The weather preference would be amazing. I'm a "get dressed and go out in the storm" kind of gal, and I get so annoyed that ALL of my sims get tense/scared of a thunderstorm... Like realistically, how many of you get scared so much you can't chill inside with a game of chess when there's a bit of a storm outside?
@@EM-cz1qf yea I know, but there are always other traits I prioritise. I just mean that most people are neutral to a storm irl, so unless the sim has traits similar to wimpy they should not be so terrified 😝
I noticed some little things from various cultures already and that's makes me really interested. Especially on what their approach of adding that kind of stuff will be. I think I'd rather prefer just various small additions from various cultures during development/ game lifespan than them just making updates on "cultures X, Y and Z" and leaving other people wandering if anything from their cultures will be added or they just must accept their fate. From one hand it needs a lot of research, but from the other hand their integrity with the community can really help them especially if they will take "add a little bit of everything" approach
I'm really looking forward to this game. They seem creative and talented. Plus they are not rushing, they want the basic to be done well so that they can build on it.
That's what I love most. They're be transparent and honest about what they're doing. They're letting us know where they are and if something may or may not be possible, but trying to do as much as they can. They actually seem passionate about what they're making. That takes me back to the days when Sims had forums (1-3) and you could interact with the gurus; they didn't only come out when they had to promote something or when something is wrong; you really got to know them and it made you love the game... plus, they listened to us more back then, which resulted in a game most simmers loved. I hope paralives team is the same way and won't change like Sims did.
I know a lot of people would want that in a life simulation. Makes me worried honestly but for now they don't have it planned. I suppose if the base game is successful it is always possible
I was thinking this was what they meant by imaginary friends. Like, you can meet people online, as we do in real life, and when they get to a certain relationship level, maybe your para can go into a rabbit hole (airport or restaurant or hotel, etc) to meet them. And with every visit, your relationship level goes up a decent bit. I think that's actually a great compromise to not having more worlds, but still having people outside of the world. Ooo, and if you get to best friend status, you can invite them to your house to stay a few days, like Sims 2, where you could invite people from the vacation worlds. That way, you can see them, sometimes, and even marry them, if you want to. Also, I'd love if we do just have one big world because it means there will be more IN the world to do and make you want to leave your house more often. Maybe they can add more big worlds later, but I want the world to be like Sims 3, where there is a gym, a school, grocery store, etc., all there and I don't have to jump to other worlds to go to them like in Sims 4. That actually made me stay home more than go out, because I got tired of having to remember which world had what and going to them, so I'd just buy gym equipment, so I could avoid the travel, which resulted in my sims staying home. I'd rather my para hop in their car or walk or bike to the place I want them to go.
The paralives team, whether they believe to or not, makes me excited more when they do these Q&A's it gives you a realization of how hard it is to make games and why some indie or small develop game teams may take like 6-8 years to make. Game development is hard but it's nice to see how they let people know there's alot we have planned, alot of ideas we like and what we are currently working on now. It's nice to see they are willing to let us in on the journey ❤️
Yeah. I think these are a great idea to do honestly. They keep people interested and also show they are making progress. It's really exciting to get an inside look, and teaches us all about the development process
@@parknikki omg, I've never heard the fish thing before, but that is what they look like to me 😭. They look like humans who evolved exclusively underwater 😭😭😭
My one thing I crave in a simulation game is to have real people, personalities, age stages, developments, and upbringings. It’d be fun to make more “dysfunctional” paras. I really miss that feel of sims 2-3 where their personality actually tie into their actions and interactions, and I’d love to have that in a game again. 🥰
The wall thickness thing could be really interesting. Like apartments with thin walls if that's a thing. Or teen paras hearing their parents argue in their bedroom because their rooms are close together and the walls are thin.
Imaginary worlds might be as simple as making & receiving phone calls from an out of town relative or long distance friend. The notion of an extended family or social network has never been touched on in The Sims. In terms of differences, just being as zoomed in as the previews display would be huge. Seeing decorations and furniture close up makes a huge difference. Having to see the actual framed pictures on the wall at that scale changes their significance from a relative "environment" score to a situation where I need to decide as a player whether I like seeing it on a particular wall as I play.
Would be cool if they had a like paralives filter so when u upload a photo to use it kinda makes it look like the graphics of the game (geometric looking). Example: when I upload a random landscape photo it makes it look like it was created in paralives but really just a filter.
5:20 The Sims 3 does have some world events other than festivals: chess tournaments and Grill-A-Thon in the park, Music Appreciation Day, Community Meet And Greet, Amateur Olympics, etc. I wish there were more though.
I wasn't saying it doesn't have more, just it was only the one I could think about. I only played Sims 3 for a short time and did not experience those. So I wasn't saying there are only festivals, just that I was trying to brainstorm what Paralives could have
I would love to have a trait system that evolves over time as your parafolk age. Structure, yet having an organic quality to the system. Then it would translate to the hobbies of the parafolk. I'd also love to have a "laid-back" trait where your parafolk would be more relaxed, smell the roses, enjoy watching the rain, basically myself lol.
I mean technically (because of American influence) my French high school was supposed to have a graduation ceremony with diplomas for the bac and a prom (kinda) but it got canceled because of the virus so... Granted, that’s American and not French.
@@elicadoll2517 yeah that's something nice that students often want, but that's clearly not the norm. We don't even have graduation ceremonies in pubic universities most of the time. That being said, we always find a way to party with friends for these big occasions 😊
HEAR ME OUT!! You know the Attractiveness selection in Wickedwhims/WonderfulWhims? Now remake that and turn it into a Personality selector. Like you can specifically edit some parts like if the sim likes thunderstorn or hates it, does your sim get scared of ghosts, is your sim vegan, and many more. SEEING TURBODRIVER MAKE IT FEELS LIKE ITS POSSIBLE IN THE CURRENT TS4 GAME, ITS JUST THAT NO ONE HAS MADE IT YET
I am so grateful for these Paralives updates. It's so refreshing that the dev team are straightforward and honest with us. (btw Erin no pressure to reply if you're busy)
Ha thank you. But I am doing a bit better busy wise now that my semester is done teaching! :) now it's just usual writing things.. It really is though!
I am new to animation, but my understanding (mainly from the post they did with the chairs and height difference animations) is that the animations will be dependent on a specific body part and the height modifications would correlate to secondary movements. For example, in the case of chair animation, the specific body part that needs to be consistent regardless of height is the butt; regardless of your height, we all sit on the same part of our body. The height sliders would most likely correlate with knee bend and hip direction/angle in most situations. For the chair example, tall people would have extremely bent knees and a very sharp hip angle because their legs would naturally be much closer to the body in order to fit. Similarly, in a bathtub or a bed, I assume that the taller you are, the more bent your knees will bend so that you fit in the defined space (I imagine them sleeping in the fetal position or something similar). I hope that made sense... Like I said I am new to animation and this is just my best guess. If anyone actually knows please educate me! TL;DR: I think the animation they are trying to use will correlate height to how much the limbs need to be brought closer to the body in order to fit in defined spaces.
For me personally I hope they do a trait system like sims 2. I much prefer the slider system. CleanDirty, NiceMean. Etc. Also the favorites/ preferred system. But idk how that would work with a color wheel. I also hope they have a world build/edit.
i hope if they add a weight gain/loss feature, that it can be adjustable from para to para (or just a feature you can disable). i know so many skinny people who rarely exercise/frequently eat junk food and fatter/chubbier people who do the opposite. it feels a bit dismissive to simplify it to “just exercise and eat healthy and you’ll automatically be skinny” which may work for some, but doesn’t work for everyone. also i just want to have larger characters without having to force them to continue unhealthier habits just to keep their weight haha;;
I get it what you mean 😃 I have problems loosing weight plus hormone problems are not helping. But I kind of like it that my sim or para has no this problem, like I don t want to deal with ot in real life and in my game life too 😂
Hey simmer Erin, I just wanted to say your videos let me calm down a little, thanks!, I have been extremely stressed and sad these days for what's happening in my country, #SOSColombia, I wish you all a good day
This is so good to hear! I suffer from anxiety and depression and know those feelings can be really hard! If you ever want someone to chat with, I'm pretty active on Twitter. Take care
By "imaginary world" I'm fairly certain that they meant a world that you can't explore, so tourist NPCs coming from a "rabbit hole" world. Nothing in the context of the discussion lead to a deeper meaning such a world for imaginary friends :p
I think it would be great to have a temperament system, being somewhat ereditary. Upon it, personality could develop. I've seen many suggesting mbti as a personality system, in surveys, but I don't like it so much. Instead, I'd love a big 5 model as background, upon which traits develop, in response to a para's life, not the player's choice (in the sims I always ended up choosing good traits, i've always been kind of a perfection simmer). Said traits would be great if presented as scales with different intensities, rather than here-or-not trait, like in ts2. And then, I'd love seeing scales for things like Gardner's multiple intelligence model (which is somewhat deeper than "genius" or "artsy" traits). Oh, and what about a value system? Favourites? Interests as we had them in ts2. If then things could change over time that would be a dream. But I know this is quite hard to achieve xD
What an interesting concept! Ha yeah, I suspect the personality and things linked to it are very hard, and I am not sure what is or isn't; possible. I do love some of your ideas, in fact this is very close to my own-- traits that can be weighted to different degrees.
I enjoy thought through details in the base game because of how immersive it can be. In sims 2 the cooking detail was amazing they get the cooking utensils and if they have cheap cabinets it would jam. Things to discover,connecting to the character who is a mixture of your personality with something that is beyond you. I'm curious about game objectives...I am ok with complete sandbox I've seen a lot of complaints about the lack of purpose in the current sims 4. I hope their traits have the depth to really create differences
Hmm had no thought of objectives! I think it'll be mostly sandbox with I am fine with as well. I do too. I imagine that's the hardest thing to do-- program nuanced traits
With procedural animation, there shouldn't be any clipping issues with larger paras using smaller objects, as long as they implement it correctly. Essentially, with procedural animation, there's a bunch of small calculations being done in the background to determine various things about the animation. That includes determining if the para would be clipping into an object. If it is, other calculations are made to determine how it can correct that. Maybe you lift the feet higher, or bend the knees. This is a pretty basic explanation, but it's honestly super complicated. I really have to tip my hat to them for using procedural animation. It's a lot of work, and really requires experts in order to pull it off. You have to really understand coding, animation, AND math. Probably some other stuff as well that I'm not thinking of. But when it's done well, you can end up with the most dynamic and real feeling animations. You can get around lots of issues that making all the animations by hand causes. Anyway an actual game-dev could probably explain this better. I'm just a nerd who likes learning about game development. I don't have the hands-on experience that they have.
There is still long way to go for the Paralives team, and I don't know but with every update about this project it makes me more and more sceptical. In my honest opinion they are too close to the community, they show very small details like: look you can change a size of a painting or you can change handles in a cabbinet. These features are neat for building and stuff but not that important in a grand scale. Like for now all I see is just pretty renders. I hope that I'm wrong and this game will be great.
I understand, but I think they have done a good job of distinguishing what features can come vs what they are only considering. The small details are likely to keep interest because development takes a long time
Looking forward to the game's release, it will be great to see life simulation games expand to the genre they deserve instead of just the one game we have now.
I've mentioned it before but I really don't like all the focus on build mode. I understand that's just where they started, but the community that plays these games is so desperate for gameplay and personality that build mode almost seems irrelevant. In the sims 4 I'm a builder, it's almost all I do lol but when I go back to the sims 2, I spend literally no time on building because the gameplay is so good. I would love to get that same feeling from paralives.
An easy addition which I would love is to separate cooking and baking skills. So you could have separate types of recipes (e.g. baking:bread, sourdough, cakes, sweets and cooking:mix of cold and hot meals). It would also be great if they incorporated a few regional foods into this list from around the world(not just typically USA foods). Lastly, that after a certain level of either skills Paras could invent 1 dish (that the player could title) which they could teach to other Para (so recipes could be passed down through generations).
For random events, I hope it's something simple, but also something I would want my paras to interact with. Like, I actually hated festivals in Sims 4, because once you went to them once or twice, you got everything from them and they weren't interesting, anymore. However, I think random events like a random food contests at the local park or a dogs show or a concert in the park would be interesting. It could have some variety, such as different foods at the contest a few times or each season (, like spring is a pie contest with all the fruit pies, summer is a bbq, fall is apple pies pumpkin pies, ciders, winter is hams, turkey, etc). Even better if your para can participate, kind of like the cooking contests from Sims 2. A dog show could be done once a season, with different dogs and events, again your para would be able to train their pets to participate, so dog/cat agility, turtle/rat races,, horse jumps, etc. Concerts could have different "bands" every time and, in some future pack, maybe paras could start a band or go solo and perform. It would be nice to make the neighborhood feel alive, but also give your paras something to work towards; maybe you have to be a certain level of cook, own a certain number of pets, or be at a certain level of music/singing to eventually participate.
For me i like that they start on Cas mode and build mode, bc there are so many small but important things, like pronouns and skin shades etc that sims failed at to add
I think imaginary workds was in reference to how the pen pals in sims 4 works since it gives you the idea of more outside of the game world that we see but you cant actively go to these places
Honestly, them not being from the US makes me even more interested in the game and gameplay they'll provide. Yeah, they've tried with a couple of towns and packs but EA/Maxis typically stick with modern day USA which is fine but I'd really like more variety, whether in The Sims or a new life simulator game. I'm especially interested in seeing how they do traits, gameplay and other para life stages though. Their final statement makes it sound like they have something up their sleeve possibly. I think while they may not be actively working on traits and gameplay it's possible they have some of the inner workings in mind.
I like to think Paralives production as a Body or skeleton. From the videos it has, it looks like the skeleton is almost ready for flesh and muscle, some accessories are already picked out from their Q&A's for when they have a full body done. However, they only have the skull and plates of the spine, and need some muscle to connect other bones together, so it looks like its almost done, but its no where near adding flesh. Then while the accessories look cute, does this dress really fit this bodies side? Is this veil necessary for the basic outfit or is it better for a future event? It puts a lot of gorey perspective for me and is a fun analogy.
A lot of good stuff here, the focus on distinct personalities and how that impacts gameplay stand out, as does making the game more international culturally. I sometimes forget that there will be many things in the sims game which will be recognised and familiar to players from the USA whereas for me they are 'sim things' which need some mental work to adapt and make sense of within my game.
I don't know man, they are working so much on build/buy and paramaker and it looks like they are not focusing at gameplay at all, it makes me worry bc shouldn't they be focusing on building the "skeleton" of what paralives is in terms of gameplay? I know nothing about game development, but in my head I keep thinking that the way they are doing, it's gonna end up not beeing able to implement good gameplay, just bc the base is more build/buy and customize things. Do you get what I mean? not sure if I was clear enough (also 'im braziliam so I apologize if my english is bad)
I understand. However, that;'s the order of their development. They are completely finishing build mode, then the Paramaker, then doing live mode. They actually are doing it in a systematic way
Well, the Paralives team is making three seperate games into one. They need to make sure things work before working on live mode. Gameplay mechanics is usually one of the last stages in development. The build mode and character mode needs to be working correctly otherwise issues will occur. This was so long ago, but I remember Alex saying that build and character mode will be at 90 percent completion before working on core gameplay mechanics.
Now Imaginary world means magic - so magic folk may come and visit on UFOs - LOL . I don't think that stray large animals like horses would link with the more realistic world of Paralives - which is why I see them separating the base game "Natural" world from the magic and fantasy. Pet animals like parrots, hamsters may need to wait for later packs. But we need flocks of birds and even background birds songs, roaming deer like in Sims 3 and roaming squirrels. Now they may have farms where they can ride horses and later maybe ride them on the roads in later pack. Even plains later for them to roam and be captured for taming ( way out speculation on that part ) I would like to see Parafolks able to relax drinking cocoa, coffee, tea or milkshake, anywhere at the same time reading, listening to music or reading a book. For as long you want not for five sec. it would give me enough to time handle other people in the house hold. The objects in the demos were just that demos. Gameplay objects features require you to have the avatar to be a little more along on the development. Now this why I was asking questions about this and that when it came if they certain things, it was to get an idea on development speed, Erin. I am thinking depending on what and how much the base game comes out with we'll not see a full expansion pack for about a year. small packs here or there for hot topic items may be released. But it all depends on how many people they'll be able to hire after the release of the base game. Great vid, Erin. Thank you for sharing your insider knowledge, Stay well! : )
For now, they said they plan on occults for later dlc, so whatever it is for occults, it wouldn't be right away. leads me to lean towards child imagination
Well children hmmm.. that's an awful large amount of work for a couple of secs of kids imagination time. God I hope they don't spawn Barney the Purple dino.! No more Barney!!!!! lol
Heyo! Canadian here! While we don’t have prom, i know that some schools do have a graduation dinner and dance usually after finals for seniors. How ever, the one i went to was over charged and had a horrendous DJ that only recycled music that alot of us would listen to on the radio so….. was a big disappointment to say the least.
Great video Erin! I agree with you that the personality / trait system will make or break the game. I'm always looking forward to those the most and they're my favorite part of life simulation game hence why Sims 3 still has a special place in my heart haha ❤
Yes exactly! There something very special and lively about that game, flaws and all. Idk if Paralives can do something as advanced, but I'm open to see what direction they go,
I think what they mean by "imaginary worlds" is worlds that you can't visit. Kind of like how in the Sims 4 you can get a pen pal who sends you postcards from worlds in Sims 3.
To your last statement:. In my game I can see cross storylines between the two games so they won't be competing but complementing each other. It will make CAS more interesting.
I don't think this game is going to be that good in my opinion, people are overhyping this game because is similar to The Sims 4 and they expect this game to be better. People are going to be sad when they see that this game is not going to be an incredible thing, the game hasn't even come out and they think is going to be better than a 21 year-old saga?
I am not sure how it'll turn out. I think people get extreme on both ends-- over hype and also assuming it will be bad. But see I don't see it that way. Why does it have to be 'better'? Why not just its own game?
it’s funny last year I saw rumors this game could be out by June. I feel like this game is probably 1-2 years out from even pre-release. If they aren’t even working on game play yet. But I’d rather it be released in its best form than rushing it like sims 4 was rushed out. Exciting stuff.
Imaginary world? As an occult and unusual stuff lover i who hoped for good mods since they said the game will be serious and realistic i really hope it means that they plan a big occult or funny pack after it
Yeah I think that, while they said they are aiming more towards realism, they do want to add a bit off whimsy. They did say they hope to do an occult dlc
I would like a personality system that is based on current psychological theories. Like for example - I’m autistic, and I’d love a slider for how much stimulation or social interaction my character could handle before having a meltdown. And if we don’t hold our babies enough they develop unhealthy attachment patterns that haunt their adult relationships later in life. And the actions you take (like therapy) will slowly change your ability to control your emotions or master your insecurities even into late adulthood (because we don’t stop learning these skills once we age up to young adults).
I do like the idea of unique traits with a slider system, if that is what you mean. Dynamic traits are fascinating too. not sure if they are possible for the team or not
I like the idea that townhouses need to be a space apart. I picture, how in the past, a housewife would "hangout" at their window chatting to the neighbor next door in her window. Or a young Romeo and Juliet who only talk at those windows when they have privacy. There is a lot of things people suggest that I don't think would be in the Base Game but could be added to a FUTURES list of things to do. I really hope there is more for teens and elders in this game than in the Game Which Must Not Be Named. I see that we can create our own size and shape of lots. Where I grew up, houses were on city blocks with an alley dividing it in half. Six houses were on one side with access to that street and six were on the other side with access to the other street. But both used the alley as a way to get to their garages or backyards. Do you know if we can add streets/alleys too? Thanks Erin.
Ooh!! That'd be really neat for townhouses, ,maybe as an update as you say. Me too, 100 percent. They've said they really want to add unique gameplay for every stage and I do know that is a lot of work. Hm it is a good question, but honestly have no idea yet
Haven't watched the video all the way through yet, but I'm wondering what their communication is going to sound like? How The Sims have Simlish, what is Paralives form of speaking?
I think when they mentioned imaginary worlds they could have also meant a world that didn't exist and you couldn't go there, but Para folk spawned from the world and you know of it. I like that, it would make it feel like the world of Paralives is larger than just the one world while still not adding more than one world yet. I'm ready to see all of this come together so we can actually see it in action instead of theory alone lol :) I'm also glad they are taking their time too :) Side note: It does worry me that they said they haven't been focusing on gameplay right now. Makes me think it will be a bit longer than I've been thinking before we see some gameplay of them. Again, I want them to take their time, but knowing how this community reacts to game dev team's taking their time. (insert sarcasm) Of course the community would never have double standards for the two games when it comes to not getting what they want right away. ROFL
I think every lifesim game should have at least 2 worlds in the base game just to develop that idea of visiting other worlds. Its not a feature that should be an afterthought. Maybe they could do something like the subhood screen from Sims 2 where tou choos actively to attach other neighborhoods or remove them, which i think is better than Sims 4 cuz we can manage how we want (despite the need of a mod or course).
What is the diversity going to be like?🤔 That's what I'm interested in. I hope that paralives focuses on bringing unique features to the game as opposed to constantly trying to one up the Sims 4. I would hate for them to venture into corny territory. It's all about having a USP that is well designed and enjoyable. I would love to see them give EA a run for their money.
I actually covered some ideas they had before -- I think some of them came up in my clothing video. I only know that they said it is important to them and they also plan to add more in updates
you mentioned you have a dream trait system, i would love to hear about it ! please make such a video ! i am very happy Paras' trait system is finally verbalized, for me that's also probably the most important part of this game genre. as we've experienced in TS4, the meager, badly defined traits, the horrible whim system, the all over the place & repeating "emotions", the often irresponsive reactions, confused interactions is what made & still makes this game the weakest of The Sims franchise
QUESTION.....will paralives be a game where its multiplayer, like if me and a friend are playing on our own pc's can we visit each others homes to interact??? That will for sure be something that Sims does not have, I think it may make more people want to play
It sounds lame but with the weight system, I'd love a hidden spectrum various diets worked depending on the parafolk, like moodlets of feeling bloated after bread, someone gets hives after ingesting egg/milk/etc, make it complex so you're not focusing on the body of the folk but their health instead. probably won't happen but it would be silly to have them get bad gas by eating loads of veggies or constantly have to clear their throats after one too many milkshakes
That is very interesting. It does sound quite complex, but maybe they could do it with some sort of allergies or something? Crusader Kings has acquired and genetic traits so that could be genetic traits
Simmer Erin I love you videos ❤️ also what do you think about them saying paralives won’t have negative game play but a silly kid of thing to it cause I saw a while back that they were asked about burglars and they said they didn’t want any negative can gameplay but I was wondering do you think they game would be successful with only positive gameplay because I like games with both because it’s more life like in a way ?
Why thank you :) huh I did not see that. All I have seen is that they don't want to have severe illnesses like cancer, but they did want challenges, like mild illnesses for instance. Will have to look into that, hope that isn't a firm decision
I can't imagine this game ever gets released to the satisfaction of the fans. I keep seeing videos like this where every comment by the team is dissected and leads to new speculation on what will be in the game. Meanwhile, the same tiny pile of clips are reshown in every single video because there really isn't any content at all that can be shown. I think the hype around this project is being blown up to a level this team cant possibly deliver. It would be great to get a little competition to push the Sims team but at this rate I think Im looking at another Vanguard, Elyria or Star Citizen. Full of promise but never actually coming out.
How would Paralives monetize their game? Will it be a one time purchase with DLCs? It is going to be subscription based or will there be a cash shop option?
I miss how I can customize all the colors of things like in sims 3. And the world is so small and lots are to small. Like how did they really think we would like sims 4 it sucks but my sims 3 will not work anymore. Five will probably really suck. Remember in 2 you could view everything through your sims eyes.I miss that.
Things that would be cool More tragedies (unexpected bad things) even things like losing your phone and having to click on items like a couch until you find it etc Absolutely more diverse traits, and some hereditary( like if the mom is hypersensitive to smells like burning a candle and one of the kids gets it. Or the whole family is lactose intolerant) Dental/health/ vision issues etc Having a cavity or the baby is stumbling around and you find out he needs glasses etc.
So long as they have. a few options for how often/ how these happened I really would love more chances at things to go wrong. I am happy to tell you they have promised to adding diverse hairs, and such so I really hope they deliver
I frankly hope that they WONT call places WORLDS, BUT, towns or cities, I hate that The Sims 4 still refers to each town or city as a WORLD! 🙄 Calling them worlds was fine with the other 3 games, but they didn't allow our Sims to effortlessly go from one TOWN or City to the next without losing friends and family, like in TS3, but TS4 treats them as towns and cities, but still calls them worlds! 🙄🤨😕 Me I always just call them towns or cities, depending on the way they are made, of course since TS4 only has one that is a actual city, it's mostly towns! 😉 I am also getting a little tired of people asking them to put in things that are TOO The Sims like into Paralives, like collecting things, like insects or items or there being a bunch of animals to befriend and make into pets, all running around wild! 🙄😒 All of that is a Sims thing, which I would rather they focus on more normal things, YES I want insects, but I don't need to be able to collect them or make them pets, same with wild animals, I do want to see bird, frogs, squirrels, raccoons, rabbits, opossums, lizards, deer and other animals, yes even snakes, rats and mice too, but no wild horses, I found that so annoying in TS3 that I turned it off in the options! I want them to focus more on the main things of the game, making the Paras as customizable as possible in PAM and the pets like Cats and Dogs to be fun to have and not a annoyance like in all The Sims GAMES period, I want the pets to be cute and not be meowing or barking all the time, which I have both cats and dogs and they neither one, especially cats, just keep on meowing or barking all the time! 🙄 I mean with most cats you wouldn't even know they were around most of the time, because they hardly ever make a noise! Now dogs they do sometimes bark a lot, but in the Sims unless you give them a trait that causes them to be barking a lot, they don't bark as much as the Cats meow, even though it should be the other way around if they were going to make one very noisy! Especially since the cats seem to be attentionally made more annoying then the dogs, like they are just as needy as a dog usually are, when they really aren't! Sure certain breeds of cats are more likely to do some of the things that most people think only dogs do, like Ragdoll cats, who will follow you everywhere and always want to be close to you and are more affectionate then others, but The Sims doesn't really do cats justice, so I hope Paralives will!
And on the glitch thing sims 4 has a ridiculous amount of glitches and I don’t think paralives will be anywhere near that you gotta remember that the amount of glitches in a sims 4 game isn’t normal across other games
Also in Paralives are we going to have races , countries ,things like half american half African or half filipano and America . Or all the Paras will just be calls parafolks?
I think, like the Sims, they will not explicitly identify race. You should be able to make them of different looks, but I don't think they will explicitly define race or ethnicity
This is a silly thing to worry about,, but if they include small pets, I kind of wish they'd specify how many are in the cage? Some animals like rats need cage mates to live a fulfilling life, and I don't want the misconception that it's alright to own single rats to spread.
Huh interesting thought. So for now it doesn't sound like there will be small pets for the base game. However, I think that is is not unlikely they will add them in the future as they have said that would be their hope. Not sure
@@SimmerErin tbh I was one of those fools who bought “my first pet” or whatever it’s called because I’m an enthusiastic rat owner, and then I was sad that there was only one rat per cage.
If this game is as good as it boasts then the sims teams and creators should be pretty concerned cause if its better then the sims then people will drop the sims like a hat
The creators are probably simmers who got fed up lol
I think the main guy Alex said he loved playing the Sims but truth be told if I could make games I probably would have done the same thing too 🤣🤣🤣
Thats exactly what they are 😂😂😂
They actually really love the Sims series and get their inspiration mostly from Sims 2 and a bit of Sims 3
lol this is so true! this passion project will bring new life to the genre.
@@SimmerErin Sims 2 + a few things from Sims 3 mainly open world and color wheel is the perfect game
The weather preference would be amazing. I'm a "get dressed and go out in the storm" kind of gal, and I get so annoyed that ALL of my sims get tense/scared of a thunderstorm... Like realistically, how many of you get scared so much you can't chill inside with a game of chess when there's a bit of a storm outside?
The only time they aren't scared is with the storm chaser reward trait😭😭
@@EM-cz1qf yea I know, but there are always other traits I prioritise. I just mean that most people are neutral to a storm irl, so unless the sim has traits similar to wimpy they should not be so terrified 😝
So true! I really dislike how every time there’s a thunderstorm most of my Sims get scared.
But I think you can choose a weather preference for your sims
@@paulkofler519 you can through an interaction if you have Seasons. But it does nothing to the Sims’ personality.
As a French person, I’m glad they consider not to “americanize” too much the game, we need diversity 😊
As an American, I fully agree
I noticed some little things from various cultures already and that's makes me really interested. Especially on what their approach of adding that kind of stuff will be. I think I'd rather prefer just various small additions from various cultures during development/ game lifespan than them just making updates on "cultures X, Y and Z" and leaving other people wandering if anything from their cultures will be added or they just must accept their fate. From one hand it needs a lot of research, but from the other hand their integrity with the community can really help them especially if they will take "add a little bit of everything" approach
@@mastermind4499 miss the sims 3 where you'd travel to a new world and there would be new people in it.
Yet Sims Ignores the Native Americans. So If Paralives also ignores them. There not doing anything different.
The sims creator is american. What do you expect?
I'm really looking forward to this game. They seem creative and talented. Plus they are not rushing, they want the basic to be done well so that they can build on it.
Yeah that is the key. You can't rush something like this
That's what I love most. They're be transparent and honest about what they're doing. They're letting us know where they are and if something may or may not be possible, but trying to do as much as they can. They actually seem passionate about what they're making. That takes me back to the days when Sims had forums (1-3) and you could interact with the gurus; they didn't only come out when they had to promote something or when something is wrong; you really got to know them and it made you love the game... plus, they listened to us more back then, which resulted in a game most simmers loved. I hope paralives team is the same way and won't change like Sims did.
Imagine if we could make friends in the internet from other worlds and then meet them at the airport or something like that. I REALLY WANNA DO THAT
That's so cute!
I know a lot of people would want that in a life simulation. Makes me worried honestly but for now they don't have it planned. I suppose if the base game is successful it is always possible
@@SimmerErin I interpreted their "imaginary worlds" in this way. meeting people online who don't live in the existing world
I was thinking this was what they meant by imaginary friends. Like, you can meet people online, as we do in real life, and when they get to a certain relationship level, maybe your para can go into a rabbit hole (airport or restaurant or hotel, etc) to meet them. And with every visit, your relationship level goes up a decent bit. I think that's actually a great compromise to not having more worlds, but still having people outside of the world. Ooo, and if you get to best friend status, you can invite them to your house to stay a few days, like Sims 2, where you could invite people from the vacation worlds. That way, you can see them, sometimes, and even marry them, if you want to.
Also, I'd love if we do just have one big world because it means there will be more IN the world to do and make you want to leave your house more often. Maybe they can add more big worlds later, but I want the world to be like Sims 3, where there is a gym, a school, grocery store, etc., all there and I don't have to jump to other worlds to go to them like in Sims 4. That actually made me stay home more than go out, because I got tired of having to remember which world had what and going to them, so I'd just buy gym equipment, so I could avoid the travel, which resulted in my sims staying home. I'd rather my para hop in their car or walk or bike to the place I want them to go.
I think "imaginary world" in this case would just mean "off-screen world"
Yeah, that's what I thought too. Maybe there will be foreshadowing of the world names that they will plan to create in the future as well.
Ah, a rabbit hole. I mean, that';d be ok
The paralives team, whether they believe to or not, makes me excited more when they do these Q&A's it gives you a realization of how hard it is to make games and why some indie or small develop game teams may take like 6-8 years to make. Game development is hard but it's nice to see how they let people know there's alot we have planned, alot of ideas we like and what we are currently working on now. It's nice to see they are willing to let us in on the journey ❤️
Yeah. I think these are a great idea to do honestly. They keep people interested and also show they are making progress. It's really exciting to get an inside look, and teaches us all about the development process
I love that they're really transparent about their work and honestly admit the challenges they face. I am excited to see where it ends up going.
I do too. It's very refreshing
Samee
The way the characters look give me sims 2. Just a classic look when life was simple. Lol
But modern lol
Characters in Sims 2 looked hot :| same with Sims 3 lol
@@idk_who2320 I never really liked their faces on Sims 2 , sims 3 was my favorite but everyone said they looked like fish
@@parknikki I agree their eyes were weird.
@@parknikki omg, I've never heard the fish thing before, but that is what they look like to me 😭. They look like humans who evolved exclusively underwater 😭😭😭
I think by imaginary worlds, they just mean Parafolk that don’t have houses and “live” outside of the map like the homeless townies in Sims.
So like a rabbit hole concept
My one thing I crave in a simulation game is to have real people, personalities, age stages, developments, and upbringings. It’d be fun to make more “dysfunctional” paras. I really miss that feel of sims 2-3 where their personality actually tie into their actions and interactions, and I’d love to have that in a game again. 🥰
Me as well.
Yes! I want imperfections too
same! This is why I rely on talented modders and tbh I don't think Paralives base game is going to live up to our expectations
The wall thickness thing could be really interesting. Like apartments with thin walls if that's a thing. Or teen paras hearing their parents argue in their bedroom because their rooms are close together and the walls are thin.
I suppose so, yes! I honestly had never considered it
Imaginary worlds might be as simple as making & receiving phone calls from an out of town relative or long distance friend. The notion of an extended family or social network has never been touched on in The Sims.
In terms of differences, just being as zoomed in as the previews display would be huge. Seeing decorations and furniture close up makes a huge difference. Having to see the actual framed pictures on the wall at that scale changes their significance from a relative "environment" score to a situation where I need to decide as a player whether I like seeing it on a particular wall as I play.
Ah! I see. I really like that concept
Would be cool if they had a like paralives filter so when u upload a photo to use it kinda makes it look like the graphics of the game (geometric looking).
Example: when I upload a random landscape photo it makes it look like it was created in paralives but really just a filter.
That;s an excellent idea! Not sure how easy it would be to do
I’m so excited for this game because it’s definitely a passion project, and you can. they’re working so hard in it
Yes, you really can!
5:20 The Sims 3 does have some world events other than festivals: chess tournaments and Grill-A-Thon in the park, Music Appreciation Day, Community Meet And Greet, Amateur Olympics, etc. I wish there were more though.
I wasn't saying it doesn't have more, just it was only the one I could think about. I only played Sims 3 for a short time and did not experience those. So I wasn't saying there are only festivals, just that I was trying to brainstorm what Paralives could have
That said. some community events could be fun. Honestly I'd be okay with some of them being rabbit holes too
Most important words in the whole thing: 'SOFT boost for morale'
the SHADE XD
LOL ah I didn't take it that way
I would love to have a trait system that evolves over time as your parafolk age. Structure, yet having an organic quality to the system. Then it would translate to the hobbies of the parafolk. I'd also love to have a "laid-back" trait where your parafolk would be more relaxed, smell the roses, enjoy watching the rain, basically myself lol.
Hm very interesting, maybe you could have both inherited and acquired traits
Don't worry, even if we don't have proms in France, our teens still have distinctive activities :P
Oh I know :) I actually studied French language and culture for many years . Would love some French influences
I mean technically (because of American influence) my French high school was supposed to have a graduation ceremony with diplomas for the bac and a prom (kinda) but it got canceled because of the virus so... Granted, that’s American and not French.
@@elicadoll2517 yeah that's something nice that students often want, but that's clearly not the norm. We don't even have graduation ceremonies in pubic universities most of the time. That being said, we always find a way to party with friends for these big occasions 😊
@@oceanegougeon3025 Exactly! ^-^
I love artstyle! Its sort of "simple" but then the lighting and shadows ramp it up to be sooo beautiful!
Me too! The very first renders I wasn't so sure but now with the lighting it just fits perfectly
HEAR ME OUT!! You know the Attractiveness selection in Wickedwhims/WonderfulWhims? Now remake that and turn it into a Personality selector. Like you can specifically edit some parts like if the sim likes thunderstorn or hates it, does your sim get scared of ghosts, is your sim vegan, and many more. SEEING TURBODRIVER MAKE IT FEELS LIKE ITS POSSIBLE IN THE CURRENT TS4 GAME, ITS JUST THAT NO ONE HAS MADE IT YET
So sort of saying a wants and fears system , and maybe favorites too, I'd love to see those if possible
I am so grateful for these Paralives updates. It's so refreshing that the dev team are straightforward and honest with us. (btw Erin no pressure to reply if you're busy)
Ha thank you. But I am doing a bit better busy wise now that my semester is done teaching! :) now it's just usual writing things..
It really is though!
Paralives is really shaping up. I like many of the ideas they tossed out. Further, how they are open about the development of the game.
Me too. And I like how they are willing to admit when things are difficult or don't go to plan
I am new to animation, but my understanding (mainly from the post they did with the chairs and height difference animations) is that the animations will be dependent on a specific body part and the height modifications would correlate to secondary movements. For example, in the case of chair animation, the specific body part that needs to be consistent regardless of height is the butt; regardless of your height, we all sit on the same part of our body. The height sliders would most likely correlate with knee bend and hip direction/angle in most situations. For the chair example, tall people would have extremely bent knees and a very sharp hip angle because their legs would naturally be much closer to the body in order to fit. Similarly, in a bathtub or a bed, I assume that the taller you are, the more bent your knees will bend so that you fit in the defined space (I imagine them sleeping in the fetal position or something similar). I hope that made sense... Like I said I am new to animation and this is just my best guess. If anyone actually knows please educate me!
TL;DR: I think the animation they are trying to use will correlate height to how much the limbs need to be brought closer to the body in order to fit in defined spaces.
Yeah I admit I read the post and some of it went over my head! Thanks for the explanation
For me personally I hope they do a trait system like sims 2. I much prefer the slider system. CleanDirty, NiceMean. Etc. Also the favorites/ preferred system. But idk how that would work with a color wheel.
I also hope they have a world build/edit.
So they definitely are looking towards traits. My ideal would be a combo: sliders for basic features and traits for more unique ones
@@SimmerErin that's what I was thinking! But I thought that would be too much. Maybe implement it a hobbies slot. Like foodie and bookworm.
i hope if they add a weight gain/loss feature, that it can be adjustable from para to para (or just a feature you can disable). i know so many skinny people who rarely exercise/frequently eat junk food and fatter/chubbier people who do the opposite. it feels a bit dismissive to simplify it to “just exercise and eat healthy and you’ll automatically be skinny” which may work for some, but doesn’t work for everyone. also i just want to have larger characters without having to force them to continue unhealthier habits just to keep their weight haha;;
So a genetics system to influence body type?
I get it what you mean 😃 I have problems loosing weight plus hormone problems are not helping. But I kind of like it that my sim or para has no this problem, like I don t want to deal with ot in real life and in my game life too 😂
Hey simmer Erin, I just wanted to say your videos let me calm down a little, thanks!, I have been extremely stressed and sad these days for what's happening in my country, #SOSColombia, I wish you all a good day
stay safe❤️ i’m so sorry abt what’s happening in your country, i’m glad these videos are able to bring you some comfort.
@@AllyDominque137 thank you! 🌸🌸🌸
This is so good to hear! I suffer from anxiety and depression and know those feelings can be really hard! If you ever want someone to chat with, I'm pretty active on Twitter. Take care
@@lizzyrama I hope everything will be alright soon. Never give up. The darkness exists only for light to shine. So yes, stay safe. And good luck.
@@SimmerErin omg thank you so much, and thanks for your great videos, please keep your hard work and I will be surely following on Twitter too!
Ugh the animation of the guy just jumping down the counter gave me goosebumps. Lets not over pressure the creators, we need this game 😤
Exciting to see it develop
Can't wait for this game to be released
While it'll be a while, I'm looking forward to it
I’m glad it’ll take a while for the game to come out. Gives them time to perfect it and gives me time to save up ✨
Sure, I agree. I am just really looking forward to it
I wouldn’t mind hearing your thoughts on ideal trait/personality system. Can’t get what you never put out there.
True!
By "imaginary world" I'm fairly certain that they meant a world that you can't explore, so tourist NPCs coming from a "rabbit hole" world. Nothing in the context of the discussion lead to a deeper meaning such a world for imaginary friends :p
Makes sense
I think it would be great to have a temperament system, being somewhat ereditary. Upon it, personality could develop.
I've seen many suggesting mbti as a personality system, in surveys, but I don't like it so much. Instead, I'd love a big 5 model as background, upon which traits develop, in response to a para's life, not the player's choice (in the sims I always ended up choosing good traits, i've always been kind of a perfection simmer). Said traits would be great if presented as scales with different intensities, rather than here-or-not trait, like in ts2.
And then, I'd love seeing scales for things like Gardner's multiple intelligence model (which is somewhat deeper than "genius" or "artsy" traits).
Oh, and what about a value system? Favourites? Interests as we had them in ts2.
If then things could change over time that would be a dream.
But I know this is quite hard to achieve xD
What an interesting concept! Ha yeah, I suspect the personality and things linked to it are very hard, and I am not sure what is or isn't; possible. I do love some of your ideas, in fact this is very close to my own-- traits that can be weighted to different degrees.
@@SimmerErin Fingers crossed! :D
I enjoy thought through details in the base game because of how immersive it can be.
In sims 2 the cooking detail was amazing they get the cooking utensils and if they have cheap cabinets it would jam.
Things to discover,connecting to the character who is a mixture of your personality with something that is beyond you.
I'm curious about game objectives...I am ok with complete sandbox I've seen a lot of complaints about the lack of purpose in the current sims 4.
I hope their traits have the depth to really create differences
Hmm had no thought of objectives! I think it'll be mostly sandbox with I am fine with as well.
I do too. I imagine that's the hardest thing to do-- program nuanced traits
With procedural animation, there shouldn't be any clipping issues with larger paras using smaller objects, as long as they implement it correctly. Essentially, with procedural animation, there's a bunch of small calculations being done in the background to determine various things about the animation. That includes determining if the para would be clipping into an object. If it is, other calculations are made to determine how it can correct that. Maybe you lift the feet higher, or bend the knees.
This is a pretty basic explanation, but it's honestly super complicated. I really have to tip my hat to them for using procedural animation. It's a lot of work, and really requires experts in order to pull it off. You have to really understand coding, animation, AND math. Probably some other stuff as well that I'm not thinking of. But when it's done well, you can end up with the most dynamic and real feeling animations. You can get around lots of issues that making all the animations by hand causes.
Anyway an actual game-dev could probably explain this better. I'm just a nerd who likes learning about game development. I don't have the hands-on experience that they have.
oh okay! thanks so much for clarifying!
Wait- where is paralives being made? I live in Montreal Quebec and I would volunteer for them :P
In Montreal!!
www.paralives.com/jobs
Can't wait for the game to come out!
Great video Erin, love your video style!
Thanks so much Sara!
Paralives will be in charge of setting a new bar. distinguishing themselves from the sims is an after thought at this point.
I see both as different games. We'll see how it turns out
@@SimmerErin yes i agree. Just like cities skylines is different than sim city. Both have limitations but it’s obvious people want more freedom.
Thanks for paralives update, so excited to see how this game turns out!
Welcome!
There is still long way to go for the Paralives team, and I don't know but with every update about this project it makes me more and more sceptical. In my honest opinion they are too close to the community, they show very small details like: look you can change a size of a painting or you can change handles in a cabbinet. These features are neat for building and stuff but not that important in a grand scale. Like for now all I see is just pretty renders. I hope that I'm wrong and this game will be great.
Let's just wait till development Is in a more deep stage
I understand, but I think they have done a good job of distinguishing what features can come vs what they are only considering. The small details are likely to keep interest because development takes a long time
Looking forward to the game's release, it will be great to see life simulation games expand to the genre they deserve instead of just the one game we have now.
Yes! It's good to have options
I've mentioned it before but I really don't like all the focus on build mode. I understand that's just where they started, but the community that plays these games is so desperate for gameplay and personality that build mode almost seems irrelevant. In the sims 4 I'm a builder, it's almost all I do lol but when I go back to the sims 2, I spend literally no time on building because the gameplay is so good. I would love to get that same feeling from paralives.
I understand. The issue though is that they did that mode first so it's most of what they have to show for now
@@SimmerErin fair enough, I'm excited and hopeful to see what else they do
I think they meant imaginary world as in, a world you can't actually go to rather than a fantasy
Yeah that's what I was thinking maybe kid's imagination
love that he sits on the counter. It's in the details.
An easy addition which I would love is to separate cooking and baking skills. So you could have separate types of recipes (e.g. baking:bread, sourdough, cakes, sweets and cooking:mix of cold and hot meals). It would also be great if they incorporated a few regional foods into this list from around the world(not just typically USA foods). Lastly, that after a certain level of either skills Paras could invent 1 dish (that the player could title) which they could teach to other Para (so recipes could be passed down through generations).
I say this every time but I’m glad there talking to the community a lot.
Lol I know. To be fair, I say it every time too
For random events, I hope it's something simple, but also something I would want my paras to interact with. Like, I actually hated festivals in Sims 4, because once you went to them once or twice, you got everything from them and they weren't interesting, anymore. However, I think random events like a random food contests at the local park or a dogs show or a concert in the park would be interesting. It could have some variety, such as different foods at the contest a few times or each season (, like spring is a pie contest with all the fruit pies, summer is a bbq, fall is apple pies pumpkin pies, ciders, winter is hams, turkey, etc). Even better if your para can participate, kind of like the cooking contests from Sims 2. A dog show could be done once a season, with different dogs and events, again your para would be able to train their pets to participate, so dog/cat agility, turtle/rat races,, horse jumps, etc. Concerts could have different "bands" every time and, in some future pack, maybe paras could start a band or go solo and perform. It would be nice to make the neighborhood feel alive, but also give your paras something to work towards; maybe you have to be a certain level of cook, own a certain number of pets, or be at a certain level of music/singing to eventually participate.
Random events would be fantastic, I agree
Just concentrate on the actual gameplay like in the Sims 2 - and you are sold, I will buy 10 copies
For me i like that they start on Cas mode and build mode, bc there are so many small but important things, like pronouns and skin shades etc that sims failed at to add
@@blessdaylue it’s like the basics like the water for your soup know what I’m saying
I do hope they do of course! They are just not there yet in terms of their development
I think imaginary workds was in reference to how the pen pals in sims 4 works since it gives you the idea of more outside of the game world that we see but you cant actively go to these places
Ah I see. Makes sense. Would be a nice small feature
I like the idea of airport or subway rabbit hole before loading screen. I miss train travel in Europe everything was so connected.
I think a rabbit hole would be reasonable
Honestly, them not being from the US makes me even more interested in the game and gameplay they'll provide. Yeah, they've tried with a couple of towns and packs but EA/Maxis typically stick with modern day USA which is fine but I'd really like more variety, whether in The Sims or a new life simulator game. I'm especially interested in seeing how they do traits, gameplay and other para life stages though.
Their final statement makes it sound like they have something up their sleeve possibly. I think while they may not be actively working on traits and gameplay it's possible they have some of the inner workings in mind.
Me too and I'm American ha!
@@SimmerErin I am too. 😂
I like to think Paralives production as a Body or skeleton.
From the videos it has, it looks like the skeleton is almost ready for flesh and muscle, some accessories are already picked out from their Q&A's for when they have a full body done.
However, they only have the skull and plates of the spine, and need some muscle to connect other bones together, so it looks like its almost done, but its no where near adding flesh.
Then while the accessories look cute, does this dress really fit this bodies side? Is this veil necessary for the basic outfit or is it better for a future event?
It puts a lot of gorey perspective for me and is a fun analogy.
I love that analogy! Yes exactly. We're getting the template of things to come, and the general structure but the details haven't been filled yet
A lot of good stuff here, the focus on distinct personalities and how that impacts gameplay stand out, as does making the game more international culturally.
I sometimes forget that there will be many things in the sims game which will be recognised and familiar to players from the USA whereas for me they are 'sim things' which need some mental work to adapt and make sense of within my game.
So long as they pull it off, yes!
Yep. I actually think less US content could be refreshing
I don't know man, they are working so much on build/buy and paramaker and it looks like they are not focusing at gameplay at all, it makes me worry bc shouldn't they be focusing on building the "skeleton" of what paralives is in terms of gameplay? I know nothing about game development, but in my head I keep thinking that the way they are doing, it's gonna end up not beeing able to implement good gameplay, just bc the base is more build/buy and customize things. Do you get what I mean? not sure if I was clear enough (also 'im braziliam so I apologize if my english is bad)
I understand. However, that;'s the order of their development. They are completely finishing build mode, then the Paramaker, then doing live mode. They actually are doing it in a systematic way
Well, the Paralives team is making three seperate games into one. They need to make sure things work before working on live mode. Gameplay mechanics is usually one of the last stages in development. The build mode and character mode needs to be working correctly otherwise issues will occur. This was so long ago, but I remember Alex saying that build and character mode will be at 90 percent completion before working on core gameplay mechanics.
If not prom, I would definitely like to see school festivals and events like that for teen paras even as rabbit holes 👉🏻👈🏻
Me too! I am cool with not having prom but do want some special events
Now Imaginary world means magic - so magic folk may come and visit on UFOs - LOL . I don't think that stray large animals like horses would link with the more realistic world of Paralives - which is why I see them separating the base game "Natural" world from the magic and fantasy. Pet animals like parrots, hamsters may need to wait for later packs. But we need flocks of birds and even background birds songs, roaming deer like in Sims 3 and roaming squirrels. Now they may have farms where they can ride horses and later maybe ride them on the roads in later pack. Even plains later for them to roam and be captured for taming ( way out speculation on that part )
I would like to see Parafolks able to relax drinking cocoa, coffee, tea or milkshake, anywhere at the same time reading, listening to music or reading a book. For as long you want not for five sec. it would give me enough to time handle other people in the house hold.
The objects in the demos were just that demos. Gameplay objects features require you to have the avatar to be a little more along on the development. Now this why I was asking questions about this and that when it came if they certain things, it was to get an idea on development speed, Erin. I am thinking depending on what and how much the base game comes out with we'll not see a full expansion pack for about a year. small packs here or there for hot topic items may be released. But it all depends on how many people they'll be able to hire after the release of the base game. Great vid, Erin. Thank you for sharing your insider knowledge, Stay well! : )
For now, they said they plan on occults for later dlc, so whatever it is for occults, it wouldn't be right away. leads me to lean towards child imagination
Well children hmmm.. that's an awful large amount of work for a couple of secs of kids imagination time. God I hope they don't spawn Barney the Purple dino.! No more Barney!!!!! lol
And for the animations there are UA-cam videos talking about how they’re trying to do it
Yeah! It's sort of like taking a class-- I like getting to learn more about game development
I would love to have more fashion clothing tbh. God the sims fashion sense is too basic lmao
It may be simple for the base game, but they have discussed some interesting possibilities for updates and such
Heyo! Canadian here!
While we don’t have prom, i know that some schools do have a graduation dinner and dance usually after finals for seniors. How ever, the one i went to was over charged and had a horrendous DJ that only recycled music that alot of us would listen to on the radio so….. was a big disappointment to say the least.
Thanks so much for the insight :) Haha well Americans and Canadians share the recycled music/ DJ experience. That doesn't sound way different, really
Great video Erin! I agree with you that the personality / trait system will make or break the game. I'm always looking forward to those the most and they're my favorite part of life simulation game hence why Sims 3 still has a special place in my heart haha ❤
Yes exactly! There something very special and lively about that game, flaws and all. Idk if Paralives can do something as advanced, but I'm open to see what direction they go,
I think what they mean by "imaginary worlds" is worlds that you can't visit. Kind of like how in the Sims 4 you can get a pen pal who sends you postcards from worlds in Sims 3.
Makes sense. Could be a fun addition
To your last statement:. In my game I can see cross storylines between the two games so they won't be competing but complementing each other. It will make CAS more interesting.
Yes, I could see that!
I don't think this game is going to be that good in my opinion, people are overhyping this game because is similar to The Sims 4 and they expect this game to be better.
People are going to be sad when they see that this game is not going to be an incredible thing, the game hasn't even come out and they think is going to be better than a 21 year-old saga?
I am not sure how it'll turn out. I think people get extreme on both ends-- over hype and also assuming it will be bad. But see I don't see it that way. Why does it have to be 'better'? Why not just its own game?
I cant wait for this Paralives! Hope it comes to consoles after launch! I think when Paralives comes out it will be very popular!
For now, no console planned, I'm afraid
it’s funny last year I saw rumors this game could be out by June. I feel like this game is probably 1-2 years out from even pre-release. If they aren’t even working on game play yet. But I’d rather it be released in its best form than rushing it like sims 4 was rushed out. Exciting stuff.
Yeah, I'm afraid those are wishful thoughts but honestly I'd rather wait as well!
Imaginary world? As an occult and unusual stuff lover i who hoped for good mods since they said the game will be serious and realistic i really hope it means that they plan a big occult or funny pack after it
Yeah I think that, while they said they are aiming more towards realism, they do want to add a bit off whimsy. They did say they hope to do an occult dlc
@@SimmerErin really? That whould be amazing!
this game looks good btw amazing video erin after my doctor's appt im getting island paradise sims 3 :)
Aw awesome! Hope you enjoy it
@@SimmerErin i hope so erin :)
I would like a personality system that is based on current psychological theories. Like for example - I’m autistic, and I’d love a slider for how much stimulation or social interaction my character could handle before having a meltdown. And if we don’t hold our babies enough they develop unhealthy attachment patterns that haunt their adult relationships later in life. And the actions you take (like therapy) will slowly change your ability to control your emotions or master your insecurities even into late adulthood (because we don’t stop learning these skills once we age up to young adults).
I do like the idea of unique traits with a slider system, if that is what you mean. Dynamic traits are fascinating too. not sure if they are possible for the team or not
I like the idea that townhouses need to be a space apart. I picture, how in the past, a housewife would "hangout" at their window chatting to the neighbor next door in her window. Or a young Romeo and Juliet who only talk at those windows when they have privacy. There is a lot of things people suggest that I don't think would be in the Base Game but could be added to a FUTURES list of things to do. I really hope there is more for teens and elders in this game than in the Game Which Must Not Be Named. I see that we can create our own size and shape of lots. Where I grew up, houses were on city blocks with an alley dividing it in half. Six houses were on one side with access to that street and six were on the other side with access to the other street. But both used the alley as a way to get to their garages or backyards. Do you know if we can add streets/alleys too? Thanks Erin.
Ooh!! That'd be really neat for townhouses, ,maybe as an update as you say.
Me too, 100 percent. They've said they really want to add unique gameplay for every stage and I do know that is a lot of work. Hm it is a good question, but honestly have no idea yet
i cannot wait for paralives to come its gonna be so unique and inclusive i also like their hair feature
Fingers crossed for it. At very least, that is their vision
I would love to hear your ideas for a trait system. :D
Will do!
I still don't really see how it differs from The Sims.
I encourage you to check out their channel and website
Haven't watched the video all the way through yet, but I'm wondering what their communication is going to sound like? How The Sims have Simlish, what is Paralives form of speaking?
not sure yet, but I think they plan on a gibberish language of sorts
I think when they mentioned imaginary worlds they could have also meant a world that didn't exist and you couldn't go there, but Para folk spawned from the world and you know of it. I like that, it would make it feel like the world of Paralives is larger than just the one world while still not adding more than one world yet. I'm ready to see all of this come together so we can actually see it in action instead of theory alone lol :) I'm also glad they are taking their time too :)
Side note: It does worry me that they said they haven't been focusing on gameplay right now. Makes me think it will be a bit longer than I've been thinking before we see some gameplay of them. Again, I want them to take their time, but knowing how this community reacts to game dev team's taking their time.
(insert sarcasm) Of course the community would never have double standards for the two games when it comes to not getting what they want right away. ROFL
I see . Could also be say a rabbit hole destination though your explanation makes sense!
I think every lifesim game should have at least 2 worlds in the base game just to develop that idea of visiting other worlds. Its not a feature that should be an afterthought. Maybe they could do something like the subhood screen from Sims 2 where tou choos actively to attach other neighborhoods or remove them, which i think is better than Sims 4 cuz we can manage how we want (despite the need of a mod or course).
Fair enough. I think that is not likely for them, I understand wanting it, but they also don't have the same resources EA does
What is the diversity going to be like?🤔 That's what I'm interested in. I hope that paralives focuses on bringing unique features to the game as opposed to constantly trying to one up the Sims 4. I would hate for them to venture into corny territory. It's all about having a USP that is well designed and enjoyable. I would love to see them give EA a run for their money.
I actually covered some ideas they had before -- I think some of them came up in my clothing video. I only know that they said it is important to them and they also plan to add more in updates
you mentioned you have a dream trait system, i would love to hear about it ! please make such a video !
i am very happy Paras' trait system is finally verbalized, for me that's also probably the most important part of this game genre. as we've experienced in TS4, the meager, badly defined traits, the horrible whim system, the all over the place & repeating "emotions", the often irresponsive reactions, confused interactions is what made & still makes this game the weakest of The Sims franchise
Sure! I forgot I did, I should. People may disagree but it'd be fun to discuss :)
It is for me as well, yep. Interested to see where they take it
QUESTION.....will paralives be a game where its multiplayer, like if me and a friend are playing on our own pc's can we visit each others homes to interact??? That will for sure be something that Sims does not have, I think it may make more people want to play
No multiplayer is planned
It sounds lame but with the weight system, I'd love a hidden spectrum various diets worked depending on the parafolk, like moodlets of feeling bloated after bread, someone gets hives after ingesting egg/milk/etc, make it complex so you're not focusing on the body of the folk but their health instead. probably won't happen but it would be silly to have them get bad gas by eating loads of veggies or constantly have to clear their throats after one too many milkshakes
That is very interesting. It does sound quite complex, but maybe they could do it with some sort of allergies or something? Crusader Kings has acquired and genetic traits so that could be genetic traits
It sounds like Paralives is a long way from being ready to launch
Yes, and they have been open about that. You can check their development timeline on their official web site
Simmer Erin I love you videos ❤️ also what do you think about them saying paralives won’t have negative game play but a silly kid of thing to it cause I saw a while back that they were asked about burglars and they said they didn’t want any negative can gameplay but I was wondering do you think they game would be successful with only positive gameplay because I like games with both because it’s more life like in a way ?
Why thank you :)
huh I did not see that. All I have seen is that they don't want to have severe illnesses like cancer, but they did want challenges, like mild illnesses for instance. Will have to look into that, hope that isn't a firm decision
I can't imagine this game ever gets released to the satisfaction of the fans. I keep seeing videos like this where every comment by the team is dissected and leads to new speculation on what will be in the game. Meanwhile, the same tiny pile of clips are reshown in every single video because there really isn't any content at all that can be shown. I think the hype around this project is being blown up to a level this team cant possibly deliver. It would be great to get a little competition to push the Sims team but at this rate I think Im looking at another Vanguard, Elyria or Star Citizen. Full of promise but never actually coming out.
I understand. I think it depends on your perspective. For me, I see it as just ideas and I don't want all of these or need them or expect them
How would Paralives monetize their game? Will it be a one time purchase with DLCs? It is going to be subscription based or will there be a cash shop option?
To my understanding, one time purchase and dlcs. No micro transactions
I miss how I can customize all the colors of things like in sims 3. And the world is so small and lots are to small. Like how did they really think we would like sims 4 it sucks but my sims 3 will not work anymore. Five will probably really suck. Remember in 2 you could view everything through your sims eyes.I miss that.
Yeah, I miss create a world and customization too.
I wonder if they'll base personality/traits on some system, like enneagram or zodiac signs. Have the team talked about that yet?
They said they are not likely to base it off zodiac signs and they also seem to be fairly interested in more a traits based
Hi Erin . Talking about cars are we going to have flashy cars like Lamborghinis , Mercedes Benz or the cars are just like simple cars ?
No idea ha. But I'd assume some simple cars for the bg, and maybe some options later down the road (no pun intended)
Things that would be cool
More tragedies (unexpected bad things) even things like losing your phone and having to click on items like a couch until you find it etc
Absolutely more diverse traits, and some hereditary( like if the mom is hypersensitive to smells like burning a candle and one of the kids gets it. Or the whole family is lactose intolerant)
Dental/health/ vision issues etc Having a cavity or the baby is stumbling around and you find out he needs glasses etc.
Kids picking out mixed matches clothes and deciding if you will allow them to wear that to school
Also I NEED more black hair styles and more diverse townies. I’m sick of putting straight hair or wavy hair on everyone in new games
So long as they have. a few options for how often/ how these happened I really would love more chances at things to go wrong. I am happy to tell you they have promised to adding diverse hairs, and such so I really hope they deliver
will there be cc? i completely forgot i was waiting for this game for awhile and havent kept up it with it
Yes they said it will be cc compatible
Will there be more life stages in Paralives? They should have more than what Sims 4 has.
We simply don't know yet. Sorry! I only know of a few for sure
I’m hoping for terraced housing, apartments above stores. Apartment buildings. I’m so tired of American suburbs single family home housing.
Both would be fantastic
They can make it open world.
Open world has been confirmed.
personally I'll like if it was less americanised because there are so many America games and sometimes i think the west gets a bit entitled
I would too. And I'm American
I frankly hope that they WONT call places WORLDS, BUT, towns or cities, I hate that The Sims 4 still refers to each town or city as a WORLD! 🙄
Calling them worlds was fine with the other 3 games, but they didn't allow our Sims to effortlessly go from one TOWN or City to the next without losing friends and family, like in TS3, but TS4 treats them as towns and cities, but still calls them worlds! 🙄🤨😕
Me I always just call them towns or cities, depending on the way they are made, of course since TS4 only has one that is a actual city, it's mostly towns! 😉
I am also getting a little tired of people asking them to put in things that are TOO The Sims like into Paralives, like collecting things, like insects or items or there being a bunch of animals to befriend and make into pets, all running around wild! 🙄😒
All of that is a Sims thing, which I would rather they focus on more normal things, YES I want insects, but I don't need to be able to collect them or make them pets, same with wild animals, I do want to see bird, frogs, squirrels, raccoons, rabbits, opossums, lizards, deer and other animals, yes even snakes, rats and mice too, but no wild horses, I found that so annoying in TS3 that I turned it off in the options!
I want them to focus more on the main things of the game, making the Paras as customizable as possible in PAM and the pets like Cats and Dogs to be fun to have and not a annoyance like in all The Sims GAMES period, I want the pets to be cute and not be meowing or barking all the time, which I have both cats and dogs and they neither one, especially cats, just keep on meowing or barking all the time! 🙄
I mean with most cats you wouldn't even know they were around most of the time, because they hardly ever make a noise! Now dogs they do sometimes bark a lot, but in the Sims unless you give them a trait that causes them to be barking a lot, they don't bark as much as the Cats meow, even though it should be the other way around if they were going to make one very noisy!
Especially since the cats seem to be attentionally made more annoying then the dogs, like they are just as needy as a dog usually are, when they really aren't! Sure certain breeds of cats are more likely to do some of the things that most people think only dogs do, like Ragdoll cats, who will follow you everywhere and always want to be close to you and are more affectionate then others, but The Sims doesn't really do cats justice, so I hope Paralives will!
I think it the past the team called them towns, so I am not sure, it seems I have heard both terms
And on the glitch thing sims 4 has a ridiculous amount of glitches and I don’t think paralives will be anywhere near that you gotta remember that the amount of glitches in a sims 4 game isn’t normal across other games
Not sure, I actually know many games that have a lot of glitches., But slower development and less dlc makes it less likely
Talking about paralives are para s going to have phones like iPhones , tablets , laptops and paying bills ?
They certainly will have to pay bills. idk exactly what technology they will have, but basic laptops and phones seem a safe bet
Also in Paralives are we going to have races , countries ,things like half american half African or half filipano and America . Or all the Paras will just be calls parafolks?
I think, like the Sims, they will not explicitly identify race. You should be able to make them of different looks, but I don't think they will explicitly define race or ethnicity
This is a silly thing to worry about,, but if they include small pets, I kind of wish they'd specify how many are in the cage? Some animals like rats need cage mates to live a fulfilling life, and I don't want the misconception that it's alright to own single rats to spread.
Huh interesting thought. So for now it doesn't sound like there will be small pets for the base game. However, I think that is is not unlikely they will add them in the future as they have said that would be their hope. Not sure
@@SimmerErin tbh I was one of those fools who bought “my first pet” or whatever it’s called because I’m an enthusiastic rat owner, and then I was sad that there was only one rat per cage.
Devs answered zero questions.
I don't really agree with that. I think they answered what they could
If this game is as good as it boasts then the sims teams and creators should be pretty concerned cause if its better then the sims then people will drop the sims like a hat
I cant wait for this to come out . I love the sims but it be nice to not have to use mods
And just to have another simulator! It's crazy Sims is the only full life simulator (distinguished from niche, like farming sims etc)
The game looks amazing, but I hope they make the characters less cartoon like.
It is possible the graphics will change a little, but this is more or less the style they are going for. It will be cc compatible though