❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha

[light phoenix]

Barter goods will result in one good coming to be a currency regardless.

[dark pewter]

put it in #game-suggestions the devs are always watching and recording ideas for the game

[dull estuary]

If a question is asked, but can't be answered right now for whatever reason, but the question is a good question could you mention it in your q&a that such is the case rather than not mentioning it?

[cerulean crown]

I normally never take the bait, but this scared me lol

[dark pewter]

unfortunately due to the massive amounts of questions the devs will likely get on the weekly Q&A, if the question cant or wont be answered, it likely wont make it in just so they can keep it simple. wouldnt wanna have a bunch of "this question was asked, sorry we cant say" and then moving on to another. they want to get to as many answerable questions as possible

[dull estuary]

"this question was asked, sorry we cant say" is a lot better than feeling ignored, imho

[dark pewter]

i completely understand, and agree! but please understand also that the sheer amount of people in the server kind of prevents this, as it would be very time consuming and unproductive :/ theyre not trying to ignore anyone, its just the reality of the situation :/ theres only 50 of them (and not all of them will be answering) and almost 60k of us

was there any question you did have? even if it is non-answerable, i will do my best to try ^^

[serene mulch]

Is the game in beta yet?

[dull estuary]

Nuh, I only recently joined and asked 1 question

[cerulean crown]

pre-alpha coming soon

[dark pewter]

the game is coming up to pre-alpha, which you can sign up for on palia.com and remember that signing up is not a guarantee that you will be chosen

[paper condor]

Is Einar the only robot or one of many?

[errant pagoda]

Not sure if they said yet, but we all hope that Einar will be legion.

[dark pewter]

thats a good question, hes the only one currently shown but..theres gotta be more than just him...right?

[paper condor]

I want a mini Einar

imagine a pond in your garden and a mini Einar fishing there

[rotund barn]

baby Einar pls

[wary folio]

there might be a lot of golems

[errant pagoda]

Samsung Einar mini galaxy

[wary folio]

if they are a race that is. one for each village. ( why the time out between posts 😦 )

[dark pewter]

because at certain times, a LOT of questions come in, this makes it a bit more manageable. except when times are quiet, and then it makes responding a pain :P

[wary folio]

Is there any footage or images about the character customisation?

[dark pewter]

not as of yet, no. first sight of that will be in the pre-alpha for those that get access

[rough stone]

How large can the cities players create become?

[dark pewter]

players dont create cities :P

[rough stone]

Interesting…🤔

[rotund barn]

There's a pinned link to a Google doc that'll have the most comprehensive information for you if you're curious 🙂

[rough stone]

Sure, do you have the link or know where I could find it?

Thank you

[dark pewter]

last message for the night: most questions can be answered by the document in the pinned section of this channel, so check it out! also save your really juicy questions for the weekly Q&A ;)

[lunar needle]

i need one more respond to an answer, i will have to pay for the game?

[dark pewter]

Monetization won't be answered at this time, it's too early

[errant pagoda]

Monetary policies haven't been discussed yet

[lunar needle]

or i will be free?

[lunar needle]

ah thx ^v^

[woeful pilot]

I like the way albion online (not directly the game style) gives the player the freedom to buy a membership with accumulated in-game money! (that really one takes about 3 days of pure play) and then continue to get the next month! (an idea do not burn me: C)

[wary folio]

I've seen a few games do that, I've also seen ones that allow game currency to be exchanged for cash shop currency or allow cash shop items to be sold in general. If they go the cash shop or membership route I hope something along those lines is done as well

[woeful pilot]

Exact and a type of Market is created (apart from the same game) where the price is given by the supply and demand of the currency exchange

[wary folio]

I just hope the exchange doesn't get insanely high like it did for gw2 if they go that route, or like wows token exchange

[echo thorn]

Idk I personally dislike systems like that. It really only benefits people who game the system or take advantage of certain markets in how you gain currency. In my own experience casual players would get turned away at the sight of buying in game currency, or selling.

[floral onyx]

It has definitely turned me away from some games but i know people who do enjoy the systems and were all casual so it seems more like a hit/miss

[supple beacon]

i generally like the bartering system. then an item becomes as valuable as the individual determins it to be

[wary folio]

The only time I've seen the system work decently is when a game simply added the ability to gift cash shop items, then the community took hold and decided on their own exchange rates and kept it reasonable

[echo thorn]

I just feel as if it is such a hit or miss option it is far too risky for any new game. I felt like Diablo did it "okay" for a time, being able to purchase items. But then again when I ask friend groups for it most are against the idea of such a system returning

[paper condor]

hm where are the devs located? US?

[hasty needle]

Yup, Los Angeles

[wary folio]

I can definitely understand that, especially if a cash shop has items that would be considered pay to win. Personally I like the option since I am a casual player and don't have the spare cash to throw at pretty vanity items in a cash shop but am not beyond saving up a bit of game currency so I get the pretty thing via someone else trading it to me 😅

[stable forum]

can i control the giant robot from the trailer?

[wary folio]

Don't think so, he's a fishing npc who loves pebbles

[stable forum]

ah so can i marry him then instead

[echo thorn]

I feel like cosmetics belong in that sort of category. Such as purchasing an aesthetic item or costume, and being able to trade or sell it as another option. It's much less shady and pay to win, plus people love looking cool and being able to earn it makes it feel nice.

[wary folio]

They have mentioned that npc marriage won't be added until later, so maybe eventually

[stable forum]

ahhh fair enough

[paper condor]

I hope they have enough emotes in the game for flirting

[wary folio]

Yeah I should have clarified that earlier that I was meaning vanity cash shop items, people love looking awesome 😆

[echo thorn]

I wonder how involved they will be in terms of romantic gestures? Would love to see if player relationships will have any depth as well

[paper condor]

Since we can design our house quite freely, can we paint it in what ever colour we want?

[outer birch]

you can only romance romancable NPCs

[stable forum]

idk if he is or not thats the question

[wary folio]

I would imagine so, even if not at launch they may add it later

[woeful pilot]

Yes it is true but if runescape had had its own market business (which is not 100% the way to achieve it, albion asks you like 5 dollars a month unlike wow that asks you much more) more people would have cheered for more. it is not the only way to get membership. my points are
-GMs and employees must be paid
-I think I pay for the game at the beginning and not deliver 60% of the game and the other 40 to get it through those
4 ways (monthly missions to get membership, pay with game money, change the game money (silver x gold) to pay the membership or simply pay it with real money)
-making the market change makes the player more immersed

[floral onyx]

will player housing be railed or more sandboxy like valheim or minecraft?

[echo thorn]

Personally I would be okay with exchanging currency for a membership. But I am not okay with players exchanging in game currency for irl currency. Sub fees aren't terrible if the devs are active. An up front fee should 100% give you the entire experience with the exception DLCs or expansions though. To clarify that I dont mean how WoW triple dips in that, one or other imo.

[paper condor]

not like valheim but you don't have to use fix layouts for the house

[sick mica]

Idk I really hope it’s like one time payment and you just have everything. Like Overwatch? But if I have to do an ESO thing I guess I would for a bit, but I’d be more likely to stop if the fees get too much, ya know?

[echo thorn]

Totally agreeable. I personally prefer the one and done deal, like a $40/$60 upfront and I'm good until an expansion releases

[woeful pilot]

If you give the experience 100%, how do you invest for the next seasons of the game? I still fully understand the idea that the player does not take advantage of taking real money from the game, since that should be done by the developer with the membership, but that's what the security and the ban of those people I think. at the end of the day you can get everything in the game with a little hard work 🙂

[woeful pilot]

For me, a person from the third world, generating that income is complicated, I would rather be playing or buying a membership of 8 dollar games. but at the end of the year I would be spending the same as you say 60 dollars a year which I do not think is wrong, but giving a plus at the beginning would limit the target audience

[echo thorn]

I just feel as if it is unfair to ask for an up front fee and not give the full product. Subscriptions and memberships are a-okay on my books, it's the matter of I pay for something, I want the whole something.

[maiden hornet]

Is there a way to help with further game development ? Like translations or moderation in languages we know etc.

[sick mica]

Yeah! Temtem did something like this where the game was much cheaper at first with little content but now if you get it, the price has risen because WAY more content.

[paper condor]

not yet known

[woeful pilot]

Obviously, but you can still pay for it within the game? Using runescape as an example, they showed you everything you could do, places to find yourself, new items, etc, you could also meet people in non-private places, Tibia also focused on that, and they are games that lasted at least a decade without complaints about it.

[tight grove]

All in all, you can’t please everyone, hopefully they’ll choose the one that’s most suitable for the game..
And this has turn into discussion, why not go to #💬│palia-discussions

[woeful pilot]

forgive me I thought I was talking to someone from the team, my mistake

[echo thorn]

I am sorry to hear that you are in that situation. That is not to say others don't experience this too, but you can't try and say that because this model fits best for you, it fits for everyone. There are pros and cons. For sub or membership fees some play in spurts and that's bad for the player count. Up front is obviously more off the bat, but for players that pay that right away, if they play for a year or so they saved money rather than a sub.

[quartz laurel]

Is the pre alpha testing gonna be under NDA?

[dark pewter]

Yes

[maiden hornet]

yeah

[sick mica]

I mean yes! Hoho

[tight grove]

Actual team members would have [S6] in their name
Everyone else is just a fan like you and me

[sick mica]

Do we know if they plan on putting this on the switch or any other platform? Or strictly Pc?

[paper condor]

pre alpha on PC

[dark pewter]

Possible down the line, but they can't make promises

[tight grove]

#❔│game-faqs message

[sick mica]

Aye nice! I hope it’s the switch, I love laying in bed and just vibing with a game.

[dark pewter]

Or rather I should add that this also depends on the console companies, as they dictate what can go on their platforms. A dev mentioned legalities

[rough laurel]

Yooo sameee

I can't wait to read the NPC's background stories. When'll it be out??

[turbid salmon]

I'm not sure if this has already been asked but is there any set limit on how big the world will end up being?

[dense summit]

I think somewhere it was said that at least for the start it would be smaller than zelda: Breath of the Wild but also that expansions can happen in future updates
Will be looking in the docs for quote

[turbid salmon]

Oh thank you for the info, iv only found out about the game today!

[dense summit]

what I found in the docs (in the pinned comments):
"We're starting smaller and aiming to grow bigger. For alpha we will certainly have instances of our maps that support so many players, but making sure your group is together and you can visit each other without loading screens and your social experience is smooth is one of our primary goals as a team."

"Travel Options? Our world is meant to feel large and have lots of things to do/discover but we don't believe spending an hour to travel between zones is how folks want to spend their time. There's a pretty open fast travel system in the Alpha right now and we're considering all forms of feedback on how to improve it."

"We're trying to use real geometry where we can rather than have you running into invisible walls. Our game will feel more curated than open world"

[halcyon elm]

Hey BIG fan of fishing in video games, my question is what would the fishing be like? Could you give a comparison to a game that it would be similar to ? thanks

[errant pagoda]

Fishing Skill > Yes, and its more than just cast and RNG
Fishing will be more involved than AC, yes. We're more like Stardew there. (AC = Animal Crossing)
That's a great question! I'm aware of Stardew's infamous fishing difficulty. We are aiming for a similar level of depth but with a gentler difficulty curve. You should be able to succeed at low-level fishing even if you are not good at the mechanic.

[lean cargo]

Does Palia have a publisher? 🙂 How is the studio funded/financed? 🙂

[errant pagoda]

Not Sure if S6 have a particular publisher, but the current project was privately funded. Not much info in the Google Doc regarding that.

[outer birch]

Fishing will be more involved than AC, yes. We're more like Stardew there. (AC = Animal Crossing)

From the unofficial doc for palia

[wary folio]

Will there be pets,mounts(horses etc.) like stuff in the game on launch or feature content?

[dense summit]

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

from the docs about Mounts and Pets^

[mortal warren]

When the game releases, where will we be able to get it from?

[errant pagoda]

They have yet to say, whether it has its own launcher via their website, or another party like steam or epic is still a mystery.

[mortal warren]

Ok, thank you

[lofty ginkgo]

Will there be hostile creatures?

[floral onyx]

Seems like combat is optional assuming there is combat? Outside of hunting rather

[lofty ginkgo]

But they said there was no health bar richt?

[errant pagoda]

Combat? 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.
Hunting is the most action-oriented skill in the pre-alpha. But you are right - it's NOT combat. We have some really exciting plans in the "action" space for this game, but I can't tell you anything about them right now. Your patience is appreciated here.

as of the pre alpha, not at the moment though. And yes, no health bar as of yet. quoted from the doc.

[lofty ginkgo]

Thx Cant wait to see it !

[wary folio]

Have you thought of adding or is there something like a Create a Style tool like in Sims 3 for furniture or clothes to make items customisable even as a payable feature?

[red magnet]

how can i get a beta key ?

[errant pagoda]

No Beta yet, just Pre Alpha, but for a chance, go to their website, www.palia.com and sign up.

[safe matrix]

Hi All, I have a question about the house system that I saw on the video, how the system works are we gonna have lands to buy and everybody can see or the house is it a unique instance on the game that only the player and invited friends can see?

[floral onyx]

Seems to be instanced

[modest plume]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ECHPsDvyC0KP6ldYRaeFtmR0mhwBVGckWEPcH_zNc7E/mobilebasic

[errant pagoda]

Theres alot involving the house system on the google doc, the link that Church linked and is pinned in the channel.

[safe matrix]

Thank you, reading 🙂

[tawny verge]

whats the ui gonna be like?
are you gonna be able to download addons/plugins kind of like wow

[errant pagoda]

They havent said anything about doing addon/plugins yet, but there is also a sizeable section on the google doc about the UI, that might be better to read there then post the blob here. Like 10 dot points worth atleast.

[sharp pasture]

What is the name Palia based on? I was wondering why it was pronounced Pay-lia and not Pah-lia

[tawny verge]

can you send the google doc pls

thanks

[errant pagoda]

No worries, but the one to thank is the Mad Lad, Vlad, who is keeping it up to date ^_^

[safe matrix]

About business model will be free-to-play? if it is free-to-play what are the limitations ?

[errant pagoda]

They haven't announced anything relating to their business model yet.

[bold nova]

will there be light combat or hunting?

[errant pagoda]

Hunting is going to be in the pre alpha, they have talked about combat but nothing in the pre alpha as of yet according to the doc's.

[bold nova]

sick cool cool

[floral onyx]

Even with the lack of combat atleast so far is stuff like plate/leather ect armor is going to be a part of the vast variety of cosmetic items?

[scarlet granite]

We know that there's a tavern, but are there gonna be multiplayer games playable in there? like some sort of cardgame

[errant pagoda]

Yes. You have your cosmetic outfits, of which we already have a dazzling variety. You also have your tools, like pickaxe, fishing rod, butterfly net. These have quality tiers, but you only have one at a time, e.g. a higher-quality axe replaces the lower-tier one, you're not juggling both. There's a huge variety of harvestable and gatherable and craftable items that you can have in your inventory. Tools specifically, we do want it to be as easy and seamless as possible so you're not constantly swapping items and switching to inventory management after every activity.
Outfit Slots? Guaranteed. Why stop at one slot for outfits?

taken from the google doc

[bold nova]

can you run your own tavern as a place to hang out?

[errant pagoda]

@scarlet granite and @bold nova both unknown at this point.

[bold nova]

good to know

[scarlet granite]

That's why we are asking the team

[floral onyx]

Pretty sure they don't use this tab anymore but rather do a weekly q and a

[errant pagoda]

unknown as in, not willing/able to answer at this point lol. Games and such have been brought up before.

[latent otter]

Yall seem pretty open with pronouns in the discord, will there be a similar variety in the game? Or to put it differently, what's the gender spectrum you plan on implementing in the game?

[wary folio]

they plan to not have genders, u can have any body type and any pronoun

[modest plume]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ECHPsDvyC0KP6ldYRaeFtmR0mhwBVGckWEPcH_zNc7E/mobilebasic

[latent otter]

Oh that's good to know ^-^ thxx

[crude nest]

Is there an age limit for participation in the pre-alpha test?

[wary folio]

and u can romance almost all npcs, their gender/race(elf or human) doesnt matter

[errant pagoda]

So far the game is targeted to Early Teen and onwards, so, I guess around that age?

[latent otter]

Niiicee

[wary folio]

discords ToS makes it that only 13+ peeps are allowed , so a good guess would that people from 13 and above can play

[quaint talon]

I am curious what the progression will look like, besides the skill level ups. Are there more items to collect or craft?

And this might be a very high level question, but what is the players goal? (Besides having fun)

[heady rover]

you don't need discord to take part in the pre alpha tho do you?

[short dune]

think you need to sign an NDA to be in the pre alpha test, might be an age requirment for that

[wary folio]

they say they will have fun and interesting achievements, theres plenty of fish, plants, and if ur done with the game content wise, then the community aspect comes in where groups of people can work towards a big goal

[errant pagoda]

They haven't specifically said so, but discord will have pre alpha stuff for the testers

[heady rover]

the NDA is for content creators, not everyone has to sign it

[short dune]

that doesnt make sense?

[wary folio]

yes pre alpha testers will get acess to private channels in the server

[heady rover]

Only content creators have to sign the NDA I'm sure? If you aren't a streamer or youtuber or anything i dont think you have to sign it

[errant pagoda]

The NDA will be for everyone, content creator or not. You dont need to be a content creator to make a potential video or take a screenshot.

[heady rover]

Ah yeah i guess, I thought i read something in the content creator form about it so I thought it was just for CCs

[wary folio]

the NDA is for evryone "Will be under NDA at least for the beginning" - the faq doc

[modest plume]

Here is the current stance on weather(i assume this covers seasons too)

Weather? We aren't ready to talk about weather specifically right now, sorry. Palia is not a world without weather, I can say that

[wary folio]

i think in the beginning(pre alpha) they will have basic weather and only one season , by basic weather i mean rainy, windy, cloudy and clear (this is just my opinion/theory)

[modest plume]

Eh idk. Pre-alpha is just for stress testing and bug finding so i dont think thats a current focus

[errant pagoda]

testing content and feedback will be a big part of it too

[summer spear]

How will neighbourhoods create their own identity ?

[floral onyx]

It's a sim game so I'm assuming the neighborhoods will have their identity based on their inhabitants including npc's with their own lives

[harsh latch]

If I get an Alpha invitation, is there an easy way to get an invitation for a friend as well?

[midnight forum]

Have them sign up individually together with you and they might get selected also. No invitation system

[harsh latch]

Bummer. I don't think I'd play without my wife.

[midnight rain]

the pinned doc says that some may be able to bring their friends as well

[pine apex]

^

[odd oriole]

Hello and have a very good day everyone.
Thank you for this Google document with lots of information!

Your game interests me a lot with to games like Stardew Valley, My time at Portia, Eco, ..

On classic MMOs, I'm not a fan of the ability to do everything in a community game.
Too often, this locks Tryharder players into a single player loop within a multiplayer game itself.
Even more annoying are the guilds of industrial or pyramidal agriculture or even the gold farmer.
The only interaction with these players or guilds is uninteresting when they have completely overloaded the economy, imposed their prices and made it difficult for new players to set up looking for the same starting experience as the old ones.

Unpretentious, I send you here my player opinion and several remarks / ideas / questions that may remain unanswered to submit to the dev team related to these community aspects:

• construction, I appreciate the idea of ​​needing a neighbor (100 woods and 2 people) to craft a new secondary structure on the ground.
  As for stardew where you have to go see an NPC to craft a chickencoop.
  It may seem restrictive but it is a way to encourage people to interact, come to your place in a solidarity way or thank you with a payment.
• trade or craft, I like the idea of ​​having skilled trades that other people can count on.
  For example, everyone can be a farmer to cultivate their field, but not everyone is a miller to obtain the flour necessary for the baker and to cook.
  This encourages players to organize themselves in their neighborhood to choose a particular complementary profession, of course, anyone can change their profession at any time.
  Do these interactions exist in the Palia's crafting ?
• interaction: is a system of donation / bartering without money possible between players as for the NPC in stardew which requests an object by mail or request?

Sorry for the size and the poor quality of translation.
Thank you for your lecture. 😋

[wary folio]

Has the team thought about the ability to have aquariums in your house and put in rare fish you catch? I checked the unofficial Google doc but didn't see an answer!

[digital scarab]

Will there be any fighting in the game?

[fickle needle]

the amount of mini modding/fake mods and people acting like theyve been playing the game for years is actually insane

[dire gorge]

wheres this google doc

[tight grove]

it's pinned 📌

[dense osprey]

Are there plans for taming, breeding and keeping animals as livestock?

[summer spear]

Neighbourhoods as in conmunity guilds

[floral onyx]

I figured it was referring to the technical aspect of it

[tight grove]

tbf, most are just replying with the devs' answers for similar question

Tho some do add words and their own take to those answers, those are definitely misleading and should be stopped

[summer spear]

Like the systems or clothing logos, tabards, unique stuff for that particular guild.

[lean cargo]

Does anyone have more info on how they are funded?

never mind, seem like they got $16.5 mil after a Series A funding

[supple ridge]

Neat. It's nice they don't have to rely on Kickstarter, feels like too often the funding on that ends up miscalculated and stuff gets delayed forever, released badly, or not released at all

[lean cargo]

yep, game development is notoriously difficult, especially when it comes to roadmap estimations etc

[sturdy storm]

What is a chuu (chuuu??)

[errant pagoda]

Little furball creatures in the trailer, If i can find a good image in the discord I will link it for you
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/809886672560717865/851209135760736256/chuuparty.gif

[supple ridge]

think you have the wrong person there :p

[errant pagoda]

Yup, it happens alot more frequently then you think 😛

Chapaa's are the official name but the community before it had said knowledge referred to them as Chuu's

[forest osprey]

hey, will there be skill progression with xp?(or something like xp)

[wintry minnow]

Hello all , following a request from a content creator how long to receive an answer? please thanks :)

[granite parrot]

will the main story be fully available after launch or will it be slowly revealed via updates?

[forest osprey]

bars? anyhow thats awesome 😄

[errant pagoda]

Bars being skills in this case, to the best of the doc's knowledge.

[forest osprey]

Aah alright, Thanks for the info!!!

[feral arch]

Good morning Palians! Happy Monday. Did Nel remember to feed the Devs over the weekend?

[covert mantle]

Are there going to be group activities as dungeons or raids?

[errant pagoda]

Lol Do you see any cookie bags in the kitchen, if so then no he did not remember.

[feral arch]

There are parties of up to four, we don't know exactly what for yet though but it sounds like there will be group activities involved with at least some of the mechanics in the game (see fishing in the FAQ)

[covert mantle]

is it going to be possible to duel or kill other players?

[tight grove]

No PvP currently. No character death even.
From pinned FAQ 📌

[feral arch]

To piggyback off that, that doesn't mean there won't be PVP in regards to competitions between players. Just no stabby stabby.

[ruby mulch]

they plan competition

[humble oriole]

oooh sad

[merry loom]

Will there be a system for magic usage in any capacity, or is it not so much a 'high fantasy' theme?

[covert mantle]

yeah, i was planning on killing you until you uninstall the game 😩

[feral arch]

It is high fantasy but no magic class / skill yet they've said.

[ruby mulch]

no magic in the game

[merry loom]

Must have missed that. There's so much going on; hard to keep track of everything said, lol.

[humble oriole]

Or maybe i kill you till you uninstall 😄 i love you bro, and you know it

[silent narwhal]

Gentle reminder , answers and questions only please ❤️

[feral arch]

There's a pinned community FAQ in this channel! There's been a lot the last few days.

[covert mantle]

lets see if we can manage to kill ourselfs in the pre-alpha, that would be awesome

[humble oriole]

YEEEAH

[civic hinge]

Will you get something exclusive for being in the pre-alpha? Like a title or some item you can show off later

[ruby mulch]

@civic hinge we don't have infos about that, but alpha things will be getting wiped so I guess not

[late oasis]

Does the team have an open agile board for us to see progress (or whatever process you might use for dev)?

[tight grove]

I think he meant that like special rewards for being alpha/beta players during full release, some games do that, like exclusive pet or badges

And that's a good question, hopefully they'll answer it in the weekly Q&A

[covert mantle]

someone knows around what date the pre-alpha is going to start? and how many players are going to be able to play it?

[ruby mulch]

I think to respect NDA we wont have access to their roadmap

[civic hinge]

yup, i hope so

[vague cipher]

how long till pre-alpha

[paper condor]

noone knows

[errant pagoda]

Soon™ they dont want to say dates at this time

[vague cipher]

but man i need an estimate

[mossy moth]

no

[paper condor]

more than the hated soon is not available at the moment

[deft sky]

What's the minimum participant age that will be allowed in your pre-alpha release? As a father, I love to play games with my children and would love my daughter to be able to play along as well if possible.

[errant pagoda]

So far based on what the Dev's have said, the game is looking like a 13+ age rating? Regards to Pre-Alpha, It will most likely depend on whether the NDA that will need to be sign will have a minimum age limit, as NDA's are legal documents.

[deft sky]

Thank you @errant pagoda, will have to wait and see what the final decision is.👍

[errant pagoda]

It will come down to the specifics of the NDA, which the contents will most likely be unknown till the pre alpha is among us.

[barren lark]

So will the game be free to play later when it comes out?🐙🙌🏻👀

[safe gyro]

Hopefully not.

[errant pagoda]

They are not ready to comment on the game model at the present time, so unknown.

[barren lark]

Okey thx🥰

[vague cipher]

among us

[dusty herald]

Will you add dwarves? And if so I drew a dwarf and maybe you can take inspiration from it 🙂 Made it just for palia.

[quaint sluice]

Will my Palia-person have the option to sleep in on Mondays?

[viral notch]

asking the real questions

[fathom chasm]

sorry if this has been asked before, during pre alpha, will we be able to make twitch/youtube content or will we be under NDA?

[hasty needle]

NDA

[candid raptor]

day 4 of asking devs to add ducks as pets to the game

[tight grove]

*as meat source

[naive gyro]

How's the monetization looking for this game? Once off, subscription or micro transactions?

[unkempt river]

My big question is how crops will work. Will it be like farmville was where if you don't log in to water/harvest them they just die? Or will there be some other system?

[devout axle]

answer is in the pinned messages

[raw cloak]

Will the game offer Base Building / Construction or will it be limited to indoor furniture placing?

[acoustic remnant]

They're not talking about monetization yet. See pinned faqs

[ornate loom]

will the game be avaiable for free when it launches?

[devout axle]

the answer is above your question 😅

[ornate loom]

lmao

[rotund barn]

Anyone know if activities are going to be ping reliant? I just realised if I wanna play with my EU pals I'm gonna have huuuuge ping.

[fierce haven]

when will Alpha launch and when will the invitations be sent out?

[devout axle]

Date is not set (soon), invitations in the next few weeks

[fierce haven]

Thanks

[jolly cipher]

If I am playing together with some friends, can each of us specialize on something to ease progression for the group or would each of us have to do everything at some point?

[winged dome]

I put my email but was curious where to find the survey that is claimed to increase my odds?

[silver lark]

If I happen to get a pre-alpha key 🤞 , would I be able to get 2?, so I can play with my wife?. Or is it just one?

[mossy moth]

Your wife need to fill the survey

[acoustic remnant]

The survey is in the pins for this channel, it's the Palia - Pre-Alpha questionnaire

[silver lark]

Thank you, yeah, we did that, just checking in case I get it and my wife doesn't (or vice-bersa)

I checked the document and it seems to imply it's only for one, which makes sense. But I think it's worth a shot to ask, maybe they hadn't considered it.

[humble drum]

Hello Peepz. How are you? Quick question... Is animal husbandry / butchering a part of farming? I don't mind the full farm experience. 😉

[winged dome]

It wouldn't make a lot of sense for you to get two when it's a limited availability. Your wife will probably have to win the lottery, same as you

[silver crane]

Question for @little marlin -- what's the fishing mastery path looking like here?

I love fishing in games and outside of games but it's one of those things I've felt games like stardew and animal crossing haven't quite gotten right yet.

[neon robin]

so, if you can build a house, can you build a village? with your friends?

[sudden flume]

Hoooi, will there be cool Alpakas (Mount/Pet)

[humble drum]

I always level fishing in games . Fishig and farming has to be robust in a game I play. 🙂 I thought Archeage got farming just about right. But other parts of that game turned me off. I hated the housing system (land rush). But the farming was great. The raising animals. You had to feed the animals. You could gather eggs, milk, wool, meat, ect depending on the animal type.

[feral arch]

@silver crane - Did you check the pinned FAQ? There's a few fishing answers there. I picked Bourbon's brain the other day about it because I, too, enjoy fishing in games but know it's sometimes a pain in the butt for other players.

@neon robin - Although it's an MMO and you can expect to see strangers and people you haven't met yet, they've said there's plenty of ways to play together. That includes creating a neighborhood (Palia's version of a guild) with your friends!

@sudden flume - We haven't gotten information on exactly what mounts to expect, only that they expect to have them at some point as a travel option. Definitely add it to #game-suggestions though, but just be aware that so far Palia does not have animals in the exact format we're used to here in the real world, so they might have a different name and look a little different.

[silver crane]

Thanks Roan! I didn't know about the google doc there -- very very useful! Only thing I didn't see there is boating, as a fellow fisher you'll know as well as I how different trolling methods and different environments like downed trees, floating grass patches, etc. only reachable by boat can yield some different fishies!
tbh I just love relaxing in the gentle rolling waves under the boat casting towards different features haha

[feral arch]

Did you notice the fishing boat in the trailer? 🙂 We can hope!

[silver crane]

I saw a boat on the docks and one concept artist painting of someone in a boat in the distance and that's why I had to ask -- someone pointed it out to me in the suggestions section of the discord last night and I've been giddy about it ever since!

[ruby mulch]

didn't know where to put that, but this seems to be the kind of monuments/ruins we will have to inspect

[silent narwhal]

probably #💬│palia-discussions

[ruby mulch]

can't post images in this chat

[summer hazel]

post to imgur and paste the link 🙂

[magic trench]

ya have to use bigbrain moves like you ask the devs what are those ruins and post the pic with it. so what are those ruins ?

[tawny verge]

How do you Sign NDAs?

[feral arch]

In the past I've both used e-signatures on PDFs and the like, as well as had to print out and then Fax back a document. My guess, since we're no longer in the stoneage, would be an electronic signature.

[devout axle]

It is expected to receive information on the NDA along with invitation to pre-alpha. Most likely digitally signed

[tawny verge]

Gotcha, do you need to show any legal documents or anything like that?

[ruby mulch]

probably an identity card so they know your age

[hidden notch]

Usually e-signatures. I've never had to show legal docs for any other betas/alphas I've been in under NDA, usually just sign and whatever.

[dry yew]

Meh, minors can sign NDAs, they just cant be enforced on them

[mild cypress]

My questions are PVP options - can you turn off and on or is there a PVP only server? and Combat - real time, turn based?

[ruby mulch]

@mild cypress there will be no player fighting and no death

[jolly cipher]

PvE and Co-op ftw

[hidden notch]

In Pre-Alpha there is no player combat. Beyond Pre-Alpha, while PvP isnt completely off the table, it is low priority and unlikely

[late abyss]

@mild cypress check the pinned messages up top and go to the Unofficial Palia #❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha faq Google Doc

[ruby mulch]

pvp will be more like competitions than bonking each others

[wary folio]

It would be good to see the possibility of duels and a bit of competitive nature rather than the potential griefing of area-based PvP

[devout axle]

#game-suggestions 🙂

[hidden notch]

@wary folio While it may be nice, during Pre-Alpha any combat systems wont be in the game yet anyway, so they wont announce stuff like that

[wary folio]

Yeah I know, I'm just building on what was said above my message

[hardy solar]

PvP in terms of player vs player combat is not going to be available most likely. They said that they do have other types of "PvP" if you look at it as a competition. Probably something like cooking competitions, fishing competitions, and more. I would expect that you can die in the game (but only if you choose to engage in the combat that they said that they have a bit of), but it's likely that you'll probably only face mobs (if you choose so) that don't give much of a challenge. Essentially they stated that you can completely avoid any sort of combat and live a peaceful life.

[ancient gull]

FYI for Palia team, I attempted to access the survey through your website after registering for the alpha but the link button failed with a 404 error. I'm on mobile.

[gloomy hearth]

Is there a rough estimate for what the minimum requirement will be?
Like, will we need a higher end computer to play this, or could we use a computer that's more twords the lower end of gaming PCs (I personally have a 2010 graphics card)

[feral arch]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZGHwBA-jzNBjLYwVD9-1C_d364vCJZ0RZc0BubW6vONeMTQ/viewform

[ruby mulch]

low spec will be fine

[hardy solar]

@gloomy hearth they said very low specs. I don't believe the specific min specs have been stated.

[feral arch]

Also @ancient gull I would message Nel relevant info so they can look into it: what browser you're using and whether you're on wifi / mobile data

[wary folio]

So what about add furry race?

[feral arch]

Because the story revolves around the reemergence of humans, they're the only race to begin with. But they've said they are working on elves next, so beast races might be in the works eventually! Make sure to suggest it in #game-suggestions so other people can voice their support as well.

[hardy solar]

We'll start as human, but they are working on elves as the next playable race.

If you guys have any ideas that you wish to share with the game devs, and maybe just other people here, post them in the #game-suggestions channel.

[ancient gull]

Sounds good, will do!

[stable edge]

As we will see our character the same as in WoW or LoL??

[dark pewter]

WoW, its 3rd person camera

[devout axle]

and she is back

[dark pewter]

youll never be rid of me :P

[feral arch]

Glad to see you at least slept some last night. 🙂

[dark pewter]

a good 6 hours or so c:

[deft mason]

Will pre alpha be under NDA?

[marsh lantern]

yes

[hardy solar]

Lol, some of us can say that. Not I, I stayed up until like 3am, had to sleep in until 10 today which caused me to die. And yes it will be under NDA

[sly holly]

We have to bully Pastel back into sleeping!

[dry torrent]

A big thing for me is understanding if there’s a large open world with many many villages that you could make a home in. I don’t want it to be one central village that we all share 🙂 Any chatter about this type of thing yet?

[devout axle]

afaik, Panda's are protected, so no bullying

[tawny smelt]

A couple of things Im wondering about the game like just how viable it is for solo play, and what exactly will the encouragement be to help others, or why you would need to? I know most of these are questions that cant be answered yet but I wanted to get them off my chest lol.
But also, it says there is hunting so there must be weapons of some kind in the game whether they are firearms or bows. How do you prevent people from trolling others? Sure you can make players invulnerable to other players weapons, but whats to stop players from trolling each other and scaring off another players prey? Or taking their prey?

[feral arch]

They've talked a bit about solo play and its viability, check the pinned community FAQ for more info on it! For hunting, all we know at the moment are bows. As for trolling... they're trying to mitigate it as much as possible, but that would be a great question to ask on Wednesday!

[tawny smelt]

Cool. Ill peruse through through it a bit more.
And awesome lol. Ill try and stop by then as well.

[dark pewter]

@dry torrent havnt been given enough info to say, really. personally i think theres many villages, with various places to reside, but thats not confirmed.

@tawny smelt thers a few features within the skills that would encourage co-op play, but just like any other mmo, nothing really stops you from playing alone. how viable it is isnt truely known :/ helping other player is also probably a great thing, and getting help from them, because you dont quite have the level in that skill yet. yes, the only confirmed weapon so far is a bow, there are systems in place, like a filter, to prevent griefing/trolling. if you dont want to see someone in your world, you wont.

[hardy solar]

The game is supposed to be viable to play solo. The encouragement to play with others and help them is really through neighborhoods (guilds), in which you'll probably do some sort of gathering to help the guild. Other than that, I have no idea.

[dark pewter]

personally i love the idea of say, that one scene in SAO. you catch a great fish and you want to cook it for a specific dish, but you dont have the level to do so. if you had a friend that did have that cooking level, well theres your encouragement to do co-op. and it goes both ways

[devout axle]

someone was speculating, it may be like Destiny with bubbles, in that case if someone is trolling you can just "re-instance" into the same area without that person. Not saying it will be done here like that, just thinking it works well there

[feral arch]

Large part of how the market will likely work as well. You can either do everything "okay" or excel in certain things that you're able to profit off of in order to buy what you need elsewhere.

[dry torrent]

Yar, I feel like positioning it as an MMO has to mean there's more than just a village that all players work out of (ala Animal Crossing). In fact I don't really get the AC vibe as much as some folks seem to be.

[late abyss]

I am definitely not getting the AC vibe either --this feels more like Stardew Valley possibly, but more open concept and exploration which is what I'm here for

[stoic latch]

Any talk about when the next round of invites will go out?

[hardy solar]

I believe that the AC vibe is a rather small part of the game. Don't quote me on that though. Housing does have a AC vibe to it though from what I saw.

[dark pewter]

the first round hasnt even gone out!

[devout axle]

some may say.. first is the next round

[hardy solar]

Have they even sent invites out yet?

[stoic latch]

So internal testing only I guess or F&F maybe. Ok, thanks

[supple schooner]

Hey! I'm not sure if this question has been asked but it's been a recent topic of discussion. The pre-alpha has an NDA agreement that must be signed and agreed to before you get access to the game (I would presume.) Any chance you could tell us what actions you would take if someone were to break that NDA agreement?

[modest plume]

Probably ban you from everything. They are also allowed to take legal action for breaking the NDA

[dark pewter]

most likely there would be some kind of legal action, as is the case in most NDA breaks

[feral arch]

I doubt they could comment on this fully, but it would likely depend on the extent of the breach. If they believed it caused them serious financial harm they could seek legal action, but in most cases you'd just be banned.

[supple schooner]

Gotcha. Thanks everyone!

[modest plume]

They are still entitled to take legal action. Its up to the courts to decide if it’s actionable or not.

Its more than just financial loss.

[grim skiff]

Yo whats the plan

[modest plume]

For?

[devout axle]

same as every day, Pinky - trying to get pre-alpha keys

[dark pewter]

took me a good 2 minutes to get this as a pinky and the brain reference...

[hardy solar]

Same here haha

[grim skiff]

No juicy updates? Gimme the deets

[devout axle]

at least you got it, most of my jokes are usually gone in forever without anyone getting it 😄

[hardy solar]

we'll probably not get much more info until like Wednesday because that's when the devs are going to answer some more questions

[devout axle]

*Thursday

[dark pewter]

thursday, wednesday is just collecting questions, thursday is when theyre answered :p

[hardy solar]

Ah okay

[grim skiff]

Yo guyee, its Thursday bro

[dry yew]

We should make them a doc of questions to answer so they dont have to sift through the whole channel 😤

[hardy solar]

yep, I blanked on that, sorry for anyone who was mislead by that lol.

[onyx bone]

I will just ask for ... the tiniest smidge of information about the robot with the straw hat. He's so cute.

[bitter dock]

I love that robot

[dry yew]

thats a collection of all of the questions that are already answered, i said of all the questions that arent answered 😉

[devout axle]

we did think about it and came to conclusion - nah... let them look for the questions they want to answer

[wary folio]

Will games be hosted on a server similar to Rust where it will run all the time? Or more like 7D2D where one player can host a world that friends can join?

[dark pewter]

wellll his name is einar, and he like pebbles and fishing :) he runs a fishing shack, and hes over 3000 years old c:

@dry yew ahh i misread :P we dont wanna put neleimour out of a job haha, they can all choose whats going to be answered, its not up to us

[hardy solar]

His name is Einar, he runs the fishing shack, and thinks pebbles are an acceptable gift. there's a little bit of info on him in the #🌠│official-art channel!

[onyx bone]

He's so cute he melts my heart ...

[autumn oracle]

Im so sorry if this was asked before but will the game be free or p2p or sub

[dark pewter]

this is everything that will be said about servers for now.

[devout axle]

Einar is about 2.75 m tall, plus or minus the straw hat.

[bitter dock]

One thing, Palia is going to be a Free to play game or a Pay to play game?

[stoic axle]

wait so in #🎭│palia-memes i saw yall talking about being over 18 for nda. Will you have to be over 18 for pre alpha?

[feral arch]

^ this. I actually started compiling one and then realised it's really not my place to decide what is / isn't worth answering. Plus Wednesday Nel will be compiling even more questions and that's just more for them to do.

[hardy solar]

Unknown and it's TBD

[wary folio]

Thank you!

[autumn oracle]

Thank you !!!

[dark pewter]

Monetization is not being discussed at this time @autumn oracle and @bitter dock

[devout axle]

no information on that, I would assume they would ask the 18+ in the survey if that was the case

[grim skiff]

Thank you!

[dry yew]

Oh? 😂

[bitter dock]

Ok

[turbid crystal]

can we still ask questions in here or do I need to wait till Wednesday waaah

[tight grove]

You can, but it most likely won't be answered by devs until Thursday

[grim skiff]

You can ask me a question, ill give you an answer, i am not a dev, but i am a legendary human

[dark pewter]

of course you can ask questions! its mostly just a note of dont expect a dev themselves to answer. they may come in here every now and again, but its mostly so they have a dedicated time to answer so they can focus on their work

[dry yew]

I meant more just kinda conglomerating all the questions that hadnt been answered, and they could pick from that rather than having to sift through the whole channel, but i can see where that would be misunderstood ahaha

[feral arch]

Nel said she would be compiling questions on Wednesday so best to ask then, but you can feel free to ask anything anytime to keep all us regulars occupied lol

[devout axle]

you are still at the subjective dependency of the picker in the community.

[turbid crystal]

ok questions for potential lurking devs or you smart ppl who know stuff. #1 beeS? #2 will there be like area/global chats? #3 communal storage in neighborhoods (like a guild bank for mats)? And #4 leaderboards?

[supple ridge]

Why Thursday specifically?

[dry yew]

i mean thats fair, but if its a google doc of sorts, then it could just not be one person focusing on it, it could be a couple different people that way its not subjective or dependent on one person. I was saying more as a good anyway so its okay hahah

[turbid crystal]

They have changed to a weekly q&a format for answering questions

[dark pewter]

the only one i can answer is about chat, busco did say something about it a little bit, so i believe both will exist, im not 100% sure on that though

[devout axle]

If you want to do it, feel free 🙂 and post it on Wed. for Neleimour to pickup.

[dry yew]

Like i said, I was more mentioning it as a goof lol

[dark pewter]

check out the post neleimour made in the pinned section here or in #📢│palia-news

[supple ridge]

I see thanks

[feral arch]

Somehow I really don't think Busco was joking when they mentioned a Slack meeting about bees the other morning... 👀

[grim skiff]

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. There will be an economy player based but idk about shared storage
4. Yes, not confirmed but my opinion as they want forms of competition in actvities for those up for it

[turbid crystal]

I’ve definitely seen others asking too 🥲 it makes my lil bee loving heart so happy to see others also want apiaries and stuff

[wary folio]

Will u make sea adventures? Is it true?

[dark pewter]

we dont know if it will be player based, they havnt given us enough info to say player based or not. it likely will be, but yeah

[turbid crystal]

Ooo also if fishing requires bait 👀 am curious

[dark pewter]

they wont answer that T.T though based on some official art, there is a boat with someone fishing 👀

[grim skiff]

I thought they confirmed it on their doc

[wary folio]

Kekw

[dark pewter]

this is the only info we have, also its not an official document

[woven oriole]

will the game take advantage of the ray tracing technology and dlss? also what frame rates are we expecting?

[grim skiff]

Economy +player transfers = some form of player economy :D and ik its a user compiled doc from dev responses

[dark pewter]

too early for them to say at this point, they arent answering a yes or no. it may be planned for the far future though

[oak mica]

Given the "community focus" they're shooting for that sounds like individual player shops to me. Ain't seen that since Mabinogi WAY back when

[dark pewter]

i agree, but also doesnt help to speculate. theres a differnce between a 100% confirmed answer, and an interpretation of an answer.

[woven oriole]

do we know what engine is being used?

[outer pike]

Ue4 (Unreal Engine 4) (See dev Indroductions too. They have a ex-Epic engine engineer duderiono)

[grim skiff]

Sheeeeeeesh, i did give a disclaimer earlier saying ill answer but im no dev :p

[turbid crystal]

Ok weirdish question. Hypothetical scenario: say someone got picked for prealpha. But they noticed a discord regular who’s more helpful than them didn’t. Could they opt to give the other person prealpha access instead?

Not that I would want to like miss out if picked, but just that I can recognize those who are helpful to the community and trust them to help shape the game to be better for the rest of us if that makes sense?

[grim skiff]

Sure man send it my way i got CHUU

[dark pewter]

im not entirely sure how itd work, tbf, and most likely not, but its not out of the question i suppose. theyre choosing based on answers

[turbid crystal]

shhh I will give you it if scenario happens

[woven oriole]

in regards to said prealpha... would it be under an nda or could content creators show the world the deveolpment?

[dark pewter]

😳 you dont have to do that

[devout axle]

NDA, see #❔│game-faqs

[feral arch]

I doubt it, I imagine they are looking for very specific qualifications for pre-alpha that not all of us have. I was actually worried and talking to Vlad a bit yesterday about how I don't want people thinking we're just being active and trying to help to better our chances for pre-alpha when he reminded me that they don't know our emails that we used on the forms which... was a good point lol

[outer pike]

See Webside. Content Creators. + Question survey for creators.

[woven oriole]

my bad. i see it now

[midnight rain]

since there's an NDA, I doubt you will be allowed to just give your key away, although I imagine you can say "thanks, but no thanks" and they can then give the spot to someone else

[dark pewter]

i was thinking that exact thing last night and came to the same conclusion haha

[turbid crystal]

I don’t have to do anything 🤪 but like idk there are a few people in the discord I’ve come to really appreciate how helpful they are and if they’re not in prealpha I’d be bummed lol I don’t wanna go explore without my buddies 🥲 y’all are great I wanna see y’all in too

[devout axle]

1. they cannot really match discord users / emails
2. I imagine they would need all types of players in the Alpha as diverse as possible

[outer pike]

Indeed.

[grim skiff]

Thanks man means a lot 🤣

[feral arch]

As fun as pre-alpha is gonna be, it's also gonna be a lot of work! It's essentially helping them test the game after all!

[wary folio]

is it possible to bring a friend if you get an invite?

[turbid crystal]

I’m just thinking that if some alpha keys were given out to invite friends (which iirc was mentioned?) then it should also be fair to opt out to let someone else in

[devout axle]

regardless of participation in preAlpha or not, I will find Panda and Vlad in the final game.. and that is a Liam Neeson promise 😄

[grim skiff]

No they arent running a charity 🤣

[dark pewter]

i think i can speak for all of us that frequently help when saying: we do not expect anything in return in any form. we do this because it helps out the devs. i personally started becuase ive been in the exact same situation as them, hundreds of thousands asking a ton a questions that i just..wasnt fully able to give an answer to due to NDA. this takes some pressure away from them.

[wary folio]

@grim skiffi don't understand what you mean. This seems like a social game so bringing a friend is not that far fetched?

[dark pewter]

this may be possible, actually. "So some will be fans of this game or that game, some will be solo players, some we'll want to bring their friends. So the answer is actually: some might be allowed to bring in friends."

[feral arch]

I'm here because I'm a huge Stardew Valley fan and Palia seems like that type of game I've been waiting a long time for. I haven't been this excited for something in a long time, enough to come out of MMO retirement for. ❤️

[outer pike]

Pre-Alpha is for testing, not to start gameing 100%

[wary folio]

@dark pewtergot it, thank you!

[turbid crystal]

Literally same. I was just in suggestions earlier talking about how some SDV moments made me cry irl lmao. I really hope that I can get that same kind of connection w Palia

[dark pewter]

im gunna end up going on a big easter egg hunt c:

[devout axle]

I am just here to count monetization questions 😆

[rough jacinth]

What is the count at now?

[viral notch]

i hope its p2p

[devout axle]

its at "I thought it be less, I was very wrong"

[grim skiff]

Doesnt help to speculate lol

[devout axle]

sheesh, using features of discord... cheating

[turbid crystal]

I feel like this is only a fraction lol, 120 seems low 😅

[solar sand]

Does this game has PvE/PvP battle? Or just Purely sandbox and crafting?

[dark pewter]

thats a direct dev quote, and i say "may be possible" not "it will happen"

also yeah, 120 is only in this channel haha

[devout axle]

you need to add "cost, free, how much"

[lilac heron]

please don't let palia be F2P!

[dark pewter]

its not so much sandbox as how minecraft is. and there is some form of pve, and no pvp. theres no combat. closest thing is hunting, which is the typical, you have a bow, you hunt animals

[hardy solar]

SuThr0Zi it's going to be PvE focused, with PvP not being a thing if you mean "combat with other players". You build a house, farm, hunt, mine, fish, ect. You probably won't find much in terms of combat. They did say that they might release dungeons later down the line, but that's going to be far in the future imo.

[grim skiff]

@dark pewter yea but the quote is talking about the game not bringing a +1 to the prealpha thats your speculation lol

[dark pewter]

thats not speculation...that literally the dev saying some of us will be able to bring friends.

[solar sand]

Is there going to be an auction house and trade between players? Or profession system like BDO?

[hardy solar]

Sandbox/PvE is the main look of the game from my perspective.

[lone scarab]

Oi, Palia hype!

[thick sand]

Who is the composer for the game? The music in the announcement sounded really cool

[dark pewter]

they wont give details for now, just that there is some kind of economy in the game

[grim skiff]

@dark pewter but dev is referring to bringing your friends to play the game in general, not getting a +1 priveledge or are they referring to the pre alpha?

[thick sand]

ah, thanks for the link!

[dark pewter]

steffen schmidt! you can find his youtube here https://www.youtube.com/user/ComposerSchmidt/featured

[hardy solar]

some kind of economy. They said that their "Transfer of items between players" is going to have a unique take. As of right now, too early to say because devs are hiding the info and likely will keep it hidden until pre-alpha starts.

[solar sand]

Yeah, i cant really understand the game just from the trailer. Many mmo has longtime goal from grinding and competition such as equip, rare item, mount, etc. So i kinda wonder what's the long goal in this game

[dark pewter]

maybe the full quote will clear things up.

[devout axle]

if you need proof 🙂

[left yarrow]

That is referring to pre-alpha. You can look it up #❓│old-team-answers-pre-alpha message @devout axle haha

[wary folio]

does the game use a class based system or professions or is it super secret?

[dark pewter]

theres no classes, only skills :D

[hardy solar]

it's supposed to be only skills. As far as what that's going to look like, we don't know.

[grim skiff]

Oh wow sorry didnt see that haha

[feral arch]

Professions. There's some form of skills / exp / levels that they've mentioned for leveling up your skills, such as fishing, mining, and woodcutting. edit; but you aren't limited to one profession!

[grim skiff]

But thats probably for like content creators, so they could go in with their friends to better market the game if i were to guess

[rough jacinth]

I think it is fair to say the structure of this game will not attempt to mimic that of a "traditional" MMO. That said, MMO is a very broad term that seems to have been forced into a very niche vision by popular "traditional" MMOs.

[outer pike]

Sounds good to me.

[dark pewter]

THANK YOU

sometimes its not about the destination, its about the journey T.T games can be different, its ok!

[feral pewter]

Can you just release pre pre alpha now? 😛

[sharp minnow]

Hey is this game first person view?

[dark pewter]

only 3rd person, 1st could probably come later, theres been questions about VR but that would be very far off

[solar sand]

Yeah, that's why it confuse me because i didnt really know the structure of this game from the trailer. I hope the alpha will clear up this confusion

[hardy solar]

I think that Palia is probably going to be one of the games that broadens the general "MMO" brand that, like WhoaNonstop stated, has been forced into a smaller form of what most people refer to as "Traditional". Other than that, if you enjoy games with farming, mining, fishing, and more, then I think Palia will make those things very fun and cozy to do. what pastel said below me 😛

[dark pewter]

think its safe to say there will be nothing quite like Palia

[hushed karma]

Will this game employ sharding/phasing?

[celest belfry]

I hope the 'sim' in simulation will be vast in terms of clothing. Winter wear Swimsuits, sleepwear, ect.

[shell flint]

Unless Palia suceeeds then there will be alot like palia XD

[dark pewter]

we arent sure of this at the time, this is all we know about servers. we do know housing is instanced, though

[dark pewter]

but theyll never get it completely right ;)

[hushed karma]

damn, i was really hoping this will be an MMO kind of like planetside 2 in scale

[shell flint]

Ok I just gotta step out to the post office then I'll be back to clock in and help answer questions

[dark pewter]

they want the world to feel alive, not crowded c:

[hardy solar]

They stated that they have a dazzling variety of cosmetic gear for us to use. So probably gonna get at least some of the categories that you stated 😄

[grim skiff]

You guys think the game will have hundreds of players in one area, or would that be too much for this style of game

[hushed karma]

yeah i get that , but i really hope it will be a decent number and not some mmo-lite like warframe where only 30 people max can gather in one place

[icy bear]

I'm not sure if questions for the devs posted here will just get lost, but here goes... I'm a game developer and game academic (Michigan State University). Mostly my partner and I have been working on "Friendship Games" and that was one of the things that made Palia jump out at us. We have been doing research around relationships through games and in particular how some games do it better / worse. We are really interested in folks who are being intentional in making games that foster new friendships/connections (Sky for mobile is an interesting recent example). But, we are curious if the devs would / could talk about what mechanics, tools or systems they see as being integral to Palia for developing (good/better) community and relationships? We are working on a paper now that discusses League of Legends and WoW (WoW over time really...) and other games in relation to these topics and would love to talk about Palia and what y'all doing different. Hope it is ok to @regal pumice with this one. Apologies if not. 🙂

[wary folio]

Will there be rare items to collect like clothing/house decorations? AKA I did that sorta stuff.

[dark pewter]

thats a fantastic question and i really hope you get a dev answer in the weekly Q&A

[hardy solar]

It's safe to say that during pre-alpha this will probably be the case. @wary folio Probably, we don't exactly know what they're doing in that department.

[dark pewter]

there will be many things to collect, though were not sure on exactly what those things will be

[outer birch]

I'm not sure about rare items for clothing/housing but there will be rare items to obtain through your gathering skills.

[devout axle]

2 S6 typing...

[dark pewter]

devs are here! run!!

[hard iris]

Not sure how soon we're gonna be able to talk about particulars, but that sounds like a super cool area of study! Anything published yet that we should take a look at? 🙂

[worldly oar]

Have they announced roughly when keys will come out? I've been checking my email like 50 times a day. It would be nice to know a rough estimate so i don't panic about missing it without it even happening. lmao

[dark pewter]

theyll only tell us "soon" with no specific date, sorry :/

[devout axle]

fomo is real, an announcement is expected on discord saying the invites are out

[frozen gust]

Soon is the best you get. Don't check your emails, I'm sure there will be an announcement or SEVERAL before they actually do so. We'll know the emails are coming before they do

[icy bear]

We have one on dating games... 😂 But Dan Cook's work on cozy/friendship games and some of the Project Horseshoe papers on the topic (have probably seen those). Here is ours: https://affinity-games.com/2021/03/15/designing-dating-games/ But can share the new pub when we finish it. ☺

[worldly oar]

Thanks y'all appreciate it!

[hard iris]

Haha yeah don't constantly refresh your email. If you follow along here I'm sure we'll let y'all know.

[outer birch]

You can expect any day after their Thursday Q&A to receive an email but who knows how long exactly.

[frozen gust]

Also you'll hear the collective cheer... cause apparently this discord now constitutes a considerable portion of the human species...

[hard iris]

Haha we may have read some of these. 🙂

[sharp minnow]

Im refresh email like every 10 min...

[novel pendant]

lmao, true enough.

[halcyon sparrow]

I know that seasonal events (Halloween, Christmas, Easter) have been mentioned but I was wondering if there will be other short term events in game e.g. fishing contests, bug hunts, cooking/crafting completions?

[red citrus]

When do you get email if you are in ?

[blazing drift]

The best way to wait for a key is to forget you're waiting for it, then suddenly hey, it's there!

(Who am i lying to i'm checking every 10 mins too)

[devout fox]

soon tm

[frozen gust]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-husky-soon-gif-7801078

[sharp minnow]

I can’t miss this game. It like 1 in 10 years to come.

[dark pewter]

@halcyon sparrow they wont give details on events, i suspect there will be many smaller events though, based on other dev answers :)

@red citrus when they decide its time

[blazing drift]

I'm very excited about the house building part, my stardew valley already became a factory by now

[pastel moss]

should I have gotten a confirmation email that I signed up for the pre alpha?

[devout axle]

earlier than soon, because soon is when pre-Alpha starts

[icy bear]

Thanks for the reply. ☺ Yeah, at some point it would be cool to talk to someone about all of that. Ask some questions when it finally doesn't mean letting some cat out of the bag. (I have studied and written about the game industry for a while now...)

[hardy solar]

Yep.

[dark pewter]

no confirmations were sent out, they didnt want to spam people.

[pastel moss]

ah, ok , then I shouldn't worry I didn't get any mail 😆

[whole stratus]

Do we know the address that emails will be coming from so we can whitelist it?

[sharp minnow]

Many game can make house, fishing, hunting, etc but art cozy style of this game is blow our mind. ( MMO game)

[dark pewter]

should be either singularity6 or palia, not exactly sure on what the exact email is or which they will use as of now

[violet jay]

due to the nature of the game being more casual like stardew/harvest moon/animal crossing. do you know if A: the game will be in 1st/3rd (or optional) PoV along with the option for VR support in the future if 1st person is an option?

[lilac heron]

Do you know how many invitations there will be for pre alpha?

[dark pewter]

no exact number, but they will try to get as many as they can

[brazen kindle]

At least ten

[hard iris]

Feel free to whitelist both of these domains! (singularity6.com and palia.com)

[whole stratus]

Thank you.

[lilac heron]

ok guys, start to fighting!

[dark pewter]

youre the business guy, why not standardize it to one email? :v (pls dont hit me with fireball)

[devout axle]

shots fired

[brazen kindle]

Rekt

[outer birch]

Most likely have not decided on an email yet that's all

[sharp minnow]

What is singularity6 suppose to be. Like the original meaning

[devout axle]

Jeff is like "Why am I reading this, on my lunch?" 😄

[hard iris]

loveee optionality sorrryyyyyyy (not sorry)

[wary folio]

Is the game getting a spot during E3?

[mystic hemlock]

Will palia have options for raytraced lighting?

[ionic bridge]

So, I'm sure you been asked to loads of times.
But will palia be going onto other platforms.
Ps/xbox/switch

[turbid crystal]

#❔│game-faqs

[dark pewter]

eventually, maybe. depends on the companies and if players want them there, but they do want to get to as many platforms as possible eventually

[sudden fox]

Why does "welcome to Palia" keep popping up for me every time I open discord? Every. Time.

[fossil sinew]

Hi congrtz for this project. I am interested in what the functions of the internal economy will be like. Will there be a market when players can buy and sell from each other?

thank you!

Sorry for my poor english, hello from Spain😋

[ionic bridge]

Thanks yu.
I know q fair few will.
Especially with the hype around SoS/AC on the switch, it might prove popular
Especially with the Zelda q.d open world aspects it reportedly has

[dark pewter]

@wary folio only time till tell, with the pandemic and all

@mystic hemlock they seem to be avoiding this question >.>

@sudden fox if youre on mobile, this is a bug on discords side. try going on a pc and confirming the rules, should update on your phone

[obsidian yacht]

I'd also love to know this

[turbid crystal]

plans for forums of sorts for all the guides/theorycrafting I’m gonna be doing? uwu

[sudden fox]

I will try this immediately. Thanks!

[hushed karma]

will palia be on my phone so i can do my skilling like runescape?

[dark pewter]

they have a priority toward mobile, but its a future thing. for now its only windows pc

[hushed karma]

that's good to hear

[quaint sky]

Palia gives me the same vibes i have for sea of thieves , trying some differt then the other big ones. and that is good

[obsidian yacht]

I think it will bring a whole new group of people to the MMO world.

[devout axle]

needs less griefing, though, imho

[eternal iris]

thats always good

[dark steeple]

@devout axle you can't call it griefing when it is game design imo

[shell flint]

@obsidian yacht @fossil sinew Thank you for your question! Since we are in Pre-Alpha there is still a lot of functions up in the air according the Vlad's (Unofficial) FAQ "Game economy will exist! We aren't sharing a lot about this now but it'll be clear when people get their hands on the alpha!" So most details are unknown at this time.

[obsidian yacht]

Can't wait for the pre-alpha

[devout axle]

hiding in textures, so you are invisible, until you can attack, is not a good game design, but that conversation is for another channel

[quaint sky]

but let we give Palia the time todo their first steps , i prefer that then be force to run and fall down

[fossil sinew]

yep, me neither

[pale crag]

Will there be only official servers or smth more like ARK Survival Evolved with Serverbrowser?

[dark pewter]

theres no private servers, no

[fossil sinew]

thank for your answer 😋

[sudden fox]

This worked

[dark pewter]

fantastic! glad it worked out :D

[shell flint]

Oh just for the new people here, User such as myself and @/PastelPanda @/Vlad and other users answering questions that do not have [S6] in our names are not a part of Singularity 6, ([S6}), Dev or community team! We are just volunteering our time to help answer questions that have been previous asked and answered by the devs so the devs can find new questions they can answer. So what we say should not be taken as official statements of the team or what is or not added to the game unless said by a developer previously. Since the growth on this server is insane I just wanted to throw that out there. to pick out people on the actual team they are in blue and have the [S6] in their name!

[calm parcel]

Thanks for the info and volunteering you time to answer.

[spiral oxide]

Any plans for consoles?

[dark pewter]

in the future, for now its only windows OS pc

[ebon flame]

So I was watching the trailer (again) and noticed the names in the last part, particulary "IsabelleAC" en "JojaSD21" which seem Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley references. Are all of the names references to games that inspired the team? I'm a niche player and not able to check if the others are references. My daughter informed my "Steve" is the name of the starter char in Minecraft. So what about "ApolloBestBoi", "PercyButterFiend" and "Mochi350"? 🧐

[short crag]

apollo is named after a dev's dog

[dark pewter]

and percy is named after a dev cat :) there was apparently some kind of incident with butter...

[ebon flame]

Thanks, wow, the stuff you all know already!

[shell flint]

In a interview conducted by the team when asked about what inspiration there is behind the game and how to describe it "Picture Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, but for the open world we took inspiration from Breath of The Wild"

[strange umbra]

Will there be tameable Monkehs?

[dark pewter]

ive been here 5 days, almost 65 hours collecting info, I KNOW ALL!!

[devout axle]

Einars wingspan when T-posed?

[shell flint]

@dark pewter have you slept yet! XD

[dark pewter]

we arent sure about taming yet, and i can say for sure theres no moneys :p maybe something monkey-like? but no monkeys lol

[strange umbra]

😦

[dark pewter]

being about 2.5m tall, about 2.5m wingspan give or take (about 6'5", wingspan would be around the same)

[plain garnet]

I do wanna say, you guys are appreciated.. Thank you.

[wary folio]

Now that @dark pewter has said there will be no monkeys, dev's will add one secret monkey in the world that will gift you a banana.

[feral arch]

A whole six hours 👍

[candid raptor]

hopefully there will be ducks swimming in lakes and ponds

[dark pewter]

the average bipedal creature height is the same as finger tip to finger tip when arms are extended straight out

[devout axle]

or some untitled geese

[candid raptor]

mess with the honk
you get the bonk

[terse bane]

How many different fish species will be in the game. Some, many , a bunch, to long to list all of them 😂

[pastel moss]

does anyone know if the game will be playable on Linux?

[dark pewter]

@terse bane unknown, but there is quite the variety!

@pastel moss they dont currently support linux, but this may happen somewhere down the road after full release. (though from me to you, could always attempt something with wine or proton, no guarantee itll work though)

[obsidian yacht]

I'd assume windows only at first, it was on the sign up tho check if you had windows.

[dark pewter]

windows OS is the only thing supported at this time :/

[pastel moss]

yeah, I will definately try with proton if it's not out of the box support (-;

[wooden prism]

If there will be more traditional combat but there are no health bars or death, exactly how will that work?

[feral arch]

We were told there's both fish inspired by real-life ones, as well as new ones only found in Palia!

[dark pewter]

if more traditional combat gets added, id assume they would also add hp. the only thing even remotely close to combat right now is hunting

[obsidian yacht]

What are the current known skills that are available at pre alpha?

[feral arch]

Woodcutting, mining, fishing, cooking, hunting (there's also crafting of some kind?)

[shell flint]

Currently unknown at this time, but i personally think Farming, Lumber, Mining could be there. EDIT: Roan is correct I did not see update in Vlad's FAQ

[obsidian yacht]

Wonderful!

[wooden prism]

Could have combat without dying but more like you get reduced rewards if you lose, monster gets away and you have to wait for a respawn, much like in RDO if a legendary animal gets away?

[outer birch]

They said hunting is action oriented but it is not combat and have some exciting plans for the action space in the game

[dark pewter]

#game-suggestions

[obsidian yacht]

Can we get an idea on what group / party benefits are? Are there skills / areas that require a group? What is the feel / benefits of group?

[dark pewter]

i dont believe its required but there are co-op opportunities within skills. party size is currently 4, benefits arent really known outside just having people to do things with

[shell flint]

According to the FAQ "Party size is not a set in stone thing. I realize a team member may have given an explicit number based on their understanding at the time, but that kind of info is at best giving a snapshot of the current state of things that absolutely may (or may not) change. I can't elaborate any more than that confidently.
Party size is currently 4 (this might be an error/not an important factor because of the above answer referring to it)"
Please also not while they dont have any plans for PVP they are toying with the idea of "competitive events for players"

[outer birch]

Another dev cleared it up and said that the party size is not set in stone yet but yeah it could be 4 but who knows

[dark pewter]

yeah thats why i said it was currently 4 :P

[devout axle]

I guess, it is time to remind that, if you want an official answer, you either wait for Thursday Q&A with the S6 team or hope one of the S6 guys pops in here to answer. Outside of that, all answers from community are not official and are based on previous dev statements in this chat.

[obsidian yacht]

Is the Thursday Q&A listed somewhere? I'd like to put that on my calendar.

[dark pewter]

in the announcements channel and pinned here

[feral arch]

We're just trying to help out where we can but yeah we're only able to respond with what we've heard and observed in the past ❤️ (And also I'm at work and only half paying attention to Discord)

[dark pewter]

i was trying to get out the info quickly, sorry i shouldve elaborated that it could poassibly change form 4 T.T slowmode makes me want to get things out quickly so i can answer other questions as they come in. ill be more precise from now on :)

[hardy solar]

Keep in mind, while your question might get answered during Thursdays Q&A, the answer is likely going to be short and probably either say "we can't say anything on it right now" or it's going to be an answer with very little info because they want us to check it all out upon release of pre-alpha. (This is just a heads up)

[feral arch]

^ why I need my theories & speculation channel 😭

[dark pewter]

^ also super common questions likely wont even be in the Q&A at all, since neleimour is handpicking questions, i think only ones that can actually be answered will be added. wouldnt want a bunch of "sorry, cant say"

[brazen kindle]

I would be perfectly fine with the usual fishing tournament, crop growing tournament, decoration tournament

[dark pewter]

if its possible, i WILL host a fishing tourney

[hardy solar]

Yep! Makes complete sense, they don't want to disappoint the community with the old line of "we can't say anything on that". But my guess is that there's probably going to be a few that have that line in them haha.

[feral arch]

I'll be running "Where in the World is Roan?" hide and seek competitions. 🤔

[obsidian yacht]

I know we talked about economy earlier, do we know if there is active trading of goods between players?

[hushed igloo]

Any seasonal events? Maybe some witch/zombie Halloween quest line

[feral arch]

They have specifically avoided answering anything about seasonal events so no info yet.

[dark pewter]

there will be a trading system between players of some kind, and they believe it to be unique, but nothing detailed

[shell flint]

@obsidian yacht from Vlads FAQ "I feel like we have a pretty unique approach to how we want to handle the transfer of items between players but it's in early stages so we're not quite ready to talk about it."

[clear sequoia]

Personally I think there's going to definitely be stuff like events especially seasonal ones since this games been hinting being like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley, as for what will happen who knows? However the dev team will focus on polishing the game before they do things like events since it's pre alpha.

[devout axle]

I see what you mean now 😄

[dark pewter]

the only issue with that channel is people will see it as fact and raise expectations :P i know itll be clear that its not, but...

[feral arch]

Oh for sure. I completely understand and agree with Nel's reasoning. It's just tough for me to not launch into tangents here. 😆

[devout axle]

the channel will have the MadTV's "lowered expectations" theme song playing when you enter..

[sharp ridge]

until I get to play the game I am not sure how many more questions I can ask

[feral arch]

Have you checked the pinned FAQ? Once you've read over that if there's anything else you have questions about, you can definitely ask! They'll do answers on Thursday.

[urban bison]

So I've seen neighbours and neighbourhoods mentioned, what exactly is the plans behind that? Like can me and my friends each have a plot in a shared instance?

[obsidian yacht]

What do we know about collecting items to build your character? Without combat and "drops" i'd be curious how this works. Will it be solely quest related? Will there be unique items quality levels? Rare, common, etc?

[devout axle]

check out housing section in the pinned doc, that is as much as we know so far

[dark pewter]

theres not shared housing, but you can build together. kind of like whitelisting another player to build on your land

[urban bison]

I did, it was unclear to me from the FAQ answers.

[dark pewter]

also neighborhoods is their version of guilds, kind of like a guildhall in a way

[lime ember]

We're gonna be able to create our own characters right?

[pure umbra]

yes.

[dark pewter]

yep :) lots of options too (not so many at pre-alpha, but many more to come later on before full release)

[lime ember]

👍 👍

[pure umbra]

Do note though that the only playable race currently is Humans.

[wary folio]

The faq notes share that there will be lots of customization options when creating a character, but during alpha it will be limited.

[cobalt mortar]

Has there been talk about how the game will handle payment? So like, buy to play, subscription based, buy, then subscribe etc

[dark pewter]

monetization is not being discussed at this time

[obsidian yacht]

They are limiting converation on monetization.

[shell flint]

No monitization has been discussed

[dark pewter]

oh, a question from me, actually.. for the ex blizzard devs, did you get perks such as free WoW time while you were working there? or atleast a discount T.T

[obsidian yacht]

Not your answer, but I have a co-worker that years ago won a lifetime membership to WoW.

[dark pewter]

i always wanted a lifetime sub to runescape, but i couldnt do anything from the golden gnomes lol

[obsidian yacht]

I still play OSRS, a lifetime sub would have saved me quite a bit of cash. XD

[dark pewter]

ive just been buying bonds with the money i made from gargs :P

[next dagger]

[dark pewter]

we so badly need that emote in here lol

[pure umbra]

NO WAY @next dagger WAT UP!!!

[granite kiln]

Since I got free play time when working for blizzard and I wasn’t a dev, I’d say they did.

[languid gale]

Oh hey @dark pewter is awake again

[dark pewter]

i mean it does make sense, but you never know :P

also ye i got a whole 6 hours of sleep :D

[languid gale]

Well look at miss/mister 6 hours of sleep <.< no need to brag 🤣

[modern kestrel]

Will there be parties and group content? I'm still confused as to what that will look like.

[native flint]

when should we expect to see more gameplay or even play the pre alpha

[dark pewter]

yep :) as of now, the party size is 4, but thats volatile, so itll most likely change quite a few times. we havnt been given any specific details, but we do know skills will have co-op aspects

[uneven epoch]

Sorry if this has already been asked but do we get a confirmation email when applying for Alpha and Beta testing? Thanks

[wary folio]

there is no confirmation emails when applying. that has been confirmed

[devout axle]

no confirmation email, only invite

[dark pewter]

@native flint the only info so far is soon, i have personally heard summer though thats not 100% confirmed.

@uneven epoch no confirmation emails were sent out, they didnt want to spam people.

[uneven epoch]

Thanks everyone 😍

[wary folio]

And if you get accepted you will receive a mail.

[feral arch]

Someone made a "Soon™️" emote that I want to see added to the server lol

[icy ermine]

I’m not sure if it’s been asked yet but for the whole farming aspect what is the plan? For example if players get a designated plot of land they can work, would it be in the open where anyone can enter/pass through, or would it be like a pocket area where unless you are invited by someone else you would just end up going to your personal farm?…

[dark pewter]

land/housing is instanced, so you wouldnt have people coming by that you wouldnt want. you can however allow certain people to, theres no loading screen for this either

[icy ermine]

Cool, thank you. I have dozens of questions but I’ll leave it at that for now.

[wary folio]

"We're starting smaller and aiming to grow bigger. For alpha we will certainly have instances of our maps that support so many players, but making sure your group is together and you can visit each other without loading screens and your social experience is smooth is one of our primary goals as a team."

[opal idol]

how much will the game cost, or will it be F2P with in game purchases?

[devout axle]

check the pinned document and #❔│game-faqs, quite a few answers

[dark pewter]

monetization is not being talked about at this time

[wary folio]

Not announced yet.

hello, is there a possibility in the far future maybe to add inscriptions or cultural items? also can guilds/clans have their own place?

[dark pewter]

the 'neighborhoods' in the game are their version of guilds. as for inscriptions and cultural items, not really sure on this but you can suggest it in #game-suggestions

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[ebon kestrel]

They never give up lol

[potent flicker]

nice

[sharp sorrel]

LOL

[wary folio]

God I fell for it.

[ripe gull]

[dense juniper]

Ty for the ping!

[dark pewter]

it was a rickroll, wasnt it? lol ive been on the internet way too long, i dont click links i dont know ;)

[ebon kestrel]

it totally was....still love that song though.....showing my age

[icy ermine]

I did, most of my questions are more mechanic based, between my love of playing video games, enjoying reverse engineering programs/code to figure out how they work, and from my perspective of as a recent video game programming graduate I’m interested in seeing how other people tackle similar dilemmas using their own knowledge and experience to show their expertise…. Sorry if it feels like I’m rambling..

[dark pewter]

thats pretty interesting actually. they are doing a Q&A and collecting question on wednesday to answer thursday, may wanna stop in and add some questions for them

[pure umbra]

I share your exact same sentiment and curiousity. Lol

[devout axle]

not a dev, but I am in IT solutions architecture and played games since 1995, have a boat load of technical questions as well, but cannot really start asking until I know more about the game. Super excited though.

[icy ermine]

Honestly it’s why I used to try to join alphas and betas. It’s amazing to be part of a community and to watch a game evolve. It’s part of the reason I went into programming. Now that I graduated I’m trying to get back into it while looking for a job.

[pure umbra]

As much as I would love to, they are most likely going to answer with a "cannot discuss/reveal/answer at the moment" for the internal workings questions, sadly.

[dark pewter]

true, but you really wont know unless you try :) theres no harm in asking

[devout axle]

has been my motto for weird food combinations like cookies and salami

[heavy heath]

I think it's better to ask something and let them decide it's not the right time to answer it, than not ask at all 😄

[pure umbra]

well, i kind of do know, because just like warlord, i am also about to graduate as a CS: game design major in about a week. lol

[dark pewter]

peanut butter and bologna sandwich...

[icy ermine]

While I was doing an internship back in the fall/winter, a lot of the time those are also used to cover things that haven’t been discussed by the group… kind of a “yeah we haven’t thought that far ahead yet” or atleast haven’t addressed it yet as a company..

[grave temple]

will there be shops in like large towns that are player run

[surreal pasture]

I'm curious as to how the marketing for the game will be presented. Will be seeing bar advertisements on sites like IGN, will there be trailers starting to show up on youtube and other streaming services as ads? I know they have a diverse demographic they want to market but i'm curious what kinda crowd this will draw in.

[pure umbra]

yea that's pretty true.

[icy ermine]

Congratulations man! I graduated last year and couldn’t get a ceremony since plague and all…

[pure umbra]

i'm also in the same boat...

[dark pewter]

we arent sure, they wont reveal anything about player run shops (im hoping for it) and as far as im aware, its a no on player run towns

[clear cloud]

favorite food?

[dark pewter]

if bourbon counts as a favorite food, thats probably bourbons answer haha

[grave temple]

Will there be collectibles? like, bugs, fish, artifacts of human civilization.

[clear cloud]

bourbo it is this evening

[pure umbra]

[dark pewter]

many things to collect in palia :)

[icy ermine]

Like fruits? Vegetables? MONEY?!?!?

[dark pewter]

mayhaps 🤔 personally im gunna try to collect cabbages if theyre in the game

[grave temple]

Will there be caves?

[dark pewter]

yes

[pure umbra]

honestly as a game dev, my biggest question mark, mystery, intrigue, and excitement about Palia is the "hunting" and "action" system that's not quite combat. And obviously they've already said they are not ready to reveal or talk about it yet... so... i shall wait... impatiently...

[icy ermine]

Side note if you want to collect bugs try making a VR game. The debugging can be terrible….

[fading adder]

Do you all have plans on making the houses into a completely seperate entity from the multiplayer world? I think if it wasnt then it could cause too much lag on the servers.

[dark pewter]

housing is instanced, yeah

[fading adder]

😮

[dark pewter]

https://tenor.com/tAi6.gif

[grave temple]

Can you marry players? and if you are married can you share ownership of houses.

[stray musk]

yo what was this cartoon called

[fading adder]

lilo and stitch

[devout axle]

Lilo and the stitch

[icy ermine]

Dang kept switching mine to kilo and stitch…

[dark pewter]

marriage is not in yet, but its planned for the future. sharing homes is also not in yet, but again, possible in the future. all depends on how its requested

[fading adder]

Will we be able to have multiple homes?

[icy ermine]

Quick side note… anyone from the team present?…. Just wondering.

[cerulean crown]

Friendly reminder, there is FAQ attracted in pins

[dark pewter]

unknown at this time, they wont say

[clear cloud]

they must be locked up or something

[feral arch]

https://tenor.com/view/roz-monsters-inc-gif-21427129

[soft wind]

Egypt can get access to pre alpha when it start ?

[rough jacinth]

o_O

[dark pewter]

no reason to believe you wouldnt, but it depends on their servers and if you are chosen for the pre-alpha

[soft wind]

I play on EU servers so i'm asking if egypt can get access to eu servers

[devout axle]

There were no regional restrictions announced at this time.

[tawdry nexus]

They're not collecting any location based information, so no reason to believe you'll be denied access based on where you live. Google forms can't collect that afaik, and if you don't allow your browser, neither can palia.com, so no reason to believe they can select people based on region

[dark pewter]

there may be some limitations on cross-server play, depends on the network performance

[ionic scarab]

Hi 🙂 is it possible to build your house / home everwhere or just in certain areas?
and can we build our own player cities?

[feral arch]

I hope Nel has been feeding y'all.

[pure umbra]

You'll want to ask this on Wednesday. 🙂

[wary folio]

What about NDA? maybe you will have to give them your personal information to be able to sign correctly?

[dark pewter]

as far as im aware, its specific areas and theres a system in place with land from npcs. as for building a city, no

[ionic scarab]

ok thx 🙂

[neon robin]

The houses have different structures, like if I am a blacksmith can I do the forge? or if I am a wizard can I have a tower full of books and crystals?

[tawdry nexus]

That might be something, but it would be much easier for the team to collect region information beforehand and filter out before sending keys and then having to resend keys because players are not from the places they expected them to be.

[dark pewter]

theres no confirmation we will sign anything or give any info. most likely it will be in the agreement of pre-alpha access means you will be under NDA, and that itself is a legally binding contract not requiring a signature. kind of like how an EULA works. by playing pre-alpha, youre agreeing to those terms

[wary folio]

Lets see how it will be 🙂

[arctic pewter]

How will the placing/editing for housing work? Will we be able to scale/rotate/place items with complete freedom? Like if i want to scale the bed down really small and place it on the ceiling is that possible?

[wary folio]

Yes lets see. I don't know for certain and wanted to point out another point of view/aspect; because we don't know.

[dark pewter]

not sure about furniture, but housing is pieces that can be moved and rotated to create your own floorplan. not sure on scaling those pieces though

[terse bane]

If Alpha is Location based ill never get in, because nobody ever even knows there is Austria 🙈

[devout axle]

that is a good question for Thursday though

[arctic pewter]

Is there a Q&A on Thursday?

[sacred maple]

Yes there is!

[dark pewter]

austria would likely be lumped into EU servers :P

[vague rampart]

Sounds like they’ll have one every Thursday

[void iris]

i assume they would do western/eastern EU or just EU not separate by country

[devout axle]

yup, details in #📢│palia-news and pinned here

[dark pewter]

make sure to read #📢│palia-news for important info!

[sacred maple]

I saw that there was a content creator sign up and switched over from my CBach09 account to my content creation account. Do we know much about what they are looking for in content creation?

[terse bane]

Ye it usually is, but even if Big company sells stuff or add stuff for German Region its mostly excludes Austria, no idea why, even the google store sells Phone, Streaming Stick, Google Home in Germany but not in Austria 😂

[devout axle]

nothing outside of the form, you filled in.

[dark pewter]

they havnt said anything about it specifically, no

[clear cloud]

insert generic austria is germany joke here

[sly holly]

is this theRealChrizz?

[terse bane]

Another Question: we already know the game runs on potatoe specs, but can it heavy utilize modern grafikscards like 3070 ( not as if i was able to get any ...) If we set all to max settings?

[sacred maple]

I wouldnt see why not. Someone recently posted a 4K footage video that looked pretty sick.

[devout axle]

the Trailer is 4k, rendered in engine afaik.

[sick mica]

Hey devs! Can I get a high five? finger guns

[outer raft]

Will it have options for 3rd over shoulder/ behind the person and first person camera? And scroll wheel to zoom in and out?

[solar plume]

Will it have legendary fishes on fishing system?

[ashen scarab]

Is here will be PvP segment? And can I stream pre-Alfa (I'm streaming every day) or I shouldn't. If u choose me for testing ofcourse. Can't wait test! Woooohoooo! ☺😊😊

[eternal iris]

was wondering if we get in for alpha or beta will we still be able to play with each testing phase?

[floral onyx]

no pvp, no streaming for now

[ashen scarab]

Oooowww... So sad

[dark pewter]

i believe they plan on swapping out people, so that they have a more diverse group of players for each phase, and also to give everyone a chance(this is based on the answer they gave for who gets into pre-alpha to begin with). they may even have specific testers from some phases come back based on given feedback/bug reports(my own speculation)

[eternal iris]

im ok with that either way would be fun really

[dark pewter]

yeah :D i think they may keep some around though. if they do a really good job testing and giving great and thorough feedback, why not keep them around, yknow? no guarantees though

[stray musk]

will there be secondary or any kind of quests other than the main story quests?

[dark pewter]

oh good question..no one really asked about side-quests yet...

i mean tbf, what mmo doesnt have side quests? but you never know i guess

[rough jacinth]

I think side quests are a safe assumption.

[open marlin]

Will there be a guild system in the game or is that something you guys haven’t discussed yet?

[stray musk]

pog pog

[zenith spear]

I think there's always going to be a main ever-evolving quest. Side quests may be building relationships with npcs in the world and having their side of the story evolve your personal narrative

[icy ermine]

Wait they have a main goal?…. I thought everything was just side quests……

[snow plinth]

Is the game gonna be like genshin impact (you play mostly alone) or like a normal mmo?

[hardy solar]

I haven't played one that hasn't had side quests. Also, if the devs add dungeons, will they have a sort of health system to go along with them? (If they're like traditional dungeons I mean)

[dark pewter]

you can play solo, but itll be much better and more beneficial to play with some friends

[heady plinth]

Not like genshin it won't be that large open world and most things can (and most likely should) be done with other players

[wary folio]

Hi all, are nitrado (dedicated) servers an option or is it not that type of game?

[timid shard]

I hope the main story quest is long though, breath of the wild was insanely good in terms of exploration but tbh the main quest was to short

[dark pewter]

they wont go into specifics on servers exactly, this is all we know as of right now

[grim skiff]

Pastel you really are banging out these questions haha heres a medal 🥇

[dark pewter]

with story being such a large part of the game, i dont think thatll be a problem

[zenith spear]

It's up to the players to uncover what exactly happened to the previous advanced human race. All the npcs have their version of the mythology, I think it's your task to take that information with a grain of salt and find out yourself !

[grim skiff]

did they mention anything about wipes between alphas/betas?

[dark pewter]

yes, there will be wipes. more wipes than there are in the baby aisle

[grim skiff]

makes sense tbh

[split tide]

lol, good way to put it

[timid shard]

Great visuals so far. May i ask where is Palia being made? Meaning which game engine or is it something different entirely. Forgive me if i am wrong haha

[sacred maple]

Bugsy, I don't think I saw your question answered. Neighborhoods will be Palia's version of Guilds.

[hazy bridge]

i feel bad asking but do you know when the next set of emails will go through?

[icy ermine]

They would have to if there are any major overhauls between alpha-to-beta or beta-to-release, and even then it might just be to have everyone on the same footing to start. (Also it helps get feedback on minor changes made to the early game that would otherwise be overlooked if you loaded a character that already finished the area)

[dark pewter]

its made in unreal engine 4

[sacred maple]

No word on next batch of emails, if you sign up for pre-alpha they say you will be receiving an email in the "next few weeks".

[terse bane]

Will there be an ingame report Bug/ wish/ fix this thing Option for the Alpha?

[dark pewter]

bug reports will likely be done in game, everything else will be in discord. they will set up channels for testers to communicate feedback

[onyx harness]

So Idk if this question is too specific but I like how in Genshin the quests are voiced by the characters and NPC's I played World of Warcraft since I was a kid and all you got was a long quest to read. And I find that very refreshing and cool in Genshin. Will there be that in Palia?

[grim skiff]

i wonder if the furniture will have rarity too 🤔

[dark pewter]

no emails have been sent from palia. no confirmation, and nothing about pre-alpha. the first email you should ever receive from them is if you get access to the pre-alpha. which nothing has been sent on that yet either to anyone at all

[terse bane]

Maybe wood and craft quality 🤔

[dark pewter]

as far as we know theres no voice acting, just various grunt noises haha

[icy ermine]

That counts…. Right?……

[grim skiff]

S6 typing... 👀

[rough jacinth]

The number one goal of the pre-alpha is for you to tell us what we are doing right and wrong, so there will definitely be avenues for that feedback and the ability to report bugs.

[dark pewter]

does grunting count as voice acting? 🤔

[rough jacinth]

e-hem

[terse bane]

If you guys need some scaary cat growling noises ill record mine 😂 picture of them in #🐾│pet-pics

[dark pewter]

i think they have percy for that

[icy ermine]

You or your cat?

[zenith spear]

Will there be any "enchanting" of items to improve their quality and add specific bonuses?

[pliant scaffold]

I'm wondering if it's possible for choosing home locations cuz starting a little fishing village with friends could be really fun

[dark pewter]

"its between you and the villagers in the questline" maybe there will be various questlines to gain access to home plots in various places 🤔

[mental remnant]

I love to create alts, and I hope different characters can have different homes, in different cities, some bigger than others

[rough jacinth]

Regardless if this is being done or not, I think it is a solid idea. 🙂

[oblique bison]

I know they will have quality tiers with items, but I don't think they've shared on if "enchanting" these items will be in the game.

[rough hawk]

Hey! Will it be available in multiple languages?

[dark pewter]

they plan to localize to as many languages as they can, but for now its only english

[timid shard]

For me though, the main player being silent kinda bothers me a lot 😅 everyone may different opinions but i am just mentioning mine haha. For instance, in genshin impact the main guy only speaks like, 1 line in rare occasions. So in Palia will the main player be a silent protagonist or he will contribute to the conversations with the NPCs?

[zenith spear]

Jumping off the same platform here, would different "styles" of houses stem from certain NPC quest completion or is the player going to have the liberty to build any house anywhere freely

[marsh lantern]

Panda pls look on memes

[terse bane]

We need a dedicated Pet system, i wana have a cat and things like a cattree, little bed and maybe the cat can catch some mice in the fields for better harvests 💕

[wary folio]

That would be cute.

[dark pewter]

throw some suggeestions in #game-suggestions !

[wary folio]

Do you think we would be able to have multiple pets?

[dark pewter]

there are pets in the roadmap, not sure on multiple or what specific pets we could have yet

[terse bane]

Will there be long term goals in gardening/farming like for example a tree which needs really long to get big an grow fruits like some real weeks.

[zenith spear]

OR I think we know that Einar was built by the past human civilization (he's over 3000 years old) SO maybe we might have the ability to later build our own assistant bot like Einar!

[wary folio]

YAS

[ivory cedar]

If you want to keep this game alive (or any mmo that newly releases), it needs hardcore gaming loops that reward players and make it interesting yet dynamic enough to keep interest. Then new content that enhances those experiences or adds variations, mmos today suffer from not having those enhancements or new experiences.

• Examples from a single player game (Stardew) going into the mines, going as deep as you can, getting better and better items. Only issue, it ends at a certain point
• Examples from MMOs (WoW) going into raids, it provides an opportunity for the best items, hardest content and exciting strategies to overcome with friends
• Another from WoW or Diablo III (Rifts or Mythic +) increasingly difficult loops of the same thing, but provide better rewards but harder content

[zenith spear]

^ this is a great cough suggestion cough

[dark pewter]

this is better suited for #game-suggestions since the devs are looking there specifically for them

[ivory cedar]

yep I moved it

[feral arch]

That's probably a little too specific for them to be able to answer at this time, but you can try and ask on Wednesday when Nel is taking questions! The only thing I think any of us regulars can say for sure about this is that the devs have talked about making the game appeal to both a casual audience while also having things to do that are more for the hardcore gamers.

[zenith spear]

Has there been any mention on procedural generation (cave systems or even forest/mountain layouts) within the world?

[cerulean crown]

Caverns are in the game i think

[dark pewter]

theyre working some things with caves, as busco has mentioned, but this is not a guarantee. just something theyre possibly trying out

[feral arch]

Not something I've seen asked before actually. We know there will be caves and "dungeons" of some sort but don't know what they will look like. I would ask on Wednesday, but also post in #game-suggestions because I really do love the idea of some procedurally generated dungeons at some point.

[dark pewter]

could you be more specific? not quite sure what you mean

[grizzled island]

nice "about me" section @visual blaze ...

[foggy tinsel]

I don't think ping has anything to do with the game tbh

[dark pewter]

this is all the server info weve been given, they wont go into much detail past this

[noble canopy]

I was wondering how servers were going to work in this game? Are the dev's taking a more minecraft route or Slandered MMO route?

[molten tide]

will it be an albion type of farming and such?

[dark pewter]

see image above

[grizzled island]

Lol what happened, his messages got deleted?

[foggy tinsel]

He deleted it realising his mistake i guess?
// Nvm

[devout axle]

I assume kicked

[feral arch]

Steve'd

[dark pewter]

probably banned, since all messages were removed, lets move on with questions.

[finite cedar]

tfw you are both a noun and a verb

[molten tide]

do we know anything about pricing and such? will it be monthly or one buy?

[cerulean crown]

(is an elf in rp) you are way too helpful, I am starting to think humans are nice just cause you.

[shell flint]

Oh god i can hear the voice now that you have your profile set to that. Started watching boardwalk empire

[dark pewter]

they will not speak about it. check the pinned document in this channel.

[kindred zenith]

nothing yet but we're all hoping for MTX for gameplay advantages.

[grim skiff]

Monetization count +1

[wary folio]

Palia looks more fun than other MMOs I have played tbh

[finite cedar]

good choice

[foggy tinsel]

If it will be sub based they will have 50% of the playerbase or even less than they would have for sure though, hope it is not that

[molten tide]

ty

[cunning helm]

How is the combat going to work? Is there spellcasting?

[dark pewter]

sub is most likely imo, and id be fine with that. but for now, we will have to wait and see, no use speculating

[cerulean crown]

There is no combat, only hunting for now

[grim skiff]

@cerulean crown "the master huntress" 🤔

[shell flint]

According to the FAQ document Combat? 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.
Hunting is the most action-oriented skill in the pre-alpha. But you are right - it's NOT combat. We have some really exciting plans in the "action" space for this game, but I can't tell you anything about them right now. Your patience is appreciated here.

[feral arch]

@finite cedar Just gotta say thanks real quick, y'all are always on top of things. I've seen a few people complain about inaction and I honestly can't figure out why. Thanks for all you do!

[kindred zenith]

i'm really back and forth on subs. with subs they have an idea of the income they will receive on a regular basis. also if you think of the highest quality MMOs they are sub based FF14 and WoW. even with buy in there has to still be some sort of ongoing monetization to support infrastructure costs of an MMO.

[agile cradle]

for spellcasting specifically devs have said "Magic Skill Line? Definitely no 'magic' skill to level up like 'hunting' atm"

[cerulean crown]

Sub is way too bad though, that's why FF has low player count thna WoW, A known game has a sub so nobody even wants to play others. It kills the playability on most countries

[dark pewter]

"but there is something magical about palia"

[foggy tinsel]

Free to play games always has more players, and mostly earns more than subbed games // Anyway this is not the channel to discuss that

[finite cedar]

I can't blame them, only solution would be more moderators as I'm only on for like 8 hours a day

[granite kiln]

What are you talking about

[dark pewter]

well in the end its up for them to decide upon, nothing we can really do about it but make suggestions.

[cerulean crown]

Compare FFIX player count to wow that's what i mean (14k players lmao, on steam tho)
Edit: Final message, let's not discuss it here yeah
But paid 1 million players pay more than 100k players with subs

[dark pewter]

lets move other conversations to a different place so questions can get answered effectively please o7

[molten tide]

do we have any idea of biomes so far?

[grim skiff]

i want snow

[cerulean crown]

I want snow too!

[shell flint]

We have seen a forrest area so technically that but not too many as of now

[dark pewter]

nothing really yet, they wont speak on any kind of weather/season/biome system

[foggy tinsel]

I hope it will have biomes that has different herbs

[rough jacinth]

Any specific color of snow?

[devout axle]

yellow would be not good, no?

[molten tide]

will there be diving?

[shell flint]

Please do not make yellow eatable snow plz

[cerulean crown]

Sky diving, yea underwater diving? unclear 😦

[dark pewter]

diving as in like..scuba? not said so far

[rough jacinth]

What if in the world of Palia, yellow snow IS the norm? Would everyone still want it?

[feral arch]

I live in Florida, what's snow? 😭

[terse bane]

Looks like sand

[devout axle]

like yellow Blizzard? that would be EPIC... I am almost willing to go as far as saying its a RIOT!

[dark pewter]

https://tenor.com/bkD7z.gif

[molten tide]

do we know how xp and levelling up will work? do we ha skill points to invest or just skills that level up?

[feral arch]

Not how they work; only that they exist.

[hardy solar]

Nothing about that. Only that they are skills that you level up, unsure if skill points are going to be there.

[molten tide]

cool cool

[dark pewter]

gotta cook dinner, behave yourselves or steve is gunna strike you down! ;)

[coarse barn]

a dev said that you do level skills but they are trying to avoid too much "grinding"

[terse bane]

I heared, that if you find the end of the rainbow in Palia, you will get not only a bunch of gold, but also a goblin pet. Is it true 🤔

[eternal arrow]

Hello, so nice to be a part of the discord! I wanted to ask if there'd be something furniture rotation and positioning. Def one of my favorite features from games like animal crossing

[hushed kiln]

Is there gonna be a ban system for people who are not good at communicating properly?

[terse bane]

Yes block user and u dont have to comunicate again with them

[hushed kiln]

If there is a ban system is there a unban appeal some where too?

[coarse barn]

i imagine so, they've also mentioned features like configuring the floor plan of your house

[feral arch]

I'm sure there will be GMs enforcing rules in the game. Devs have said you'll be able to choose who to filter out of the game, but I'm sure repeat offenders causing havoc will be banned.

[hushed kiln]

Are there discord unbans too because my friend said that he just got banned in the discord.

[dark pewter]

oh god its been like 2 seconds, i havnt even gotten up yet lol

@hushed kiln it is highly unlikely there will be a ban system just because of poor communication skills. that would be a horrible thing. now if youd rather not interact there are filters in place for you to personally use, but theyre not going to be removed from the game.

[terse bane]

As long as there are not to many wannabe [Mod] people that bann for everything like in some other games im happy

[feral arch]

That'd be a question for a mod like @finite cedar, I don't know much about how Discord works.

[hushed kiln]

How do i contact @finite cedar ? are his DM's open since we are really hyped for it.

[finite cedar]

Depends on why he got banned

[dark pewter]

if your friend got banned in this discord, thats between them and the mods. people are not removed/banned for no reason.

[grim skiff]

Is your friend the guy who said yO lEtS tAKe iT tO tHE dMs?

[devout axle]

he is asking for a friend😅

[coarse barn]

are mods affiliated with S6 or are they community members

[hushed kiln]

I don't know what he said but he just said he got banned he asked me to ask if i could contact a mod?

[shell flint]

I dont want to speak for Steve, but most of us who are answering questions are just volunteers who are trying to filter already asked and answer questions

[dark pewter]

mods are a separate entity. some are from a hired company, some work for discord. i believe it was neleimour who said this

[finite cedar]

If he got banned, chances are it's a perma-ban. In the meantime let's get back to channel topic (questions for the devs)

[ripe seal]

Will you be able to cast spells ?

[feral arch]

Nope, no magic casting skill in Palia. Though there IS "something magical" about the world...

[foggy tinsel]

Probably not yet. (and probably never) but yeah! Magic aspect about the world could mean something

[molten tide]

will we have customizable equipament? (adding attachments or enchantments to it)

[cerulean crown]

It is not specified in details

[crisp meteor]

will have a brazilian server?

[feral arch]

No specific details yet but you could try asking this on Wednesday when Nel is taking questions, as well as post in #game-suggestions in the meantime!

[foggy tinsel]

They will have servers as they progress the localization, but no exact info given

[hushed kiln]

Oke, is he still able to get a key for the alpha?

[grim skiff]

@ripe seal so when asked about portals for teleportation i believe they responded along the lines as not so magic-y, so they might have a bit of refrain from spell like mechanics just my guess tho

[cerulean crown]

He probably can as it is only about emails (as they can register with practically a million)

[shell flint]

As we are in the Pre-Alpha almost all server information is not known at this time.

[ripe seal]

@grim skiff Sad :(
I only make casters in MMO (mostly healers)

[feral arch]

There's no way for them to tie the survey / email account to Discord, so it's possible still.

[finite cedar]

might be a chance if he signed up already, though it's not guaranteed

[cerulean crown]

So he is technically "able"

[crisp meteor]

Where is the current Palia server running?

[devout axle]

hopefully in staging 😄

[rough jacinth]

in the cloooooouuuuuuuud

[feral arch]

You could... make a fisherman... to cast... a line? I'll see myself out now

[barren walrus]

will players be able to marry?

[foggy tinsel]

Well... that is .. sarCASTic

[shell flint]

Once again this is unknown but speculation is that probably gonna be in NA (North America) because the studio is located in LA

[molten tide]

best spell is fishing

[hushed kiln]

Are there going to be dungeons and raids in the game?

[cerulean crown]

No raids, but yes dungeons. Yet not clarified
(no idea about how dungeons will be)

[dark pewter]

PaaS? confirmed?👀

[devout axle]

I see what you did there

[grim skiff]

Give me the cloud - Mark Wahlburg 🤣

[safe hull]

Are there going to be like legendary characters (NPC’s) that are really good at one thing? Seems like the robot would cover the fishing portion will there be others?

[shell flint]

There is no comment on this as of right now butt there has been a little talk about NPC Romance but still is widely unknown at this time.

[hollow otter]

I don’t know if this has been asked but I’m wondering if in fishing there’ll be different types of fish with different effects on the player if consumed

[cerulean crown]

and I will cover the Hunting, in the name of the NPC. 🏹🎯

[feral arch]

First part yes, depending on location and time of day you can catch different fish. As for their effects, unknown at this time.

[agile cradle]

from the pinned question doc "Romance will be only between players and npc(gender doesn’t matter). Currently no player to player romance but they are looking into it (It was mentioned in one of the house sharing related questions)"

[brazen summit]

Q: do player can create quests and put them on the board of quests?? like "i need X ingredient to bake a pie, Reward: 200 doge coin" or "i need an rare ore etc"

[crisp meteor]

the game is already well know and searched in brazil, u guys will try others regions before the complete game be launched?

[barren walrus]

@agile cradle Thank you

[grim skiff]

I think there was a typo there, its definitley me that will be giving players a ranged cape for 99

[foggy tinsel]

This should be a suggestion instead of asking, because no details are involved

[shell flint]

There will unique player trading but they are not answering that at this time

[feral arch]

Unknown at this time, but there are quests of some kind in the game. Try posting in #game-suggestions because I do like this idea~

[cerulean crown]

You could be the robin-hood, but i would be notorious one? But people will still need me for buying high-tier things 😄 (At a reasonable price)

[shell flint]

@crisp meteor I see thats good this game has touched Brazil, also I cannot speak for the devs as I am a volunteer trying to help filter questions and have no connections to S6.

[molten tide]

yess!! come to brazil