Build Mode Progress Update + Chalet Feedback (Patreon)

Hi there, happy Friday!

A look back at the chalet

It was extremely heartwarming to read everyone's reaction about the chalet and our build mode gameplay video! We were also happy to collect your feedback and take notes on things to improve. Thank you for supporting us on this journey! It's really exciting to build stuff in the game and we can't wait for you to try it when the game is ready.

Build Mode: What's left to do (For Patrons only! Please don't share)

After seeing our build mode video, you might think we're pretty much done with the build mode. However, we still have many elements to polish, content to add and features to create. Here's an overview of our TODO list for the build mode:

• Roof tools. We didn't show off these tools in the build mode video because they are not ready. We have some design to do and we need to make sure these tools are really easy to use.
• Stair tools. Because stair tools aren't ready, in the video, I built two steps between the dining room and the living room using the split level tools so a step was a tiny split level platform. We'll be working on our stair tools to allow people to create all kind of stairs easily. Looking forward to see what people will do with that!
• Basements. You will be able to build a basement. We also aim to allow people to build houses on a slope so for instance, the front of the house could be uphill so the basement is underground there but the back of the house could be downhill so the basement is exposed and at ground level there.
• Parafolk interactions with furniture and objects. A lot of people were curious to know how Paras will be using the resizable and customizable objects in Paralives. It's a bit of a challenge but we have planned some systems to take care of that so your Paras will be able to use all your furniture as long as there's enough room for them to navigate to the object.
• Pools. We'll be working on the pool tools and show them to you in details when they are ready! Many dream houses have a pool so I'm looking forward to build all kinds of pools!
• Object grouping. We need to snap chairs to tables and couch parts together so you can move them as a group if you want to change their position in your house.
• Adding a whole lot of furniture and objects. For the chalet, we created new objects for the game but we'll need to create a lot more of them so people can build houses in different styles and have different options for each object they can place in the world.
• More UI improvements, general tweaks and optimization.

Although we'll still be busy working on the build mode, some of us are making progress on the characters, the Paramaker and the first steps of the live mode. More on that to come later!

Signing Postcards

We are just about done signing the postcards for Patrons who were on the Hero (USD $20) or Legend (USD $50) tier on June 1! This postcard features an exclusive Paralives artwork made by Sonia. We'll be sending them by Monday and you should receive yours within the next few weeks, depending on where you are in the world. Here's a picture of all the 550 postcards that the team signed! ✍️

Have a great weekend!

Alex