Animation Showcase: More Emotions!
Added 2025-03-21 14:05:01 +0000 UTCHi everyone, Lina here for my first Patreon post! 🥳
Today, I would love to show you the animations Alice and I made recently! The theme is: Emotions!✨
You can watch the little showcase Alice made at the top of this Patreon Post. ⬆🎥
We’ve previously shared emotion animations in these two posts here and here. You might recognize some of them! Last time, we said that we were going to start children's animations, but with the programmers currently working on systems around emotions and personalities, it made more sense for us to switch our priorities and work on the animations needed for these! But don’t worry, we will go back to them later! ⭐
🎥 Animations shown in the Video
Happy Idle
Happy Idle Variant 1
Happy Idle Variant 2
Happy Idle Variant 3
Bored Idle
Bored Idle Variant 1
Bored Idle Variant 2
Disgusted Idle
Disgusted Idle Variant 1
Disgusted Idle Variant 2
Embarrassed Idle
Embarrassed Idle Variant 1
Embarrassed Idle Variant 2
Stressed Idle
Stressed Idle Variant 1
Sad Idle
Sad Idle Variant 1
Sad Idle Variant 2
Angry Idle
Angry Idle Variant 1
Angry Idle Variant 2
The music in today's video is a piano version of Andrei's song called Intertwined. If you are curious, we shared it in this post here!🎵
☀️ How will our Emotion Animations Work
For every emotion your Para will experience, the goal is to have multiple variations to add more depth and life. Alice and I had a lot of fun brainstorming our ideas and researching references! Later on, we would love to eventually add a color code or 2D effects to make it easier to understand how your Para is feeling! We’ve also been working on new animations to go with your Parafolks’ vibe, which we’ll showcase in a future post. In the meantime, here’s a little reminder of how vibes work.
Please note that the list of emotions and everything shown today is still a work in progress and may change in the future!
🔜 What’s Next?
Next, we will be jumping on a very secret and exciting task! That's all I can say about that. 🤫 Here’s a little something for you though: we’ve also been working on interactions for when two Parafolks get intimate with each other! We’ll share more in future posts…💌🔥
That’s all for today! We hope you've enjoyed watching our animations as much as we loved making them!
We’d love to hear your feedback and answer any questions you have in the comment section below.
Have a nice weekend!~~🌸🌿🌞
Lina 🤸♀️
Edit - May 22nd, 2025: This post is now public, feel free to share it!
Comments
I think it would be cute to try and work a "Console" System when Para cry for a prolonged period of time. it would be heartwarming to see a para they know well actually comfort them (Possibly displayed as hugging/supportive hand on back etc while they are crying, potentially a vocalisation here and there)
Magestical Mysterium
2025-05-22 18:18:44 +0000 UTCAnimacoes lindas e jogo lindo!
Karina da Silva Santos
2025-04-12 16:54:20 +0000 UTCLoving the expressions! I will say though that seeing Maggie's face cycle through so many emotions while standing in place makes her freckles/blush look like a horizontal band. It's oddly straight across her face, resembling an awkward sunburn as though her hat was pulled low and she was wearing a mask or something over her face. Perhaps this banding is intentional, but maybe there could be a little bit more contouring to break up how straight across this coloring looks.
Amy Joscelyn
2025-04-07 15:00:15 +0000 UTCInstead of woohooing will it be called paralifeing? I can't wait to see what you come up with!
Simmer
2025-04-04 23:23:24 +0000 UTCWow the animations are stunning and the faces they make are soo perfect ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👍👍👍
Nathalie Carluccio
2025-04-03 21:15:57 +0000 UTCAm I the only one who noticed Lina mention that they are working on spicy animations? 😂😂
Rand0m C
2025-03-30 02:11:26 +0000 UTCI know it's not the focus of this post but I cannot not mention it: dahm that interior is stunning!! I fall in love with the art style of this game more and more every day! Can't wait to get my hands on it and build for days on end. The animations are, of course, also amazing. Perfect blend of realistic but still, well animated enough to be instantly recognizable and distinct from each other. Great job!!
teplavecernice
2025-03-28 16:10:28 +0000 UTCI can just see the animators looking in the mirror to get the expressions right. Heheh. Very nice work!
Kellie Been
2025-03-28 15:52:14 +0000 UTCThese look so good! Maybe in the future some paras could have mor exaggerated reactions based on their traits, Ex, a hot headed para could have more stressed or angry variations
Andrés Vanoni
2025-03-28 13:26:46 +0000 UTCWe do not yet know They'll say when they're ready.
Lucie Baha
2025-03-27 05:26:54 +0000 UTCAww she's my favorite Para too so I totally get that haha 🙌
Lino
2025-03-24 22:33:24 +0000 UTCThank you so much!! ❤️
Lino
2025-03-24 22:27:01 +0000 UTC💌 🥰
Lino
2025-03-24 22:25:37 +0000 UTCProbably towards the end of the year, I'm guessing between September and November.
Rafael
2025-03-24 19:36:36 +0000 UTCHi Lucie! The emotions and personalities systeme is still a work in progress but we've being working on animations that will match your Para's vibe yes! 🥰
Lino
2025-03-24 17:44:13 +0000 UTC🥰🥰
Lino
2025-03-24 17:39:59 +0000 UTCThank you Cece!! 💌 We're very glad you like it! I'm taking notes on your suggestions! 📝
Lino
2025-03-24 17:39:28 +0000 UTCThey all look great, but the sad one really got to me! It's amazing how an animation can evoke such strong emotions.
Giammarco Victor Venturi
2025-03-22 23:02:50 +0000 UTCAny thoughts for when the early access will come out?
Cel Riegle
2025-03-22 20:50:07 +0000 UTCOs Paras estão bem expressivos ❤️ isso tá muito lindo
Estefani Oliveira
2025-03-22 11:08:32 +0000 UTCThey look very good! How will it work when your para is doing their idle animation and you tell them to go do something? It could get frustrating very quickly if the idle animation has to play out fully, making them stand still before they do that next action.
LightDeficient
2025-03-22 09:33:39 +0000 UTCThis truly made me want to see more!!! I want to have my parafolk experience the things that make them “feel” these emotions. I’m excited all over again 🙌 also can’t wait to see more regarding intimacy. Great post! 🥰
Jennifer
2025-03-22 01:33:05 +0000 UTCSince Maggie is already my favorite Para, seeing her upset, like sad or embarrassed, I found myself frowning with her, thinking poor Maggie, lol! I love that they are expressive, without being over the top like some games do.
Clara M Johnson
2025-03-21 22:27:09 +0000 UTCWhat struck me the most watching these were a) the breathing, and b) the facial expressions and animation. They look truly wonderful! Not overdone, but hit you with the feelings. Love love love!
Bethy Grace
2025-03-21 22:05:42 +0000 UTCI was feeling all of these when watching :)
Kt S
2025-03-21 21:57:07 +0000 UTCHi Lina, and congratulations on your first Paratreon post ! Thanks for the work you and Alice have been putting into these animations. I really love how natural they are, and at the same time they do not trigger the same emotion in me. Like, if for example I'm watching the angry animations, I don't feel angry, I just can see that Maggie is ; it remains something that fits within a more cozy gameplay and atmosphere. The variations are, as always, such a good idea, while remaining very recognizable they allow for a bit of diversity, so that if several Paras are experimenting the same emotion in the same room, it doesn't feel like the Attack of the Clones ! XD "Later on, we would love to eventually add a color code or 2D effects to make it easier to understand how your Para is feeling" I'm all for that, but at the same time, I feel like these are readable enough that you can tell without the assistance of UI (as long as your camera is on that Para, of course, which in a multi-Para household doesn't make as much sense). "We’ve also been working on new animations to go with your Parafolks’ vibe, which we’ll showcase in a future post" I am SO looking forward to learning the specifics of that !!! It seems to imply that if mods add new vibes, animators will be able to mod new animations for them ? Hopefully I'm not getting ahead of myself with this theory. In any case, I look forward to it ! PS : may I make a suggestion for the next animation showcase ? Having a different angle for a face close-up would be very appreciated. Paras move their head a lot when they react to things, and sometimes we see more Maggie's hair than her face. The way it was done for the "Scared 2" emotion in the February 2022 post was PERFECT.
ladyteruki
2025-03-21 21:50:43 +0000 UTCCan they do this sitting? Awesome job y’all rock!🤘
Judi Dielman
2025-03-21 21:36:58 +0000 UTCWill the emotions match the personalities?
Lucie Baha
2025-03-21 20:27:17 +0000 UTCI love the fact that I’ve done some of these, so relatable and recognizable. Good job!
BooDotBoo .
2025-03-21 19:36:07 +0000 UTCGood to hear. Looking forward to it!
Oddface
2025-03-21 19:19:03 +0000 UTCThank you so much! (We too, like a little bit of goofy haha)
Alice
2025-03-21 18:43:05 +0000 UTCHi! For now we really are working on the basis, so no diffuculty level yet. But maybe that could be a cool mod idea?? Can't wait to see what everyone will create! 😊
Alice
2025-03-21 18:42:05 +0000 UTCThanks! The programmers are precisely working on that, this is of course tricky to get right but I like what we have so far. Hope you will too. 😊
Alice
2025-03-21 18:39:25 +0000 UTCHi Nana! Thank you for the kind words. ❤️ Everything is still a work in progress regarding the live mode and interactions between Paras, but we do have different ways for thm to kiss!
Alice
2025-03-21 18:35:51 +0000 UTCI love the bored idle variant where she rocks back and forth. Definitely relatable!
NHFoodie
2025-03-21 18:34:15 +0000 UTCAwww❤️
Alice
2025-03-21 18:33:24 +0000 UTCThank you so much!! ❤️
Alice
2025-03-21 18:32:54 +0000 UTCHiii Dean!! Welcome to the Patreon!! 🤩 Thank you so much for supporting us!!❤️
Lino
2025-03-21 18:21:41 +0000 UTCThank you Nina!! 🤩Yes the blush will be ajustable! 💌
Lino
2025-03-21 18:12:28 +0000 UTCThank you!!!💌
Lino
2025-03-21 18:10:11 +0000 UTC❤️🤩
Lino
2025-03-21 18:04:46 +0000 UTCHi Nina! Yes, players will be able to tweak the blush color, or completely remove it if that's what they want. :) Thank you for the feedback<3
Alice
2025-03-21 18:03:25 +0000 UTC😂😂
Alice
2025-03-21 18:01:52 +0000 UTCIt’s also just not how humans behave. We’re not fully guided by one specific emotional state most of the time, only in extreme circumstances. Emotional states have their place in a game like this - seeing a character be overwhelmed by anger or sadness can be powerful and lead to interesting scenarios - but most of the time it should be nuanced and not something you have to manage all the time.
Oddface
2025-03-21 17:58:13 +0000 UTCI love these animations! They’re so smooth and a little floaty and I rlly like them! Each time there was another idle I was pleasantly surprised, so much variation! I think one thing is bored and sad (the hunched over ones) look quite similar from afar, but those 2D effects may help distinguish between them in future. One other thing is probably just me or maybe it’s Maggie’s specific proportions but I felt like when she wrapped her arm(s) around her body in certain animations, her elbow and forearms looked quite high, like right under the bust, and my mind was expecting it to be level with her waist maybe. But again that might just be her proportions or maybe that’s how it’s meant to look- it’s just something I saw and thought “huh that looks a lil off” but its not major. As always amazing job team and gosh sorry for the paragraph!
Cece
2025-03-21 17:57:42 +0000 UTCWelcome to the Patreon :)
Cece
2025-03-21 17:51:31 +0000 UTCLol, I was just waiting for someone to stop talking with someone else so we can move on already, and I was acting exactly like the angry idle animations 😅 Please also note: I am a new patron, but probably my membership will be cut off every 11th, since my credit card only renews on the 15th... Sorry about that in advance!
Dean Daniel Eren
2025-03-21 17:10:01 +0000 UTCThank you so much!!💌 That's a cool idea! Thank you for sharing!! We're taking notes!📝
Lino
2025-03-21 16:35:02 +0000 UTCAre you telling me paras can have seggs?... lmao 😆 but otherwise, the animations look great!
mamc1234
2025-03-21 16:15:51 +0000 UTCOpacity for the blush is adjustable or removable
Keosha 6
2025-03-21 16:09:45 +0000 UTCAw thank you!! ❤️ We are so glad you like it!! Thank you for your support!!
Lino
2025-03-21 16:02:57 +0000 UTCHaha I would love that!!! ✨❤️
Lino
2025-03-21 15:57:26 +0000 UTCThank you!!! We're happy you like it!! 💌
Lino
2025-03-21 15:55:54 +0000 UTCThank you for you support!! ❤️
Lino
2025-03-21 15:55:11 +0000 UTCThese are great! It's good to know there will be a variety of idle animations and that you have stuff planned for the vibes as well. Constructive criticism time: Up until now I haven't been one of the people complaining about the flushed cheeks, but yeesh, this Para needs a blush intervention. It looks like warpaint or a bad rash. Less is more!
Nina
2025-03-21 15:42:20 +0000 UTCThank you!!! ❤️ We can't wait to show you too! 👀
Lino
2025-03-21 15:39:04 +0000 UTCThank you so much!! 💌
Lino
2025-03-21 15:38:02 +0000 UTCa couple people have said this already, but the finger movements in stressed and angry (and the foot tapping in angry 1) are just great! really pulls that emotional state into view. y'all are doing such good work!
Faoiltearna Sims
2025-03-21 15:36:23 +0000 UTCThank you!!!💌 For now, the system around emotions and relationships is still being worked on by the programmers, so I can't answer yet! But you could ask them in the dev chat and they might be able to tell you more! 😊
Lino
2025-03-21 15:29:54 +0000 UTCThank you!! We are very happy you like it! 😊
Lino
2025-03-21 15:26:06 +0000 UTCYou all make Fridays extra special with the development postings. I love the animations and can't wait to see them while playing. Looking forward to future news. As always keep up the great work team!
phoenix grey
2025-03-21 15:25:17 +0000 UTCThank you so much!! Alice made it and I love it too! 🤩
Lino
2025-03-21 15:24:21 +0000 UTCI had a random thought relating to the music that Andrei has worked on. What if you were to include him as a secret NPC and your para can learn from him how to play the songs Andrei has made for the game on piano, guitar, whatever other instrument is available in the game. Like a secret bonus or maybe a super super rare perk you can get at a music related career.
Dizzardy
2025-03-21 15:23:18 +0000 UTCI literally check steam every day because I'm so excited for this game
Ramllama
2025-03-21 15:17:40 +0000 UTCThank you!! 💌
Lino
2025-03-21 15:16:23 +0000 UTCThank you so much!!❤️ We are very glad you like it! And thank you for your kind words on my first post!!! Can't wait to make many more!
Lino
2025-03-21 15:13:43 +0000 UTCAmazing stuff. The animations are top notch as always. I especially love the embarrassed ones. Keep up the great work :)
Sir Trooper
2025-03-21 15:12:51 +0000 UTCi love how real and natural u make them look is really inmersive, keep the good work guys great stuff are coming for yall❤️🙂
Leelamutant
2025-03-21 15:10:43 +0000 UTCThank you so much!! 💌
Lino
2025-03-21 15:09:57 +0000 UTCOmg the tease ! 😂 These animations are GORGEOUS!! The eyes made my jaw drop. And I can say Paras are already far more expressive than Zois... Yeah, I know, "booo stop comparing games", but it's only natural that something so flagrant should be mentioned :P You're doing great, thank you for this 🙏
Océane Gougeon
2025-03-21 15:08:36 +0000 UTCLike others have said, I love how realistic it is. It feels like when I make stories, it'll be much more immersive with the paras reactions to eachother. I have a question, are there ways to pick animations kind of like how in the sims you choose what they say? So like, say I want two paras to kiss more solemnly, would there be a way to pick this or will there just be one animation for kissing? Sorry if that doesn't make sense
Nana
2025-03-21 15:07:52 +0000 UTCYes !! We really wanted to make sure they were used !💌 I love Intertwined too!!
Lino
2025-03-21 15:02:01 +0000 UTCI never really had an issue using the system. I just don’t think choosing to take a “thoughtful shower” to become “inspired” to improve the painting I’m working on is particularly interesting or true to life. 🤷♂️
Oddface
2025-03-21 15:01:31 +0000 UTCThank you! 💌
Lino
2025-03-21 14:59:39 +0000 UTCThank you Trisha!! 💌 We're very happy you like it !!
Lino
2025-03-21 14:58:58 +0000 UTCOhh angy Maggie is so cute!! I love all of it! Can't wait to see more vibes animations also 👀👀 Great job!!
Millena Xavier
2025-03-21 14:57:51 +0000 UTCOh wow! I love how expressive and natural it looks like!
Agata Kurek
2025-03-21 14:56:07 +0000 UTCThank you so much Stewby ❤️ It was a really fun first post to make!! 😊
Lino
2025-03-21 14:55:45 +0000 UTCThis is so good, I can’t wait to listen to the soundtrack over and over ❤️
Cesar A
2025-03-21 14:55:16 +0000 UTCThank you !!💌 We would love to make more flirting Animation too! I'm taking notes of all your suggestions!!
Lino
2025-03-21 14:52:06 +0000 UTCTo be honest, when you only have base game of the other one, emotions aren't that bad. Easy to manage and flow ehhhh naturally enough. But when you start to add packs there is so many emotion factors that the system becomes a huge traffic jam of uncontrollable emotions.
Ghislain Pedro
2025-03-21 14:49:36 +0000 UTCGreat work!🥳👏 I love the subtle movements of the eyes and hands! And the whole body clearly expresses the emotions and brings life to the character models!🤩♥️✨ A thing on my personal wishlist for the future would be to have paras be able to feel conflicting emotions and show them simultaneously🤩 like they could be happy and sad for someone and show it with a sad smile🥹 Or they could be disgusted and happy if there's a funny, but gross, fart. Laughing through the pain😅
Lisa Hedlund
2025-03-21 14:41:42 +0000 UTCOh I remember the Bored Idle Variant 2 from the christmas paramaker video! And I'm so happy that Intertwined did not become forgotten or scratched, it is my favourite Paralives music of all :)
Renikee
2025-03-21 14:31:40 +0000 UTCThat’s super adorable! I’d love to see an emotion that showcases a para blushing or flustered when someone is flirting with them. Speaking of flirting, I’d love to see more flirting interactions. For example maybe subtle interactions like a para lightly touching them on the arm, winking at them, or even laughing a little too hard. Things that might indicate someone is interested in you without being too obvious. You guys probably already done something like that so forgive me if it’s already been done, just spit balling here. Love it guys keep at it! ❤️
Jordan Whitaker
2025-03-21 14:31:31 +0000 UTCReally nice, high quality animations. Just hope the emotions are better implemented than in that other game. I think if it sticks to the basic ones on display here and not constantly cycling through a dozen arbitrary emotional states that hijack your characters’ whole personality, I think it’s gonna be good 😁
Oddface
2025-03-21 14:29:06 +0000 UTCoh lina... first post and you are teasing us with that sooooooon comment. :o Loved the post. As always. The eye movement is what stood out to me. You can see the emotion in the face and the eyes. Beautiful work.
Stewby
2025-03-21 14:23:26 +0000 UTCReally excited from everything I’m seen, so much love and care in it. Seen that you are focusing now on Emotions and I suppose all the features around it, I have one question regarding how hard will be to deal with emotions and the relationship around them, I don’t know if the team is considering a difficult level at some point, so you can have a play through more relaxed or a more demanding one, for example, dealing with a parafolk’s depression could be pretty simple on just doing things that increase mood or could be hard like going to psychologist, taking treatment, having another parafolk to look after the other… Thank you so much for your time and post 😊
Lenina Hastley
2025-03-21 14:20:16 +0000 UTCLoving all the emotional idle animations. They look so good and realistic to me. And I like that we've more than one for different emotions. On a side note I hope this piano version of the song makes it into the game too because it's so calming. ❤️
Trisha
2025-03-21 14:19:53 +0000 UTCThe face gestures look so good! 💚
pekeniax
2025-03-21 14:18:33 +0000 UTCThis game is going to bring so much joy to so many people. We see y’all’s dedication to quality. Your love of the project shines through and I am so excited to fall in love with the game that has so much love poured into it!
Zak the Sloth
2025-03-21 14:18:09 +0000 UTCLove the new animations!! Maggie looks so good here! Congratulations on a great first post, Lina! Thank you for your hard work! 🌼
Pedro Lima
2025-03-21 14:17:23 +0000 UTCI love how these emotions are more realistic vs over the top and cartoony
Wow Wat
2025-03-21 14:16:02 +0000 UTCman I really do like the direction of this game. It's kind of nice to have a stylized life sim that's not over the top all the time. Don't get me wrong like a little goofy here and there.
Carelle
2025-03-21 14:15:19 +0000 UTCYay brilliant can't wait for next week suprise here a idea how about in the title page there a meun that you can click about mods, money, romance, skills and other mods
Sláine Sheils
2025-03-21 14:14:22 +0000 UTCamazing
Joel Jimenez
2025-03-21 14:13:31 +0000 UTCLove it!!! The characters really come to life. Thanks for sharing <3
Shanice A
2025-03-21 14:13:13 +0000 UTCThe fingertapping of the stressed emotion... folks this is stellar work!
Rosa Leonie de Haas
2025-03-21 14:11:04 +0000 UTCGood work! Also, will the emotions switch or swing quickly depending on the situation? How would the affairs work when one para (if they are in committed relationship) caught as the other para being intimate with the other (will it be like a major relation drop)? Excited for future updates!
Julio Saliba
2025-03-21 14:10:24 +0000 UTCAlways blown away by how much detail you guys put into this game! It just keeps getting better and better
Mason
2025-03-21 14:09:57 +0000 UTC
