I hope they can open the dressers 😭😭😭

It's okay, we understand what pre-alpha means and I personally don't even expect this one being released within the next two years. That's why we are sharing you our concerns especially about the graphical style. (Before the developers misunderstand this as they frequently do: no it doesn't mean we'd want a graphic which makes the latest gpu-s begging for their lives.)

I love this. Great decision not doing rabbit holes and making it limitless. Some animations take time but the aesthetic is amazing. Proud of y’all.

@@Withfhrn they probably will foster kids in the game

I love every aspect of this game and i know theres a lot to be done...but the black characters skintones looks a bit off and I don't think I saw any relatable black hairstyles in that catalog only the sticky hair black guy with the shape-up. ***not bashing*** only saying.

I really hope they clarify how much of this game is placeholders. Because ideally, the percentage would be 80+. It looks terrible. The animations are terrible, the lighting is terrible, the assets are terrible. It just looks awful.

I just hope animation wise it's natural and not dramatic, body and facial

They didn't really address any of our concerns.

@@NawiTheCore that's because this is it. This is 97 percent of the way to final. If it's not, this was the time to say so, and they didn't

To me it feels like a game made up of assets from the Unity store (if its Unity, I dont know). It feels like its lacking in soul a bit. I hope they get the art style right.

Also when people start uploading their own skins textures creations, hairs, eyes and make up all of the townies are going to be so pretty 😍

@@SimonSnoww fingers crossed! 😊

@@SimonSnoww I understand that this game is made with mods in mind, but I still expect more polish for the base game characters and assets.

I love everything I have seen. The only thing I don't like is the shoulders they look weird on almost every human, too small and arms look squished.

thats exactly what i was thinking specifically the hair but yeah mods will def change this.

I thought the same thing! At first I thought some of the Early Development shots were updated models, haha.

I thought the same thing, tbh The early development characters look so much better, I'm kinda sad over the direction they went with

yes i agree and the animations lack details, which sims 4 players hate. they should get some ideas with sims 2 gameplay. sims 2 is extremely detailed.

It really doesn't matter which artstyle they choose, some people are going to hate it and some will love it. This is a matter of taste, you can't say "it looks outdated" in the same breath as "it has no style"! I think if the idea is to be perfectly neutral, logically that would attract the most people.

@@98Zai no, unfortunately that's not usually how it works, from a psychological pov. You'd want a clear artstyle and ofcourse that's going to divide, but it's also going to attract a lot of people who will judge by the cover because its objectively more pleasing to look at. And ofcourse I can say it looks dated. Because like 10 years ago there were so many AA developers that did the same thing because of budget constraints, a trend that has mostly died off.

@@notcontentwithlosing Well, then it has a "10 years ago on a budget"- style, although I don't see it. Very few things are "objectively more pleasing". Even a sunny day makes a lot of people depressed. You're absolutely entitled to try get the devs to listen to you, they're asking for input. My input is "this is fine" and "I'm gonna mod in some 70's futuristic furniture".

you are so spot on tbh

​ @98Zai It's not so much a matter of personal opinion, honestly. And I used that in my original post, so I'm sorry for any confusion it may have caused. Like I said, I'm looking at it from a psychological standpoint. The stronger an image is, the more it'll provoke a reaction, whether it's good or bad. Because that's the thing you want to achieve; attention. And the art style this game currently possesses is not consistent, and that's why people feel weird about it. Because assets and technical features DO look objectively good; lighting, textures, models, etc, look at least decent for a 2023 open world game. But the problem is implementation; some things have pastel colors, some things are bright, humans have realistic clothing, but then a cartoon-ish face. And that just takes away from consistency and how strong the image can be. It makes it all way more dull. Another factor is that this inconsistency makes for an aesthetic that resembles that of 5 dollar indie games that have been thrown together with random Unity assets. These games are usually trash and there's a big chance people will subconsciously make these connections when they see LBY screenshots in the Steam Store. They have the same problem with their box art and accompanying marketing design by the way; it doesn't look bad on the surface but it would've been more in place in 2015. There's a reason design comes in trends, and they're not really using them to their advantage. Which is unfortunate to say the least. These were observations I make, being a designer, opinions not interjected this time. Look, I love that you like the graphics, or at least won't be bothered by them too much, but I just don't assume that it will count for the majority of people. And I'm sad to say that as well, because this looks like it's shaping up to be a great game if they can deliver on all the promises. In the end, we both want to build retrofuturistic homes, lol.

I agree cos I said the same thing

Very well said. Yes that part about having no specific style was very alarming to me and it spiked my anxiety about this game quite a bit. I'm worried this game will lack soul and personality, and that's a really strong component to be missing, especially if you want to draw in players from the sims franchise.

I thought the same thing too!

Same thoughts

I agree, not having an art style is ridiculous. The main reason why Sims 4 is doing so well, despite having awful gameplay (unless you have billions of mods and all the packs), is because the game itself is very beautiful. Most people will play a beautiful game that lacks gameplay over an ugly game that has everything they want, sounds silly, but this is the reality.

yes, the short arms, tiny hands, and too narrow shoulders on a lot of the characters stands out so much to me whenever I see footage of the game.

@@Shayoni They commented on Twitter, I believe, that this is a result of random character generation and the height sliders / proportions adjustments. Other games have height sliders and it's not an issue, so I think it's just something in the programming that needs to be adjusted to help prevented. Of course, I'm not a programmer, so I could be wrong. And those games are all MMOs where your characters don't need to interact with external objects in the game like counters and stoves in a realistic way.

I so agree underwear dude and lady in blue were wonderful!! ❤

I think the lighting plays a big part in the way it looks in the concept art vs the actual model. Realistic lighting is fine, but I think utilizing a form of stylization, to push the realistic lighting into a more idealistic realm, would be good. Like when an artist renders something "realistically" they take liberties to make it more appealing. Even in film they do this. Real life isn't that aesthetic.

I agree and most people seem to agree also, and I hope the bloom has a toggle option, it's too much for me. I really like other aspects though.

Yeah, the game honestly looks like Second Life, and not current Second Life. Like mid-2000s Second Life.

You've put my feelings into words.

Yes. They look like the robots from irobot.

meh. id rather this than another Sims lookalike. we have HAD enough cartoonish shite.

Do they have a way to customize the level in how you play? Like a lot of what people are talking about sounds really complicated to me, i'm more of a casual player. I want to have my sims 2 experience again where i made my own towns, people, houses, and had multiple families at ones and getting to choose what household to play for the day. I've never been the type to play 1 or 2 people or a singular house while overly micromanaging their lives. And is it like the sims 3 where the neighborhood does whatever it wants like they move out on their own, have kids on their own? I like having more control over that.

I'm glad to read it. Even though I understand most of what was said in english I didn't catch it. I'm not yet conviced by the hair texture

@@lomio7250 This is why its early access. Things are being polished. They are not done. Giving players access to the game early helps find problems that they may have missed. Lets them get feedback on things like "This one hair is just not quite right there is something wrong" and they can fix it. "The animation here is weird" and they can fix it. I am so excited for the transparency and the openness of this company and game.

@@nedrane297 lol Like u said “feedbacks” Exactly what he/she is doing. Giving feedbacks on what needs to be done better for the game😂

@Cherry Stone 💯

@Cherry Stone Ah yes, nothing more crybaby-esque than thanking the devs for addressing a common complaint about the game, while they are openly requesting gamers to tell them about improvements the community wants.

Thanks so much for the feedback! Continuing to work on them of course, but part of that is definitely up to the sliders! We hope to show body customization (not just face) in a future video and hopefully show a bunch of different body types 💜

I am mostly ok with the way the youmans look, there are still things that I think need to be tweaked a bit, but overall good enough. What I do have issues with is very much the hair and clothes. I felt a little disheartened when dude was talking about just polishing what they currently have with the hair. And I know (well not really but I can imagine) how much work they must have put into this, but I am completely unsatisfied with what I'm seeing so far, and I don't want them finalizing any of it because, I'm sorry to say, I think it just needs reworked altogether. I was hoping to catch them on discord before they went into the polishing phase but it seems it's too late now. I guess I'll just have to hope it'll grow on me lol. Sorry for the rant...

I agree with this comment. I hear you guys saying that it is controlled by the sliders, but even with the sliders it still just doesn't look right. The way the arms and shoulders sit, the rotation and length, just looks off imo. I so badly want this game to be amazing 🥹❤️

I think that might have been concept art

It will be so cool if the characters really look like her 😭 visual is very important to many of us players.

I think it's the skin, it doesn't look as ashy and grey as the other skins

agreed

I would like it if she didn't have makeup

I’m pretty sure it won’t have lore. Just because it’s the same game creators as Cities: Skylines. (Paradox Interactive) I hope I’m wrong tho but it’s called life by you for a reason. Haha. I’m sure the players will mod it or make save files for other players to download with stories they made.

The lore is to create your own lore with this game. ma boi

@@kru_kahn I’m still hoping for something . Everyone doesn’t play the same way .

I hope so too, I like lore lol

Yes? Some families could be random and others made to bring the city and locals a lore, some lifers need their own lore like the blond girl, the tall guy and the character on this live, i mean they appeared in almost every video and promotion image LOL.

Where were you for Sims 3?

@@Bookstar28 That game is fun but it’s old news to me right now :)

I love how dark it looks at night too! Near pitch black and spooky, as it should be LOL

You can see one in Sulani.

@@potts995 The night lamps look great. The fireplace too.

Noting the feedback, thanks so much!

@@lifebyyou seconded, I use a mod in the sims that locks the character into their A pose when I'm in CAS because it's so annoying to sculpt a face and body while they're moving and emoting.

@@lifebyyou Definitely agree with this suggestion. It could be nice to have it be a toggle on/off option so we can see the characters in motion if we want, and then have them hold still as needed.

@@AllisInWndrlndyes the toggle switch idea is great

3:17 She does not move to Mach.

I'd say all the hair textures look like bad cc now I surely don't want it looking like Sims 4 but the current hair just looks so bad the look of facial hair makes me sad. They need to decide on a better art style and just remake it all.

​​​@@lance9249I sadly agree, I just know they've put so much work in and I hate the thought of them having to start over, but it really isn't it...

Thanks so much! Can't wait for you all to try it!

I'm personally so glad there are sliders because sliders are more challenging! Sims 4 was so easy that a toddler could create a good-looking Sim. I miss the challenge of Sims 2 and 3 and I'm excited that Life by You is bringing this back

@@steelbeachsiren No thanks, I spend equal amounts of time in CAS in sims 2-4, I don't need to spend more

I agree with you

I absolutely agree!

Yes totally agree. Certain ah "body parts" are rather pointy and there is something off with the shoulders and posture in general.

Plus they seem to all have short stubby arms by default

I like the models but the skeletons do look stiff. Animations seem barebones too.

You also can watch it whenever you like afterwards, the video won’t be deleted after it premieres. Lol

Yes, but without needed extra mods!

Happy birthday!! 💜

@@lifebyyou Thank you!

🤩

I agree with you

Yup, continuing to work on animations daily and can't wait to show you all more there too! 💯

@@lifebyyou I agree, many video games struggle with the specularity being set too high and evenly distributed far across the hair, it’d be neat if we could have a slider to customize this in-game so we could have characters that had more gel-like hair in our towns if we wanted. Also, it doesn’t look like the hair casts a shadow on the face, though that might be expensive to implement performance wise?

Even in September it will only be Early Access. That means, the game will not be finished. So don't expect a game with just minor tweaks here and there. If you (generally speaking) can't handle unfinished games, wait for the actual release.

Excited to see what you all do with the sliders, and who you all make!

They mentioned that lol

yes, hair and also cloth simulation would be amazing for immersion!

Huh, I've never heard of or seen that before, it sounds interesting... What games have this?

@@serenitycox217 Mostly far-eastern games. A simple version come to my mind is Genshin Impact: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9t5m5ZeqNmdopc.html But adult oriented games can go insane level with that. In the Koikatsu franchise you can even customize the shaders with a few click, but the much older Custom Made was would make a sims 4 run for its money too: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNJjhMaS1r-Yh5c.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eb-Ifsmclai9ipc.html

@@ifjNagyMiklos That does look pretty cool! But I honestly haven't seen any of those hairstyles outside of manga/anime :P

@@bingusslingus7020 I mean, did you watch the video? The last part is an interview with the person who makes the hair.

Absolutely, can't wait to show you all more progress! 🙌

Tbh same, there are people dragging them for filth in the comments. Literally the game is in early development, things will change… especially with early access.

​@@MugshotMidge Well, I agree a lot of it is harsh, but I certainly get the general complaints, it does just remind me of something I'd see on the unity game store. It IS early access, so they do have all this time to figure things out considering visuals, but I do find it weird how they advertised the game and presented it to us while it looks this way, as I feel early access is actually pretty late in a game's development. I get they did say they'd focus on gameplay first, but visuals don't need to be shorthanded; it just causes expectation for the gameplay to really carry the graphics. I saw a comment saying it's soulless, and I wouldn't say it's soulless, I think the team is very intent on doing well with this game and are excited to finish it, but I of course hope for it to be good. All things considered, an empty-but-pretty game like the Sims 4 cannot beat a game that IS fulfilling, but this game alone should reach it's full potential, and I'd hate to speak about it like I'm already copping out. It's 3 am for me btw so my comment is pretty jumbled.

If you look at the girl that is shown it looks like they've improved the facial structure.

@@Catloverplayer Hmmmm 🤔... I'm not seeing it? Someone plastered the text 'Art Team Dev Stream' over it 😝

Take a screenshot and brighten it a teensy bit, maybe that’ll help you see Beatrice. Also, lol yes her name is Beatrice… it’s on the top left side near their logo. 🤣

@Catloverplayer I think they did that for Beatrice’s self esteem, have you seen her house? 🤣

@@Catloverplayer Do you remember which video she was in previously? I'd like to compare, but I can't find it anywhere =/

I agree, many things just look too artificial. But luckily there is still time for improvement :)

Ooh I didn't see that 😅 hope they add clothing and body physics too

I didn't see this either, and I've been paying pretty close attention, so if it's there it's certainly too subtle. If I'm right and it's not there I very much hope they are open to making that a reality and not just a pipedream... Same with the clothes and hopefully accessories.

@@serenitycox217the hair was moving when they were on create a human. Every time they rotate the character you can see the hair movement. Go watch it again.

@@fjmg2003 ok I finally saw it after rewatching 3 times lol the first glimpse is at 9:20, then there are a few other times they show it I'm pretty sure it's only on the one hair style though that's on Beatrice. I truly didn't see it with any other hair. It is, as I thought, way too subtle though... But it's promising that we have some evidence that they are attempting that with the hair at least. Now we just need to see if they'd be open to working that into the clothing and accessories :)

Noted! Thanks so much for the feedback :)

Was that a jab at The Sims 4?😏😈🤣

Omg… I actually read the comments and omfg. Brain melting idiocy is happening, there’s even someone dragging Paralives to filth for no reason. I think game development should be a part of all school curriculums after this because wow… 😵‍💫

Most of us understand. We are just giving feedback on what needs improvement so it can be a great game. If we say nothing about the current state then the devs won't feel like improvement needs to be made

Same! Also I cannot understand why so many people actually car about graphics so much? Like, idc how pretty it is, I care about gameplay. I'm over here still playing ts2 because 3 and 4 play like garbage and that ain't it for me no matter how good it looks. Idk I'm not throwing shade, just genuinely shocked.

I think people want this game to be good, and giving feedback on the characters is part of it? I mean sure we have the community of the other game saying this is bad and whatever, but i really want the lifers to be good looking(since the world for me is good, just a little less bloom), Sure the game have mechanics that are beyond our imagination and i love this, but part of life sim community is character creation, so still i hope they improve the characters, since they already have a base that just need some tweeks.

Right on! sims 2 had open car door animations be nice if they did it for doors and windows

I agree, an animation like that is 100% needed.

girl dw there are gonna be lots of mods

Don't forget skintone sliders and customization 😢😓

​@Joy Despret shouldn't have to rely on mods though..

@@user-no1et1lx5h u cant please everybody, and I'd rather want for them to be focused on the game itself not hairstyles

@@user-no1et1lx5h They have a lot of time to fix hairstyles, I'm just suggesting this for later, I'm not expecting this in early access. Gameplay is my top concern.

Noting the feedback, thanks so much!

​@smach2674very much agree!

We know what the minimum and recommended graphic card specs are, maybe you could work from that? Minimum is a GTX 960 I think. So relatively good but definitely not 2023 ultra realistic stuff. Generally, most things will be pretty small on screen.

@@98Zai As a 3d artist this is a no, the polycount varies between game and follow some rules that the team has, more or less is okay, but when you have a hair with 20k poly, and the game specify only a maximun of 3k you can experience lag or crashes.

They also very much need to layout what their policies are going to be for modding BEFORE release.

@@maurilio123fra I see! I would assume that goes under common sense, since we expect to be able to have at least 10-20 agents on screen on a 960. But I learned something new, so thanks!

@@98Zai yeah, obviously you would not make a 20k Poly hair, but more polygons to work the better

17:05 the hair looks awful

@@Te3time I've seen good hairstyles and ugly ones like this one you say... I guess they need to work a little more on that, but I like that it resembles the cc hair we've always loved.

The hair is very concerning

@@No1SlapFIGHTFan Yes It Looks Stringy Like A Broom 😭 I Really Hope They Fix The Look Of The Humans Before September

"Programmer art" yes!! The graphics 100% feel like they were just made by programmers instead of a dedicated art team that gives direction on lighting, UI, and character modeling. It's giving PS2 graphics

And the objects are also bad. They don't have any ambient occlusion texture. The windows glow like a neon light! People aren't exaggerating when they say they look like they came out of a Unity asset store. I'm trying to believe these are placeholder.

I hope so, I'm too used to see game companies releasing unfinished products and I don't want this to be another case. I have high hopes for it

Yup, absolutely working on it!