

Lauren

Oh my goodness! This looks amazing! Get more excited for this game every single post!!

Charmen Young

I haven't even watched the video yet and I'm so proud of you guys! I can't wait for this game to be released when it's ready! I know and trust that you guys are doing everything possible to make sure it perfect for public release. Keep up the good work!

Anonymous

Wowwww!

Mario Miravalles

Love everything so far! Also, the animations are on point! 😻

Anonymous

OMG y’all are really serving with this!! My jaw dropped when I saw what you could do with tattoos!!

Han

Personally, the very 2D features on Sebastian or Maggie's face don't bother me, but it's the lack of volume, shades, and depth that bothers me. I find that the 2D style (with the lines) is a very good idea for their graphic identity and it's original. For the design of the Paras: I like this idea of paras which are design with a side drawing on paper, made by hand. But I think it would be twice as good with volume, nuances, depth in the design of the Paras. These aspects are not present in the Para design at the moment, in my opinion. Afterwards, I find that the Paras are quite realistic (that's a real good point!) But too flat when viewed from the front. However I find that you are really making good progress in the creation of the game! Thanks for this new video! and I appreciate all these new features!

Anonymous

this is so cool i cannot wait to play this game!

Anonymous

IT IS SO GOOOOOOD!!! OMG It has so many options but its not overwhelming and omgggg cant wait!! Jaw dropping!!

Anonymous

When you freely moved that tattoo around and then showed off the different patterns for Marvin’s clothes… Jaw. Fucking. Dropped.

Anonymous

Srsly i can't wait for this masterpiece 🥲

Anonymous

AAAAA I’M SO EXCITEDDDDD

Anonymous

incredible!!

Anonymous

::slow clap::

Anonymous

Omg is this a children at the end ?! ♥

Zedef

This is amazing. No words.

Chloe-oe-o

So good! You all have done an amazing job!!!

Anonymous

The tattoo movement and sizing: amazing. But what really got me was the facial expressions, especially with Bash and Eli at the end. It just felt so real and looked so cute😭 You guys are doing so great ❤️

Michael Green

Lemme just scream right quick because THIS IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!! Like OMG your minds! This is giving EVERYTHING it needs to give! It’s so beautiful, so innovative, so user friendly! So many options for styling for different type of gameplays! This is so damn good and i am literally blown away and proud of what the team has accomplished! Bless you all for your hardwork!!!!

Megaira

I can already tell that it will take me about 3 hours to create a character with all of those options...I can't wait!

Simmons

OMG y’all did the damn thing! Im truly speechless. The interaction between Sabastian and his child had so much life and personality into it. Everyone on the paralives team should be proud of themselves.

Anonymous

Ohhhh I love it! Love it! The level of detail, the clothes, the cute animations. My heart is about the burst!

Ewaka Flaka

The emotions seeing Eli ufff love it cannot wait to see the storiesssss

Anonymous

This is everything

Han

I thought that it would be perhaps good if we can color with a brush certain areas of the hair so that we can choose the area that can be colored. After that, it's a detail.

Jennifer Huber

You took the words right out of my mouth! I already take forever in character creation for my games and with this amazing level of potential detail I will be FOREVER getting things how I want them! LOL

Giuseppe Sammatrice

Totally amazing work, and I love the art style

Polina Gozdetckaia

I love how you can change even the size and position of moles!!! Great job, thank you for all your hard work ❤❤

Bob Fox

This looks amazing! <3

Christine Harvey

I'm so excited! This looks fabulous! You are all doing such an amazing job! Do you know if we'll have the option to change the measurements from metric (mm) to imperial (ft and in) within the game?

Sophie Goodman-Merel

So much progress! I love it! I know this is only a pre alpha demo, but will coats be a layerable item in the future rather than a separate top?

Jennifer Huber

ELI!! I loved him! I could not be happier with this video. The expressions are incredible! I know it will get even more detailed as time goes on, but I am honored to be supporting you all in making this game!!

Anonymous

I adore the level of customization! I usually avoid creating characters in simulation games and skip to building, but I know I'll spend hours creating parafolk - and have fun doing it!

Anonymous

I'm wondering if it would be possible to create a feature where the game would tell you what color you have chosen in the presets/color wheel, like in Microsoft's Paint it tells you the name of the color when you drag your mouse over the color box. This would really help colorblind people such as myself who always struggle with character creation 😅

Anonymous

Omg wowww I am obsessed! This just gets better and better with each showcase. Can’t wait to play this game!

Anonymous

I cannot express how entirely obsessed and overly excited I am for this game

Anonymous

So beautiful no words to add 😍😍

Katie Bellissimo

This blew me away! I keep up every week so I knew it would be great but WOW! The ability to move around tattoos and skin features is FANTASTIC and not something I had thought about! I'm really excited to try making people I know in real life with paramaker which is not something I ever really was able to do well in other games. Fantastic job! And loving the way thr art style is coming along. Keep up the great work!

Katie Bellissimo

Question: will there be an easy way to upload our own tattoo designs? Because it would be SO fun to make our Para-selves with tattoos that match the ones we have in real life! (I'm assuming this will be possible because this game seems to be super mod friendly, but figured I'd ask)

Maiden Minnesota

OMG! This is just too much! This is beyond our wildest dreams!!! I love the sliders, and the way the Paras move! SO realistic! And the individual inconsequential body parts like an Adam's Apple? Being able to move a birthmark? Pinch me, I must be dreaming! Can't wait for the Paras to become 3D characters, though. They still look weird as 2D characters moving in a 3D world.

teszter.bp

but how can you guys be so amazing 😭❤️

Anonymous

I can't even put my awe, excitement and joy into words! This is amazing to see. I love that we can move the moles! I hope we'll be able to have multiple moles cause I have several and many little scattered single freckles here and there. It'd be amazing to be able to make myself with my favorite moles included!

Kilvio Taveras

Amazing! Great work, team!

Melissa Toothman

OMG ELI!!!! Custom placement of "beauty marks" and tattoos, and that Adam's apple slider! I'm going to need to watch this several times, I'm sure I missed a bunch! You keep impressing me Paralives!

Anonymous

I love all the options of course but what was super nice to see was the animations. It made the paras seem so real! That little interaction with Sebastian and his son, my heart, oh it was so cute. I’m excited to see where this goes, super excited for gameplay!!

Anonymous

Omg this is amazing. I am soooo excited for this game.

Estelle

Amazing!! I love Marvin. It's so exciting to see how far you guys have come. You should be proud of yourselves. :) And I loved the music!

Anonymous

Wow this is amazing!!!! Y’all are amazing I can’t wait to buy this game

Anonymous

This is so amazing! Just watching the beginning of the video my jaw dropped!

Nolria

I am beyond impressed *-*

Anonymous

I love how we can see the personalities of the para through the animations!! I’m so excited and obsessed with this game 😭 Can’t wait to see the little paras

Anonymous

This looks amazing, I'm hyped!

Similicious

Omg!!! The level of customization is insane!!! Good job guys!!! Eli 😍😍😍 so 🥰

Maggie

Wow!! This is amazing! One question that I do have is with the height sliders and the Paras lining up. I know that with the "other" game, if you mod it for the height, weird clipping happens. Have ya'll figure out how to work that out?

Anonymous

Honestly even through this isn't out yet, you would benefit from a much longer video with all the changes people can make. Great video but there is enough in the paramaker for a 10min video, we didn't even see customization for Sebastian's kid.

alexmasse

Thank you!! We're working on a system that dynamically adapts animations so that they don't break when two characters of different heights interact with each other. We'll be able to showcase that in the future!

Victoria Garcia

This is soo exciting!! Everything looks great!! Little Eli is adorable! Looking forward to seeing more!! 🥰🥰

alexmasse

It would be really cool to make a longer Paramaker video in the future! Right now, we don't have a lot of hairstyles and clothing options but when we do, we could showcase them and create multiple Paras in a long video maybe!

MadhattersTwin

Holy... moly... just... wow...

LightDeficient

🤯🤯🤯 My mind is literally blown! Please make it so animations compliment personalities as well, later on, so that if I make a para with a bad relationship with their child they don’t do that cute animation for example. Animations can make or break immersion in the story🙏 But everything looks AMAZING! Love the tattoo and mole placement feature SO MUCH😍🌟

Anonymous

looks nice, but you should work on their feet a bit, they look weird, too blocky, too wide, too low poly compared to the hands for example.

Anonymous

That is so cool!! I've never seen such fine detail. You certainly have done yourselves proud! Good job, team! Can't wait to try it out! Any idea when the game will be available?

KittyPara

3 : 04 Adam's apple ! Thank you so much Alex <3333

Anonymous

Ahhh, as you develope the game is just more and more perfect! That Adam's apple!♥️

BekkiRoss

Love the music!

Anonymous

Ahh!!! The child!!! Yes!!!! Looks great I am really excited to see what else you do! I really loved the showcase of the different body types, especially since you could see how a more androgynous person would look.

Anonymous

I love the new paras! I’m really excited about Eli and Marvin is such a babe.

Alexi

Awww Eli is so cute. And look at Marvin, looking all dapper. Fabulous, simply fabulous. Now I gotta go to YouTube and watch people react to this

Jack-is-here

This is amazing!!! I love everything especially the sliders for the body! There is only one thing I would change, the title at the top that is white stands out a bit too much in my opinion maybe if it was a semi transparent black/grey colour that would look a bit better but that’s just my opinion and I know I will definitely be buying the game as soon as possible either way! Happy Holidays to the whole team and let’s hope for a para-filled 2022!

alexmasse

I totally get what you mean! We are a pretty small team with only one 3D animator so it's possible that we won't be able to create as many animations as we would like but we will do our best for sure!

alexmasse

Thanks for the feedback! Feet are also a bit too dark at the moment, we will work on that

alexmasse

Thank you so much! We do not have a release date to share since we have a lot of work to do on the live mode but we will keep you updated!

Anonymous

OMG OMG, why there's only one like heart option on this post! I want like 100000 hearts! I'm speechless. It looks so good! I can't wait! thank you very much for all the hard work. You've clearly put a lot of work and thoughts into this video and game and its shows! So thank you again! I've watched the video about ten times, and I've noticed something new. When you adjusted Sabastian height, there was a line with (the adorable) Eli's name. Is that mean you can adjust a para's height in compression to other paras in his household? Are you considering releasing a demo version of the game\paramaker before launching the game? I cant wait to make a gazilion deffernt paras!

alexmasse

Thank you very much for the kind words and feedback, it's really appreciated! We will be working a lot on the UI and improving it so it's possible that we will rework that and I see what you mean!

alexmasse

Thank you very much, so happy you liked the video! We are not planning to release a demo for now but it's something that we are keeping in mind in case we can do it eventually!

Anonymous

Goosebumps! This looks amazing! Can’t wait for what’s next 😁

Francis McDonald

I love the progress of all the para folk, especially Maggie, Sebastian great to see his (Sebastian} son and also some other characters coming into play. Dare I say? Sebastian is one very handsome guy

alexmasse

Thank you very much for the kind words and feedback! The shading on the shapes of the body and face depends a lot on the angle of the light so that's why there isn't much of it in the video. We will be working on that to make sure that shadows are more apparent on the characters

Anonymous

Absolutely WILD, what an amazing team. Really raising the standard on every level! I can't wait to see more about identities and live mode!

Anonymous

This looks incredible!!! I’m so excited, oh my goodness. I love the new paras so much!!! Marvin’s so snazzy. One thing I noticed, though, was that his mouth was a little blurry for some reason. But other than that everything looks amazing! I love the textures and the animations and how much character each para has. You all did a fantastic job!! I can’t wait for this game!!

alexmasse

Could be nice! We already have the option to change the color of the roots and tips of the hair but what you suggest would be more precise. It would be a big technical challenge though but I'm keeping the idea in mind!

alexmasse

Thank you Sophia! We're still testing the concept of layered clothes so can't confirm much about that yet

Stermatical

Well, that sure came out of nowhere! 😃 And it looks… ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I feel like this has WAY MORE customisation than all the Sims games combined. And am I the only one here who was more pleased to see Marvin rather than Eli? 🤔

alexmasse

That could be really nice! One downside of naming the colors is that we would have to translate them in all the supported languages which would be a lot of work. Could be worth it though, I'm writing down the idea!

alexmasse

You are right, it will be possible to upload tattoo designs using the mod system! You would just have to learn to use our mod tools but we will probably make tutorials for that to help

alexmasse

Thank you for the kind words and feedback! We are still tweaking the art style and we'd love to make a Patreon post in the near future to talk about our choices related to that

Anonymous

I'm so happy for you guys. The video was amazing and it really shows all the hard work you put into the game so far. Keep taking your time, you're all doing amazing!!! ❤

alexmasse

Thank you very much Holly!! I see what you mean. We're still tweaking the skin and mouth textures so we will be improving that! Thank you!

Maxx

Marvin is dapper as heck! The adam's apple simply BLEW me away. Seb's kid -- Can't wait to see these paras interact in live mode! Also amazing job on the music as well, as always, André! Can't wait for the finished soundtrack at release (you guys gotta put that on Spotify ;D )

Maxx

I'm about to watch Plumbella's video - you already know she'll be freaking out x)

Samara Stanleigh

Y’all I’m crying this is amazing 😭😍

Kristen

omg. This is amazing. Can't wait.

Ace of Hearts

This is very, very exciting. I've always been "cautiously optimistic" about this game, but the level of customization is everything I could ask for. My only criticism is that the Paras' feet look very weird and dark - was that a lighting issue?

Kaitlyn Metro

Do we have any more info about the beta? I can't lie I'm a little disappointed to see Plumbella get access before the Patrons.

Anonymous

This is incredible!! I am so excited for this game! Thank you so much for taking so much care to listen to your fans! It has been such a joy to follow along with this process!

John Bergstrom

I don’t know about anyone else, I would love to play this game in any sort of capacity right now even if it wasn’t completely finished. It looks great.

John Bergstrom

I’ve been out of the loop a little bit so who is getting early access to this game??

Anonymous

The aesthetic is so unique and easy on the eyes, same with the music. But what I love the most is the interaction between Sebastian and his son! Please continue to inject the Para's with more personality.

Korina Mills

This was incredible! This team is so talented!

Marcus Davis

This has me so pumped to get into the paramaker

Serasmiu

I. Am. Screaming! This was so fun to watch and see all the progress made! I do have a bit of a note for those categories, as I have been bugged by the plethora of tabs for the style types. Is it possible to have a second window open from the tab selected to an infinite scroll with a stationary search bar atop for style? Example: Bottoms is one tab. User clicks Bottoms and adjacent to the right you see the clothes options. Atop that, maybe closer to the Menu items rather than the Para, is a search bar where User inputs "Fancy" or "Sport" or "Warm" and the clothes filter out. Just some food for thought because it's going to be hectic looking for Fancy Bottoms or Casual Tops or Patterned Hats. Oh! And consolidation of tattoos (and piercings), make up and beauty marks would be cool since they are body accessories/enhancements.

Nyssa Joseph

Omg the little kid 🥺

Anonymous

Watching this made me want to spend HOURS in Paramaker just creating. This game already feels like home😌

Kymberlee86

Marvin 😍 I love everything about this overview, from the body sliders to the skin tones, to the mole and tattoo placement, to the eye colors, the animations, Elo, Marvin and more! Great job! I can't wait to see what you all accomplish next year! Thanks and Happy Holidays y'all 💛

Anonymous

I just want to say great job to the entire team! I follow the updates every week but seeing the work in progress makes it hard to envision the finished product sometimes. This. This has made me so unbelievably excited! I cannot wait to see what else you all can do! The game is looking amazing!

alexmasse

Thank you! You are right, the feet are too dark and we will be fixing this!

Anonymous

I'm at the verge of crying, all the characters are so beautiful!!!

Christine Harvey

I've been analyzing the video a bit, looking at the characters, because I can kind of see what people mean when they say the characters look "flat", but I couldn't put my finger on why. I think it comes down to the textures and shading of the objects. Marvin wearing the light pants, with the creasing and shading, don't look as flat as Sebastián's jeans, which don't have as much texture details or shading. Marvin's pants also have more contrast between the color and the lines than Sebastián's pants, which are more blurred (I guess?, or maybe blended is the word I'm looking for), so it makes Marvin's look more crisp. The lighting definitely helps as well with adding shadow, but it might be nice if paras and their clothing could have a little more "inherent" shadow/contrast to them and not as much blending. I think a starker texture contrast could help too, between the outlining and the actual object (like Maggie's lips compared to Marvin's, whose are a little more blended with the face) but also the shading and the "regular" coloring - so like the area around the nose or jaw/chin, or the pants fabric around the groin and thighs and knees. I think this could help add some volume and depth that aren't as apparent, especially in lower light. Honestly, I'm so looking forward to this game. I really like the art style that you chose for this and I can't wait to be able to play! I think it adds a fun, almost comic book feel. *I want to add a disclaimer that my computer skills end with Microsoft office suite and that I also can't draw. I really don't mean any offense by commenting! I'm not sure if what I've commented is even something actionable. If it's helpful, great. If it's terrible, then please ignore me 😅* Keep up the great work!!

Mary Breyer

I think it looks awesome!!!! Only two little things I noticed, the lips on the paras seemed to look not super defined. Also the unnamed para that showcased the different colored eyes, the legs were sort of melding together. Other than that it looked amazing. I still think that the outlines need to be just a little less defined, but it looks good.

Ashley Brent

Great point! I would love to see that options consolidated as well.

Anonymous

I love this so much! Great job developers!!

Natan Peixoto

Amazing, guys!! I'm in awe! Thank you so much for all your hard work, it's truly beautiful and exciting <3 Just a little something: I wish we could control the redness of the body parts separately. I understand that it can be realistic, however I don't think it happens on everyone, on the same parts and with the same intensity. For example, I am quite pale, but I don't have so much blush on my kness, elbows or chest, but I do have a lot on the center of my face.

Anonymous

The first 20 hours of gameplay are definitely spent on character creation. xD

Gary Hardt

This is really amazing I always love seeing the improvements that are made. I can't wait to see more.

alexmasse

Thank you Natan! What you say makes a lot of sense. At the moment, it's possible to change the color of the body blush or turn it off completely using the skin color wheel. We also have face blushes that you can put on and customize the exact color

alexmasse

Thank you very much Mary for the great feedback and kind words. We are planning to keep improving these elements!

Daniella

Whens the game supposed to come out?

Bethy Grace

I am absolutely blown away Alex & team. Congratulations on this major accomplishment. I LOVED the new townies, I love how tiny Maggie is, I can't wait to play with kids if that is how freaking adorable they are going to be, and I absolutely loved every bit of customisation I saw.

Sean McDorman

Congrats team! This is a seriously impressive showcase of your current build and it’s piqued even my interest, as someone who is more of a builder. I love the free placement of skin details like tattoos and moles (and, probably scars too I’m guessing?) and the dizzying amount of customization on the clothing. And I love Marvin so much! Really excited to see how you guys approach POC hair styles as I know that’s been a hot topic in the other life sim fandoms. I have two critiques: 1) I feel the fat distribution is not properly proportioned to the face in the unnamed androgynous Para. When a person gains or loses weight, for me, I notice it first in their face. And 2) the patterns on Marvin’s jacket looked a bit flat across the torso. I would like to see some work done to make the patterns look properly contoured onto a 3D shape. I did notice the pattern changes around the shoulders which looked more realistic than the flatness of the torso. Once again, great job team, I’m gonna be so sad not to see your updates while you’re on holiday, but you’ve earned a nice rest!

Anonymous

I love everything here- the height slider with exact measurements and comparisons, the clever and detailed body system, the amazing tattoo and skin detail placements- but the artist in me is especially raving about the way you can design every aspect of the Para's skin tone, from realistic tones to fantasy ones! I remember the poll on the possible skin tone wheel options and it seems you delivered on everyone's requests perfectly. I am delighted to see how the team continues to honestly care about their future players' wishes and feedback. Stunning job all around.

Marta Čisáriková

This looks wonderful! I am so amazed by your work!!! ♥ And I honestly love the art style ♥ Two things I noticed - the colour selection cover pretty big part of the Para, maybe it would be nice (if possible) to move the para a little to the right or make the colour selection box smaller? And, maybe I missed it, but is there an option to make the boobs higher/lower? I saw the possibility to "curve" the chest inwards, which makes the breasts go lower/higher, but some people have them low without curved chest (I am talking about older people). Keep up the great work, can't wait to see kids ♥♥

VitAnyaNaked

<p style="color: #008600;">Great job guys! I like everything you did and of course the new townies are just super!</p>

Alex Robitaille

Y’all… this is spectacular. PRE BETA. Fantastic. Breathtaking. I can’t wait

Anonymous

I can't get over how much I love the current art style.

Anonymous

This is SOOO exciting! Everything looks amazing &lt;3

Emma-Lisa Roux

Ok this is absolutely INCREDIBLE. Each Para looks unique, they feel very real, while cartoonish at the same time. Absolutely stunning. I would just say that the set up for customising moles is a little scary for now, even though it is practical. I don't know for sure. Apart from that, I love every single tool and option showcased here. Thank you so much!!

Tini

I am so happy to be able to support this game as much as I can, the progress you guys made is so huge, it looks already amazing and it’s not finished. I am so excited for this game. ❤️ Also can we talk about Seb and Eli’s interaction at the end, it was so cute. 🥰

Stewby

Wow. Excellent video. Love the wee animations. Eli was cute but the star for me was Marvin. Loved that spin with a "i'm here guys". :) Music was perfect again. Andrei keeps smashing it out of the park. Looking forward to seeing the scars. Hope they are as customisable as the tattoos. :)

Anonymous

Absolutely love that we can customise the patterns and colours on the clothing. Not to mention how much work must have gone in to the para tools and scales. Great work!!

Miesha Smith

I love everything about this right now. The height, Adam’s apple , and the color. WOW 😮 ELI I’m extremely excited to play this game.

Anonymous

Wow wow wow j’ai que des fleurs à lancer! Vous avez vraiment de quoi être fiers, on voit l’attention aux détails et le talent de chacun d’entre vous. Très hâte de voir la suite et plein d’amour pour toute l’équipe 💛

Stewby

Our old Christine?? Hope your new job is everything you dreamed for and more. Hugs. If not our old Christine, sorry. the name and otter confused me. :) p.s: don't speak french so no idea what you have written, sorry.

Christina Ozeki

Wow this is amazing! Well done and so exciting, I love it all.

Anonymous

Wow, this is incredible!! I'm already ready to get my hands on this game! +Love LOVE love the custom placement of moles, I have wanted that for so long! Will we be able to put multiple on our Paras? +The backdrops for the paramaker is very Sims 2 vibes which I adore, very nostalgic &amp; perfect. +Maggies clothing, wow. She looks amazing. They are all stunning &amp; so unique. +Hair physics! Yes! +Height is one of my long time requests for life sims, and wow. It looks amazing! A few points of feedback if I can - -This might just be a me thing as I have sensory issues but the little noise with selecting things, I think maybe its a little too sharp/higher pitched? It irritated my hearing a bit after a few clicks - again, could be just me! But maybe a lower more neutral tone if that makes sense? :) - At first I was unsure about the artstyle of the Paras compared to the rest of the environment, I think they are becoming more refined &amp; beautiful. I do wonder though if their could be a option to turn the resolution up for the lines as It kind of gives me a "graphics settings low" vibe with some of the rough edges? -I hope we will be able to load in higher resolution tattoos as well! But again, the custom placement is incredible. - The UI is a bit clunky to look at, I think maybe it needs to be smaller &amp; a bit more minimalistic. The top bar seems overly big, &amp; theres alot going on in the screen which can be distracting. I also hope the slider model gets a bit refined, Its a bit confusing to look at &amp; know exactly what you are clicking on. I hope we will see a undo button as well! &lt;3 Also I know this is very early &amp; Pre-Alpha so apologizes if there are things I've touched on that yall have discussed &lt;3 I am so so excited for this game &amp; am blown away by what yall have showed us.

Anonymous

Freaking fantastic, I am so looking forward to the release. Music is amazing too, I hope you will make it available on Spotify at some point!

John PT

Gotta praise the little details that help more people feel represented like the ability to adjust the adams apple and the fact that with darker skin tones the palms of the hands are lighter. That doesn't require only hard-work and talent, that also requires a deep self-awareness of the impact that a simple game can have on minorities who finally can truly create themselves and not have to rely on cc. Thank you to the team, those little details mean a lot. The only thing I would say is that with Marvin is lips seem a bit blurry. Finally, once again, I must say congratulations to the team, this is fantastic!

kris8712

Save us from the arrogant sims. please

Anonymous

I this so much! Especially the art style. It's so unique!

S&M Gonzalez

I love the features of the paramaker. Especially being able to recolor specific parts of patterns for clothing is amazing! I love the fact we can place tattoos and beauty marks anywhere and resize them Another thing I enjoy and that will make paras unique to each other is that we have skin tones with not just a base we can set but the highlights, shadows, and blush

greeneyedsims

You guys keep hitting all the home runs!!! Congratulations on your ongoing success! Everything is spot on! I don't know how you do it, but I am in awe, and I cannot wait to play!!!!

tey711

Amazing!! I was clapping and jumping with joy!! Thank you so much for creating all the wonderful tools for us to create our own unique Paras! I'm a little speechless right now but so thankful for you Alex and your amazing Paralives team!! Keep up the great work and Merry Christmas!!

ramaru

It is staggering to me how the team nails literally everything they show. Sometimes, it really feels so surreal to have it look this good. I mean, this is literally the game of our dreams that I know I personally have been waiting on for YEARS. I haven't felt this optimistic about the future of the genre for such a long time and it's almost enough to bring me to tears. With this video, I think it was the music. When the choir kicked in, it really felt like I was coming home. Darn that Andrei with his amazing music! 😂 But seriously, for an indie team making an indie game, this pleasantly feels like such a big budget game or is that just me? Everything from the sound effects, the voices, the music, the animations, the strong art style, to the ambitious and numerous features of the game.. it all comes together so well and screams MONEY, lol. But I know behind that money is a talented, passionate and careful dev team that is determined to get this right so it feels very deserved. It really has been such an honor to watch this project go from that first video of resizing a window to this and it is a testament to the power of a small team that is greater than the sum of its parts. Now, to talk about the actual video lol. Simply put, it's stunning! I really like the design of the UI, but I think it could stand to be a little smaller so as not to take up so much of the screen. Love how you guys seem to have integrated different paramaker rooms in there. Maybe we could switch up the background on the fly between a few options to better suit the para we're currently making? Sebastian continues to be an absolute stud and I will continue to simp for him. The animation for him gave me cocky vibes and I love that for his personality. Speaking of which, the interaction with Eli was so adorable. He seems to get a kick out of teasing Eli, I think Sebastian would be one of those cool dads that is actually more like one of the bros as Eli gets older. And Marvin! He's one of my favorites so far for sure, I was waiting to see a darker Para and as par for the course, you guys nailed it from the lighter palms and the darker stubble area and under the chin area to the lip color. The lip texture is a bit blurry but plenty of time to sort that out. The free placement of moles and tattoos too? Whew, this video is a lot! And I'm so glad that so far all the animations I've seen seem to be avoiding the trap of being over the top and outlandish just for the sake of it. I can feel that each of these characters has a distinct personality and its not being overshadowed by the constant need for a layer of silly over everything. Two more things and I'm done, lol. I think it would be really cool to have some sort of system where the arms could detect the size of the para's body and not clip into the sides. So like, a para with a big chest or a heavy para would hold their arms out a little in their default stance, just enough to prevent clipping. And second thing, the lower legs/feet are a little discolored from the rest of the body but I'm sure thats being worked on. I cannot wait to see what the new year brings. This one has been huge for Paralives!

Anonymous

I am simply amazed. This team never disappoints. I watched the video three times and could do nothing but squeal and smile! Y'all's attention to detail is shown throughout the video. With every update, I grow more and more excited!!!

Anonymous

This is amazing! So proud to be a patron for this amazing game, project, and passion of y'alls'.

Anonymous

The animation at the end was amazing! The characters felt so unique!

Auntyleti

It's great! But I would love it if the fat slider went bigger. If you need mods to recreate real people, they may not feel like real people.

Anonymous

The height slider makes me so happy. Especially as a someone who has always wanted to recreate my OTP 😭😭😭 Best of luck to you guys next year as you try to tackle Live Mode.

Anonymous

THIS IS EVERYTHING . I love the height slider ❤️❤️. I’m so excited and can’t wait for this game to come out … Also What’s Marvin’s story? I feel like Marvin is player and dated or married Maggie at one point, they got divorced and Maggie moved next to Seb (her secret brother)

Shooketh

WE READY FOR GAMEPLAY NOWWWWWW

Anonymous

Good point about the noises! They are bothering me too and I don't think I have any sensory issues, they just are.. a bit too much.

Matilda Lindholm

Can I just say that I LOVE how the paras look? They're so detailed and I love the art style.

Anonymous

I just LOVE the art style! The premade skin colors look really nice and there are so many possible body types you can create! 😍 I'm curious about the Identity-Section though 🤔

Shhheila

This is amazing, i really can't wait to play this game!!!

Becky

I am so excited to play this already!! The detail and depth you guys have gone into is mind blowing!! It’s amazing already, thank you Alex and the wonderful team ✨❤️🎉

Anonymous

EEEEEEEEE!!!! First, Marvin looks amazing. Second, HEIGHT SLIDER!!!! *happy freakout* Third, Eli! Love that little grumble he makes. Reminds me of my 5yo. ^_^ Fourth, tattoos and moles! I love that you can drag them around to position them! I'm assuming we can add our own tattoo images eventually, which would be awesome. :) Oh, and the Adam's apple slider! That's so cool! Great job, y'all!

Anonymous

This looks amazing. Is there an option to use US Standard units with the height slider? As much as I would love for us to switch to the metric system here, it hasn't been done yet and I'm not familiar with it. I would hate to have to convert measurements every time I make a para. Also, is it possible to add a text box where we could manually enter a height instead of using a slider?

Keosha 6

I'm not a Dev but I did see one of them under someone else comment who ask this exact question and they said yes you can change/switch it! ^^

Anonymous

Beautiful. I am so in love!

Anna Wendel

This looks better than I couldve ever dreamed of!! And I am SO happy to finally see Eli, I already love him 😁

Sehrys

This video is phenomenal, you people are doing truly outstanding work here! A lot of things have already been commented on, so just two things I haven't seen yet in the comments: I am a fat, trans, nonbinary player and really, really hope I will be able to create myself and others like me as Parafolk. Are you planning to have more options for the basic bodies? I specifically mean e.g. having the more 'feminine' body wear boxers/trunks, or give the more masc body a bigger chest and maybe a sports bra, that kind of stuff. Also, being able to add scars from top surgery (i.e. double mastectomy) would be a HUGE step in the right direction. I also hope things like facial hair and Adam's apple will be available for all body and face shapes without exception 🥰 Last note: what is currently missing is a bigger range of body size. Not sure if what's shown in the video is the fattest you can make a Para, but if so, it doesn't nearly match my (and other people's) size at all. I hope you will maybe work with fat activists / creators, in order to create a wider range of representation in the final game. (I know the game is far from finished, so what we're seeing here isn't the final product; I don't mean to sound like I don't know that 😅) Again, absolutely fantastic work so far, thank you for sharing this with the community! Also, the music is absolutely amazing 🤩

Anonymous

Great work!!

Julia Elizabeth Cherry

Animations are natural! Love it! Really digging the paramaker. Agree with breast placement. I know this might be extra but cleavage styles also. Some women have tight cleavage where the breasts touch and some women have like a gap. Love love love the art style. You guys are rocking it!

Léa (Paralives 3D Artist)

Hello! We worked really hard on making a fully customizable body and you will be able to choose between feminine and masculine features independently! Feminine or Masculine bottoms, breast or pecs, bumpy or flat crotch, adam's apple or none... Using our tools, you will be able to place scars on your Paras' chest easily! Also, our system has been designed to give you as much creative freedom as possible! Nothing is gender locked: hair, facial hair, body hair, clothes, shoes... your Paras will be able to wear whatever they want! We are still working on improving our fat and muscles sliders and creating new realistic body types, I really hope that the final result will be to your liking!

Anonymous

omg im so excited about this and all the sliders i hope in the future we can save our body type so the next time we make a person the body present is already save that would be so cool and easy because like me i spend alot of time making my person lol

SavvySimmer

everything looks so good! I’m so excited to be able to play and test things out myself!!! Keep up the great work :D

Anonymous

This is awesome

Deborah Aittokallio

I Love this, but wish there was more bigger muscle for the muscle slider

Keosha 6

Hey I'm not a Dev but I do read over the comments sometimes and I remember one of the para team members said that they are working on improving the muscle sliders so don't worry you will get bigger and better muscles soon! ^^

Vash T

This is amazing! More than I would have thought possible! Thank you team, you're crushing it! Looking forward to this!

Anonymous

I love everything, so much detail,effort and love is being poured in this project.The only thing that I would suggest and I think is important is hair and clothing physics!!! I know this is pre-alpha and this is such a minor detail but without it the paras would feel plastic in my opinion.The trees,curtains,grass and so on are moving, the paras should feel like they are in the world and have some movement in their hair and clothes.

ResembleMedia_UK

Alex regarding motion I was given access to some shared information on mocap data for a project a few years ago I'm sure you could use the data since it's still public .. there's over 200 mocap files for ever day activities would that be of interest?

Céline

What a great evolution of the graphics !

Anonymous

The change in character models when they were first revealed to now is amazing. Seeing the progress through these posts is always a great read. What does stand out are the feet. Compared to the hands, they still look very blocky.

Anonymous

Are you guys going to release a beta of just the character customization to play around with?

Ronja

Thanks for your amazing work! Are you planning on making the breasts smaller for the smallest breast size setting? It feels like right now, they're still not very small at size 0 and it'd be sad to not be able to make (female) flat-chested paras 💚

Anonymous

I’m sure at some point it becomes an issue with clipping

Anonymous

Sooo amazing loved the interaction between Sebastian and the kid very realistic and cute 🥰

Pepper Dee

Would we also be able to customize the color of pupils in eyes?

Leopoldine

That's soooooo cool ♥♥♥ !

Anonymous

This might not be the proper thread to ask this, but would there be a pattern-maker to compliment the Paramaker. To design your own clothes and have an influence on the fashion trends in game? It would also be funny to have disorganised or overwhelmed Paras "forget" stuff (e.g. items of clothing when autonomously rushing to get somewhere, kids forgetting to do or notify you about assignments, leaving shoes at the park, your coat at work or Paras just mishmashing and wearing other Paras clothes! ).

chameleonwren

i'm crying this is EVERYTHING, amazing work @o@

S&M Gonzalez

Yes please clevages styles for women not all are one size fits all LOL

Anonymous

Omg!!! Marvin! Finally a character with my name!😍

Celeste

this is soooo heckin' cool

DatGhostboi

this looks very nice indeed

Anonymous

I would love to see a new little gameplay/trailer video with the new and improved paras

Lonerette

Wow, what a really impressive level of customization!

Xenia

❤️❤️

Sarah Chandra

The more I see, the more excited I get. You address so many issues that I had with the Sims in this one video.

Jelly

Something that immediately caught my eye is how on Marvin, his inner hands were lightened!!! Although small, that is something I've always wanted to see in the sims.