In a stunning, long-awaited announcement Tuesday evening, SimGuruLyndsay of the Sims 4 development team released a heartfelt statement addressing a concern which has troubled the Sims Community a very long time: the inclusion of more realistic, aesthetically pleasing skin tones.
At a time fraught with racial tension and general unease, players and influencers alike have loudly petitioned the Sims 4 team for better skin tones for months. From YouTube videos, interrupted Twitch streams, and hijacked Twitter announcements, players have bravely wielded every tool at their disposal to advocate for better skin. It should be clear why the issue is so pressing, so salient to our times. In light of grotesque police brutality against people of color and ongoing racial inequality, the time for change is now, and communities everywhere know it. For years, Sims 4 presented darker skin tones that often appeared ashy and splotchy. Instead of red or yellow undertones, people of color often had to settle for weirdly blue or purple undertones with hints of gray. Darker-skinned Sims looked like the living dead. Considering that Sims 4 is a game that has thrived upon the hypothesis of inclusion, where a player can create Sims who look like them, it was a glaring oversight. SimGuruLyndsay announced that they are listening. Although the mod community has elevated Sims 4 skin tones to iridescent levels of bronze, midnight, caramel, and many more, Lyndsay admitted this massive contribution does not “absolve” Sims 4 developers of their responsibility. According to Lyndsay, after extensive research, collaboration with key stakeholders, and careful planning, improved Sim skin tones will hit Sims 4 in a patch this Fall. https://twitter.com/simgurulyndsay/status/1293339102981402624?s=21 Are you excited about this update? Let us know in the comments!
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————————————- 🔁The Wrap-around 🔁 Who doesn’t love a stunning kitchen island? Islands grant extra kitchen counter space, storage, and gives any kitchen an immediate luxury upgrade. You can take islands to the next level by using the wrap-around trick. Take Carmen’s kitchen as a spectacular example. Place a column in the middle of a room. Use that column to mount not only counters but also cabinets! Carmen, also known as Lily Lost in game, has expressed that this is a trick she picked up from White Palace, the somewhat infamous Sims Mobile builder taking Simstagram by storm. Another way you can snag this look for yourself is Danielle Snow Dankness’s method. Instead of a column, use an O-shaped room, shrink the “o” portion to as small of an area that you can, and then mount your cabinets and counters on those walls. Do you have any kitchen island tricks? Share out below! chluke75
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Get Influencing with Sims FreePlay!Mobile Simmers around the globe waited on tenterhooks August 10th, 2020 for one of Sims FreePlay’s most anticipated updates to date. While Sims FreePlay has long been considered the mobile Simmer’s build haven, Simmers have requested varied room shapes for a long time. This massive update gave Simmers L-shaped rooms, new SimChase event, a fresh School’s Out live event, and a novel event-type called “Influence Island.” This Survivor-inspired event sweeps player Sims into a sun-soaked, sandy island dotted with swaying palm trees, littered with white-meat coconuts, and populated by celebrity Sims such as Bella Goth, Izzy Fabulous, and Santa. Player Sims must wield their powers of persuasion to influence these celeb Sims to their side. Through a series of challenges, celeb Sims may move from “neutral,” to “friend,” to “ally,” and finally to “clan mate.” The name of the game is to convert seven celebrity Sims to “clan mate” status before the ten-day time limit is up. If a Sim successfully wins over seven celeb Sims, they win the grand prize: a sizable collection of school-themed decor. Among this collection includes such items as comfortable principal shoes, school lunch trays, school reception areas, Players convert these celebrity Sims through a series of challenges. Each “challenge” consists of “rounds.” Each “round” awards the player with a fixed number of network credits, tokens that the player may spend at the gift shop. There are two classes of prizes in the gift shop: “common” and “rare.” The player must spin and win all “common” prizes before they are allowed to move on to the “rare” class prizes. There are no duplicates, but the player receives a random prize selection each time they spin. During every round, the player must use their Sim’s power of persuasion to move an influence meter from the blue “neutral” zone into the green “friendly” zone. It is not so simple as to overwhelm the celebrity Sim with as many influence-generating actions as possible, however. If the meter leaps into the red zone, the player Sim will fatigue the celeb Sim, and the round will fail. But this isn’t the only monkey wrench Firemonkeys throws at their aspiring Sim-influencer. The player Sim must also contend with a rival Sim, a conniving, sniveling antagonist whose only goal is to win celebrity Sims away from the hero Sim. The player will know that the rival— the Grinch for Influence Island’s first season—has been at work when there is a mystery “yellow” zone on the influence bar. This is when the game mechanics slip into guessing, or more aptly, gambling territory. The player must guess where the rival influence point falls within the yellow zone. Thus, FreePlayers will have to cajole and wheedle their way as close to the green (and sometimes red!) zone as possible. If the rival point is closer to the safe zone than the player’s ending point, the challenge is failed. This addicting, thrilling, and frustrating rival zone experience is the facet of Influence Island that will generate the most revenue. Players may purchase “bribes” or buy their way out of failure with Social Points, the most scarce of FreePlay’s currency. Here’s the thing about failure: it results in a loss of all rewards earned during that challenge. The game will offer the player a piddling amount of network credits as a consolation prize, but this amount will always pale when compared to the lost network credits. Not only this, but the player Sim’s relationship status with the given celeb Sim will also reset to its previous level. Let’s say a player embarks upon a challenge to move a celeb Sim from “friend” to “ally.” A failure resets all progress toward “ally,” and the celebrity Sim will remain a “friend.” Players only receive three challenges a day, with a new challenge attempt populating every eight hours. (The challenges do not stack, however. A player cannot “store” six challenge attempts by not playing for 48 hours, for example.) Thus, the player must use their challenge attempts to get the most out of Influence island. This will sound very familiar to Sims Mobile players. The spinning cogs and underlying bolts of this game mechanic are undeniably of the Sweet Treats variety. In fact, FreePlayers can purchase a “survivor pack” for $9.99 USD to help boost their influence efforts. This pack offers starting bribes, extra chocolate, helpful survival actions, and a 1,000 network credit boost. Again, this pack will remind Sims Mobile players of the “golden ticket” that Simmers can purchase for Sweet Treats.
All in all, Influence Island is a refreshing change of pace. It isn’t as taxing as the widely-despised SimChase, and the Island’s picturesque landscape is a strangely soothing reprieve from daily Sim life. This is a permanent feature which Simmers can expect to return in later updates. Future Influence Island “seasons” will boast new prizes for Simmers to try their influencing luck to win. How are you enjoying Influence Island? Tell us in the comments below! Stay safe, grab some Sim sun, and happy Simming! New Live Event: School’s OutThe Sims FreePlay has hosted live crafting events for many years now. FreePlayers are well-versed in the four iconic workstations that make up these live events: pottery, candle making, jewelry, and glass-blowing. Player Sims work at these stations during live events to craft gargantuan amounts of materials, all of which can be exchanged for a myriad of prizes. The newest FreePlay live event, arriving in game on September 3rd, 2020, will encourage FreePlayers to join the crafting race to earn school-themed prizes. Some of these prizes include: crisp, brightly-colored signs, wooden student desks, inconspicuous wall clocks, podiums, and much more. The event guides the player through different levels of prizes. The player can claim the prizes by exchanging given numbers of candles, glassware, jewelry, pottery, and constructor coins. Simmers who are able to earn all prize packs will enjoy the grand prize: a school campus, fully furnished. Of course, it is not expected for most Simmers to complete this task on their first go. Like other live events, this event will return, saving player progress until the player wins the final prize. Which prize are you looking forward to most? Tell us in the comments!
Stay safe, love your loved ones, and as always, happy Simming! (All screens lifted from Girl Who Games. ) L-Shaped Rooms Feature QuestIn the world of mobile Simming, Sims FreePlay has reigned king concerning build mode for a long time and for good reason. Sims FreePlay, modeled after the beloved PC Sims iterations Sims 1 and 2, boasts a robust build/buy system, an endless variety of furniture, and a myriad of essential build features such as balconies, porches, swimming pools, mezzanines, and much more. But even the king has space for improvement, and the week of August 10th, 2020, Sims FreePlay will undergo a much requested change: the addition of room shapes. Until now, FreePlayers were fairly limited to rectangular rooms, though this limitation did not hamper the most creative from building stunning palaces and charming bungalows. After the August 10th update, Simmers will see a prompt about this newest feature in their games. To embark on the L-shaped room quest, the player will have to fork out social points or simoleons. The amount will vary. A player capped at level 55, the highest in FreePlay, will need to cough up over 7,000,000 simoleons. After purchasing the quest, the player will begin a quick series of events that guides them through building an L-shaped room. Each action takes seconds to complete, a refreshing change from the FreePlay usual. When ready for an L-shaped room, the player must first build a standard square or rectangular room first. A new widget will allow the player to tug and resize the room into the desired L-shaped dimensions. Players can only create L-shapes for now. They are unable to build z-shaped, u-shaped, or o-shaped rooms, but such rooms must certainly be on the horizon! What will you build with your new L-shape ability? Tell us in the comments and, as always, happy Simming! [All photos from GirlWhoGames ]
List of Live EventsIt’s only early August, but Sims FreePlay is ready to go back to school! The evening of August 8th, the Sims FreePlay Gamechangers announced a new series of live events that will appear in game with the newest August 10th update. All event prizes follow the seasonal, back-to-school theme, offering a grand prize of a large school building. This building comes decked out with a paved parking lot, an assembly room, a principal’s office, wide staircases, a cafeteria, and far more. Alongside the school-themed events, FreePlayers will have the chance to complete a special quest which unlocks L-shaped rooms! After speaking with Lee the mechanic at the nightclub, Simmers can complete her short quest to unlock these versatile rooms. Check out the example below from GirlWhoGames! In addition, a slew of school-themed SimChases and live events will pop into the game alongside this update. Check the list Salix Cat created to know when your favorite arrives!
Here at Simmer’s Digest, we’ll cover all of the events in depth. Stay tuned for helpful infographics and time-saving articles! School’s still out for summer, but we’re here to school you anyway! Happy Simming!
Here we are on our 41st show, and this one is jam packed full of Simmy goodness, let me tell you all about it! For starters we have Sims Grand Designs aka Joe, in the studio with us today, we have a slew of new challenges from PeaFrogSims, Star_Shuz showcases a brilliant new Machinima, Solie Sims delivers the Sims 4 news while Alearyn arms yours truly with loads of new Sims Mobile and Sims Free Play news, we have building tips with HipHip Renee, Miss Feena delivers a new set of 5 Simmers to check out and I am so excited to share with you two brand new segments. One is called From the Gallery and the other is CC Creator Showcase
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