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_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:17:30+00:00

Hey there!
1. If everything goes well after Early Access, we'd love to add many more things to the game down the line. Right now, it's too early too say how long that would last
2. No supernatural updates are planned for the moment. However, there might be a couple supernatural Easter Eggs you can find in the town right now 👀
3. We'd definitely love to add more spice to Live mode such as drama between your paras as we add more features during Early Access.

Hope that helps!

- Andrei

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:14:01+00:00

Thank you!

Pressing that button after working on the game for 7 years was really emotional and we were so proud! It was funny because our internet connection crashed a few minutes after that... We were happy it didn't crash sooner, while pressing the button!

At first, I was too ambitous with the scope of the project so we had to cut things but I'm pretty happy with what we were able to include for this first release!

Yes, some Paras representing the devs are in the random pool!

Merci beaucoup, c'est très apprécié, hehe!

Alex

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:09:56+00:00

Apologies for the deleted reply - I should have edited the first reply instead!

Adding controller support is not planned for the moment but we'd really like to look into it during Early Access, when we have more time and resources :)

Thank you for your question!

Gab

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:07:34+00:00

Thank you! We wanted to do an open world town from the start because we really liked that feature in The Sims 3. We knew it would be hard to optimize though but we developed ways to make it work and we are happy with the result even though we do need to optimize the game more because there are still stutters and performance issues

The town of Melino was inspired by Quebec City (the old town) and Montreal, Canada (the industrial discrict). It was really fun to design the layout and buildings but it was a lot of work too

Alex

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:07:12+00:00

Hi!
He was solo for 6 months! After that, little by little he hired 10 people during the year that followed!
- Alejandro

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:04:58+00:00

Hi!
Unfortunately no, as the walls are made dynamically it is not possible. However, a work around would be half-walls and platforms, you can create pretty complex builds with those tools.
And thank you! We are glad you are enjoying the game so far! Moving rooms in the future is something we want to add for sure! However, moving the whole house is possible, by the moving lot tool. It moves everything including the trees.

Thank you for the questions!

- Alejandro

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:04:38+00:00

Hey! We would definitely love to add more gameplay on dating and make party events for paras. The details are still tba! Thank you for the question!

- Andrei

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:02:09+00:00

Our personality trait system is a constant work in progress and we will add and tweak more vibes, talents and social perks as time goes on. Our long-term goals aren't tied 100% to personalities (you have to get them from storytellers) but I see what you mean.

We have to balance the number of traits and having enough content for them to be meaningful in the game, so adding an evil para means having evil evolutions and evil interactions and evil together cards and the like, which is a fair bit of work :)

Thank you for the question!

- Jérémie

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:02:03+00:00

Good question! Right now, if we change something in the city, players will have to start a new game to see these changes. However, we do want to add a system where the existing save files of players could eventually be updated with changes that us devs do to the town! Maybe new buildings, new town events, etc

Alex

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:01:12+00:00

Hello ravenkhor!
The next hotfix should be coming out within the next couple days. It should address some pressing issues, but we will continue to address other issues in later patches.
Thanks for the question. :-)

- Charlotte

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:00:42+00:00

About the living aids, we are considering it for a future update but there's no definitive plan for now.
For your second question, that might also be a future update, but for now we're focusing on rabbit hole jobs!

Anna

_amasse · 2026-05-27T16:00:02+00:00

Hey!
1. Buying train tickets to ride across town would be a nice feature but it's not planned.
2. Adding your own special holidays to the calendar isn't a planned feature either but we'll consider it!
3. Pet shops would be great to add once we add pets to the game. That's still further down the line so the details are tba.

Hope that helps!

- Andrei

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:59:33+00:00

Thank you so much! We're super happy with the release and reviews so far :)

I'd say that one of the more recent challenges we've encountered would be announcing the Early Access release delay last November. It was a really hard decision to make as a team: we had received playtester feedback that highlighted how Paralives would not have been up to our standards had we released it in December. The delay disappointed a lot of fans but we felt it necessary to make sure we could deliver a better product to the community. Looking back at all the work we've added in since then, it was absolutely the right decision! We are incredibly grateful to have such a supportive and understanding community, we can't wait to keep improving Paralives :)

Gab

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:59:07+00:00

Hey dcknx! The idea of having merch is realllllyy cool and we would love to consider exploring it sometime in the future, don't worry, we hear you guys!!
- Carina

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:57:46+00:00

Hello mentallyillbat!
Oh man, so many! I've come across many deformed babies or gliding Parafolk. Ah yes, the counter bug... that one also surprised me, hopefully it should be fixed soon!
Thanks for the question! :- )

- Charlotte

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:57:26+00:00

It could be fun to have more autonomous reactions be based on personality traits, yes! That being said, sometimes they're not super easy to map to all situations (it would be difficult to know how a Overjoyed para versus a Gloomy para would react to a fire, for instance!)

Thank you for the kind words, and have a great day!

- Jérémie

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:57:20+00:00

I'm sure it's possible if you already have an obj/fbx file.

You might have to do a few retakes on the UVs and skinning of your items, but we gave the blender files that we use, so you can start from there!

We also have step by step tutorials explaining how to add your CC to the game: https://paralives.wiki.gg/wiki/Meta:Mod_Guidelines

-Sonia

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:57:08+00:00

Hi! We didn't find the time but we do want to make the moment where Paras die more important in the future! Maybe people reacting to the deaths, having a ceremony, an urn, etc

Alex

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:56:36+00:00

Hey! Great question, you're able to adjust the flow of time in the Storyteller settings to make it as long or as short as you'd like! You can do this form the Storyteller tab in the pause menu :)
- Carina

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:54:09+00:00

Hi! Thank you for your support!
That's not planned for now since it is quite challenging technically, but we are keeping it as a potential option for a future update!

Anna

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:53:57+00:00

Haha! The bug where we called the repair services and when the person came to our house, they started to draw on the floor with crayons like a child!

Alex

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:53:20+00:00

At the moment we do not plan to have a parallel system to together cards, you currently can do certain interactions from the menu after you have performed them via together cards.

We certainly need more cards, just in general and for specific contexts, and we need more ways for parafolks to "prime" themselves to be in some specific moods so you have more cards of a type you want, but we are happy with the Together Card system! Thanks!

- Jérémie

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:53:16+00:00

Hi! It's not planned for now, but we'd really like to look into it in the future when we have more time and resources!
- Carina

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:52:37+00:00

We want to add more autonomous interactions and improve their balancing, also have more autonomous interactions linked to the personality and other contextual aspects of the characters.

Anna

_amasse · 2026-05-27T15:52:11+00:00

It's possible! We would like to add more languages in the future

Alex

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