What's the gameplay going to be like?

Sounds great! All good things are worth waiting for

引用自 Impulsive Egg：

What's the gameplay going to be like?

Ah! So I'm not the only one who saw this and went, "Nice! ...but wait... there's no mention of gameplay or how in-depth the personality system goes, which are arguably the most important parts".

Where is the gameplay with a life? Character editor, build mode and... and that's it? Really? Usually, the basic gameplay mechanics are first developed as a kind of prototype. And for all the years we got .. an building and a barbie simulator.

It’s a pity, I just hope you didn’t have enough experience in gamedev, and not the desire to cash in on money from Patreon.

Y'all should check the live mode tab. It's a life simulator like The Sims. https://paralives.notion.site/paralives/f138c4f6cb234604be16fe4198d17f51?v=41e2b3e389404b37b4060bc74dead4af

引用自 Johann Hirsch：

Where is the gameplay with a life? Character editor, build mode and... and that's it? Really? Usually, the basic gameplay mechanics are first developed as a kind of prototype. And for all the years we got .. an building and a barbie simulator.

It’s a pity, I just hope you didn’t have enough experience in gamedev, and not the desire to cash in on money from Patreon.

lots of stuff to get through until release!! good luck

引用自 Johann Hirsch：

Where is the gameplay with a life? Character editor, build mode and... and that's it? Really? Usually, the basic gameplay mechanics are first developed as a kind of prototype. And for all the years we got .. an building and a barbie simulator.

It’s a pity, I just hope you didn’t have enough experience in gamedev, and not the desire to cash in on money from Patreon.

to be fair, the game was originally intended to only include the building elements so it makes sense that it was the first thing to be made

引用自 IndigoAK：

So the gameplay doesn't actually exist yet? What have you been doing with all the Patreon money?

there’s only like 10 people working on the game and there used to be just one developer, you do realize they have a life and commitments outside of game development. good games take a really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ long time to make (hell, even bad games take a while, just look at cyberpunk)

Not responding to specific people because they're all complaining about the same thing. Like the person above me said, they laid out the roadmap of development with transparency. If you don't like what you see, give constructive feedback instead of being annoying.

Patreon Money is spent on hiring new staff members & paying existing developers that are working on Paralives in case anyone was confused/misinformed. I've been giving $$ monthly for a long time now, so even when the game releases in Early Access, I've already paid for the game 10x over. But I am more than happy to help Alex & his team out. WHY? Because I'm sick & tired of TS4. Electronic Arts has damaged the SIMS Brand beyond repair. So many DLC's for TS4 I've lost count. It's over $900 of crap now. ParaLives seems to be bucking that greedy practice, from what I've seen on Patreon & the YouTube videos It seems ParaLives will be much more feature complete at launch than Any Previous Sims title ever was. There's thing's I'd love to talk about but I'm not sure it's green-lit for public knowledge, I have more integrity than the SCOTUS clerk that leaked yesterday. Let me just say this, the features that ParaLives will have at launch easily outshine Anything other games have done in that genre.

Sounds good. Just don't release into early access too soon. The last thing a game like this needs is feature creep.

Honestly very excited for this game, and I will be very patient even if it takes another 2 years, the game has much potential. if we're talking feedback or tips, idk if this has been said before but it would be so cool to have some sort of multiplayer feature, for example your Character is able to visit the homes of other players who are online, that would be so cool, adds a little. anyway, the content posted so far it looks great! keep up the good work, lots of people rooting :)

引用自 IndigoAK：

引用自 philaletheist：

to be fair, the game was originally intended to only include the building elements so it makes sense that it was the first thing to be made


there’s only like 10 people working on the game and there used to be just one developer, you do realize they have a life and commitments outside of game development. good games take a really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ long time to make (hell, even bad games take a while, just look at cyberpunk)

They've been getting Patreon money for years. To only have a half-finished character creator to show for it and not have core gameplay at least prototyped is a legitimate thing to question.

Smaller studios have done more with less money in less time. Everything about the pace of this project screams mismanagement. I'm sorry that you're too blind to see it.

You can't expect every studio to make any type of game quickly. I'm pretty sure Paralives was focusing on the building aspect first before they started to focus on the parafolk and live mode stuff.

Also I think you just have unrealistic standards for how fast the game should develop.

引用自 Catzilla01：

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Also I think you just have unrealistic standards for how fast the game should develop.

I don't recall any promised release dates so it's fine if they take their time.

Not everyone will work to the same schedule.

So… they have clothes? That’s all I see on this roadmap.

引用自 Cam_Bustion：

So… they have clothes? That’s all I see on this roadmap.

did you try looking past the first two entries