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Preliminary Brainstorming - World Ideas Wanted!

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MomSonSimFunMomSonSimFun Posts: 486 New Member
Hello!

Aantalia is finally getting close to being finished. I'm predicting to have a final release in a month or so, with beta in a week or two. Thus, I've begun to think about what my next big project may be! I thought for a while that I'd take a break from CAW after Aantalia and settle down for a while, but I just have too much fun creating.

So, what sort of world would you be interested in? I'd like to do something different from anything that's been done before, and I'd like it to be at least somewhat based off of a real region of the world. I've already tackled Mediterranean and Italian, so those are out. Any ideas? Also, pictures to go along with suggestions are welcome. One idea I had myself was a ski town in the Swiss Alps, with lots of chalets and the like. Thoughts? Ideas? Thanks all, and happy simming! :D

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  • PapaSmurf1PapaSmurf1 Posts: 497 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Hello,

    I don't know, what about a mountainous island resort area? And maybe to make a little different, don't make it a tropical island, although that might be awkward.

    Here are some picture ideas:

    [img]<a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g293923-d1842211-Monkey_Island_Resort-Halong_Bay_Quang_Ninh_Province.html"><img alt="Pictures of Monkey Island Resort, Halong Bay" src="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/9d/d0/69/monkey-island-resort.jpg"/></a><br/>This photo of <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g293923-d1842211-Reviews-Monkey_Island_Resort-Halong_Bay_Quang_Ninh_Province.html">Monkey Island Resort</a> is courtesy of TripAdvisor[/img]

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    Just an idea, I don't know if this has already been done though.

  • ConorsimConorsim Posts: 5,890 Member
    edited June 2011
    Well... I always keep my ideas about worlds to myself, so I can make them myself :lol: (which why I really should express them because I murder those ideas..)

    BUT.. I've seen you do a lot of tropical worlds. Perhaps something more... non-tropical? Sorry, I'm not very good with advice. I know it's good to keep with what you do best and know, but shaking it up can be fun and creative too!
  • DocsprockDocsprock Posts: 3,869 Member
    edited June 2011
    What about a forestey Canadian city? Something similar to Montreal?
  • PapaSmurf1PapaSmurf1 Posts: 497 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Docsprock wrote:
    What about a forestey Canadian city? Something similar to Montreal?
    Kinda like this idea, but maybe tweak a little and make it a more mountainous area, I don't know just an idea.
  • TinTinnerson48TinTinnerson48 Posts: 4,151 Member
    edited June 2011
    Maybe a ocean type world? With many many rivers and oceans and stuff? Haha, i dont know.
  • DocsprockDocsprock Posts: 3,869 Member
    edited June 2011
    PapaSmurf1 wrote:
    Docsprock wrote:
    What about a forestey Canadian city? Something similar to Montreal?
    Kinda like this idea, but maybe tweak a little and make it a more mountainous area, I don't know just an idea.

    Ok then, Vancouver? :D
  • PapaSmurf1PapaSmurf1 Posts: 497 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Docsprock wrote:
    PapaSmurf1 wrote:
    Docsprock wrote:
    What about a forestey Canadian city? Something similar to Montreal?
    Kinda like this idea, but maybe tweak a little and make it a more mountainous area, I don't know just an idea.

    Ok then, Vancouver? :D
    That could work :D , although Montreal could work just as well, a mountainous area was just a suggestion. :D

  • MomSonSimFunMomSonSimFun Posts: 486 New Member
    edited June 2011
    PapaSmurf1:
    Wonderful pictures! I especially like that rock in the second picture. That'd be a fun feature to add. I'll keep it in mind.


    On the topic of a Canadian/mountain city, it's definitely a possibility. It would be nice to get away from tropical for a little while. My only thing is that I'd like some part of it to be more exotic. Since I live in the US, I love making places nothing like where I live. So, maybe a mountain area in some other part of the world?
  • PapaSmurf1PapaSmurf1 Posts: 497 New Member
    edited June 2011
    PapaSmurf1:
    Wonderful pictures! I especially like that rock in the second picture. That'd be a fun feature to add. I'll keep it in mind.


    On the topic of a Canadian/mountain city, it's definitely a possibility. It would be nice to get away from tropical for a little while. My only thing is that I'd like some part of it to be more exotic. Since I live in the US, I love making places nothing like where I live. So, maybe a mountain area in some other part of the world?
    I understand that but, then make one up, purely from imagination. Sketch a rough idea on paper, at least the overall shape, and then build from there. Instead of basing it off of another place, just make one up, this way no one is upset if your world doesn't look like such and such place, it was from your imagination, you can't argue with that.

    Just a few thoughts.
  • DocsprockDocsprock Posts: 3,869 Member
    edited June 2011
    Vladivostok?
  • KOBSKOBS Posts: 98 New Member
    edited June 2011
    I would like to see a wintery industrial city, with like an orange-brown sky due to pollution. Maybe a Russian port town with a Siberian forest and icebergs off the coast...
  • DocsprockDocsprock Posts: 3,869 Member
    edited June 2011
    KOBS wrote:
    I would like to see a wintery industrial city, with like an orange-brown sky due to pollution. Maybe a Russian port town with a Siberian forest and icebergs off the coast...

    You mean kind of like .... Vladivostok? :D
  • JohnnywrJohnnywr Posts: 2,927 Member
    edited June 2011
    Maybe a fjord based town, like the coast of British Columbia, Canada, Norway, South Island New Zealand, that kind of thing :wink:
  • KOBSKOBS Posts: 98 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Docsprock wrote:
    KOBS wrote:
    I would like to see a wintery industrial city, with like an orange-brown sky due to pollution. Maybe a Russian port town with a Siberian forest and icebergs off the coast...

    You mean kind of like .... Vladivostok? :D

    Lol, well there's an idea and name, I found a picture just like my thoughts, it's from the movie anastasia: http://public.dawnofvictory.com/swiss/ForumPics/Anastasia/1.jpg
  • simgreensimgreen Posts: 1,630 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Arizona! I love desert worlds, only that there isn't a lot out there right now.
  • auntielyndsauntielynds Posts: 3,071 Member
    edited June 2011
    I'm thinking no one has done a world from the African continent, except Egyptian. I was also thinking Super Mario World would be fun, but not a real place. :D
  • YorkchopYorkchop Posts: 348 Member
    edited June 2011
    I think a small Appalachian / Smokey Mountain town would be neat. With some cabin type rentals/apartments, a rippling creek ... and depending on release date, room for horses and horseback riding (Pets). Some dive bars. A laundry mat. Trailer park. Diner. A slice of Americana, Sims style. Of course, I might be the only one to download such a world. :?

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  • YorkchopYorkchop Posts: 348 Member
    edited June 2011
    I'm thinking no one has done a world from the African continent, except Egyptian. I was also thinking Super Mario World would be fun, but not a real place. :D

    I cannot wait for Iccarus to complete Isla Verde. Reminds me of Sao Tome and Principe off of the west coast of Africa.
  • DocsprockDocsprock Posts: 3,869 Member
    edited June 2011
    Yorkchop wrote:
    I think a small Appalachian / Smokey Mountain town would be neat. With some cabin type rentals/apartments, a rippling creek ... and depending on release date, room for horses and horseback riding (Pets). Some dive bars. A laundry mat. Trailer park. Diner. A slice of Americana, Sims style. Of course, I might be the only one to download such a world. :?

    cfiles11369.jpg

    This almost looks like a familiar screenshot. :shock:
  • PapaSmurf1PapaSmurf1 Posts: 497 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Yorkchop wrote:
    I think a small Appalachian / Smokey Mountain town would be neat. With some cabin type rentals/apartments, a rippling creek ... and depending on release date, room for horses and horseback riding (Pets). Some dive bars. A laundry mat. Trailer park. Diner. A slice of Americana, Sims style. Of course, I might be the only one to download such a world. :?

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    Actually, I think that i like this idea better than my idea.
  • MomSonSimFunMomSonSimFun Posts: 486 New Member
    edited June 2011
    I do like the Americana idea, but I'd really like something a little more out there, with a culture I'm not terribly familiar with. I do like the African idea as a possibility. That could potentially be fun.
  • MomSonSimFunMomSonSimFun Posts: 486 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Okay, so here are the possibilities I have so far:

    While taking a walk, I got the idea to make my own town, focusing on the lakeshore and beautiful and historic Fort Sheridan. I know I said before I wanted to do something far from home, but I feel I would enjoy making this.

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    I like the mountain village idea. Here are some images reflecting what I might be interested in doing:

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    snow-covered-main-street-in-montain-village-of-zermatt-swiss-alps.jpg

    Lastly, I also like the idea of an African town, as it is something I haven't seen here before.

    camps_bay_gay_cape_town_south_africa.jpeg

    So, which do you like best? In the end, I'm going to base my decision simply off of what I'd most enjoy creating, but I value ideas nonetheless.
  • WindWineKiwi8WindWineKiwi8 Posts: 1,296 New Member
    edited June 2011
    Northern/Southern Ocean Town?

    Small, 'quaint' as Americans may call it, with fishing/gardening aspect to it. Someone suggested 'fjord' as an idea - that sort of thing. A scaled down Invercargill or Reykjavík, etc. :)

    Alternatively, I for one would like to see a European town (less American - perhaps a obviously exaggerated Tudor town in England like Veronaville was?) or an Alpine town/city like Davos, Swizterland or Chamonix, France.

    Btw, you're not allowed to say 'brainstorming' anymore in the UK. It offends people with epilepsy so you have to use 'thought-shower' or something which I always thought was rather an interesting concept :wink:
  • OuerbackerOuerbacker Posts: 301 New Member
    edited June 2011
    I would go with the coastal African town. I don't think anyone has done one of those yet.
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