It’s been a busy week for indie competitors aiming to take some of the shine off of The Sims 4‘s life sim crown. No sooner had Tiny Life rolled out a significant content update, than Paralives shared a 30 second teaser video with a first-look at the game’s death and autonomy systems.
The footage and accompanying dev post were originally released to Patrons in late May, but Paralives Studio have now let the general public in for a first look:
Roll on the inevitable comparisons to The Sims, then: Paralives’ autonomy system shares its basic DNA with that of EA’s life sim giant, in that you can customise the level of autonomy enjoyed by your little computer people to suit your preferences. This, incidentally, represents a different approach from what we’ve seen of other major Sims rival Life By You, which insists on letting the AI take control in most cases when you’re not playing as a given character.