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alanmichael1
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A very nice live stream! I liked all new objects and especially the the new male clothes. The careers remind me of TS3 self-employed jobs.
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But yes, it's awesome to see new things. Yes, these do remind self-employment in The Sims 3, but instead of finding a way to make money, sims find jobs they can do to earn money (that one reminds me of skill opportunities in The Sims 3).
There should be a blog post soon.
I just wish they had chosen other topics than artist/computer/writer because these are already in the game from the beginning. But on the other hand we can't expect tons of new animations in a free patch. The new desk clutter is adorable and finally men get decent non-juvenile pants.
Something wicked this way comes!
I don't use MCCC.
It's like acting career. You choose an agency for your sim and then you choose gigs aka jobs your sim can do. Then your sim gets tasks and after these are completed, your sim will get a payment and rewards.
There are three careers in freelancer type: writer, programmer, and painter.
The pants seemed like a retexture of what we have in the base game
I wish they had done a photographer freelancer career.
This so much!!! One of my favourites in TS3. I didn't recognize the pants - I'm just glad that they are long, not torn and not wide like a potato sack.
Wow! I love how the acting career is set up so I love this surprising idea. I really hope the modding community goes to town with creative additions to freelancing! What makes The Sims community so great is their rampant imagination and skill with coming up with new gameplay for this game!
I hope sims can get Fame with it if you have Get Famous.
Another great idea, yes. Or babysitting. Or writing songs / music. Or something related to handiness - it's weird how we have all those artistic, computer and entertainment careers, but nothing related to technology, engineering, that kind of thing. The possibilities are endless!
Something wicked this way comes!
I don't use MCCC.
Oh, I'd love this. They already made it a base game skill, so they might as well make a career out of it. So far it's just the stylist career that uses it
Race Against the Clock: Can your elder sim turn back the clock before their time runs out?
@Sigzy05 In the stream, I think there was an option to sell the artwork and it had the +fame mark on it.
In TS3 there are opportunities where sims send you their broken items and you have to repair them to earn money (or take them do as you wish ahaha). It would be nice to see that here. They could make a freelancer handyman or mechanic if they ever add cars (do paint jobs, fix the engine, change the tires etc).
That’s something that was already in the game.
Having worked/lived with folks doing freelance writing and programming, I can say it's pretty routine to refer to the contracts as gigs. Even in the corporate programming space where I work, we often call one off contract jobs, especially those that are weird or different, gigs. I don't know about digital artists, the only two I'm close to aren't freelance and are more in the UX space than say a concept artist would be.
ETA: Very excited for this. I think it looks like a nice change to the very "traditional" creative careers that never really interested me in the Sims 4. Also hoping it's easy to mod. It could be a great system for adding a little more character, and there could be some other skills and flavors that could hopefully be developed with relatively straightforward processes, and a place for talented and creative writers to maybe tell some stories. A recurring problem client, who constantly wants tweaks as you keep trying to submit the work comes to mind - someone who keeps moving the goals!
I think they forgot about photography.
That would be so much fun! I really hope they do expand the freelance work in the future. Sounds like it's gonna be a big hit.
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