❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha

[dark pewter]

or..i guess that works lol

[sly holly]

that's a pro parkour move right there

[long cloud]

Hi, sorry if this has been asked already, I made a quick check but I have not found info about it.
There will be any collecting system? Or maybe tons of thing to collect but nothing like collecting lists of specific inventories? Any plans to make RNG (imagine the weapon skin system of CS) items/pets/whatever can be collected? Thanks ^^

[dusk ferry]

Not much known about this yet

[dark pewter]

a dev has said theres something like this for collections, but no big details on it. theres many things to gather, so i dont see why not. for RNG lootdrops, its unknown at this time

[languid bolt]

As far as I know there was mentioned something of at least a fish-type-caught-overview collection system...

[dark pewter]

kinda like a collection log from stardew valley or runescape, but this is not 100% confirmed

[long cloud]

I hope to see something like different sizes fish, veggies or different colours/patterns furniture, animals,... and its RNG based, so there can be unique things in the game

[dark pewter]

every skill has its rare items in this game(including fishing), so thats entirely possible :)

[long cloud]

Thanks everyone for answering ^^

[rugged hatch]

Will there be caves?

[dark pewter]

caves to explore, very spooky

[midnight forum]

Will there be cross-reliance between various professions? Cooks naturally need ingredients, but what about for example specialised cooks being needed to make bait for special/better fish or other such relations between skills/activities?

[rugged hatch]

Also will house plots be pre designated or will we be able to build a house wherever we’d like?

[dark pewter]

they wont give specifics like this on skills, but from what weve been told it would make a lot of sense.

[pure umbra]

what about underground exploration?

[sly holly]

I hope cross-reliance exists but I hope that 1 character won't be able to fully train every single skill.

[midnight forum]

Yeah not asking for specifics, more the play between various skills needing/relying on/benefitting from things from others :)

[dark pewter]

land is between you and the villagers in the questline (sorry slowmode is kicking my butt)

[long cloud]

Awww i hope not, I'd love to do everything with all my friends and other people, like all going fishing, all harvesting, or being furniture makers, etc. Like "let's go fishing" but you can't because you are the only one who learned the skill... That wouldn't be so great IMO

[wary folio]

Is this game also for other consoles?

[sly holly]

I mean, there should be some general skills that everyone has, but the ones more specific should be mastered by those who chose them specifically. Else there would be too much self-sufficience in a community game. i.e if everybody could become a top-tier smith.

[brazen summit]

that only create 10 more

[languid bolt]

As far as I understand it everyone will be able to do the skill in basic form, just the advanced forms rely cross-skill-items. But that is what I gathered from the FAQ-sheet so far.

[dark pewter]

consoles are in consideration, but theyre just worried about pc right now. ports to consoles are also based on what those console companies want (legalities)

[feral pewter]

"While we know we want to localize to other languages, and we understand how important it is, we haven't decided yet exactly how that will be accomplished."

There's an easy solution to that issue that I've seen other games using recently. And it's a good solution. That is crowdin. A lot of people use crowdin lately, you'll have an easy time translating and updating languages takes no time at all, given the language packs are separate files. Also integration if the languages becomes very easy.

[languid bolt]

Question for all devs on the team: Did you hydrate? Did you blink recently?

[long cloud]

Well, that would make sense yea. Everyone can fish, but only masters can have a chance to catch the unique fishes in the same areas as everyone can fish. That isn't bad i guess ^^

[dark pewter]

#game-suggestions so you can make sure its read by the devs!

[twilit ridge]

Does like a gallon of tea with a bit of mead in it on a hot summer day count? 🤔

[languid bolt]

It fits the bill, imho. 😄

[wary folio]

Why worried about pc?

[hard sedge]

Hello proud S6 Dev, as stated in #❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha message
i would like to know if you have plans about the possibilities of NFT items in the game.

Don't take it wrong, it's really bring something else to games, and not only pay2win model (i hate that btw) : more freedom, more possibility to reward players, to create contents, and so one
I guess it's too soon to have answer on that, but please think about it 😉

[sly holly]

Don't ask Bourbon if they hydrate xD

[dark pewter]

pc is their focus because thats what theyre using for the game to start. consoles come later (and theres even a possibility of cross-play)

[brazen summit]

Q: there is a map to when you are exploring?? and the map will fill the more you explore or you will have to have, paper, ink, skill to draw (like in how to train your dragon 2 beginning scene)??

[long cloud]

Isn't most items on games NFT unless there is dupe problems? Mostly if they have unique stats

[hard sedge]

if you see on the tech side of the things (db), there's something like that indeed, but most of "old" game don't allow to exchange items outside of the game, that's what make NFT interessing

[sly holly]

Items within a game should stay in that game, I guess.

[dark pewter]

i highly doubt they would allow people to sell off the in-game assets for real money. that would be considered real-world trading

[long cloud]

Ah I got you, so you mean the possibility to speculate outside the game with real money in a "legal" way, right? I hope they don't do it T_T

[hard sedge]

it is indeed, some game allow that, other don't, i think the future are for the first one 😉

[sly holly]

Last thing I want is someone putting a Dollar value on my precious fishing pole.

[dark pewter]

post it in #game-suggestions and maybe itll happen, the devs keep track in there

[wise vessel]

If they go that way, perfect way to drive away most people, and leave just the people who don't care for the game and just want money

[hard sedge]

speculation is a (bad) side on things, but there's some good side for that too

[sly holly]

There's no good side when the possibility of making money goes beyond the enjoyment one gets from playing a community MMO.

[dark pewter]

lets keep this channel to questions for the team only please, so answers can be given effectively and nothing is missed!

[stoic bobcat]

I started a wiki the other day on Fandom. It only has a few articles based on info we've received so far. https://palia.fandom.com/wiki/Palia_Wiki

[clever forum]

when is the pre-alpha starting?

[dark pewter]

unknown exactly at this time, but they have said "soon™️"

[long cloud]

Yea, I even hope they don't add cosmetics in a store. In a game with such importance on aesthetic I hope the gameplay matter... Is there any info about having cosmetics, or even a store?

[dark pewter]

they wont talk about monetization at all currently. cosmetic items are a big thing for fashion reasons, but how theyre implemented and distributed are unknown

[strange kayak]

@regal pumice how do you say Einar’s name!?!?

[regal pumice]

I haven't given you his name yet! I have to fix that.

[dark pewter]

i use german, ein-ar

[raw verge]

Well, in Danish, I guess, sounding like, 'Ej-nar' or 'Ei-nar'

[strange kayak]

Trying to be patient hahaha I’m just super excited 😅

[long cloud]

There will be any "furry" playable race? ☺️

[dark pewter]

just humans for now

[late cloak]

I saw a pre-release "by the end of the summer" in news and stuff

[raw verge]

Well, don't shave, then you can call yourself a little furry?

[languid bolt]

hands @regal pumice a chocolate covered stroopwafel as thanks for all the hard work

[frank pumice]

Hoping for goblins or at least short green elf customization someday 🙏

[dark pewter]

i accidentally clicked to listen to the song neleimour is listening to and now im vibing tbh..

[late cloak]

that's what the beards are for. Get a full body beard

[dark pewter]

you must give me your playlist nel omg

[lyric trench]

Quick question for the devs: in the trailer around 45 seconds in (the tavern interior) we see some kind of chess-looking tabletop game. Is that just a static decoration with no other meaning or do you have other plans in mind?

[raw verge]

We're talking about it in the feedback too. And good question. Looks like a King of the hill kind of chess. Would be interesting if deeper ideas on it.

[regal pumice]

Also have an announcement for the #❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha regulars! We're going to be moving to weekly Q&As.

What does this mean?
The posting cadence from them might be less during the week or they'll probably just chime in on easy to answer questions.

Why are you locking the team away from us?!?!
Well the main reason is that we have a game to build! There's still a few things we need to get ready before the Pre-Alpha (that starts so soon). A weekly Q&A gives the team the peace of mind that they'll still be hearing from you and sharing info with you, while also letting them focus on their work.

(Edit: Also I'm not really locking them! I promise no devs will be harmed in this process.)

When will questions be sent to the team?
I'll be collecting the questions on the channel on Wednesday. Remember, just because a question was asked doesn't mean it will necessarily be answered. As we've said a few times already, there are somethings we aren't ready to discuss just yet (so please be patient with us).

When will the questions be answered?
I plan on having the answers on Thursday. Please bear with us because there's quite a few of you, and I suspect we might get more questions than we can reasonably answer during that time.

[raw verge]

Sounds like a good idea. Will we just put our questions here, and await answers in a Q&A thread?

[strange kayak]

Understanding of y’all and reasonable still. EEK I’m so excited!!!

[dark pewter]

o7

[feral arch]

Good time for me to pop in lol. Thanks Nel!

[devout axle]

one follow-up is it still ok to quote unofficial stuff we see here, or you are expecting this channel to be only questions and no community member answers?

[vague rampart]

This is delightful.

[regal pumice]

I think quite a few of you have been doing a stellar job answering some of the questions like those around monetization or Pre-Alpha start dates. So it's been incredibly helpful and I wouldn't want to keep you all from helping each other out with things like that.

[valid stirrup]

👍

[wary folio]

now I have an image of Neleimour leading the dev team into a cage with a trail of cookies. 🤣

[drowsy condor]

What will be the Price of the game ?

[devout axle]

10-4

[raw verge]

Currently not on the board of answers.

[regal pumice]

Ya got me.

[feral arch]

@regal pumice I asked in the server suggestion channel as well but seems relevant, could we possibly get a "Speculations" channel where we can freely talk about the info we have on the game thus far without cluttering this channel? General tends to be all over the place discussion-wise so I'd love a focused channel.

[dark pewter]

be sure to check out the #❔│game-faqs channel and the pinned document in this channel, a lot of questions have already been answered! (such as monetization..many many times...)

[raw verge]

Thinking the scene from The Simpsons, "Oh piece of candy" luring them away.

[thin mulch]

I wish you good luck in your endeavor of collecting a week's worth of questions, that's for sure 😬

[regal pumice]

Let me think on that for a little bit. I think my biggest hesitation with it is that folks may get too excited over something that's just community theories.

[feral arch]

Absolutely fair! Thank you!

[dark pewter]

finally @feral arch ...we can have some time off lol

should probably make a server-wide announcement, people dont typically look at pinned messages we've discovered ;p

[left yarrow]

I'm done and up to date ! Just in time to celebrate this going into a weekly q&a 😄

[lilac pecan]

Pvp?

[hollow knot]

When is the pre-alpha? How will testers be chosen? Luck of the draw?

[dark pewter]

preaplha is soon™️ no exact date.
tester choice is not revealed cause people will game the system
its not random

[coarse sequoia]

i saw animals in the trailer, will we be able to pet them? can we ride them like mounts? and how big are the maps so far if it's open world?

[gritty panther]

are you planning to have a partnership program with streamers or content creator?

[thin mulch]

there is a content creator form on the site. Additionally, check the faq channel

[gritty panther]

thank you 👍

[dark pewter]

petting them is being talked about amongst them, no guarantees :P theyre considering mounts as a part of a fast travel system. the map size isnt specific, but smaller than botw with plans to expand as time goes on

[raw verge]

Wouldn't mind seeing like, brawling clubs or fighting rings, maybe just plain boxing.

[feral arch]

The devs know how important petting the dogs are, we'll see if that goes to everything else as well. 👀

[coarse sequoia]

ty 👍 yeah not expecting anything concrete yet as it is alpha, but good to know what sort of direction it's heading

[raw verge]

I will pet a dog if a see one, even if I have to emote it in chat!

[wicked latch]

pet only o can be like a minion?

[copper tundra]

Just reading the updated FAQ and just realised something... what if .. say .. I started playing first, so being a solo player I am allocated to a server automagically. Now say, because my friends are all in the US one or several of them join in the next day or two and are placed on individual servers because they haven't assigned themselves as 'friends' for the magic server allocation system. Once we all assign ourselves as friends a day or two later ( when we all end up being online together long enough to sort it out ) would we automatically be assigned a server that is the same for all of us or only if we log into the game at the same time will a server be allocated ? The question then is how will that affect anything we had already done on our original servers allocated.

[dark pewter]

reminder that this upcoming thing is PREalpha, its still early

[tight verge]

It's early early early. Pre-Alpha, Alpha, Closed Beta, Beta, Early Access

[dark pewter]

homes are instanced, so i dont think you have to worry about that. i think (and this is not confirmed) itll be a join system like now steam friends works where you can just join them in their 'world/server' this is just a guess though

[feral arch]

EARLY early™️

[copper tundra]

you forget extremely early and very early 😛

[dark pewter]

and there may not be early access. they plan to have a good release and work on the game as time goes on, as with most other mmos, adding things, tweaking. i wouldnt think of it as 'steam early access' cause we all know how poorly thats done lol

[meager marten]

I believe a big goal of the game is so that you can play with your friends, so I wouldn't worry too much about it being trapped in different servers

[sour siren]

Really interested to see how the communities develop and players interact and create an economy... Is some of that being left to the communities to establish, or is there a specific system in mind?

[dark pewter]

they wont give specifics on economy, but it will exist

[sour siren]

@dark pewter 🙂 fair enough 👍

[granite kiln]

Anyone know if there’s going to be seasonal events in game the same time as irl? Like Christmas has Winter Veil in wow, Halloween has Hallows End, with event specific gear you can’t get outside the event

[copper tundra]

hopefully. Just that I saw that continent wise I am in Europe and they are in US .. if the servers are separate, at least at first, it may be that like I had to do with wow and create a US based account to play on the US servers so I could play with them. Could it end up being something similar that I being the odd one out will have to consider. I ended up buying 2 wow copies because I wasn't informed correctly when I asked them the same question rofl.

[feral arch]

They have specifically avoided answering these questions, so we'll have to see once we're in game!

[sour siren]

@granite kiln could be interesting if the communities have their own... "Harvest festival" and the like

[fast bloom]

I propose you make a robot that i can be

[dark pewter]

#game-suggestions ;) though for now, its only humans

[meager marten]

"-play between regions may have some specific restrictions so we can keep our network performance up." So yeah we're running on hopes at the moment. I'm sure we'll find out more in the coming months

[light phoenix]

I would indeed like to have a cyborg/android race. It's not as if it's against the general concept of the game, since there's already Ghibli-esque robots.

[sour siren]

@dark pewter thank you for answering my question.

[left yarrow]

One thing I noticed they like to mention is that the story of Palia is about the disappearance of humans (I'm guessing we, the players will appear and npc's will be confused because we stop existing). I'm going way too much into theory here tho but it makes sence to make only humans playable in the beginning.

[tight verge]

Yeyep! I was just doing mention to every phase in the mmos🥺

[feral arch]

Don't forget to post in #game-suggestions like PastelPanda suggested. I know there's been other people interested in the devs including artificial limbs to help represent & include even more people in the game, so the more people that suggest it the better!

[light phoenix]

Question: will we need to do our crafting in our house/homestead, will there be a dedicated crafting area in town, or will we be able to craft anywhere?

[stray wasp]

Question: Anyone on the team going to release Alpha testing at all for this awesome MMO thats comming out ?

[dark pewter]

i think they did say they would also be in game :) also welcome commander o7

[feral arch]

This isn't a dev response but just my observation, it appears there's a crafting worktable outside the home in the trailer. Other than that I don't think we know!

[devout axle]

will developers test their own game? blasphemy!

[stray wasp]

Yes blasphemy! for Alpha Testing!

[gritty gust]

Question: to what extent / in what way can skill grinding elements like those in Runescape be expected? The non-direct combat focus is giving me RS vibes, though Palia doesn't look very grindy at the same time

[dark pewter]

grinding wont be as bad as runescape, i think theyre planing to do the leveling differently so its not so..large. theyre trying to keep grind to a minimum, but it will always exist

[gloomy smelt]

they mentioned there will be grinding but not as much as. other MMOs they didn't really go into specifics

[gritty gust]

cool, thanks!

[dark pewter]

<@&830144903652311090> we got a troll

[turbid ember]

How in depth is the character customization options? I know there is a large focus on customization for your house but if your character isnt unique as well/the options are sparce that would be unfortunate.

[dark pewter]

character creation is varied a lot! they plan to have a lot of options :) and a lot of fashion

[turbid ember]

That cool! I'm excited to try this game out when it launches either in pre-alpha or full launch. I just enjoy having the option to have a "unique" character.

[cinder sun]

this might get asked a lot but anyone know the state of PvE? I know PvP is mostly off the table but do we know anything about how PvE is going to function / if it's in the game at all?

[dark pewter]

in some ways, yes. we arent given a lot of details, but there is hunting

[gloomy smelt]

if the prealpha they said it mostly hunting I believe.

[turbid ember]

Its going to be in the game from what I understand but its optional.

[dark pewter]

from the trailer, there will be bows

[thorny delta]

for the hunting will there be a tier list of animals varying from common to legendary?

[cinder sun]

thanks for the response, holding out hope i'll get in the pre alpha

[meager marten]

character customization seems pretty important to them. the things we know about are that you can pick body types, hairstyles, colors, skin tones, and clothing. Initially there probably won't be a ton of crazy unique features, but they should be added over time with more options to things such as facial structures/features.

[dark pewter]

they wont release details, sorry :/ though they did say every skill will have its rares, so possibly rare creatures/drops from things you hunt

[gloomy moon]

Is Palia going to be on steam/epic? or is it going to have its own launcher?

[thorny delta]

^big question

[snow onyx]

^

[turbid ember]

I dont believe that's been announced at this time. But I could be wrong I thought the same thing and I couldnt find anything.

[dark pewter]

theyre unsure at this time, i think it depends on what launchers will host them. (legalities and whatnot)

[golden lichen]

Sorry to ask, but what are the graphics requirements for Palia (DirectX 9, 11, etc.)? The art looks very good (and possibly tasking) and I'm wondering if I'll actually need to update my graphics card. Keep up the good work!

[gloomy moon]

i believe it also depends on the pay model as well. and if that isnt finalized id be surprisied if my question is answerable

[turbid ember]

They havent announced requirements at this time but according to the devs theyre pretty low.

[dark pewter]

the requirements arent even known by the devs exactly, but they are quite low. busco (UI dev) was running 3 clients at once on a 1070

[dark pewter]

yeah they wont release monetization answers for now, too early

[gloomy moon]

sounds about right

[turbid ember]

I'd say what I do with every MMO that has a monthly pay. If you have the option to get it on the website do it dont go though steam so the account isnt linked.

[snow onyx]

may I ask what is chapaa and chuu?

[gloomy moon]

^

[dark pewter]

chapaa is the name of the squirrel like creature shown in the trailer! chuu is the nickname that the community has given it

[uncut fern]

Chuu is the best

[raw verge]

And I'll stick with ChapaaChuu!

[mental umbra]

Ok so I have a question regarding the pre-alpha. If you get chosen, what are some things that would be most helpful for the devs, like are there specific things they would want players to do or is it just, go hog-wild and do everything

[dark pewter]

they mostly want feedback, what works and what doesnt gameplay-wise. theyd also like bug reports. theres going to be channels set up in the discord for pre-alpha testers to give feedback on gameplay

[turbid ember]

I'm guessing it will give a certian ammount of content to do and people will just give feedback based on how much they're able to accomplish. That's what they did with Anthem.

[gloomy moon]

tbh? i feel like its always better to go wild than not. Getting crazy and imaginative with abusing in-game systems can be eye opening, especially if its early development

helps with balance, which can be a difficult subject on such a massive scale like an mmo

[plain garnet]

How do Yakmoo feet look? any aminal comparisons? (For art reasons)

[dark pewter]

hooved, most likely comparable to a yak ^ thats the image i was trying to get just now lol

[plain garnet]

It still doesnt show hooves D: I'll look up yak hooves :3 ty both

[limpid current]

Plot twist: They have human feet.

[plain garnet]

Don't say that, I just got a very cursed mental image of my desired art with that...

[uncut fern]

they also have owl eyes

[feral arch]

...Reverse yaktaur?

[dark pewter]

absolutely cursed

[left yarrow]

You know what we didn't ask... If this can be interacted with eventually.

[fickle pivot]

oh my

[dark pewter]

ot looks like an outhouse but with the hole in the door, its more like a chicken coop

[left yarrow]

Pretty sure an outhouse because of the moon carving xD (Ah! I see what you are seeing but nope, its a moon, you can see in the trailer better at 1:08)

[dark pewter]

oh it looks like a chicken cut out to me lol

[magic trench]

will it play all stars when i come out ?

[glacial barn]

Some say poop is fertilizer for chickens. It's not true, but some probably say it.

[left yarrow]

I mean it works for vegetables...but not that kind of poop (Unless they plan on releasing a cow/horse for playable race)

[glacial barn]

Matt Damon grew potatoes on Mars with it.

[copper tundra]

I can see the symbol as either a moon or a chicken with very small feet you can hardly see ... but ... maybe its a compost bin with the access area just behind it where you can get to the finished compst for the farming ... maybe

[halcyon bramble]

when does it come out

[dark pewter]

pre-alpha is soon, full release is a ways away, no specific dates will be given

[fiery stirrup]

it will come out when it feels ready 🏳️‍🌈

[halcyon bramble]

ok thank you

[candid raptor]

hopefully ducks will be implemented as soon as possible

[glossy reef]

dvs said itll be soon actually, "no where near three years away, itll be playable soon, like soon soon" or something along those lines

[copper tundra]

they probably can't put a time frame to it until they at least start beta as they will be that much closer to the final product

[left yarrow]

But you need to take in consideration they also said "It's a little too early to be talking about early access or release. Right now we're focused on getting as much feedback as possible on our Pre-Alpha so we can build a great game for the community." Also this " It's also important to remember that there's over 50 of us here and not everyone may have the exact right information about the entire game down to the details at any one time. We're human too and could be wrong!" ^^

[feral arch]

There are many stages a game goes through before it's ready for the public. We know we're close to a pre-alpha, but we don't know if or when we can expect a full alpha, a beta, or the full release.

[shadow lantern]

How will one be able to download it? Like through steam or Epic games launcher or blizzard or something else entirely? - ik its going to be in pre-alpha, just not sure if its known where it will be available

[dark pewter]

they arent sure at this time, but will let us know when they are. theres some things they gotta work out with other companies, im sure

[sturdy pelican]

I looked at the video and the game looks awesome aesthetically. Can't wait for alpha to be out.

[brazen summit]

Q: will there be an evolution path for you belongings ?? like for example, updating my old stove with new materials and whatever it need to upgrade, or i will just forge/buy a new one ?? and if there is an evolution path, it is linear or it will have different paths??

[dark pewter]

no details on specifics, we do know that the tools will be upgraded in such a way. kind of like how stardew valley does it with iron replacing the basic pick. you wont have multiple picks in your inventory of various qualities

[sturdy pelican]

Will there be PvP in the game

[dim comet]

I think I've asked this before but never got an answer. Will there be a preset economy or will it be entirely community-driven? Maybe in-between?

[dark pewter]

not in the traditional sense. there will be pvp in terms of competition, but currently not combat. that may come later in small ways as an opt-in system

[dark pewter]

no details on economy are given for now

[sturdy pelican]

Thank you. I think you and your team don't want to recreate World of Warcraft. You want something unique to Palia.

[dark pewter]

oh im not part of the team, just helping out with dev answers so they dont have to keep repeating themselves and can focus on their work ^^ but yes, the whole goal is to create a unique experience

[sturdy pelican]

Unique is hard to pull off nowadays. If Palia can do it it will be fantastic.

[digital perch]

Any estimate on when the first alpha invites will go out?

[wary folio]

I have a question will there be pets to keep in your house like a dog or something?

[dark pewter]

nothing specific, but "soon™️"

[digital perch]

well is that july? september? january? xd

[viscid fable]

They aren't saying

[dark pewter]

yes there will be pets :) (sorry, slowmode lol)

[dark pewter]

everything here is all theyre going to say about pre-alpha and the timeframe

[quick totem]

World War II Online MMO has its 20 year anniversary today. You'll have to beat that! 🙂

[wary folio]

Will would we able to buy or tame the pets?

[feral arch]

We don't know details yet, just that they exist.

[dark pewter]

you can have pets, how theyre aquired is unknown

[turbid crystal]

did I miss any staff updates on bees

[willow vault]

Where was this to read?

[dark pewter]

right there ^ lol

[sturdy storm]

Any clue what minimum specs that will be required to run the game?

[turbid crystal]

#❔│game-faqs

[dark pewter]

theyre not 100% sure themselves, but busco (ui dev) was running 3 clients on an i7 and a 1080 so its quite low

[sturdy storm]

That's great thanks

[brazen summit]

but wouldn't this be death but with another name?? like the difference to getting knocked out and respawning after you health drop to 0 is just the visuals and name

[feral arch]

Don't worry I would have tagged you had we received any vital updates.

[wary folio]

Bees?

[dark pewter]

the only thing we can do is wait for pre-alpha and see for ourselves

[brazen summit]

true

[feral arch]

Our community has gently convinced the devs that bees are an integral part of the game that are needed.

[obsidian echo]

At this point I'm kindof surprised it hasn't made it to the FAQ yet, hahahahaha. Whether you call them Chuu or Chaapa, we need one in a beekeeping suit :P.

[feral arch]

And by gently convinced I mean I expect there will be torches and pitchforks if there aren't bees in the finished game.

[wary folio]

Is the race only humans or is there going to be a elf race as well?

[heavy heath]

they have mentioned elves as well

[halcyon bramble]

will the full game cost money?

[dark pewter]

they mentioned elves as a work in progress, but humans are the only playable race, since the story revolves around humans

[turbid ember]

unknown at this time.

[dark pewter]

also, just as a reminder, check out the pinned messages. Neleimour has made an announcement here stating that the devs will be doing a weekly Q&A so you can expect them specifically giving whatever answers they can give, so get your good questions ready for that :)

[turbid ember]

I wouldnt be suprised if the Switch could play it since they're (as far as I can tell from the FAQ) wanting to do a mobile release. The big issue would be crossplay/cross progress.

[grim ice]

If I understand correctly (the trailer is quite mysterious), the purpose of the game is to build the best neighborhood possible, am I right ?

[glacial mango]

1. How diverse will the functionality of interaction between people be, in addition to trade and communication?
2. How will the internal economy of the game be organized, will it be possible to arrange a monopoly on a certain product?
3. How variable will the customization of your character be?
4. Will there be any functionality that allows you to play the role of a character?

[hardy solar]

Is there going to be a class system (e.g warrior, hunter, mage, ect.)? If so, then have they revealed anything of note about it?

[willow vault]

Wow, thank you for sharing that. A lot of good information

[trail flume]

Will pre-alpha progress be carried over?

[turbid ember]

From what I can gather so far there will be classes but they arent the "end all be all" of gameplay essentally meaning you probably arent limited to doing just that with your character. Maybe like FF14 where you can switch classes depending on what you feel like doing.

[turbid ember]

I dont believe they've made an announcement on this yet but I'd like to know as well. My guess is no that way people dont have an "advantage" at launch.

[dark pewter]

ok answering a few things at once here.

is bulding the best neighborhood the purpose? not exactly. theres an FAQ pinned in this channel that can give you a better read on the purpose, but not a lot of details are being given, we have to wait for pre-alpha.

trade and communication isnt specifically stated as of now.
economy is another thing thats only being described as existing, but we have to see for ourselves because a lot of the decisions arent made yet by the devs themselves (they dont wanna say something and it end up changing too quickly)
character customization is varied, there will be many options.
Roleplay is important to a few devs and they plan on implementing roleplay aspects so that RPers can have fun too :)

pre-alpha progress will not be carried over, there will be progress wipes between game builds until release (unless they change their mind at the much later stages before release)

there is no class system, only skills.

[glacial mango]

Thank you very much for your response.

[dark pewter]

o7

[elfin ice]

has the question of what types of skills available to the player to level up been answered?

[wraith holly]

Is the game gonna be a monthly subscription or a one time payment ?

[dark pewter]

so far we know hunting, fishing, mining, woodcutting, and cooking. past that is a secret

[turbid ember]

That hasnt been touched on at this time. But it is a live service game so I'd assume pay to purchace.

[elfin ice]

thank you ma'am

[dark pewter]

they will not talk about monetization at this time, sorry (slowmode makes responses take longer, sorry)

[wary folio]

Owning a shop?

[terse bane]

Spelunking pretty sure Spelunking should be in the game as a skill

[turbid ember]

Dont forget the two most importnat things. cooking and BEEKEEPING

[loud mason]

So monthly or life time?

[dark pewter]

we do not know. anything other than that is speculation.

[turbid ember]

I would say initally you have to buy the game in order to play it but they havent said anything about a subscription at this time.

[loud mason]

Ah ok thanks

[grim ice]

Thanks.
I have read the FAQ, but things are not really explicit concerning the purpose.

Do you know if the game will make people to have specialized jobs, like miners, timbers, blacksmiths, to team up together and produce wonderful goods for the neighborhood ?

[dark pewter]

bee keeping has not been 100% confirmed. nor has any kind of paymodel, should probably avoid saying things like that

[dark pewter]

i believe they said people can work together, or they can do stuff on their own, but no details, sorry :/

[terse bane]

Is the game currently in Pre-Alpha?...Or is it going into Pre-Alpha and you are adding testers?

[loud mason]

What I want to know is will players own areas in a map, and if so, is it limited?

[turbid ember]

Beekeeping was a joke because I've noticed alot of people are saying they want it. I know they havent said anything about pay models yet that's why I said they havent actually touched on the subject but I would assume you have to pay for the game initally. Of course that's just what I think.

[grim ice]

Thanks for responding. I guess we will have to wait the pre alpha

[proper jasper]

will there be pets in palia? i wouldnt expect anything special like interactions or anything, just a cute little companion to give you emotional support while you go about your business :)

[dark pewter]

@terse bane the game is going into pre-alpha, testers will be notified by email.

@loud mason only that the size is smaller than botw with plans to expand as time and story progress, nothing further given

[elfin ice]

emotional support lizard

[left yarrow]

Devs said : "We see these categories as "Fast Travel" and "Pets". Both are in the roadmap in some form"

[hardy solar]

I believe they have said (not 100% sure) that you will be able to do EVERYTHING without being locked out of other jobs. But I also think they said that being specialized will give you an advantage over a person in a certain job versus a person doing everything at once. @proper jasper I believe so.

[dark pewter]

oh god vlad youre here thank god lol theyre starting to pour in

[proper jasper]

oh, thanks so much friends
i hope i can give them little hats

[half tide]

will it be third person?

[turbid ember]

Yes.

[hardy solar]

@spiral pumice not raids at least with what we know, they did say that they're considering adding "dungeons" later down the line.

[left yarrow]

Best thing you need to understand about this game is this: "We're not ready to get into detail on this yet, but we'll have both combat like systems, such as Hunting, and eventually more traditional combat. Like most of our skills, you'll be able to choose your level of participation in it." @dark pewter I noticed Pastel and I don't want to alarm you, I'm going to sleep really soon xD

[dark pewter]

@spiral pumice dungeons have been talked about, but details are not there. i dont think raids are going to happen, but nothing is out of the realm of possibility

@half tide game is 3rd person only for now

[half tide]

I will play it only in 3rd person so they dont need add first person

[wary folio]

Any information about unlocking new clothes in the game?

[dark pewter]

please check out the #❔│game-faqs channel, the pinned FAQ document in this channel, and also the announcement made in the pinned section of this channel. many questions can be answered by just looking at those things

[hardy solar]

Everything is bound to get changes, and any plans that they have are subject to change saying that this is only Pre-alpha and certain difficulties can come up that could possibly block them from implementing the idea that they had exactly as envisioned.

[left yarrow]

Nothing about unlocking but they mentioned they have a lot of outfits/clothes

[grim ice]

So I guess the game should encourage players to create production chains, with specialized players being really productive.

[left yarrow]

Probably but its also a casual game catered to both solo or group content...They do want to get people to interact and I think that is where they want to make "specialized" be a thing but not on a high degree (Maybe, speculating here, they mean that skills can go really high like RS and being all over the place will make your life really hard to master all)

[dark pewter]

due to high traffic of questions, simple yes/no answers will be given ✅ or ❌ and if you get a 📌 please check the pinned messages of this channel for the google document of dev answers for the last 4 days!! more specific answers are slow due to the slowmode

[hardy solar]

Probably, but that might change in the future, all we can do is speculate and wait to see what happens. They do want the game to have the freedom of doing pretty much whatever you want.

[half tide]

can I have a pet in Palia?

[left yarrow]

Previous dev replay on this: We see these categories as "Fast Travel" and "Pets". Both are in the roadmap in some form"

[half tide]

oh okey sorry I missed it.

[grand imp]

What the heck is a dragon monk? :>

[cursive smelt]

can we name them?

[left yarrow]

Sadly, we don't know much more on this 2. That was the only thing we got on pets and mounts. @grand imp No idea what that is xD And if is a meme, i'm bad with those

[dark pewter]

Reminder: there will be a weekly Q&A with the devs (planned to be on thursdays) please check the pinned messages in this channel for more details on the post made by Community Lead, Neleimour

[lone skiff]

I'd like to know, what's the devs individual favorite part about the project?

[mental remnant]

I hope we can name the pets and the mounts.

[modest plume]

They have said their favorite part is [REDACTED] You can ask @lethal geode for confirmation but I think that is what they have said.

@regal pumice I think the weekly Q&A thing is a really great idea. I really appreciate you guys giving us these last few days to just bombard you with questions and taking the time from your busy schedule/lives to sit here and answer them. I'm looking forward to our questions being answered each week and to see what new stuff you guys are planning to show us! Keep up the great work and we will all be here cheering you on!

[plain garnet]

Okay Im scared I really need to know, Based on this tiny Yakmoo their feet look like Elephant feet.. and im scared my art wouldn't match if I use actuall Yak feet.. xD

[modest plume]

how can you even make out the feet in that blurry picture lol switch to the #💬│palia-discussions so we can talk without a long slow time lol

[dark pewter]

could be more akin to elephant feet

[tight verge]

It looks like a mammoth for me haha

[plain garnet]

cuz this is what I got so far and now im scared to continue my Palia art xD

[dark pewter]

yakkity yak

[modest plume]

that looks GREAT!

[meager badger]

Hello team! I was just curious if you plan on transferring the game to Unreal 5 when it comes out this year?

[wary folio]

Ayo that’s cute af

[plain garnet]

I NEED TO KNOW THE FEET

[dark pewter]

theyve talked about this a bit, its not so simple to just convert. theres a long process theyd have to go through id itd even work at all. for now they just want to stay with UE4

[modest plume]

Its actually not a hard process at all. You simple launch unreal 5 and select your project and it does all the work for you. Source: I've done it.

[meager badger]

For sure. I was just curious as I know there’s a lot of benefit to the new engine. Thanks!

[dark pewter]

im going based on what the devs themselves said. and they would know better than anyone else

[modest plume]

and Im going off what Epic Games themselves have said. They have said it is a seemless process to convert from UE4 to UE5. Im pretty sure the developers of the unreal engine know more. If you want I can provide a source to that as well. and the fact that I have converted a project over is a source as well

[devout axle]

I have a similar story on upgrading Kafka bus at work, just upgrade and go, everything went down in 20hours😅

[meager badger]

It might just be that a large MMO project, while perhaps simpler than before to transfer, might require more than a smaller game or an indie project. Or perhaps the time to covert and test might be just too long for a delay?

[modest plume]

Multiple people have already transitioned to ue5 and have not had any issues. It could be due to Online stuff but Epic Games have said that no project should run into issues switching to ue5. Besides they are going to have to eventually when ue5 becomes the default so might as well do it early on.

[meager badger]

Hmm interesting. Well perhaps the devs will address it more later in the pre-alpha.

[modest plume]

Im sure they will but for now it's ue4 which is still an extremely good engine lol

[tight verge]

I think the Yak feet are ok, this is the art posted by Jeremy Fenske Art Director / Concept Artist at Singularity 6

[plain garnet]

@tight verge okay so maybe not completely stumpy.. but this seems closer? What do you guys think??

[dark pewter]

lets keep this to questions here guys ;P

[devout axle]

those were technically questions

[dark pewter]

ah shit youre right, technicalities...im just used to a buncha off-topic conversations at this point

[modest plume]

I like the original 3

[devout axle]

tbh, after announcement that it ll be q&a on thurs and only Wednesday questions count, this can be a free for all other days 🙂

[meager badger]

I mean I agree that it might be better for the questions to be in community art rather than in ask the team

[dark pewter]

yeah but theres still gunna be questions scattered in here that should be answered in the meantime :P people dont read pinned messages

[stray quail]

When will the pre-alpha start? I’m sorry if this has been asked. I tried to scroll up

[dark pewter]

no specific dates will be given, but it has been said "soon™️" there is a document in the pinned messages with a ton of answers devs have given :)

[stray quail]

Oh thank you. I’ll go check it out!

[green crystal]

Everywhere I see says it’s being made for PC, is that windows AND Mac, or is that decision TBD? Asking as someone with an iMac

[devout axle]

PC(win) for now, more platforms later

[hot sky]

Do you already know the minimum requirements for installing the game?

[dark pewter]

just windows OS for now. mac could come at a later date though

[green crystal]

Macs are PCs 😂 but than you @dark pewter !

[hardy solar]

@hot sky supposedly extremely low min requirements. I haven't seen much about the exact reqs.

[dark pewter]

as in game size? unkown. specs? also unknown, the devs are still figuring that out but it is quite low according to busco

[terse turret]

What is S6 Bourbon's favorite bourbon

[hot sky]

I always get frustrated with some games where you need more than 4GB RAM

[wary folio]

[devout axle]

respectfully disagree, while Mac is a personal computer, PC in reference with games and software always suggested windows/dos world. that is the reason the box would say PC and Mac

[dark pewter]

if its any help:

[weak tapir]

sorry if asked previously i couldn't find it pinned but will the game be available on steam? or a different / its own client

[dark pewter]

they arent sure at this point in time

[weak tapir]

oh ok thanks :)
also, one more thing, will pre-alpha/ alpha testers receive any decoration reward or cosmetic for testing? I always like when games do that for fun but obv it doesn't matter

[hot sky]

😲

[green crystal]

Ah, I didn’t know that! I don’t play many games on computer (as a result of having a Mac lol) so that’s good to know

[dark pewter]

its been asked a few times, i think theyre avoiding the question or it may be a no, but i do think itd be a nice idea

[weak tapir]

oh ok sounds good, thanks!

[devout axle]

you get a shiny pebble - unique item

[viscid fable]

we need this in the FAQ haha

[tidal orchid]

Will the character creation allow for different body types? for instance skinny or bigger characters

[dark pewter]

yes! for the pre-alpha theres only 2. but they plan to add many body types for all kinds of players :)

[hot sky]

Will the game support the Brazilian Portuguese language?

[tidal orchid]

Thank you so much <3

[dark pewter]

they do plan to localize into as many languages as they can, yes

[turbid crystal]

Not at first but I believe #❔│game-faqs has an answer on localization

[marble osprey]

Will there be like in game voice chat between players like in the open world?

[dark pewter]

i think there was mention of it within a party system, but not open world. im not 100% sure on that, though

[marble osprey]

ah ok ty

[tidal orchid]

When you create a house and/or have a terrain, will this space be unique in the world?

[modest plume]

it's instanced.

[tidal orchid]

Could you elaborate?

[dark pewter]

this is all the info theyre willing to release on housing

[modest plume]

like no one can see your house unless you invite them to it. You'll be in a separate map that only contains your plot/house.

[vague rampart]

The devs have decided not to go into detail about that yet. So, no one really knows.

[modest plume]

i mean it is an instanced space so no one can just run by and see your house.

[remote cove]

What will be the monetisation model of the game?

[dark pewter]

they wont release that info at this time

[marsh salmon]

Sorry if someone asked this question before but i could not find any mention in the doc. Will furniture have a use aside from crafting station and cosmetic? (if so like in the sim with needs like comfort and such or like Eco with XP gain modifier?

[vague rampart]

We all know how instanced spaces work. None of us know anything about instanced housing in Palia.

[dark pewter]

no details on that specifically, sorry :/ as far as im aware theres no "needs" to the game such as resting, eating, drinking.

[modest plume]

that person who originally asked me to elaborate on that so no, not everyone knows that and they have released some information on instanced housing as you can see in the above screenshot.

[vague rampart]

Relax.

[modest plume]

what? I simply pointed out that not everyone instantly knows and you think im not relaxed? If you think people countering what you're saying thinks they are not relaxed you need to think about how you discuss things.

[vague rampart]

K

[dark pewter]

please keep it civil guys.

[errant nacelle]

Is the game gonna be on Steam? or a different platform?

[devout axle]

argueing intensifies

[astral glade]

they said they wanna avoid genders right, just body types which you can customize to show what you are

[errant pagoda]

They have yet to specify.

[mortal geyser]

Correct!

[tidal orchid]

Thank you for explaining <3

[modest plume]

we only know it's only on PC right now. they do plan on releasing on other platforms but for now it's PC only

[errant nacelle]

ah ok

[modest plume]

You're welcome! Glad I could help out.

[uncut zodiac]

oh that's so radical

[craggy needle]

do you get any mail after survey?

[errant pagoda]

No, they didnt want to spam people with confirmation emails, just one if your chosen for alpha.

[robust rock]

Urg, I just did the survey twice... I did it a few days ago and then got nervous when I searched my inbox

[viscid fable]

I believe they have said this won't cause issues

[errant pagoda]

The only thing you can do is double check you put your email address in correctly, if you think you haven't just do it again for the sake of safety.

[robust rock]

whew

[craggy needle]

ok thank you
I'm worried about what I did something wrong

[sturdy pelican]

Final Fantasy 11 had what they called a Mog House. It looks as if Palia is going to expand on that, and make it even more personal.

[dark pewter]

did you use the same email for them all? cause it shouldnt cause any issues. i think theyll just take the first one you submitted (thats not confirmed, just guessing)

[robust rock]

yup same email, and would be the same answers on the survey. Ok thanks!

[dark pewter]

that should be perfectly fine then ^^

[brittle pagoda]

Good evening, do you know if you can stream playing the alpha?

[errant pagoda]

Not while the NDA is active.

[barren crescent]

Are there any 4k wallpapers?

[dark pewter]

the pre-alpha is under NDA, so no streaming. there will be channels set up in this discord for feedback and speaking with devs about whats going on in game

[devout axle]

#❔│game-faqs has the official answer to that

[brittle pagoda]

OK, thanks a lot :3

[halcyon bramble]

Is the pre-alpha out right now?

[modest plume]

@wary folio Here is all the info we currently have on housing.

[solid veldt]

#❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha the game will be open mic? like pugb or alike?

[worthy depot]

Under the pre-alpha section of the document they say "could be a month, could be a couple of months" is that referring to the pre-alpha we just signed up for? The other comments i see (the most recent pinned msg in this channel) say "so soon" which leads me to believe its much closer then a month, are they referring to the same thing?

[dark pewter]

not yet. those chosen will get an email, and an announcement will be made in the discord

[modest plume]

all we know is that it will be this summer

[brittle pagoda]

Thanks and sorry 🙇‍♀️

[sinful meteor]

How long after the survey should you expect a confirmation if you were chosen for pre-alpha testing?

Sorry if this has already been answered ❤️

[copper tundra]

The FAQ has the months in response to the release of the game.

[dark pewter]

there is no confirmation email

[halcyon bramble]

oh so I have a chance of not getting access to the pre-alpha

[wary folio]

Thank you

[sinful meteor]

I mean the email to say you were selected sorry!

[devout axle]

correct

[modest plume]

you're welcome!

[dark pewter]

yes, signing up is not a guarantee that you will get access. they will be choosing as many people as they can, no specific number is given

[halcyon bramble]

hope I get access! lol

[worthy depot]

Thats why i was confused, its under the "pre-alpha" section so i was just lookin for clarification, but that comment is referring to the actual release? If we're at pre-alpha stage i dont see the actual release being so soon (but id like to be surprised by that?)

[dark pewter]

the info in the doc is accurate. only timeframe we have at all on full release is less than 3 years

[errant pagoda]

Soon tm, applies to all answers regarding time frames, as the dev's dont want to state any dates till they are absolutely certain.

[copper tundra]

Thats why they say months .. 'Release ? It could be month, it might be months. The other two no way (referring to quarters and years)' So they expect one or two months for release' and not quarters ( more than 3 months ) and years.

[dark pewter]

this is in reference to pre-alpha, not full release. ill ask vlad to update that to be less confusing

[light phoenix]

Yeah, it's only the pre-alpha for an mmo. I highly doubt that the game will reach full release in the next year, let alone a month.

[worthy depot]

Yeah i kinda saw it and wanted to believe it but had to clarify so i didnt get hopeful

[terse turret]

Nice choice. I'm having a glass of makers mark FAE-01.

[copper tundra]

Ah I suppose the Release? question may mean when the Pre Alpha will be released .. but a release version of a game usually means playable for everyone not a select few.

[terse turret]

agreed

[ancient pilot]

no no as consumer i want it like nao, and like i read things that consumers always right

[copper tundra]

So yeah. hopefully Vlad will be able to clarify when he gets up again

[dark pewter]

yeah its referring to the release of pre-alpha, sorry about the confusion ^^ vlad is currently asleep, it should get fixed though! i sent him a DM

[copper tundra]

Its the developer in me .. I count a release version as finished and not still in development .. my bad 🙂

[dark pewter]

vlad is fixing it right now :D turns out he wasnt really asleep lol

[copper tundra]

I hope you didn't wake him up ? Or is his nap over rofl

[devout axle]

first developer, i know, who puts a finished product into release 😆

[daring crescent]

I apologize if this has been asked before, I'm seeing a lot of attention to player interaction,community and social aspect of the game but what do these really mean for the game?
One of the things that I hate in modern MMOs is that social interactions boil down to mostly players just choosing a guild to play with then at best disregard all other players beyond what's absolutely necessary to achieve something, which makes the game lose the feeling of a big mmo community very quickly and cause it to splinter into mostly closed smaller communities. This being a social and more casual game at it's core I feel more optimistic about the general attitude but will there be any incentive for players to regularly interact with people outside their circle in a meaningful way? Seeing as housing seem to be instanced and gathering not having a lot of opportunities for meaningful social interactions, what ingame activities can we expect to bring random people together?

[copper tundra]

Offer some suggestions in the suggestions section if you have any ideas. Some have already been offered but as far as I understand it will be solo and group friendly so you can play under both situations.

[devout axle]

one can speculate the housing is instanced, but there would be a social hub and lfg to find randoms

[dark pewter]

i think theyre also worried about that. "We're very keen on co-operative features for all of our skills. Can't say anything specific beyond that." they want people to interact in most aspects. in a few interviews ive seen they say 'good solo, better together'

[shell flint]

(I am not a dev or a repersenative) They have plenty of activities for us to do there will be "events" that will require players to party up, they are trying to think of something competitive amongst players could do (this does NOT include PVP) and a few other things like Xrystal said if you have any suggestions feel free to put them in that channel the devs are pretty active on this discord

[main oxide]

Will the game have OCE servers?

[dark pewter]

not sure at this time, things are still being worked out and they dont want to give a definite answer for now on any server locations

[shell flint]

Unknown at this time, because we are in the pre-alpha and but if there is enough players for OCE they MAY look into it

[turbid spade]

about inverted controls... yes, yes or yes?

[dark pewter]

as in mouse down to look up? not 100% confirmed, but they have said there will be a lot of options when it comes to accessibility

[signal egret]

Even if not that's easy to do clientside

[turbid spade]

@dark pewter thanks

[coral kite]

is there any point where we are going to get actual answers on what this game will be? the more non answers i read about no combat, dungeons with no combat, crafting, but not weapon and armor crafting cause no combat, single story houses, the more this sounds like wurm online: endless skill grinding with no purpose? can anyone tell us what this game actually is? i want to know if i should curb my excitement.

[muted pumice]

When do we get to play the pre alpha?

[dark pewter]

answers will be given when the devs feel like they can. with this being pre-alpha, things are very subject to change, and theres also things they want to keep under wrap so that its still a surprise and people can discover for themselves.

[vague rampart]

@daring crescent @coral kite I hope that both of your questions make it to the weekly Q & A they’ve planned.

[shell flint]

You have to keep in mind. We are not even in the Pre-Alpha yet. Even when it does come out players accepted will be under a NDA non-disclosure agreement) So we will receive the barest of bones. If you would like certian things please put them in the #game-suggestions channel it will help the devs see what could work and wants wanted but no guarantees. So for a while there will be ALOT of unknowns at this time.
@muted pumice only answer we have right now is "soonᵗᵐ"

[coral kite]

most other games in pre alpha can still at least say WHAT their game is

[dark pewter]

they have said what the game is. its a life-sim mmo based around story and community. what would be the point in telling people every single little detail about a game thats just going into pre-alpha if things can and will change?

[stoic latch]

What is the difference in Chapaa and Chuu ?

[signal egret]

I am interested to see what the benefits of food ends up being

[wary folio]

There isn't a differance, same critter, two names

[errant pagoda]

You take a little bit of stardew, a little bit of breath of the wild, a little bit of harvest moon, take a pinch of mmo, and mix to perfection, is the basic version.

[keen pasture]

This game won't be for everyone that's all we can say atm :p

[coral kite]

everyone else can be ok with not actually being told any real info, but i would like answers

[muted pumice]

Thanks @shell flint

[rigid anvil]

Will our characters be able to travel between servers and data centers or are we stuck with the data center we pick?

[signal egret]

I'm not sure what kind of answer you're looking for, tbh

[keen pasture]

Time will give you your answers!

[dark pewter]

unfortunately youre going to have to wait for the pre-alpha, or maybe get lucky and a dev will give you a response during the weekly Q&A

[wary folio]

It's a pre-alpha game, they're not going to give us every detail today especially when the game is still in development

[signal egret]

You can play with whoever you want whenever you want. Its in the pinned faq here

[willow vault]

See you at release. You'll have all the answers including if this is the game you want to invest in or not

[errant pagoda]

You will also find the dev's can only release what they have been allowed to release as well, alpha folks are not the only people with NDA's looming :3

[sturdy pelican]

So will there be awards that you can put in your house. Say if you get some sort of milestone achievement or slay an elite NPC???

[shell flint]

As of right now it seem that you will hit a play button and it will load your charecter onto a server where you will have a more enjoyable performance, performance as in latency, but specific server information has not been released yet, but rememebr everything is subject to change

[coral kite]

ok, i can tell that asking for answers is not welcome by the community, i guess i will just see what this turn into

[vague rampart]

Sorry folks are piling on. Wasn’t like this until today and the devs were in here answering questions.

[frail pivot]

They're deliberately keeping a lot of secrets because they want pre-alpha players to discover things for themselves. Exploration & discovery are big parts of the experience they are trying to craft.

[dark pewter]

theres no combat like that :P they also wont say much on achievements but there may be something of a collection log

[signal egret]

I thought life-sim was an adequate response to what the game was

[keen pasture]

We don't know everything you want answered! what more can be said

[rigid anvil]

The game is pretty straight forward. Think animal crossing but an mmo

[willow vault]

Telling you want answers, is not the polite way to ask.

[vague rampart]

@coral kite the devs created this channel for you and your questions. They are wearing blue nameplates and may add your question to the Q & A. Don’t worry. They will see it and answer when they can.

[dark pewter]

a weekly Q&A will be conducted with devs. the plan currently is to collect questions on wednesday and be answered on thursday so when wednesday comes around, go wild

[shell flint]

I'm sorry you feel that way I truely am, I myself hope this does not end up like other "MMOs" that are from 3rd party devs, but we are just giving information we are given and like mentioned earlier the game was just announced. my best bet for you is to refer to the #❔│game-faqs channel and Vlad's UNOffical FAQ where he has been tirelessly recording information. We are just trying to help where we can ❤️

[rigid anvil]

He can wait until tomorrow when the Devs are actually here answer questions too

[shell flint]

ngl i was watching a movie with my friends in another discord that's why i disappeared earlier, we are having a Q&A soon?

[dark pewter]

chekc out the announcement by neleimour in the pinned section :)

[sturdy storm]

Pastelpanda you seem to be working hard, it's appreciated

[shell flint]

Yee Pastel is always typing when i see someone ask a question Top Tier ❤️

[dark pewter]

ive been in this channel for over 40 hours at this point 💪 lol i appreciate it guys, i just like helping

[devout axle]

Vlad and Panda deserve props indeed

[errant pagoda]

There's a few of us all around different time zones helping out :p

[dark pewter]

yes! dont forget, romance and Roan have also been HUGE helps in this channel, especially when it gets quite busy

[left yarrow]

I think everyone who is around answering questions deserve it! But on top of everything the S6 deserve it the most 😄

[sturdy storm]

When did this discord go live?

[errant pagoda]

When the trailer dropped if memory serves?

[dark pewter]

uhhhhh publicly for people to join? id say right after the trailer released. not sure tho lol

[left yarrow]

I think 5 days (going on 6 maybe for other time zones) but i'm not sure...

[sturdy storm]

That's some crazy growth then

[dark pewter]

last that was said, it was over 40k people \o/ im not sure how to check myself lol

[errant pagoda]

on the topic of growth we hit the 58k mark, 5k since the last time i checked it before i passed out last night.

[shell flint]

I think mainly because I think a lot of people the MMO community just want something new now while I love playing FFXIV when they announced Island Sanctuary I was pretty hyped for something different. But we still have a few months till it comes out in the new xpac

[heavy heath]

see #📢│palia-news for the update on how this channel will be used.

[sturdy storm]

Makes a lot of sense, I've never really even played an mmo so I'm just excited to jump in \o/

[errant pagoda]

Mobile app has it, sadly I can't do it from the pc discord

[dark pewter]

ye i asked nele to post it so more people can see it. people dont look at pinned messages ;p

[shell flint]

Probably for the best tbh

[wary folio]

Quick, post all questions before Neleimour locks up the team from us. 🤣

[dark pewter]

theyre lead into a cage via cookies, it was confirmed

[errant pagoda]

Cookies, nah clearly lead to cages by potatos and Chuu's

[left yarrow]

You can check numbers for discord on pc if you look at a posted discord link like #💬│palia-discussions has one pinned, if you look at that you can see numbers (no idea how else you can do it)

[turbid crystal]

I feel this change will make this channel much nicer but also am sad I won’t be able to ask bees? every 3 hours to the devs uwu

[dark pewter]

ohhh thats useful, thanks :D

[heavy heath]

haha, I'm pretty sure they have no idea you want bees @turbid crystal, so you maybe should let them know 😂

[errant pagoda]

Ahhh finally i dont have to check my phone anymore, ty vlad lol

[livid fulcrum]

i still dont understand why discord doesnt give you the feature to read member count somewhere

[turbid crystal]

It will be the one question I ask per week guaranteed

[loud grail]

Alright, with this channel's edit, I'd better ask now.

How would the team feel about being able to turn loot/equipment into floating pets that help with their previous tasks?

[dark pewter]

it does if you have admin/moderator access :P

[livid fulcrum]

yeah but it's not something to hide, everyone can find out if you try hard enough, so why make it tough lmao

[errant pagoda]

we are but the volunteer caste class ❤️

[devout axle]

some of servers, I ve been to, have a server stat bot for that

[errant pagoda]

Einar's bot friends are a little overtuned so i think they put them on a more rest like setting.

[turbid crystal]

It’s easier on mobile. 23,904 online , 58,139 members

[sturdy storm]

Strange how different those numbers are for me

[errant pagoda]

you need to close mobile app and reopen to refresh the numbers

[sturdy storm]

Ohhhh that makes sense

[heavy heath]

@regal pumice For the weekly Q&A: We have already heard that the current idea is to have 1 IRL hour = 1 in-game day. Is there also a plan to implement seasons into the game? If known (might be too early), how many in-game days would each season last? If we do have seasons, I'm guessing they would also impact things such as crops that could be grown, fish availability, hunting availability, etc. Just curious about this feature...so figured I'd throw a question for it. 😄

[sturdy storm]

@regal pumice For Q&A: Is there any road map for post release, like events (Halloween etc) / updates?

[devout axle]

gotta be Wednesday already

[dark pewter]

guys its collected on wednesday, today is sunday lol

[errant pagoda]

Monday if you live in the future :3

[sturdy storm]

🤦🏻‍♂️I'm a fool, I'll wait

[heavy heath]

oh...didn't realize that meant hold question until Wednesday...my bad

[devout axle]

I mean they could go back as far as Sunday, but with the speed of this chat unlikely

[dark pewter]

oh no sorry you can still ask questions >.< sorry its just that you shouldnt expect a dev responding directly, and tagging isnt the best idea. the whole point is to not get distracted so they can work on the game. feel free to still ask questions! just know youll probably get a response from me or another person whos not a dev

[heavy heath]

that's why I tagged the community manager, since I'm assuming she's the one collecting the questions and sending them to the dev team. However, I do get your point.

[shell flint]

A few of us are just trying to give answers to commonly asked questions if people cannot find them in any of the FAQ documents or channels so we can filter out new Q&A from the devs.

[dark pewter]

exactly this ^ we are the fine mesh sieve of the channel

[errant pagoda]

^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQgQIMlwWw

[grave temple]

What is the policy on world resets?

[frail pivot]

There will be several throughout the various pre-release test phases.

[errant pagoda]

Ummm you mean like server resets for maintenance or wipes during alpha/beta?

[grave temple]

I was referring to wipes

[pure umbra]

there will be many as far as we're aware

[vivid sky]

Will every player be on their own map to do whatever or will players be on a map with each other like say 100 people per map

[grave temple]

the latter

[dark pewter]

no specific numbers, but they will be shared. the world will feel alive, not crowded

[frail pivot]

Your home will be instanced (can have visitors) but other parts of the game will be shared, player counts aren't being revealed yet.

[vivid sky]

Ok thank you

[pure umbra]

and they've said that they will be treating the alpha/beta process like the old school classic term. The game will officially launch as a clean slate upon release.

[frail pivot]

They have said that you aren't locked to a server, and there is no server selection at character creation. My assumption is it will act more like Destiny where players phase in and out of shards filled with a certain number of players.

[devout axle]

yeah, I believe, Bungie call them instanced bubbles

[tall jetty]

ok, i joined this discord, now everytime i go into discord on my phone theres a popup for this one, no matter which discord i'm in, how do id isable that lol

[dark pewter]

you can change notification settings per server by going to the options in that server and choosing notification settings. i recommending muting the server notifications as a whole, except for pings

[umbral sentinel]

Can I become a combat fisherman

[tall jetty]

This...it's not part of notifications lol I'm not even in your discord when I see this. I never had this happen with any discord that I've joined before :-)

[left yarrow]

Did you click on the rules (that pop up is an old thing that official servers have). It normally should go once you check those (or announcement)

[tall jetty]

Yeah I did all 3 things already

[cedar knoll]

does anyone know the RECOMMENDED graphics

[left yarrow]

Really strange but I'm sure its not a server issue its on discord. Try reinstalling discord maybe (or leaving and rejoining if you can)

[dark pewter]

have you tried restarting discord? it may be a bug, as i believe thats a new discord feature

[shell flint]

If you are talking about system requirements, then they are unknown but will be relatively low from what we heard

[tall jetty]

ok, logging out and back in fixed it I think....thanks

[cedar knoll]

thank you

[dark pewter]

if this is any help

[feral arch]

Toasterrrrrr

[shell flint]

BuscoBear epic gamer confirmed!!!!!

[pulsar pollen]

Is there any rules around sharing the official art? I’d love to start sharing it with everyone I can!

[feral arch]

Nope! Share away! Build the hype! ❤️ Make sure to like and share straight from the source as well to help boost the game instead of from articles and the like. Remember to like and subscribe to their Youtube as well!

[devout axle]

must be able to support #❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha message

[dark pewter]

hey my specs arent that much different :c ive got a ryzen 5 3600 and a 1060 6gb with 16gb ram

[pulsar pollen]

I am liking, following, subbed everywhere I can!!! It’s been a very long time time since I’ve been this excited for a game! Game world shots are my “thing” on Twitter so I’m just so excited to share the beauty of Palia as well

[feral arch]

Oh trust me mine are even worse. I have an i5 and 8gb of Ram. 😆 My laptop is literally held together by duct tape it's so old.

[dark pewter]

i built this one...maybe a year and a half ago?

[pulsar pollen]

Good thing the pre alpha asked if you have 8gb LOL

[vivid sky]

I have a laptop with 30gb free that was only like 250$

[dark pewter]

oh did it? i remember it asking you for a number to be typed in...

[devout axle]

like this?

[fervent bluff]

Will there be any Max FPS locks ? Or will we be able to enjoy 144 FPS ? 🙂 thank you!

[turbid crystal]

I don’t recall mine asking this (edit: I might have just forgotten)

[feral arch]

Yep. Those freaking screws in the base assembly. -_-

[left yarrow]

You mean this ?

[dark pewter]

nothing has been mentioned, but its a pretty standard thing these days, so i wouldnt doubt it! wouldnt want screen tearing

[pulsar pollen]

I think the options were 8 or more, less than 8, or variations of not having a windows pc. I imagine they’ve changed questions as needed (edit, what @left yarrow posted)

[fervent bluff]

Thank you

[turbid crystal]

honestly looking at the screencap above it looks like something I just forgot about 🥲 lol ty

[dark pewter]

i have no shortage of space...my image didnt paste wtfff sorry

[pulsar pollen]

Lol awe! You’re all good 👍🏻

[vivid sky]

My laptop has 128 GB but I've downloaded a lot of games

[woeful hearth]

In the form asks about using Windows, and it has already been said about cross platform, does this include Linux or at least the basics for using it through wine/proton?

[zenith spear]

I honestly think if you can run Genshin, you can run Palia

[dark pewter]

thats like 1.5 games D:

[shell flint]

I believe that information is just being used to gauge interest on PC users and other systems, but the Pre-Alpha will only be on PC as of right now. But they plan to expand based off interest

[dark pewter]

theyre not supporting linux or mac currently, but its possible in the future. wine/proton may work if you really try, but theres no guarantee

[vivid sky]

I use my ps4 for super high quality games like cod and my laptop for genshin impact and stuff

[devout axle]

since we went off topic a bit, the meme with Arnold in #🎭│palia-memes is straight fire

[cedar knoll]

can i play with this ???????

[dark pewter]

easily

[cedar knoll]

thank you i dont know much about pc

[dark pewter]

no problem, thats a bit better than Busco's pc and they can run 3 instances at once

[brittle sorrel]

My laptop has like 8gb of ram and 128 gb of storage also an i5. Is that good enough?

[devout axle]

i5's are different can range from really slow to really fast, what video card is more important? 🙂

[brittle sorrel]

I’m not sure, can laptops even have video cards? I’m dumb

[errant pagoda]

They can, gaming laptops exist :3

[devout axle]

not dumb, just not into PC specs 🙂

[small flint]

there's also external gpu's for laptops but if you're gonna get one of those might as well get a pc or gaming laptop lol

[errant pagoda]

with laptops, there is generally two types, onboard graphics card and ones that have a graphics card built into them. Latter being gaming laptops.

[brittle sorrel]

I am saving up for a mid range PC later this year.

[errant pagoda]

My new rig is inbound as of the weekend, hopefully built this week sometime ^^

[woeful hearth]

They plan to be on mobile as high priority so, dont mind, it will probably work

[small flint]

i've postponed my upgrade to next year. stuff is still kinda pricey atm

[brittle sorrel]

Oh nice. Also I didn’t know they were going to be going to mobile

[errant pagoda]

not so much pricey just graphic cards barely exist anymore, people using bit currency to instant buy them.... else my new pc would exist already.

[dark pewter]

i would like to note: different mmo's are more intensive on different parts of pcs. for example gw2 is more cpu intensive than gpu, so even if you have an awful gpu, itll still run relatively fine. i think with this game (because they asked about ram) the amount of ram/ram speed of your pc will matter quite a bit. however this could also just be their way of testing what kind of specs work on the game (less than 8gb or more than 8gb)

[gleaming steppe]

they also said that they’re playing on pretty garbage pcs so they don’t think you’ll need too much to run it,,, but my normie pc laptop will be the judge of that

[errant pagoda]

even a normal laptop can generally run things like WoW for example, so it really just depends

[ancient pilot]

I'll have two number 9's, Number 9 Large, Number 6 with extra dip, A Number 7... Two number 45's... One with cheese and a LARGE soda

[modest plume]

@humble sentinel

[hollow knot]

Is the new Q&A going to be like a reddit ama?

[dark pewter]

as far as we are aware its going to take place right here in this channel. im not sure on it though. it may just be added into #❔│game-faqs

[lilac rover]

Request to the Team, if they get this on a sunday evening. I know that where the humans went and why they are coming back now are big mysteries. I am not asking for info like that. Just info on what our characters will know when they step out of the character creation. Did we come from somewhere else with lives and families. Are we the same humans that left and we have been in limbo for thousands of years. Do we spring from the ocean foam like Aphrodite from the waves with no memory of what came before, or is it something else. Just anything to enable us to make a backstory of some kind, even if its 'nope, no clue, I just showed up on this road one day'

[dark pewter]

great question^

[lilac rover]

I've been RPing for over 4 decades, lol, started in D&D in the '70's

[dark pewter]

i started in 5e a couple years ago 👍

[lilac rover]

Someone said that AD&D created a generation of accountants, and 3rd edition created a generation of Lawyers, lol.

[dark pewter]

and 4e...4e never happened >.>

[sudden fox]

BOOO

4e is my favorite D&D and I'm not shy about saying it. Sorry, wrong channel... I'll see myself out.

[solid veldt]

#❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha What about addons? It was a great appeal on WoW for example and i miss it in a lot of games i play and dont support it. Are you planning to let people make Addons for UI changes? (PS: I read the fixed topic)

[dark pewter]

they said no mods/addons. we could probably change their minds on addons in the future though :)

[light vector]

#❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha Will there be other Races we can play as that isn’t human? Such as elves,demon,halfling etc etc (sorry if this has already been answered I missed it)

[agile cradle]

Pretty sure it's human only

[dark pewter]

they are working on elves, but for now its just humans as they are the main focus of the story right now

[solid veldt]

Certainly mods are more Silly stuff than all, but addons is a great way to make will like you want, however if the team is listering players i think that will no problem without addons.

[light vector]

Hey as long as I can get my fantasy fill eventually in a neat game like this I’m cool with being human 🤫 thanks for the answer

[solar jetty]

I'd love to play as a golem eventually

[lethal prawn]

when the keys will be distributed?

[dark pewter]

" We'll roll out various settings to help you customize the UI but no mod support, sorry" this may not specifically mean addons, and im also pushing for addon support, throw it in the suggestions channel, theyre always recording things said in there

[errant pagoda]

Soon™

[solid veldt]

Im noting an "addon or dont play" guy, but is a lot annoying on some games that miss essential stuff and a lot of people keep feedbacking and not changes, addons are a good way to minimize this only. But i prefer no addon with an active and resposive team tought.

[dark pewter]

the team is definitely listening and busco (UI dev) is doing their best to make everything as great as it can possibly be

[grave temple]

How in depth is the character creation? Like, Skyrim or something dead simple like animal crossing.

[dark pewter]

theres not a bunch of detail given, but it will be quite varied. not saying sliders and all that, but you will have a lot of choices. body type, face type, clothing, many MANY color (confirmed not a color wheel but a palette system currently)

[gleaming steppe]

extremely customizable. prealpha is gonna be a little simplified but it sounds like they’re aiming for a ton of customization options

[dark pewter]

all about creation that they are willing to reveal as of now :)

[shadow sphinx]

Sorry but, can you avoid subjectivity when answering questions? It's getting really confusing. I think what PastelPanda did of just copy pasting what the devs have directly said on the matter is more clear than subjective takes.

[dark pewter]

was something subjective said?

[shadow sphinx]

"Extremely customizable", to me, is a bit of a simplification that's not necessary. It's easier to just read directly what the Devs say, not what someone understands from it, imo.

[dark pewter]

i mean, they were completely right in this case, but i do understand what you mean

[devout axle]

my subjective opinion, you may require rest from helping, how long u’ve been at this now 40hours?:)

[dark pewter]

i think all together...maybe 60 hours. i do freelance work and i sleep very little, so i have lots of free time haha

[grim skiff]

whats the plan

[devout axle]

wait for Chuu to assert world dominance

[dark pewter]

did you see the server announcement about the weekly Q&A? theyre collecting questions wednesday and answering on thursday! ( at least thats their current plan)

oh dont worry, chat still blows up, it comes in waves. with slowmode its absolutely dreadful for me answering haha

[errant pagoda]

Waves determined by the high and low tides of peoples regions lol.

[gleaming steppe]

oop sorry, you’re right in that the wording was subjective. i’ll try to use screenshots/direct quotes if i can next time, or at least try and do a better job at paraphrasing. (in this case tho they do want to give players lots of options, even if they are debating just how much freedom they should have >.>)

[devout axle]

yeah maybe needs suggesting to give you Vlad and Romance roles of “supporting community” to get slow mode lifted off you guys

[dark pewter]

nah, even devs are affected by the slowmode

[errant pagoda]

We make by with the slow mode, with the community growing to almost 60k folks, the slow mode is a necessary evil :3

[grim skiff]

who else just wishes when they wake up, a mail comes in your inbox saying play now 😄

[feral arch]

Yeah, the minute was a little excessive but it does its job.

[devout axle]

right needs manage message permission

[grim skiff]

no one, just me, ok 😦

[feral arch]

I don't want to get OVERLY hopeful lol.

[devout axle]

I am pretty sure, the whole meme channel is, along with everyone here

[wary folio]

some people literally dream about getting emails saying that they got the codes. 🤣

[dark pewter]

which reminds me, this channel is for questions ;) dont wanna make the devs scour through conversations to find questions

[devout axle]

I mean look at people helping with answers so dev can get preAlpha out faster, if thats not excitement I dont know what is 😆

[devout axle]

why not create a second doc for interesting questions, maybe they ll look it over? 🙂

[grim skiff]

thats OD

[dark pewter]

we already have the doc for dev responses, and neleimour is gunna be looking through here wednesday. we wanna help, not put them out of a job :p

[tawny sundial]

There will be any mounts?

[dark pewter]

mounts are being considered as part of a fast travel system :)

[distant coral]

Do you guys plan on making it playable on consoles like the Xbox?

[grim skiff]

i think thats the plan in the future atm its pc for the pre alpha

[dark pewter]

other platforms are in consideration, and they want to bring the game to the places people will want them, however for now it will only be windows OS pc

[sly holly]

Pastel you should get some rest

[vivid sky]

W h e r e I s P i n n e d f a q

[dark pewter]

rest is for the weak!

@vivid sky in the pinned messages of this channel :p

[errant pagoda]

Perhaps Pastel should consider becoming a tech adept of mars.

[sly holly]

I'm gonna have a mod mute you cause you've been here for like A LOT of hours and rest is good for health so you better take sum

[sand musk]

I find the best approach is to go until your body forces you to rest

[dark pewter]

ehh 60+ hours isnt that bad, plus i do get sleep! just usually go to bed around 3-4am :p

[sly holly]

Trust me, as an old man speaking, you already have 70+ pages with messages. Rest a bit, is for the Chapaas

[dark pewter]

oh man...is it that high already?

[grim skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-omg-surprised-scared-kid-gif-10714204

[proper nymph]

👀

[sand musk]

That's an accomplishment

[rain frost]

will Palia focus on quests and good pve content?

[dark pewter]

its alright guys, im fine i promise lol i used to do this kind of thing on a much larger scale. i know my limits :p used to work for a streaming platform doing Q&A, tickets, customer success, and even moderating for the most popular content creator in the world (you know who he is)

[dark pewter]

yes! story is pretty much the main focus in the game, with tons of things to do, and much more planned :)

well uh..there is romanceable NPCs, but this is a sfw game haha

[feral arch]

Romance / marry yes, but... no to what you're referring to lol

[clever oar]

what is the point then

[dark pewter]

theres many other things to do in the game, doesnt have to be about that :P theres a ton of story and interesting things to find and do!

[small flint]

[feral arch]

I have some serious catching up to do, I'm only at 530. Pfft.

[dark pewter]

such a slacker ;P

[rain frost]

excited to play alpha

[dark pewter]

we all are! but keep in mind, signing up is not a guaranteed entry.

[grim skiff]

will i be able to customize my bow, thats all i wanna know, not different rarities no, but something thatll make you say whoa

[dark pewter]

mmm good question actually, maybe there will be tool/weapon cosmetics!

[tawny sundial]

You also plan to add "professions" like leatherworking, cooking, fishing etc.?

[dark pewter]

cooking, fishing, hunting, mining, woodcutting are the only known skills currently. theres more, theyre just keeping it a secret

[zinc skiff]

fishing

[small flint]

Professional pebble collector

[proper matrix]

Hello, good night, sorry for the inconvenience with my girlfriend, we saw a video about this game and we liked it a lot and we wanted to know how to access the pre alpha

[feral arch]

You'll need to sign up on palia.com and then hope you're chosen. It's not open yet.

[grim skiff]

go on the site, sign up , get lucky, receive email

[errant pagoda]

www.palia.com

[dark pewter]

about fishing:

[proper matrix]

Ok tanks so much

[grim skiff]

no problem, taki you later!

[vivid sky]

I have read the pinned faq I now have infinite knowledge

[grim skiff]

it was supposed to be a pun like talk to you later haha

[feral arch]

https://tenor.com/view/surprised-pikachu-pokemon-shock-surprised-pikachu-gif-15357817

[thick oak]

How will cosmetics be handled?

[dark pewter]

as in a cash shop? they wont talk about it right now or anything related to monetization. but what is said is it will be a lot of cosmetics, fashion is high up on the list of things being added

[feral arch]

I don't think it made it into the FAQ, but there was a dev response to a question that said something along the lines of "Outfits? Let's just say you can't explore the world without some style."

[wary folio]

I only ask ONE little question... Can you put some tanukis in the game? In generall or as a animal crossing referense to tom nook aka easter egg?

[feral arch]

All of the animals in Palia so far are uniquely Palian, but if you request it in #game-suggestions they might end up having some similar creatures! Have you seen the Chuus yet? They're super cute. ❤️

[tidal wasp]

I see that the inside of player houses are gonna be like 1-story cottages to start, but what size are the exteriors of the plots? maybe on a scale of massive stardew valley to potentially tight sims plots

[wary folio]

Yeah theyre really cute. But i never see a game with tanuki as playable char <w<

[dark pewter]

theres no details on this yet, but we're told we will see in the pre-alpha!

[sly holly]

well, not we, but some of us 😢

[feral arch]

You can see the plot of land expand in the trailer, but I think that's all we know... No telling how big you can make it 😮

[formal thorn]

Which dark, unspeakable gods and rituals must I venerate to improve my chances of receiving a pre-alpha key when the prophesied hour arrives?

[errant pagoda]

Lord Nuffles, the Bloodbowl God of RNG, cause that is what it will come down too 😛

[mortal carbon]

asking the same (for a friend of course 🤫 )

[grim skiff]

I heard gathering pebbles gives you higher chances

[feral arch]

@dark pewter Have we asked about this mysterious chest yet? It only appears once the plot of land has been expanded, and it's also outside the fence line... which makes me think it has another purpose besides just player-placed storage. 🤔

[formal thorn]

Harvest moon delivery box. Calling it now

[errant pagoda]

Einar's hiding box.

[pine dagger]

Once the pre alpha rolls out, will the people selected be able to reset their characters to redo certain aspects of the game for testing? Things such as tutorials, or maybe not liking how they start off (if any random chance things happen). I know you are only allowed one character slot but is that used slot permanent once taken or free to be deleted also?

[feral arch]

Possibly. I was thinking either a shipping bin, or similar to My Time at Portia's "Resource Box" where you can pay NPCs to deliver raw materials to the bin each day.

[tidal wasp]

if nothing else, they have said there will be a few wipes

[dark pewter]

best guess is a shipping box, like stardew valley

[feral arch]

This is why I need a #theories channel 😅 My tinfoil hat game is STRONG.

[errant pagoda]

Lol Theory channel, like the "Big Bad" is a Bowser sized Chuu who wants to consume all of Palia.

[sand musk]

So we all assume that we'll have multiple possible home locations throughout the game right? Different biomes and aesthetics? Of course nothing confirmed but seems reasonable

[feral arch]

It's a reasonable assumption to make, yeah. They haven't said much of anything on biomes yet unfortunately... I did spot what appears to be a crater in the mountains when the Palia logo comes up in the trailer though... 👀

[sand musk]

Eyy nice detective work. I mean it just seems so reasonable. Highly unlikely main game ships with one home location

[dark pewter]

i dont think its 'biomes' so much as just different types of land because of what happened there. like the big crater could be a part of why the humans vanished (or the reason theyre returning)

[floral oak]

Can we take up a profession in the game? Like become a cashier and save up money that you can than spend in the in game community based economy?

[dark pewter]

there are different skills, not so much professions but i guess they can be seen that way too. so far we know cooking, hunting, fishing, woodcutting, and mining, though they seem more for resource collection than an actual traditional profession. as for economy, they wont really say much about it :/

[floral oak]

Oh okay still sounds great 🤩

[sand musk]

We know the economy will be there at least. But that's about it.

Day three of advocating for brewing/distilling/ wine making type gameplay

[tidal wasp]

not really an answer, but I'm hoping it's a bit like the secret bases from pokemon ruby and sapphire with how theres loads of different places, shapes and sizes for you to smack your home into

[sand musk]

Oof never played them ☹️@tidal wasp

It'll be exciting to see what they do though

[lament salmon]

Will there be a devblog sort of stream when the alpha playtest is available?

[dark pewter]

with the pre-alpha being under NDA, this is doubtful unless its done exclusively with those that are in the testing here in discord

[lament salmon]

Ah as expected, I saw the 'streams' vc here so i was hoping it would be there for those who couldn't get in to see it

[dark pewter]

im not actually sure what that channel is for unless maybe they got the permissions on it wrong a little and it is actually intended for testers to watch devs

[fervent bluff]

Is there any footage already aside of the trailer ? 🙂

[shell flint]

unfortunately not at this time. But there is a content creator form for when we get past pre-alpha when the devs are more willing to show everone their hard work we will be able to show you guys more.

[dark pewter]

no other footage is available right now outside the trailer :/ there is a good bit of concept art and illustrations though in #🌠│official-art and on the lead concept artist's twitter https://twitter.com/jandrew_art

[fervent bluff]

Ahh what a bummer Iam super hyped to see more things like UI, camera etc

[shell flint]

Alright I'm off to bed Panda i leae everything in your capable hands

[dark pewter]

have a good night!

[sick pagoda]

Have someone asked the team about bug reports? Is it going to be some built in system or some forum?

[mild charm]

Will you be able to marry other players as like in Stardew and other farm sims ??

[dark pewter]

@sick pagoda theres no details yet, but it will most likely be a built in system.

@mild charm not currently, but it is a possibility in the future. for now there is the ability to romance npcs

[mild charm]

I mainly ask cuz My fiancee (who is also excited about this game) were curious, but we will have to wait and see lol

[dark pewter]

this is the case for a lot of other players too, so i wouldnt doubt seeing such a system in the future, maybe even before full release

[rain karma]

devteam< how much combat will be present in the game and what kind of Combat will it be? Like action combat or tap?

[mild charm]

Awesome

[violet jay]

Just saw about this, super excited; I am excited about this, is there any place (other than here in the discord) that's an accumulated hub for information about palia?

[dark pewter]

the closest thing to combat in the game currently is hunting, which is the classic, 'kill a deer with a bow' there could be other combat in the future, but for now, their focus is not on any kind of combat

[unkempt finch]

Will the game be released on ios / android?

[dark pewter]

there is a possibility of mobile, along with other systems, and mobile is kind of high up, but their main focus as of now is windows OS pc.

[violet jay]

the only other question right now is "will there be any financial support packs available for players to get access" I've supported many games over the years and more than willing to support some more 🙂

[tall knot]

We can have pet in the game ?

[dark pewter]

the game is fully funded with 16 million collected in private funding, so there will be no kind of crowdfunding or donations taken

[dusk ferry]

Panda get some sleep

[sharp granite]

will there be seasonal changes throughout a month or realistic to the year?

[dark pewter]

@tall knot yes, pets are in the roadmap :)

@wary folio they wont give any info on seasons or events at this time

@dusk ferry not yet :v

@sharp granite as of now, they are not releasing that information

[tall knot]

Ohhh great !!! I like that !

[languid gale]

will there be skills in the game? kinda like runescape?

[dark pewter]

yes! currently the known skills are hunting, fishing, mining, woodcutting, and cooking. no details are given on them though

[sharp granite]

will there be any gambling aspect?

[languid gale]

awesome! So happy to hear! I would totally love to see crafting (clothing) and potion making being skills

[indigo radish]

WOODCUTTING?!?!

[frosty jetty]

Hi! Just joined. I read through the list of answered questioned and was curious. When I saw that there is a possibility of a player economy, would it be standard trading or would there possibly be a way for players to choose certain trait paths like metal worker or cloths maker type for maybe to open their own shop? Sorry if the question doesn't make sence I tried.

[wary folio]

Can we only build inside our rented place or you can also cook and build things when you're outside??

[hushed wolf]

Is it possible to build a house together with a friend?

[next condor]

OG Runescapers be like:

[dark pewter]

@indigo radish you saw the trailer, right? ;)

@frosty jetty dont worry, it made sense! they wont give a lot of details on the economy. there is player trading, but again, no specific details on that. ive asked about owning a shop, as have many others, but again, its all a secret T.T sorry if this isnt the answer you were looking for

@wary folio im not entirely sure :/ in the trailer it is shown theres those kind of things in the house, so im guessing youll be able to use your own stove, outside in the open world? no details.

@hushed wolf yes!

[sharp granite]

will there be any type of witch craft system?

[oak walrus]

What if depending on which skill paths you choose, you can do a fusion between them. Ex. Mining + Woodcutting = Forging

[dusk ferry]

No magic skill, so I doubt.

[wary folio]

Please get the alpha test started please

[wary folio]

Thank you for answering.

[hushed wolf]

Oh thanks

[frosty jetty]

@dark pewter no problem I appreciate the answer!

@oak walrus that sounds cool!

[dark pewter]

they will start it when they are ready, and those chosen to participate will be sent an email saying so. there will also be an announcement in the discord that people have been chosen

[next condor]

If I recall correctly, the lore mentioned on the official site mentions that humans disappeared at some point after "mastering magic". So I think it's likely we'll see a magic system in one way or another (considering we'll all be humans)

[sharp granite]

how many people will be chosen, is there an estimate at the moment?

[wary folio]

How many people would be chosen for the alpha test (what are my chances of getting selected)?

[dark pewter]

as many as they can, but no exact number, sorry

[next condor]

I think #💬│off-topic-chat would be a better place for that my friend

[dusk ferry]

RAID SHADOW LEGENDS?!

[dark pewter]

not that kind of question area ;P (play plants vs zombies)

[sharp granite]

will there be randomized terrain like minecraft seeds?

[dark pewter]

no, the open world is hand crafted, not generated.

[fervent patio]

So the overall feeling I got atm. is that Palia is going to be kind of an Pacifist RPG MMO. Are there something to this?

[wary folio]

What are my chances of being selected

[light phoenix]

Not pacifist. You still hunt animals.

[dark pewter]

its a community sim mmo, not pacifist :P theres jsut not combat as typical combat is

[dusk ferry]

Some things are generated, but not while playing the game. In general the world is very curated
@dark pewter im pretty sure they used some generation at least but polished it by hand after (at least I think busco said something like this)

[languid gale]

the long hours THE NEVER ENDING GRIND! cries from PTSD

[vivid sky]

Since pre alpha is NDA does that mean you have to be over 18 to actually even play if you get a key

[wary folio]

Would there be day and night system

[dark pewter]

@vivid sky i dont think so, no

@wary folio yes, 1 hour irl is 24 hours in game. so 15/15/15/15 dawn, day, dusk, night

[wary folio]

What are the chances of one getting selected can we increase it

[sharp granite]

would this work as an Idea for different weather changes and seasons?

[dusk ferry]

Depends on your country, I know in Belgium for example you would need to be 14 or 16 to sign it yourself

[dark pewter]

they wont give any details on weather or seasons, sorry

[wary folio]

Can people all over the world play or are there some restricted areas

[dusk ferry]

To come back on this question:
In most states, minors are not allowed to be a contracting party, so a minor should not sign a NDA (check google for your country/state if youre unsure)

[dark pewter]

as far as i know, it should be global. im not sure about the pre-alpha being global, but they havnt given any specific information on this yet, sorry :/

[wary folio]

Are there games similar to palia right now
To just get an understanding of how it would be

[light phoenix]

Stardew Valley.

[dark pewter]

this is all the info we have on servers currently. also i dont think ive presonally found anything quite like palia. maybe stardew valley, but that is not an mmo

[frail wedge]

animal crossing x stardew valley 🙂

[dusk ferry]

They are from NA, so probably anything NA/EU at least
@wary folio Stardew Valley is very similar from what we can see, with Breath of the Wild graphics and MMO mixed in

[wary folio]

But it is more like GBA game not graphic like palia as shown in trailer

[dark pewter]

outside of graphics, they are very similar. graphics do not make a game. also i promise you, GBA games dont look nearly as good as stardew does lol

[dusk ferry]

Yes purely gameplay wise, Stardew is made by 1 dev back in the day so it’s pixel art

[next condor]

I'd say not graphics specifically, but visual style definitely makes a game if it's not aiming for realistic (which Palia I think is doing a great job with so far)

[dusk ferry]

Trust me when I say, Stardew is a great game regardless of looks

[dark pewter]

visuals can help give a certain feel of a game, but the thing that matters in a game is gameplay. it could be graphically amazing, best visual style in the world, but if the gameplay is bad, then whats the point?

[wary folio]

Can it be like sao but on pc

[dusk ferry]

Let’s not have discussion about other game graphics now shall we, keep it to QnA

[dark pewter]

not sure what you mean by this, honestly. the game is what it is, you can make suggestions in #game-suggestions

[split shell]

Found this on the FAQ doc? What's it mean?

[simple raft]

I think they mean Sword Art Online. which is like, a second digital world. But that's already off topic lol

[light phoenix]

If you want SAO on PC, just play SAO: Fatal Bullet.

[dark pewter]

@split shell sarap means yummy/delicious :P

@simple raft i know sao, i just dont know if they mean they want the game to be just like the anime

[maiden fable]

Are any microtransactions planned?

[split shell]

kk! Thanks!

[simple raft]

Sarap meand Delicious in Tagalog

[dark pewter]

they will not talk about monetization at this time. (sorry, slowmode makes answering...slow lol)

[simple raft]

Forgive me if this has been asked before, but regarding the skill system, will it be like Runescape where its the "Keep doing that over and over and you'll level up" kind? 🤔

[dark pewter]

no specifics were given, but i think? this is just my own answer here since they wont say, but yeha i think its kind of like that. not nearly as time consuming and grindy though

[cloud gorge]

Damn... Its crazy how you're always here answering to people :D I would have gave up already since 80% of the questions are still the same Anyway, mad respect, @dark pewter

[dark pewter]

haha i appreciate it ^^ yeah probably over 60 hours at this point, but this is what i love to do, i help people as much as i can. plus it gives the devs a bit of slack when it comes to answering the same thing over and over again

[lunar needle]

Can I know what tipe of stats I need for my PC to play this game?.

[dark pewter]

the devs dont know system requirements yet in specifics, however they are quite low.

[lunar needle]

Ok thanks for the patience

[dark pewter]

of course, this may help give you a baseline

[lunar needle]

I don't have 16 GB RAM T.T

[dark pewter]

how much ram do you have? i think the game wouldnt need much more than around 4-6gb

[dusk ferry]

A few instances, meaning he's probably running both editor + game (or even more)
Which would take up 3x more RAM and GPU resources than the actual game itself

[lunar needle]

4 GB T.T I can't buy it more, and I don't know we're to put that cause I have a laptop

[dusk ferry]

4GB is very low end, since you have to keep system resources in mind as well might still be possible to run game tho
PS: you probably can't even change the RAM yourself either way on laptop (at least, since it sounds like a rather old one)

[dark pewter]

4 should be fine, dont worry :) as eezeh said, i know busco was running the game in 3 clients at one time, but they also most likely had many other things open to, since they are the UI dev. 4 should be perfectly fine. also do you play any minecraft modpacks? you know how damanding some of those massive packs can be? they only require 4gb 90% of the time.

[lunar needle]

Yep

[sly holly]

8 gb for laptop shouldn't be that expensive, there's lot of nifty tuts online on how to get them in, but first you gottan make sure your laptop can fit them

[lunar needle]

I play Minecraft whit Pixelmon, and this sometime lagg

[dusk ferry]

Keep in mind the system resources (~2GB, so only 2GB left in best case scenario ^^)
I think in general, you will be able to run the game, but it might sometimes get laggy yes

[lunar needle]

I was thinking about that

[cloud gorge]

:DDD I´d beg to differ. I have 16GB RAM and still get lags in large minecraft modpacks 😄 Optifine is a must for minecraft modpacks.

[light phoenix]

That's more because Minecraft is unoptimized than anything else.

[fading mist]

4 will probably be fine. windows is ok at giving the game what it needs. just dont expect to get crazy high performance or have much else open in the background

[dusk ferry]

RAM isnt only thing either 😄 (minecraft can be very CPU intensive)

[dark pewter]

not if you use a fabric modpack instead of a forge one ;p

[cloud gorge]

I guess both..? I lost track of what modpacks I´ve played over the years.

[dark pewter]

fabric is a newer, much more stable modloader, 1.16+

[lunar needle]

I have to thx you, I want to play this game whit my friends, and I want to relax, soo I will pray for my PC to no explode XD

[cloud gorge]

I´ve got i5 intel (6500) 3.5 Ghz sooo... I should be okay moreless

[dusk ferry]

4 threads, not too powerful ^^ (more than fine for most games tho, when not limit testing haha)
modern hardware is 12+ threads at 4Ghz

[cloud gorge]

Yeah, Im not saying I have a beast for a PC 😄 But I think It´s decent at least for Minecraft 😄

[dark pewter]

im running a ryzen 5 3600, 6 cores, 12 threads, still sometimes have issues with modpacks haha most games dont utilize multi-threading, unfortunately. more cores/threads is more so used in things like video editing and photoshop

[sly holly]

man I'm running an i5 7th gen with a 2gb vidoe board and 12 gigs of wam and I crank those modpacks to up to 150 mods izi

[lunar needle]

This components are Okey?

[dark pewter]

oof i3, but it is 5th gen, so it shouldnt be all that bad. we are getting off topic though a bit ^^

[paper condor]

Can we please put the word "soon" on the ban list for this discord. I really hate this answer for ETA of pre alpha

[dusk ferry]

we flexing with specs now? letme get my new pc specs out

[onyx musk]

Do someone think i can run palia on 8 gb of ram?

[lunar needle]

Soo you say a can play it whit low stats right?

[molten cradle]

would you ban "whenever its ready" too?

[cloud gorge]

Of course. Most probably two instances of it at the same time.

[dark pewter]

how about this response "It could be month, it might be months. The other two no way (referring to quarters and years)"

[fading mist]

@lunar needle if the game is fairly well optimized then your pc might be able to play it on low at around 30 fps

[paper condor]

I like more the answer like we don't plan it this month

[dusk ferry]

Which it will be considering the experience in the team, and having some UE4 experts / Epic devs on board

[cloud gorge]

I´ll say It like this... There was a running joke that Palia will replace Doom in terms of "If you can run It on a calculator" 😄 So don´t worry and have faith 🙂

[lunar needle]

Thanks for the help, I will say this to my friends, I can't wait for this game TvT

[dark pewter]

i think the reason they give this answer is because theyre not 100% sure themselves. they could also know exactly, but its all they will give us at this time, so you have to respect that. they have their own NDA to obey, we cant expect them to break that

[lunar needle]

I have a PC whit Intel inside, it's good or bad?

[dusk ferry]

doesn't matter much

[languid gale]

@dark pewter is the MVP of this chat room

[fading mist]

intel is fine there isnt a lot of difference in them anymore

[sly holly]

I still think that Pastel should take a break.

[paper condor]

I just hate this word, because it can mean everything between the next 30min and next year. Would be awesome just to know if we can relax this week or this month.

[lunar needle]

Ah ok, I only have to pray for being good 4 GB of ram soo

[sly holly]

I mean you can relax eitherway, y know...

[cloud gorge]

We do know that the pre alpha should launch before the end of this year. But nothing more specific.

[dark pewter]

well i can tell you this, it definitely wont be next year haha. honestly, based on other things, they said on the signup a few weeks, and i think another dev (or maybe it was an article) said summer. so honestly with that...its either this month or next month.

my personal answer? i say sometime around the 15-30th of this month. based on all this

[paper condor]

ohh this early, :sad_chapaa_emote:, than it will collide with another game I really want to play

[sly holly]

You're sure you getting into pre-alpha though? xD

[dark pewter]

waht game? crowfall? also melleril makes a good point, signing up isnt a guarantee you will make it into the pre-alpha

[paper condor]

If it collides with another game yes, if I have time no

[lusty yoke]

Probably a bit more of a technical question, but I am curious as to what engine the game is running on. And I'm also curious as to the workflow you use for the art style.

[sly holly]

I meant for Palia xD; the majority of the community here will be left on dry land once pre-alpha is on.

[dusk ferry]

dont worry at all 😛 this is 2 games at the same time (league for graphics reference point + the launcher as well and stardew for game type)
and uses less than 2GB total can even run discord within that limit

[lunar needle]

Bruh.. XD fantastic

[fading mist]

league and stardew are not the best examples because they are crazy optimized for low spec computers but i dont know a lot about how this game is being optimized

[dark pewter]

oh sorry didnt see this question. the engine is unreal engine 4

[sand musk]

@lusty yoke UE4

[paper condor]

yeah it is the story of my life. If I start a good game and dedicate myself to it, than some more good games come out and I get alpha access and so on. But when I wait for somthing new to come and finally find a game and apply for alpha and really have time to test and give feedback I never am lucky

[dark pewter]

sorry guys, should keep this on-topic to questions only, dont wanna miss anything yknow ^^

[lusty yoke]

I had a feeling it was UE4, very curious if they'll swap to UE5 since that's in EA and looking very promising.

[echo thorn]

Hey I was reading further up and noticed that you are able to build houses with friends? Is there any sort of elaboration of how this works, like is it a party thing, roommates, relationships?

[dusk ferry]

If they have a reason to, and it won't cost much time/funding then they probably will later down the line

[languid gale]

Will the game (thanks to UE4) have ray tracing? I know it is completely unnessesary, but i am a "respectable street worker" for graphics and graphics technology

[dark pewter]

@lusty yoke they said this may happen, or may not, ther wasnt enough information released on it yet for them to make that decision for now.

@echo thorn theres a system that you can basically whitelist people who youd like to help you build :) shared housing is not a thing (but could be in the future maybe) and as for relationships, only NPCs are romancable at this time, player romance and marriage may come at a later time

@languid gale theyre avoiding that question for now, so im guessing they dont know yet or just dont want to release that info

[lusty yoke]

Understandable. Either way the game looks gorgeous and I just love the art style and coziness of it all.

[dusk ferry]

I doubt on that, especially in the pre-alpha testing it won't be included

[echo thorn]

Awesome. I would be totally interested in pressuring my friends to marry me.

[languid gale]

not expecting it in alpha testing, but UE4/UE5 does have intergrated capabilities for it, so it shouldn't be super unrealistic in the future. I think

[dark pewter]

it could happen, just not right now :P they are collecting questions on wednesday to answer on thursday, theyre doing a weekly Q&A, so you may want to bring this up again on wednesday and it may get answered

[languid gale]

Will do, jeez Wednesday is gonna be a busy day for me lol between, battlefield reveal, Loki episode 1 and now this i have nothing left for the day to relax hahaha

[onyx musk]

Will palia be free to play? And if not, how much it will be?

[dark pewter]

they will not talk about monetization at this time

[sly holly]

New here? Check the pinned document

[languid gale]

understandable, touchy subject for many gamers and potential players

[languid gale]

did not know of this, thanks!

[paper condor]

Will every player get the same lot size or will there be different lot sizes?

[dark pewter]

based on the trailer, plot size is expanded as you progress. devs havnt explicitly stated this, but the trailer did show something like that at timestamp 1:06

[sly holly]

right, were there any talks about multiple housing instances? like more than just 1 house as in ESO, for example?

[paper condor]

hmm I saw the house size changing but not the lot size, time to analyze the trailer again

[dark pewter]

they havnt said if you can own more than one home at a time, sorry. bring it up on wednesday, neleimour is collecting questions to be answered on thursday

[forest sonnet]

I believe info about this is not on the docs shared in the pinned message so here goes:
Who are the devs planning on sending keys to for pre-alpha? Are they focusing on experienced gamers/journalists/critics or will they try to send them to a more casual audience? What are the plans on criteria for key distribution?

[frank fern]

The distribution, from what I've heard, will not* be randomized

[sly holly]

I think the most info they can get is what you send via the application form.
So they might cater to different playtime/week and all that to make sure they have gamers in each category testing the game, but that's just a guess

[dark pewter]

they wont talk about the specific criteria because people will try to game the system. i can confirm, it will not be random.

[frank fern]

whistles awkwardly while updating my reply

[forest sonnet]

Makes sense, kind of brings my hopes down tho. I got so hyped up by this game too

[paper condor]

normally they use such surveys to put people in different groups and than take random out of the groups so they have the mix they need

[sly holly]

We all did, like everyone. But take into account - 50k people; think that more than 90% of us will be pre-alpha-less.

[errant pagoda]

60k now more or less lol

[dark pewter]

just refreshed discord

[dusk ferry]

Well actually, the 90% will probably be accurate. Have to keep in mind not even half the people who signed up are in this discord. (more like 100-200k signed up)

[forest sonnet]

the video has around 200k views, so I would say around 100-150k tops

[dark pewter]

theres also some people in discord that didnt sign up, ive seen quite a few. also remember, 200k views is on one video, there are a ton of others too, and not everyone watched the palia channel video specifically

[rain canopy]

(Cries in Chuu)

[dusk ferry]

Hmm well I know ~10 friends of mine signed up, half didnt see video and only 1-2 in discord for example

[forest sonnet]

That is kind of soothing, thanks! I hate waiting for game launches, I have so many issues with anxiety that it's taxing to me

[paper condor]

we should or should not ask on wednesday, how many have signed up for pre-alpha. So you can get your hopes up or totally crashed

[dusk ferry]

Regardless, doesn't really matter how many signed up, enough for them to get proper feedback, it's all about hoping you get in now

[sly holly]

Hopes are already crashed, I doubt they'll prepare a 50k capacity server only for pre-alpha - but WHO knows?!

[sand sorrel]

What will be the payment method of Palia? is it gonna be sub like WoW or b2p?

[paper condor]

Have they anything released about the timeframe of the pre alpha? Like will it be limited for a specific time or special times for play tests?

[dark pewter]

monetization is not talked about right now.

[dusk ferry]

No details about pre-alpha at the moment

[sand sorrel]

oh ok

[supple beacon]

i am curious what the end-game will look like, how will it keep us hooked over time whilst we hit max lvl. what sort of dungeons maybe? will there be bosses with strategies or will it be more focused on ease of play and collecting stuff like animal crossing?

[sly holly]

think Collections will play a big part and most major events will revolve around them

[light phoenix]

The game's trailer puts a lot of emphasis on exploration and building up a home. I'd imagine the endgame focuses on collections, making a mansion and filling it with furniture, and finding every little tidbit on the map.

[dark pewter]

no specifics about endgame will be given at this time. as for dungeons, they will exist, but probably not how you expect. bosses are not a thing in the traditional sense either, as theres no combat in the game. the closest thing to combat in this game is hunting (you have a bow, you hunt animals) theres currently no death or even HP in the game.

[tawny verge]

is the game free?

[dark pewter]

monetization is not being talked about at this time. (sorry for slow answer, slowmode is 1 minute long)

[tawny verge]

all good thanks :)

[sly holly]

But is advised to do a quick search before asking using certain keywords - monetization has 231 results xD; not being a hater, just informing on how you can get ur answer faster ❤️
when searching, Pastel's replies are 100% to be trusted

[supple beacon]

hmmm, so it will be more of a puzzle / gathering game. you would require a very well developed story behind it to keep enough people entertained for a long period of time. or a sort of player driven progression, since most mmo's contain some sort of teamwork level difficulty 🤔

[dark pewter]

nothing about puzzles has been said, but story is a major part of this game. there are also many co-op systems in place, so you can expect a lot of teamwork in the game too

ive answered this sooooo many times hahaha

[errant pagoda]

its one of the more common questions we responsed to.

[summer spear]

What will be the formal way to have structured feedback in the alpha ?

[narrow canopy]

Hey Pastel, where does this come from? Is there a wiki or something like that? 🙂

[dark pewter]

@summer spear yes! during the pre-alpha, ther will be channels specifically for feedback from testers.

@narrow canopy that came from this document of all devs answers in the last 4 days that romance just linked (ty romance <3)

[narrow canopy]

awesome 👍 😱

[errant pagoda]

All credit and cheers goes to the mad lad, Vlad.

[coral bear]

sorry if this was asked before but do we know roughly how much disk space is needed for palia?

[narrow canopy]

thanks so much for your work!

[supple beacon]

how will the game handle friends playing together from diffrent continents?, i have friends from europe / america though i live in australia

[dark pewter]

they havnt said yet, im not sure if they even know, seeing as the game is only coming into pre-alpha. also wow that green color is wayyy too close to the moderator green, may wanna mention that to a dev or mod haha

[summer spear]

Would love to see and in game barter goods system rather than currency, to promote player ineraction, goods provider specalisation and the players can determine worth self regulating.