Chalet Floor Plan Reveal + We Hired a Music Composer! (Patreon)

Hello!

Chalet Reveal Schedule  (For Patrons only! Please don't share)

Over the past few weeks, we have worked hard on building a whole house from scratch in Paralives based on a theme chosen by Patrons, a cozy couple retreat chalet. We're very excited to finally reveal it so here's the schedule:

• [Patrons only] Today, June 4: Showcase of the floor plan for patrons only
• [Patrons only] Friday, June 11: Exclusive chalet screenshots for patrons only
• Saturday, June 12: The chalet house building video, published publicly

It was really great to work on that house because it helped us test our build tools and improve them a lot! We still have a lot of work to do but it's a great milestone for us to be able to showcase the building of a whole house in Paralives!

Chalet Floor Plan Reveal  (For Patrons only! Please don't share)

This first screenshot shows a top view of the floor plan. We decided to only have one floor for this build so it's more comfy and not too big for a couple.

The next screenshot below shows where the Kitchen will be. It's in this room that Paras will be cooking a great meal after a long day of enjoying the great outdoors. There are tall windows with a view on the back of the lot. If you are lucky, you might just see a deer in the backyard. Deers not confirmed for the initial release™️ of Paralives!

Next to the kitchen will be the bathroom. How about enjoying a nice bubble bath with some candles while reading a good book? Would be nice! We'll have to test if it's possible to make your Para read a book while they are in the bath once we make some more progress on the live mode!

A chalet wouldn't be complete without a fireplace or two! That's why we have one in the bedroom and one in the living room. This cozy couple retreat will be a great place to relax and stay warm in the cold days of winter.

On the image below, from left to right, we have the living room, entryway and dining room which are in a big open area with a split level floor plan so you can get a good look at the huge windows and actually feel like you are part of the nature around the house. This great view will be the first thing you'll notice when entering the chalet and you'll also be able to enjoy it while chatting in the living room (left of the front door) or while having dinner (right of the front door).

That's it for the floor plan tour! Stay tuned for next week's Patreon post where we'll show you screenshots of the final chalet with all the furniture and deco before we release the final video! We're pretty happy with what we made so I'm really excited top show you!

We Hired a Music Composer!

We're pleased to welcome Andrei to the team! He will be taking care of all the music and sound effects for Paralives. Audio is a big part of any video game so we're pretty happy about having Andrei with us. I'll let him introduce himself:

Hey everyone! My name is Andrei and I'm very happy to be the new Music composer and Sound Designer at Paralives! Video games have always been a very big part of my life since my childhood and being a music geek, I’ve always dreamed of doing the music for one. My main instrument is piano. I’ve studied many sorts of musical genres and their production ranging from symphonic orchestral music, jazz and latin music to pop, funk, R&B, rock, blues, indie, Lo-fi and many more. All those genres are gonna come in handy in the game ;)

When I was a kid, I used to be addicted to the Sims 2 on the first Xbox. I used to spend unhealthy amounts of time (like most of us) just fooling around with the same 2 characters. Good thing that I found another vice in music later on! Other video games that have influenced me greatly have been all the Assassin’s Creed saga, all the Dark Souls saga and Minecraft in its early days. If it’s worth mentioning I’m also a Lord of the Rings and Star Wars geek.

I’m very excited to take over this role and to hear all of your ideas concerning music and sound effects whether it’s for the characters, UI or basically anything! I’d also like to show you in the future my workflow and how I get to create music! It’s been a life-long dream of mine to be part of a project like Paralives and with my experience and your ideas, I’ll do my best to make justice to this dream-game. Thanks everybody!

Have a good weekend and stay tuned for the full chalet reveal next week!

Alex