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Sims 4 Let’s Play – Day 4: Race to the Death!

We’re on day four of The Sims 4 official Twitch livestreams. Today’s echo-filled stream was hosted by Sim gurus Azure Bowie-Hankins and Antonio Romeo. The first four minutes can be viewed here. They had audio issues that persisted for a short while into the next video, so do beware of the possibly painful echoing.

The stream picked up right where the last left off, with the Goth family and a pregnant Bella. From the Inventory panel, a Cowplant Berry is dragged onto the ground. Cassandra is then instructed to plant it. The Cowplant needs to be routinely watered and weeded until it grows into its final stage.

Bella is in her second trimester of pregnancy. The first two trimesters last about 24 hours each, meaning that pregnant Sims will give birth within three or four days. The gurus go into the Gallery to add a Sim. Not realizing that they are under the Maxis category, they are unable to find any Sims under the #ts4lb hashtag.

Cassandra is outside doing her homework. According to Azure, homework can be done in multiple ways, such as reading the book or writing in it. The focused emotional state she is in allows her to more quickly complete her homework. Meanwhile, Mortimer is inside helping Alexander with his homework.

Once again they enter the Gallery. Lina and Kim Cart are added from the Maxis category. This category consists of uploaded creations favorited by Maxis. Viewers want to see a Sim die, so the gurus try and push Kim’s emotions to the extreme. Azure attempts to have him fail a romantic interaction with Lina to put him in the embarrassed emotional state. Lina, however, has the romantic trait, making her more likely to react positively to flirting. He tries a pick-up line on Bella. The happily married woman isn’t having any of it, and he receives the awkward encounter moodlet. He takes a bubble bath in his clothes, sinking his head under the water from embarrassment. The bubble bath puts him in the playful emotional state.

After one failed attempt at killing Kim, the gurus set their eyes on Mortimer. He is feeling very playful, so they have his family tell him jokes and use playful interactions to try and make him die from laughter. Viewers want to see someone go to work, however, so after a family meal at 2:00 AM they give up and send him to bed. Dishes can be dragged and dropped into a trash can or sink to dispose of them, aside from having a Sim perform the task. One particular trash can actually gives Simoleons when used.

After some secret guru whispering, Broccoli Brócolis is successfully added from the Gallery using the #ts4lb hashtag. The gurus try their luck at killing Kim from embarrassment again by having him flirt with the new Sim. To put Sims in the flirty emotional state and have more successful romantic interactions, they can watch the romance channel, primp in the mirror, eat flirty cookies, or take a steamy shower.

It is almost time for Bella and Mortimer to head to work, and for the kids to go to school. In addition to goals, Sims also have daily tasks that they can complete to improve their work or school performance. Careers and school also have an ideal mood for your Sim to attend in. As a writer, Mortimer should attend work in the inspired emotional state and has a daily task of reading books. While at school, Alexander encounters a chance card! Their choice nets him a small boost to his performance.

Broccoli walks in on Kim taking a shower and they both become very embarrassed. The maid arrives and begins cleaning up the house. She isn’t wearing the typical French maid uniform of past Sims games. Causing an emotional death proves to be too much of a challenge for the gurus, so they instead decide to play with fire. The Goth’s expensive stove is replaced with the cheapest available. Outside of the house is a utility panel for activating a house’s sprinkler system. It detects when a fire is present and activates sprinklers that will extinguish it. After removing that, they send Kim to the kitchen to cook some mac and cheese.

With the combination of his poor mood, the cheap stove, and his lack of cooking skill, a fire begins. During a fire, Sims will flee outside of the house for safety. Kim must die, however, so they force him back inside to stand by the fire. The fire spreads, setting him ablaze. Kim eventually perishes, prompting Azure to sing a tune. The Grim Reaper arrives and examines his tablet, giving players plenty of time to plea for the life of their fallen Sim. Kim’s charred corpse is replaced by an urn. Broccoli takes the opportunity to get to know the reaper at the kitchen table over Kim’s remains.

Bella has returned from work and has earned a promotion! From the Notification Wall they see that she is now an Agent Handler, unlocking the Tranquilizing Handshake social interaction and the Reconnaissance Workstation object as a bonus.

Now in her third trimester, Bella is ready to pop. She goes into a two hour long labor the following day. While taking a bath, a baby carriage appears next to her. It’s a boy! After a quick spin, baby Ollie appears!

During the stream. the gurus earned two achievements. The All Nighter achievement was unlocked by having a Sim stay awake for 24 hours. Having a Sim perform no social interactions for 24 hours granted them the Introvert achievement.

Sims 4 Let’s Play – Day 3: Parties and Pregnancy

We’re back with day three of our continued recaps of The Sims 4’s Twitch livestreams. Today’s playthrough was hosted by Sim gurus Matt Yang and Shannon Copur.

Sisters Sarah and Rebecca Hudson were downloaded from the Gallery and are looking to throw a party at their new house. From the cell phone menu they pull up the map and travel to the Rattlesnake Juice Bar. At the bar they meet some potential party guests. A social group was automatically formed with the other Sims at the bar, indicated by clear plumbobs over their heads.

They headed over to The Future’s Past Museum with a couple of their newfound acquaintances to look for intellectual guests. Rebecca strikes up a conversation with another Sim in the midst of painting. Shifting the focus to Sarah, they notice Ryan Vaugh from yesterday’s stream sashaying down the sidewalk.

Back at home. they schedule their party from the social event menu. They could throw a House Party, Dinner Party, Birthday Party, or a Wedding. You can earn medals and rewards from completing goals by hosting a Prestige Event. These events have one main goal and various lesser goals. Completing goals gradually fills up a progress meter, and a timer indicates when the party will end. After choosing their event, they had to select at least one host (up to 8) and two guests (up to 15). The sisters automatically changed into their party outfits and the invited guests began arriving.

Viewers wanted to see some romance and a Sim use a pregnancy test, so from here on the stream shifted into a mission for woohoo. Rebecca becomes friendly with party guest Tylor Moore, but her flirtation doesn’t go over well. Matt adds a new Sim named Nelson Tarso to the household from the Gallery for Sarah to try her luck with. The two hit it off at first, but Nelson becomes embarrassed and thing go downhill from there. The gurus resort to adding a married couple from the Gallery. It’s going well, but they need a good night’s rest and viewers wanted to see the Goth family.

Over at the Goth residence, the gurus put Bella and Mortimer to work. After a bit of flirtation and making out on the couch, they head up to the bedroom for some woohoo while Matt and Shannon avert their eyes. Bella now has the option of taking a pregnancy test when interacting with a toilet.

Sims 4 Pregnancy Test Bella — Bella is pregnant!

Mortimer and Bella spend some quality time with the children. Bella announces her pregnancy to the excited family. Cassandra gives her father fake bad news and learns the Mischief skill, allowing her to use additional mischievous social interactions. Opening the career panel reveals that Bella is in the secret agent track, and Mortimer is a writer. Mortimer breaks the downstairs toilet and can’t seem to use the upstairs toilet, so he ends up soiling the carpet. A child themed Styled Room is added to the rear of the house, and interactions with two toys are demonstrated with Alexander.

Sims 4 Let’s Play – Day 2: Good vs Evil Sims in Live Mode

The official Sims Twitch channel held their second livestream session of The Sims 4 today. This time we were walked through a bit of Live Mode gameplay by Sim gurus Ryan Vaughn and Argus Hulin, who were joined by a cutout of Cassidy Purdue.

The ~~Mordecai~~ Malakai brothers are identical twins. One of these brothers, however, is evil. At the computer, Bad Malakai pulls up the career menu. The career list includes Writer, Criminal, Culinary, Astronaut, Painter, Secret Agent, Entertainer. and Tech Guru.

Each branch off into one of two career paths at some level. The criminal career, for example, has a Boss Branch and Oracle Branch. After joining a career, a Sim’s work schedule, performance level, and the goals you can complete to help raise that level can be viewed from the Career panel. If your Sim doesn’t have a career, a button will appear in the panel for joining one. Bad Malakai can do a bit of hacking with six targets to choose from. Most notably is the work performance option.

On the Aspiration panel you can view your Sim’s current aspiration and their progress towards completing it. At any time you can actually change your Sim’s aspiration without losing their progress, and you can complete as many as you want on a single Sim.

From the Gallery, Argus plops down a house made by a Creator Camp attendee. Bad Malakai’s evil trait and Good Malakai’s good trait clash, causing them to develop the Good vs Evil moodlet when in close proximity to each other. With the angry emotional state this put him in, Bad Malakai performs Enraged Reps on a workout machine. In the Relationships panel you can see that the brothers despise each other and are nemeses. Being an Elder Sim makes Bad Malakai susceptible to the Dangerously Tired moodlet when performing strenuous activities. Continuing such activities in this state could actually prove fatal.

Good Malakai heads to the kitchen to cook up some grilled cheese on the stove. Meals come in three sizes, including single serving, family size, and party size. At the top of the cooking menu there is a checkbox for using fresh ingredients. Despite his lack of cooking skill and flipping it outside of the pan a couple times, the meal was of good quality. Hovering over the meal also displays a timer indicating when it will become spoiled.

After a good meal, it’s time for the brothers to head out on the town. From the map they are able to switch over to Oasis Springs and visit the Rattlesnake Juice Bar. Bad Malakai is still uncomfortable from working out, and it can be seen in his walk style. The brothers find themselves in the company of Katrina Caliente, who shows a fine display of multitasking by holding and drinking two glasses of juice at the same time.

Mortimer Goth arrives on the scene, and Bad Malakai wastes no time trying to get on his bad side. Being mean to Mortimer brought him one step closer to completing his aspiration. The two end up in a bar brawl, with Bad Malakai coming out the victor. This puts him in a confident emotional state and allows him to show off his muscles to his defeated foe.

In the aspiration panel you can access the Rewards Store. From here you purchase special items and traits for your Sims with their Satisfaction Points, which are earned by completing aspirations.

Now it’s time to throw another Sim into the mix. In the Gallery they search for Sims with the #ts4lb hashtag. Scrolling down the list, an awfully familiar looking Sim named Ryan Vaugh catches their attention. Just like that he’s added to the household. He struts into the bar and begins telling jokes, accompanied by Dina Caliente.

The guys travel to the Desert Bloom Park with Katrina for a change of scenery. Good Malakai and Bryan are in a playful emotional state from joking around at the bar. At the park they spot Malcolm Landgraab, another familiar face. Good Malakai is in desperate need to of a bathroom. Clicking on the Bladder icon in the Needs panel queued an interaction with the nearest toilet. While Good Malakai waddles to the bathroom, Ryan tries to flirt with a Sim named Jenna, who quickly leaves the room. He follows her and tries again, but she rejects him. This puts him in an embarrassed emotional state, but successfully telling a self deprecating joke took care of that. Another failed attempt at flirting puts him right back. It turns out that Jenna is married, so maybe flirting with her isn’t the best idea.

It’s late and they’re tired, so Ryan and the brothers head home for bed. Ryan hides under the covers to help make his embarrassing moodlet go down faster. While they sleep, another Sim is added from the Gallery. After a painful violin session and a bit of painting, gurus Argus and Ryan decide to give the viewers what they want and show off some gameplay of the child life stage.

In Create A Sim they quickly make a household consisting of a randomized mother and two children. Children have their own unique aspirations to choose from, and get one trait. To make Bob even more miserable, they moved the family into the Pancake household. They head out for some fun at the Magnolia Blossom Park. Little Maureen played pirate with her mother while Darwin climbed the monkey bars. Children have a Motor skill that allows them to perform more interactions with certain objects, such as climbing on top of the monkey bars.

Maureen is hungry, but rather than cook a quick meal on the grill, Ryan and Argus have the mother go fishing for food. Darwin stumbles upon a sleeping stranger and wakes her up. She is in an angry state, so he brightens her day. Now Darwin has learned the Social skill, giving him more interactions revolving around socialization. He gives the dirty stranger a hug and put her in a happy state. Meanwhile, Maureen jogs over to trash on the ground and jstomps around in it.

Unable to catch any fish, the mother cooks some hot dogs. A vegetarian Sim begins eating a hot dog and becomes embarrassed. With only five minutes left in the stream, they head back home to enjoy an excellent quality pancake meal prepared by Bob.

Sims 4 Official Let’s Play: Tactile and Intuitive Build Mode

Starting today until The Sims 4’s launch, the official Sims Twitch channel will be hosting livestreams of the game at 3 PM EDT. Today’s livestream was hosted by Sim gurus Ryan Vaughn and Aaron Houts and focused on building a weird house with the game’s “tactile and intuitive” building tools.

They started off by using the classic Motherlode cheat to increase their household’s Simoleons. In Build Mode, they opened the Styled Rooms menu. Clicking on one of these rooms brought up a display.

Each room has three different color designs to choose from. Hovering over individual components of the room displayed information about them. You can place any individual piece of furniture from the room into your lot from here, or the entire room itself. There are special career themed rooms, unlocked by reaching level 10 of different career paths.

While decorating a bathroom, Aaron made use of Build Mode’s text search function. As he typed, various objects, tools, and categories matching the text appeared above. You can also filter objects by color. After placing a few rooms, Aaron showed off the three door heights. These correspond with the short, medium, and tall wall heights. Wall height can be adjusted on the fly, and objects affected by this may automatically adjust.

A foundation was instantly added under the house with a simple eight level height slider. Windows can be placed by room, in addition to standard placement. This automatically places evenly spaced out windows across the exposed walls of a room. Aaron displayed the free vertical placement, holding the Alt key to smoothly move a window up and down the wall.

In The Sims 4 you no longer need supports for rooms spanning more than two spaces past the ground floor. They can even float in midair! You can move a room up a floor by placing it on top of itself. Roofs are highly customizable, allowing you to resize and curve the shape. The eaves, or bottom edges of a roof, can be adjusted together or individually.

On the toolbar at the top of the screen you’ll find many familiar tools. The Design Tool allows you to choose a different color design for an object.

In the Lot Info Panel you can edit certain details of your lot, including the name, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and the lot type. It also displays the current value of the lot. This ties into sharing it on the Gallery. When changing the lot type, it will display what items you’ll need for the lot to work properly. You will be unable to change the lot type while there are Sims living there.

Saving your room to the Gallery or your library is done by selecting the room and clicking the Save To My Library button on the toolbar. You can save the room or the entire lot. Now you can change the display image and the room or lot’s information.

Aaron began placing grass over the harsh desert terrain with the terrain tool. The size and feathering can be adjusted. To liven up the environment, various outdoor plants were added to the front of the house. In The Sims 4, terrain and outdoor plants can be placed on top of rooms. Surrounding the top with a fence turned it into a block. This removed the terrain, but Aaron was able to quickly add it back. Now the whole block and its contents could be moved together.

Fountains can be created with a selection of different shapes. You can customize your fountain with trim and place different water emitters and decorations inside of it. Differently colored water emitters will change the color of the water as it passes through and glow at night.

After completing the strange house, it was uploaded to the Gallery. They pulled up Edna and Mary’s Place, a residential lot uploaded by Graham Nardone. When placing a lot from the Gallery, you can choose whether or not it is furnished. After placing the lot, a notice popped up noting that items were removed. The lot contained the Plumbob Lamps rewarded to owners of The Sims 3 and its expansions, which Aaron and Ryan did not have in their game. After a quick look around the house, they decided to show off the object resizing cheat.

You’ll be able to find the lot they created on the Gallery after the game’s release under the TS4LiveStream Origin ID. We’ll continue our rundown of the livestreams in the coming days. Stay tuned!

The Sims 4 Challenge: Rise of the Blusimians!

This week’s challenge for The Sims 4 Create A Sim demo was to create a Sim that looks like they come from another planet. We decided to give this one a shot, and here are the results!

The fictional Rise of the Blusimians follows the latest adventure of Sheriff Darien Grey and his burly green sidekick, Grun Dal, as they take on a rising threat on planet Blusimia. The great Blusimian race has always lived in harmony within the Simsonian System under the matriarchal rule of the Vol family. Following the death of her beloved sister Samira, Lampira took up the Blusimian crown.

Characters

Sheriff Darien Grey has sought to bring justice across the Simsonian System for the past eight years. Under the employ of the Simsonian Supreme Council, the sheriff holds judicial authority throughout the entire system.

Grun Dal feels indebted to Grey for his role in safely evacuating the Grensim people a few years back during the events of Disaster on Grensimus. He has followed the sheriff ever since, serving as his sidekick and close friend.

Lampira Vol has a different direction in mind for Blusimia and its people. Tired of living under the Supreme Council’s laws, she thirsts for power. With the combined forces of the Blusimian armada and advanced technology hidden from the council for generations, she just might stand a chance.

Hervey Vol is the sole child of the late Samira Vol. He was cast out of his royal home following Lampira’s rise to power. Now living the simple life, Hervey finds himself caught in the middle of a brewing war. Unknown to Lampira, he holds knowledge of their secret technology and how to disable it. Aiding the council would save many lives, but what will become of Blusimia and its people?

The Sims 4: Gallery CAS Demo Overview

We’ve reached the end of our three part The Sims 4 Create A Sim demo walkthrough. Now that we’ve formed our Sims’ personalities and created their looks, it’s time to share them with the world through the Gallery!

The Gallery window consists of three tabs: Home, Community, and My Library.

Home tells you how many players are online and the total number of households in the Gallery and your library. You may also find notifications regarding your uploaded households and a list of popular hashtags to the right.

Community is the heart of the Gallery. Here you’ll find all of the Sims 4 content players have uploaded. Lots and rooms will also be available on the Gallery in the full release, but for now we can only share Sim households. These can be sorted by the most recent uploads or by the most popular in terms of downloads or favorites. A checkbox is included for hiding uploads containing any downloadable or expansion content for The Sims 4 that you don’t currently own. They can also be searched for by name, the Origin ID of the creator, or by hashtag.

My Library contains all of your saved households, including any downloaded from the Gallery. The files are stored locally on your computer and can be found in the Tray folder.

Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 Create A Sim Demo/Tray

Uploading a household to the Gallery is accomplished through the household preview window. A button can be found at the bottom left corner which when clicked will upload your household to the Gallery. Before doing this you may want to add a description, including any relevant hashtags if you wish.

After a short load your content will appear on the Gallery and a notification will pop up. Your uploads can be removed at any time by clicking the same button.

You may also showcase one of your uploads prominently on your Gallery profile. Clicking your Origin ID at the top of the window will take your profile. Other players can follow you, leave comments, and view the full catalog of your uploaded creations from here.

Downloading content from the Gallery is just as simple. Clicking on another player’s household will bring up a familiar window. From here you can save the household to your library, favorite it, share it on Facebook, report it for inappropriate content, or bring it right into Create A Sim. The creator’s profile can be accessed by clicking on their name.

If another player uses your creations in their own Gallery upload, you will receive credit as the original creator.

Interestingly, the Create A Sim demo installation includes a Mods folder. With the right tools you can already start making custom textures for your Sims to fashion. An official Sims blog entry posted this week elaborated on this. They’ll be adding a basic guide explaining the game’s file structure and how to work with the files for modding purposes within the next few weeks. The updated Sims forums currently in the works will also include a section for modding and custom content discussion.

That wraps up our Create A Sim demo walkthrough.

Sims 4 Create A Sim Demo: Editing The Head and Body

We’re back with part two of our The Sims 4 Create A Sim demo walkthrough. This time we’ll focus on editing our Sim’s appearance.

Editing the Head

When you move the cursor over your Sim, you’ll notice that individual parts of their body will become highlighted. This indicates which parts can be adjusted. These parts can be dragged with your mouse and molded as you wish. When you reach the limit in any given direction that a part can be adjusted, it will light up red.

While zoomed out you can adjust the overall size of the head. You’ll need to zoom in close to the face to access its individual features. These include the head shape, eyebrows, eyes, ears, cheeks, nose, mouth, chin, and jaw. Rotating your Sim will allow you to perform additional adjustments.

You’ll notice than when you click on one of these body parts, a selection of different choices for that part will appear to the right. Each appears to be in some way unique and has its own limitations for adjustment. When you’re ready to start editing the finest details of your Sim’s face, double click on any part of the face or use the Detail Edit Mode button to the left. Now you can adjust things such as the nostrils, upper and lower lips, and even the size of the eye’s iris.

To the right of your Sim’s head you will see six buttons.

Face will allow you to change your Sim’s skin tone and choose from preset faces spanning various ethnicities. You can also add additional skin details such as wrinkles, freckles, and beauty marks.

Hair gives you access to a nice variety of different hairstyles. There are 18 hair colors to pick from. Each clothing category can have its own hairstyle. To make finding the perfect hairstyle easier, the game includes a Filter Panel containing filters for length and texture.

Facial Hair (males only) contains various beards, goatees, and moustaches. There is a checkbox in case you don’t want your Sim’s facial hair (or eyebrows) to match the color of their hairstyle.

Hats has several types of headgear to choose from. Like all clothing, it can be filtered by color, material, outfit category, and style. It can also be sorted by brimmed and baseball caps. One exciting new feature is that hats can be worn on any hairstyle.

Accessories includes earrings, glasses, and necklaces. Each accessory type can be worn together. There are no options for wearing just one earring.

Makeup has the standard eye, cheek, and lip makeup. Unlike previous titles, males and females do not share the same makeup selection. Males are limited to black eyeliner and darker eyeshadow colors.

Editing the Body

To the left you’ll find two sliders for adjusting muscle and weight. Editing the body is mostly the same as the head, but there is no Detail Edit Mode or additional limb types to select from. Like the head, there are a series of buttons to the right.

Body gives a selection of preset bodies and allows you to change your Sim’s skin tone.

You can also add tattoos to your Sim, some of which can be recolored and most of which are gender specific.

Styled Looks contains stylish clothing combinations. These will be updated periodically after the game’s release.

Tops is where you’ll find various upper body wear. There is a wide variety of different types of clothing to choose from here, or your Sim can just go topless.

Full Body has unique top and bottom apparel combinations. These can’t be worn in conjunction with clothing from the Tops or Bottoms buttons.

Bottoms houses various lower body wear. Jeans, shorts, skirts, etc. can be found here.

Accessories for the body include bracelets, rings, and socks, as well as gloves and leggings for females.

Your Sim can wear rings on multiple fingers, and one bracelet can be worn per wrist.

Shoes has footwear for every occasion. Keep those toes free by having your Sim go barefoot if you’d like.

There are five clothing categories, including Everyday, Formal, Athletic, Sleep, and Party wear. In The Sims 4, your Sim has every piece of clothing available for each category. Your Sim can attend a formal party in their underwear or sleep fully clothed!

The third and final part of our walkthrough will detail The Gallery and any additional information not mentioned in this or the previous article.

Personality, Traits, Genetics in The Sims 4 CAS Demo

We here at SimCitizens got our hands on the Create A Sim demo and would like to give a detailed three part walkthrough of what we experienced. Keep in mind that this is an early demo and that many things may change for the final release.

Here we have a preset Sim generated by the game. You may have seen these Sims in promotional material for the game. There’s a lot to cover here, so let’s take it step-by-step.

1.) Clicking the Plumbob will open the Personality settings.

Clicking here will bring up two text boxes for choosing your Sim’s first and last name.

Your Sim’s gender can be switched with these two buttons.

The life stages are shown here. For the demo, only the Young Adult stage is available.

This opens a drop down menu with a selection of unique walk styles. There are nine available, including Default, Perky, Snooty, Swagger, Feminine, Tough, Goofy, Sluggish, and Bouncy. The latter two will not be included in the full release’s CAS. They will instead likely be temporary, emotion-based walk styles.

There are three voices per gender to pick from. The pitch can be adjusted higher or lower to your liking. Male Sims can have a Clear, Warm, or Brash voice, while females can have a Sweet, Melodic, or Lilted voice.

If you have more than one Sim in your household, a button for editing your currently active Sim’s relationships will appear. Two young adults may be roommates, siblings, or married.

2.) Let’s move on to traits and aspirations. There are ten aspiration categories, each including one or more aspirations to choose from and a bonus trait. My Sim, for example, has the Computer Whiz aspiration. This is part of the Knowledge category, which also includes the Renaissance Sim and Nerd Brain aspirations. Having a Knowledge aspiration gives my Sim the Quick Learner bonus trait. With this he’ll be able to learn skills faster.

There are 35 traits spanning four types: Emotional, Hobby, Lifestyle, and Social. As there are only three traits per Sim, you may want to choose wisely.

My Sim, for example, has the Geek, Lazy, and Creative traits.

The Geek trait allows him to find Collectibles more easily and Discuss Geek Things with Sims sharing the Geek trait. It also means that when playing video games or reading sci-fi novels, my Sim will become Happy. If he doesn’t play enough, he could become Tense.

The Lazy trait will give my Sim high Moodlets for napping, watching TV, or using comfortable furniture. However, it also makes my Sim become Fatigued faster when exercising and he will grow Tense when performing household chores.

Finally, with the Creative trait my Sim will have a high chance of becoming Inspired and can Share Creative Ideas with any other Sim. If he goes a certain amount of time without performing a creative task, he will become upset.

3.) From here you can access any Sims in your household by clicking on their portrait and add new Sims by clicking the Add a Sim button to the right. You can have up to eight Sims in a single household.

You can also Play with Genetics. This allows you to create a new family member based on your Sim’s genetics. For the demo we could only create a sibling. These randomized siblings shared our Sim’s skin tone and tended to have the same eye color, hair color, hair texture, and facial hair in addition to similarly shaped faces and bodies.

4.) This area contains buttons for randomizing the appearance of your Sim and undoing or redoing changes made to it. A checklist feature for randomization has been added, which allows you to choose which parts of your Sim you want randomized.

5.) Starting over or saving your household can be done with these two buttons. Starting a new household will generate a random preset Sim and remove any Sims you were previously working on.

When saving your Sim you can change the household name and add a description. The camera button will randomize the poses in the household portrait. At the bottom left there is a button for uploading your household to The Gallery and another for sharing your uploaded household on Facebook. Finalizing your save is done by clicking the lower right button. The household is saved to My Library.

6.) Here you’ll find buttons for saving your household, opening the gallery, the notification wall, and the options menu. Various notes about your online interactions will pop up on the Notification Wall. From the Options Menu you can access the game’s settings, find help on the EA site, view lessons that will teach you about various features in Create A Sim, and quit the game. As this demo only features Create A Sim, the settings are fairly limited.

The next part of our walkthrough will focus on customizing our Sim’s appearance.

The Sims 4: A Dynamic Score

The music of The Sims 4 changes dynamically depending on the level of detail you are currently focused on in Create A Sim and Build Mode. Each track in these modes has eight levels of intensity. The more detailed your focus, the simpler the track becomes.

You’ll find plenty of music in the game’s Live Mode as well, with the emotion-based gameplay having a significant impact. The small bits of music that accompanied many emotional moments throughout your Sims’ lives in past titles will return two-fold. A number of animations will also include musical scores.

The Sims 4 base game will include five music stations to choose from, including:

Pop
Electronica
Blues
Romance

The fifth music station was not named, but could very well be for custom tracks.

The score for The Sims 4 was created by English composer Ilan Eshkeri with longtime EA audio engineer Robi Kauker. Musicians such as Emmy the Great, Tim Wheeler, and Andy Burrows are among those that have contributed to the score.

In addition, an exclusive mix of the Build Mode theme will be released tomorrow for free on the official Sims Soundcloud page.

The Sims 4: Exclusive Objects in Each World

A new official Sims blog entry was posted today.

It appears that traveling between different worlds in The Sims 4 will play a large role in your Sims’ lives. Some objects are exclusive to certain worlds. You may not be able to find a particular food ingredient in one world and must travel to another to obtain it.

Like Willow Creek, Oasis Springs will consist of five neighborhoods. Two of these neighborhoods will start out with a selection of venues for your Sims to visit, but you can turn any lot in any of these neighborhoods into a home or venue.

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