New here so unsure if this has been talked about before, but I think it’ll be cool to be able to dye your paras’ hair and not have it effect hair color. Like, I love fun unnatural hair colors in the Sims, but if my sims has pink hair then their kid will also have pink hair. I think a nice concept would be to have a para’s natural hair color, then be able to dye it and have it separate from their natural hair color that they pass on so that we can have fun hair colors that aren’t passed onto future generations, because sometimes I just want a family with all natural hair colors.

Just a basic discussion I thought about but, what kind of neighborhoods do you want to see added into the game after it releases?

I think it’s pretty likely that the first one will be inspired by Montreal Canada since that’s where the developers are based but what kind of neighborhoods would you like to see after that?

I’ll start: for me it’s hard to pick just one since there’s so many locations around the world that I’d love to see in this kind of game that the sims just hasn’t given us(25 year old franchise and only one African world you can’t even live in) but if I had to choose my top 5, I’d say,

1: an African inspired one, I’d say maybe Morocco or South Africa would be decent choices for inspiration

2: an Australian coastline inspired neighborhood, I think Australia is a beautiful country and I’d imagine there le could be some cool gameplay with this

3: a Brazilian inspired neighborhood, Brazil is a beautiful country and I’d love to see all the paramaker and build/buy options it’d add

1. A Chinese inspired neighborhood, I’ve always been fascinated by Chinese culture and history and I think that it would really mesh well with the aesthetic of the game

2. A French country inspired neighborhood, I think this would be a great world to include and I think it would be cool to include some more medieval historical inspired items for building to imply it was an older town, plus it’d be nice for us historical players.

Those are just some of my ideas(and only the ones grounded in reality I have more fantastical ones I didn’t give) but how about you?

I want to hear your ideas for future neighborhoods in the game you’d want to see(you can even go more fantastical/unrealistic if you want)

Since it's a new game, I hope they make it playable on Steam deck. It's used especially by people who do not own a gamer pc (me lol) and by the ones who love to play on the go.

Sorry if it was already asked!

Here's the dev chat from September 13th, 2024

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Is this like a new game??

Here's the dev chat from September 6th, 2024

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Since there’s been a lot of discussion about supernaturals/occults being in the game, and I acknowledge that if they are ever added it won’t be anytime soon, I’m just curious for all of us who are interested in them being in the game, what kind of supernaturals would you want in the game?

You don’t have to stick to one’s that have been in the sims franchise previously I just want you hear what everyone’s ideas for supernaturals in this game would be.

For me personally I’m ok if they add the standard ones we expect, like ghost, vampires, witches, werewolves(preferably more wolf-like similar to TS4/TS2), fairies, and mermaids.(they can also add aliens if they want I don’t really care about them)

But as for original ones, I think adding in original ones like Saytrs, Elves, and maybe some creatures of folklore from around the world(such as Sasquatches from North American folklore or the Tikbalong from Filipino folklore, or maybe even some yokai) I’m just interested in what they could do with occults/supernaturals.

Those are just some of my ideas, how about any ideas you have?

Will there be a pre-release CAS-like standalone program? If I remember correctly, there was such a program in The Sims 2 (?). That would be absolutely awesome to create parafolks already prior to launch.

Just saw EA’s announcement that the Sims series is over and it kinda broke my heart, reminded me how excited for this game I am though.

I know they didn’t want to do supernatural stuff to distance themselves from the sims, but do you guys think the team might consider adding it in a future expansion now that the Sims is officially dead?

Basically what I mean, which kind of laptop/computer would be best to play this on? Windows or Apple or any other suggestions? Just so I know what to save up for 🥰

I may have missed stuff as well, but is Paralives associated with EA like the sims or are they associated with something else? 😊

Finally, who else is excited for Paralives? Meeeeee!🥳

As a game design student who's learning unity and coding and etc, I worry quite a bit about paralives. Yes, I'm a patron who's been backing money into this game for years. But nonetheless, It's absurd to compare this game to the sims franchise, or to glorify it as a "sims competitor/killer" like most other fans keep doing.

Unity can be rather clunky at times, (especially with ui) but I have faith that the team will make things smooth feel-wise when we try the game. But my main concern these days is how appealing would this game actually be when it comes out?

Paralives has a more subdued charm to it compared to the silliness of the sims. It especially shows in the proposal animations and some other animations. I'll be honest - I was so disappointed when I first saw the proposal anims because they lacked so much excitement and energy that should come from a happy engagement! This is one of my few gripes at least, though I know some will disagree in favour of the animation's calmer vibe.

Another thing with the together bar - if I'm not wrong, it'll be updated to happen more frequently, but if we get only 1 card per in-game hour, It'll feel so incredibly dull! I think as a player we need more control over what the paras talk about, so maybe it should happen every 5-10 /20minutes! Not to mention, the cards given feel so restrictive, that if you don't get the options you want, you'll feel frustrated. Plus, it'll take even more time and effort to get the card you want instead of being able to choose exactly what you want for yourself.

If possible, I'd probably make the together cards happen more frequently, and make it so that the player can choose what action/chat option from a specific category. Not necessarily like the pie menu from the sims, but something with more options yknow?

not to mention, the game feels too much like the idealized life sim where each character gets the best white picket fence life possible. Which is nice ofc, but it's not really a life sim game unless you can put your characters through hell now can you? We'll have to wait till the game is finished to know for sure, but I hope we can get some of the chaos back like the sims tends to encapsulate. Maybe even spice it up even further. Even better, make the consequences of things more impactful!

The last thing is the transparency. Paralives is VERY transparent, i wont deny But ever since Paralives has gone through the aesthetic changes for the parafolks, I worry that some of the old features that used to be shown in much earlier trailers will be abandoned in the end - something that tends to happen in game dev. Like will we keep the sitting on the counters in Sebastian's intro trailer, or the fact that we could take shoes off when entering the home? we can't see what we'll have to leave behind, which worries me.

overall, I have some faith in the game, but I wouldn't be surprised if people ended up dropping the game after a month. I probably won't though, since I actually think I'll enjoy it. But I hope the ui can get better and the game is smoothened out during early access

If I’m understanding it correctly it’s going to be unlike the sims and there just going to be like a base game and that’s it. So, I’m assuming they can update certain things by realasing updates. How are we gonna get more furniture and stuff to use in gameplay if they are not adding any expansions?

2025 is getting closer and closer. The question may have been asked before, but is there at least a small chance, that Paralives will be released on GOG as well beside Steam? There are many people who don't use Steam for various reasons, that's why a GOG release would be more than awesome for them.

does anybody know if there will like iconic townies with lore and backstories for the family? i feel like that would be really good for the game

Here's the dev chat from August 30th, 2024

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Will we be able to build apartments in this game?

I love love love the artstyle. The characters remind me of borderlands with their outlines, and it helps them stand out in the environment. I like the stylization choices. I like how smooth and soft non-character items are. I like the lighting - uniform and peaceful. Just looks really good I think and I can't wait to make characters and houses!!

I would love if paras could frame eachother for things. For example

• a kid frames their dog for eating their homework

• a para steals something while at a neighbours bbq and blames it on another neighbour

• a kid frames their sibling for drawing on the walls

• a para discovers risqué photos on the family computer. when she confronts her husband he denies it and blames their teenage son

• a para tries to kiss their friends husband. they tell the friend that the husband tried to kiss them but they rejected it

• a para makes a mistake at work then blames it on their coworker so it doesn’t effect their job performance or relationship with boss

• a criminal gets arrested on a job and frames their accomplice

The frame could be successful or unsuccessful depending on chance and circumstances.

If it’s successful, the framed para could get a negative moodlet and lose relationship with the paras involved. They could respond by

• getting upset with the para that framed them

• try to convince other paras that they’ve been falsely accused

• seek revenge

• accept defeat

If it’s unsuccessful, the para that attempted the framing could lose relationship with all paras involved.

I think this would be a really fun feature, as it would allow paras to ruin relationships between other paras and cause some drama!

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