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Ren Faire Game Pack
Aflutter
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I was thinking about how the game packs have a central theme and was thinking about medieval/historical challenges at the same time, so I came up with this idea. I think a renaissance fair game pack could be a lot of fun. It would bring medieval themed items into the game without conflicting with the modern aspects of the game and it would add to the already existing festival system we got in City Living. I'm already imagining food stands with enormous turkey legs.
Any thoughts? What other things could be in a pack like this?
Any thoughts? What other things could be in a pack like this?
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I think that the way TS4 is coded it would be possible to have a medieval style world roughly the size of Granite Falls or Forgotten Hollow, and have inactive visiting Sims switch into appropriate clothing when in that setting. So that the features don't spill out into other worlds unless the player wants them. And the theme of 'ren faire' means that more modern features, like phones, aren't too much of an issue.
I really liked TSM and I could definitely use a lot of the features in my main game. I'd love a blacksmith career! And pottery!
Yes, jousting with horses could be fun. Along the pets angle, TSM had falcons and parrots that could hunt for food or treasure.
I liked TSM a lot, too. The blacksmith was one of my favorite heroes. He/She was really fun to watch at the forge. From what I understand, there are modern blacksmiths, but they are artists that work the fairs and conventions. I don't know much about it, but it sounds interesting.
And I think you're right about being able to have a medieval world with the way TS4 does their neighborhoods. I hope it's closer in size to Granite Falls, though. I don't have Vampires yet, but Forgotten Hollow looks small, comparatively speaking. On the other hand, Granite Falls has a lot of empty space, so maybe they are more comparable than it looks like.
Some new instruments would be neat too (harp, lute, horn, drum) and a way to craft jewelry from metals and gems. Also, masquarades might be a cool addition, and tents for vendors or sims to sleep in. Maybe a History skill (like the Vampire lore skill) and a semi-combat style skill for fighting/sword fighting or an Aim skill for archery, axe throwing, or fair games (or throwing objects at other sims)
Great ideas!
Another idea to make it more fair-like would be to perhaps have either jugglers or jesters, like some of the street performers in City Living.
Thanks everyone for participating! This has been a fun brainstorm session.
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Saracens heads, on the other hand, are a really strange, very real, medieval food. It's a pie. Also, the name of a few pubs.
But yeah, other than the silly bird legs, I like this idea.
An archery range could make for a new, intresting addition to the game.
Wood chopping.
Wind instruments would be nice.
But a lute would be easier to add, since it would use the same animation as the guitar.
Acrobatics and juggling would be animations that could easily be recycled into a non-medieval entertainer
A pie baking contest
As for foods, from food vendors
Pies, both savory and sweet
Barley brew
Apple ferment
Peasant stew, kings roast and ploughmans lunch.
It could be good as a vacation game pack, with medieval style tents as the accomodation, or a hotel that looks like a castle.
I think its a great idea and i'd for sure buy it. its funny, as i was reading, i was thinking to myself how it could just be a festival update too for city living. just add the ren fair to geekcon, romance festival, etc.