As fans eagerly await the Early Access release of Paralives later this year, the development team continues to pull back the curtain on the ambitious systems and charming aesthetic that promise to please. This time, we’re getting an exciting look at the Paralives town your Paras will call home.
Let’s dive into how Paralives is creating their vibrant, explorable world.
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Designing a town that feels alive
The team at Paralives have four clear goals when it comes to designing the town: open world, diversity for different playstyles, explorable, and character.
Open world
The Paralives town is designed as a fully open-world environment – meaning there will be no loading screens between lots and Paras can freely explore shops, parks, restaurants, and workplaces. The goal is to make players want to get out of the house and experience the city.
Diversity for every playstyle
From urban townhouses to cosy suburban homes, the town will include a mix of lot sizes and styles. Builders can go wild with empty plots, while story-driven players will find pre-made homes rich in personality that feel at home in their environment.
Explorable and human scaled
This town is designed for walking speeds. This means that the travel times are tuned to ensure Paras can get around without losing their whole day. Expect a city where a 30 to 60 minute in-game walk gets you where you need to go – a thoughtful balance between immersion and gameplay convenience.
A rich character and history
The town won’t just be functional: it’ll be beautiful and full of stories. Expect diverse architecture, historical landmarks, and layered details that hint at a rich past. The developers want this town to feel like somewhere you’d want to visit in real life.
Explore the two new districts: old town and industrial
The Paralives town will be split into districts, each with its own vibe and backstory.
From this colour-coded Paralives town map we can see the four districts they are aiming for, but so far we only have information about two of them: Old Town and Industrial.
The team also showed off this idea of the scale of the town. This small square section of the map containing a few buildings takes up only a small amount of space overall. It’s looking like we will have about 50 to 70 lots in total, including things like public parks, shops and residential lots that you can buy or that are occupied by Para NPCs.
Old town
Inspired by European architecture, Old Town is filled with stone townhouses, narrow streets, and a small castle that hints at the city’s medieval roots. Think 17th-century trading post turned charming tourist destination.
These are some of the inspiration photos that the Paralives team used when designing their old town.
Industrial
This area reflects the town’s industrial revolution era. Red-brick factories, abandoned warehouses, and modern loft conversions create a gritty yet artistic contrast to Old Town’s postcard-perfect streets. It’s a district full of transformation.
A spotlight on the first Paralives town house
What would a Paralives town be without houses? The team showed off their designs for the first houses and the initial sketches.
A first sketch
Even from these first sketches for the Paralives town houses you can tell that they ooze character, while still sticking to the 17th century historical features they have been inspired by.
In their words, they wanted to show off a “strong structure that were well maintained that could have belonged to merchants in the past, and that now look picturesque.”
Looking at their house inspiration board, it will be interesting to see if the historical touches like window-taxed bricked-over windows, old drinking fountains, and other charms consistent with old European towns will come in to the design as this is where they are taking lots of inspiration from.
One thing is for sure though – the town houses they have shared with us look stunning! Here are a few that they displayed proudly on their Patreon page.
Looking ahead to the future of Paralives
The Paralives town, like the game, is still in development, but what’s already taking shape is promising. With its blend of gameplay convenience, architectural beauty (with historical accuracy), and storytelling potential, the town is going to be a place for your Paras to build a beautiful life.
As the team shares more sneak peeks in the coming months, one thing is clear: Paralives town isn’t just a town, it’s the backbone of this beautifully aesthetic game.
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We also have some other updates from Paralives news, have a look at all our previous posts on the topic here.
This looks great. What’s the latest update on a release date though?
I like the aesthetics of paralives. I guess playing with sims 4 I feel more drawn to that sort of similar style compared to Inzoi. I like having multiple games to play. Out of all the potential competitors over the years, paralives remains the only one I have some faith in potentially having a fun time. Of course that all depends on playability at launch and the game play itself on if it’s enjoyable and if it will have longevity.