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#paralives

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i686-powered lia

I'm staunchly team #Paralives now.

I didn't always use to think so highly of it, especially concerning its epidemic "coziness"/safety that I feared would end up making the game boring, non-representative of poverty, and rather drama-free... but with #InZOI showing what the "corporate AI-driven rich influencer startup" alternative life sim vibe looks like, I really am at a point where I prefer a traditional, handmade, queer-friendly indie game like Paralives.

#gaming#games#thesims
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ladyteruki

New unlocked Paratreon post : this time, the Paralives team showcases some weird items for the build mode.
This includes a cactus couch (so pricky and yet so comfy !), various plushies including that of a worm (ew ?), body pillows (no kinkshaming please), and my favorite, a giant shelf to place above a children's bed (or a couch, desk, etc.) to make them feel like a fairytale princess.

patreon.com/posts/116010035

One of the screenshots of the Patreon post, showing a cactus-themed couch. It's... hard to describe because it's so silly. It's like it was made out of long green cushions, but they also have felt spikes like real cactus.
Another screenshot from the Patreon post, showing 4 plushies on a dresser : a brown teddy bear with a toothy smile, an orange earthworm, and red/orange star made of a patchwork of fabrics, and a long, long pink cat.
A third screenshot borrowed from the Patreon post, showing three long body pillows. The first one features Miki, the virtual idol that is a recurring theme in the game, with her long pink hair ; the second one is an androginous anime character with fairly dark skin and bleach blond hair in a white vest ; the third is an male anime character with green hair and a long pointy chin, holding a red rose.
Fourth screenshot from the Patreon post (there are more on the link, though !) split in two, showing a bedroom during the day, and at night. This bedroom features two beds (one single, one queen sized), each with a large shelf on top of it. The shelf is shaped like a giant fairytale castle with many towers and even a long bridge in the middle, and each of the window lights up in the dark. There is also room for decorative objects such as books. The bedroom also has a checkered carpet and a striped wall.
#Paralives#TheSimsCouldNever
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ladyteruki

This week #Paralives devs have made public a Patreon post from earlier this fall, featuring the first wave of disability-related content planned for the life simulation game. Here are the many assets, showcasing a very large range of accessibility needs :

patreon.com/posts/112814990

Now let me be clear.
Yes, right now these objects are not interactive ; there is no disability gameplay at the moment. But the game is still in development, and will only come out in Early Access in 2025.

A screenshot of a colorful bedroom built in the current WIP version of Paralives, featuring among others a wheelchair, an oxygen tank next to the bed, and a little shelf above that bed on which a laptop can be seen. There's also a Pride flag among the wall decorations. The Patreon posts details that this is the bedroom of a chronically ill Para who spends a lot of time in bed.
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ladyteruki

Also of note : in #Paralives, it's possible to have very complex relationships, because you don't necessarily have ONE bond with someone.
As such, Anisa is connected to Carl in three different ways :
- Secret crush lvl 1 (since the player decided to pick that romance-related Together Card just in the choice above)
- Acquaintance lvl 1 (they've just met afterall)
- Former classmate lvl 2 (they have some ancient history they haven't bonded over much yet)

A partial Paralives screenshot, showing the relationships panel for Anisa. She has met 11 people since she moved into town, but the screen particularly focuses on the relationship with Carl, which has 3 different types of bonds : - Secret crush lvl 1 - Acquaintance lvl 1 - Former classmate lvl 2
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ladyteruki

There is no better example of that than the part of the gameplay video that happens... in a gym.
Anisa, the Para who is used to present how #Paralives works, notices a cute Para that she is attracted to across the room where she's been exercising with friends. The player makes her talk to that attractive Para, named Carl, and later train with him.
...An ingame hour later, the next Together Cards

youtu.be/xIIy4CuGDyU?t=306

Another set of 3 Together Cards show up, this time while Anisa and Carl are training together at the gym : - "Risky flirt" (a pink card with a heart icon showing that it's a romantic interaction, and a percentage, 25%, indicating how likely the interaction is to succeed or fail if that Together Card is chosen) - "Ask for training tips" (a white card with no icons, which underlines that this action will most likely not be conductive towards romantic behavior, but also will succeed) - "Develops a secret crush" (a pink card with a heart icon, since this is a romantic card, but no percentage of success since it will not change the relationship with Carl, only Anisa's one-sided feelings towards him)
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ladyteruki

Each time Together Cards pop-up, they're anchored in what the Paras were doing, where they are, how they have previously interacted, what their relationship currently are, their personalities, their wants, and maybe some other things I'm not perceiving at the moment.
So in #Paralives, the context is ALWAYS relevant.

A partial screenshot of Paralives' gameplay video, with the message "select a Together Card to develop relationships in the way you want". There are three options : - Formal introduction (with an icon indicating that it is related to the Para's "Serious" personality trait introduced earlier in the video) - Compliment guitar technique (with an icon showing that it strengthens bonds ; in the video, that other Para was playing the guitar when the player started a conversation with them) - Introduce self as new in town (no icon, but directly depends on the fact that the Para is, indeed, new in town, and has no connexions yet)
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ladyteruki

For reference, in #Paralives, ALL interactions will depend on context : you set two Paras (or more !) to interact in a place, and then every game hour, Paralives gives you three options about the direction in which you make the relationship evolve, which leads to various perks and directions. This is what the game calls "Together Cards" :

youtu.be/xIIy4CuGDyU?t=171

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padraig

Paradox has cancelled #LifeByYou and shut down its development studio Tectonic. It’s sad to see yet another studio closing. While it hasn’t been the hottest competitor (that hat goes to #Paralives) I was looking forward to actually getting a choice and different ideas for life sims.

I sure hope Paralvive’s crowdsourcing makes them more resilient.

rockpapershotgun.com/paradox-s

Rock Paper Shotgun · Paradox shutter studio Tectonic and cancel troubled Sims competitor Life By YouBy Nic Reuben
#Paradox#Tectonic#Gaming
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