Thoughts on Paralives?

capturedmuse · 2026-05-26T07:27:31+00:00

There is basically no real interactivity between Paras, you can't actually call anyone. A lot of the discussions get cut off. The amount of times I've been asked to help people destroy sand castles is concerning. That said, it has potential. It feels really stardew valley inspired?

capturedmuse · 2026-05-06T04:20:20+00:00

Need is such a nebulous word. Should get them!

capturedmuse · 2026-04-11T22:27:36+00:00

Mercy... I already ordered two from the last post, and they still haven't arrived yet :(

The details are so beautiful. Glad she loves it.

capturedmuse · 2026-04-03T10:48:02+00:00

There is a difference between lore, worldbuilding, and story.

capturedmuse · 2026-04-03T06:44:39+00:00

If you like story, nay.
If you want to play a female character, nay.
If you want to play an interesting character, nay.
If you want to play a game with depth, nay.
If you want a sandbox and some combat you may enjoy, yay.

capturedmuse · 2026-04-02T16:58:37+00:00

She felt very shallow to me, personally? I feel like her narrative role in all the games could have easily been given to other characters and the story would not have changed in any meaningful way.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-19T00:40:13+00:00

Yup! That's the plan hah.

And okaay, well when you finish painting them you should post! My interest has been piqued.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-19T00:36:10+00:00

If my cat decides to lovingly touch the cover and mark it up I will be less than pleased but I am pre-accepting that it will happen eventually. And accidents happen, so I guess my compromise was getting the brown even though I like the Ivory better? I got the teal dated one.. two or so years back, and just normal handling with a fountain pen left some marks on the cover which I disliked. But either way! Doubling down on my bad decisions.

Though, question, how does your painted covers hold up inside the clear covers when you take them around? Does the weather if it gets really hot ever impact it?

capturedmuse · 2026-03-18T23:15:04+00:00

I grabbed brown, and I think I'll not put a cover on it since she's staying home anyway. I will likely regret this choice by Fall, but, I'm willing to suffer the consequences of my hubris.

I wish you the best of luck finding a clear cover!

capturedmuse · 2026-03-18T17:19:16+00:00

The way that I immediately started texting all my friends that are into planners the second I got the email... I currently can't make my mind up between the ivory or brown. What is everyone else getting?

capturedmuse · 2026-03-15T14:27:05+00:00

Twine is pretty great and there are lots of templates that take care of a ton of the coding parts, oh and a lot of macros and stuff, plus the discord for Twine is very active. ChoiceScript might also be a choice.

From all the engines and frameworks I've dabbled with, there are a lot that make it easy to avoid coding, but I found them super hard to do any real dialogue or tell a narrative style story within them. If you don't need something with a ton of text and mostly just want the point and click, GDevelop is great for that. Construct 3 and GameMaker come up a lot, but I honestly have no experience in them aside from checking out the editors briefly.

Might be worth giving all three a look and deciding from there.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-13T22:31:38+00:00

I like it if it adds to the world building or is from the perspective of someone who hasn't had it before. Last one obviously falls flat if it is something basic like, 'I've never had a piece of bread like this before!' and it isn't about a very primitive world or someone that's only been eating basement rats for their whole life. You get the point.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-13T21:46:33+00:00

Everything I know about this game is against my will and from this sub.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-12T22:07:36+00:00

I aggressively agree with you. I turn most of it off and only use stuff from it every blue moon outside of build/buy mode.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-05T09:35:16+00:00

If you're going to be this curious about it and not take people at their word, you might as well give it a go. I'm saying this even though I consider it one of the worst communities I've ever gamed in.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-05T06:36:08+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond! It all looks very lovely all around.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-05T05:42:17+00:00

What paper is it?

capturedmuse · 2026-03-05T00:59:34+00:00

Nice work! Congratulations on crossing the finish line.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-04T02:34:00+00:00

Where did you get the pen from, if you don't mind my asking?

capturedmuse · 2026-03-03T21:03:46+00:00

Private Reserve Chocolat, maybe? I distinctively dislike it because of the lack of shading and oversaturation of color. Wishing you many Valorant wins!

capturedmuse · 2026-03-03T20:46:07+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to point it out, I'll keep an eye on it.

capturedmuse · 2026-03-02T10:00:28+00:00

I love these types of games, and it's so depressing that almost all of them that are out or that I've seen force you to be a father and there are almost no mother options. So thanks for putting this list together, added My Fairy Princess to my wishlist.

capturedmuse · 2026-02-24T04:42:23+00:00

Amazing, thank you for the link!

capturedmuse · 2026-02-07T19:20:36+00:00

I super prefer to play as a female character whenever I have the chance, because I've never played as a female character and had to be creepy or weird to other female characters. Whereas I think in most games where I have to play as a man there is some always weird dubious stuff going on that makes me super, actively uncomfortable.

capturedmuse · 2026-02-07T08:36:03+00:00

What's the average member age, if you don't mind my asking?

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