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I'm really excited for an Eco pack - I like the idea of laundry (my current sims have a laundry room I made out of CC but looking forward to usable stuff!) and I hope it gets a kind 'hippie' vibe. How cool would it be build a commune with green energy and living off the land with the gardening skill! The veggie trait from CL would fit in nicely too!
I really liked the idea of wedding and danger packs...but maybe they would go well in a game pack focussed of 'life events' with weddings, funerals, baby showers, graduations, proms etc?
I am really going to have to understand what this means to get the best out of these discussions. Because I thought the art style was already set for the game like TS4 has got light-hearted bright colors and a slightly painted look (ie non-photographic). How can a stuff pack have its own art style without looking like it's come from a different game. Or do you mean like will it be art nouveau or victorian, as in architectural style?
I'd be inclined to let Graham set the polls, because that's what we'll be working from. A lot of the threads are just entertaining clutter, and won't really contribute to the eventual product.
Each pack goes for its own art style, for example...
- Movie Hangout - Bohemian
- Bowling - Mid-century
- Vampires - Victorian Gothic
- Backyard Stuff - Suburban Summer
- Get Together - mix of dance party and old world charm
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My guess is that from the brainstorming point of view, common themes and pack direction can be inspired by developing a certain aesthetic and running with that. The artistic brainstorming process can lead to lots of inspiration about how to tie a pack together thematically.
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I recycle all the black things.
When your clothes are all black, there's no need to sort, one load per week. It saves water, it saves power.
Speaking of saving power, sitting in the dark helps.
Solar panels are handy for providing shade to those who want to avoid the sun.
Dead things can be recycled into cool accessories.
I know a goth gal who owns a coffin, for storing stuff in, that can get repurposed when she shuffles off her mortal coil.
That's one of my favorite songs by Queen.
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I see.. So the external studio is creating the clothing before the designers have really firmed up what activities will be in the pack? That still leaves my question intact, what is in the project lifecycle that says the external studio have be instructed on what to make before it's all finally been designed. In the example Graham gives, was it simply that the internal team found themselves with time to make the water slide and hadn't thought they would have time? Or is it simply written in stone at what point the partners are set to work - maybe because they have been booked some time in advance for that starting date?
For that pack, they probably already knew from the start that the theme was bowling (people had been saying "but where's the bowling alley?" since Get Together). For the Backyard one, they might have started with "fun family at-home outdoor activity for all ages" but not narrowed down the object(s) yet.
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More like your second thought. Clearly the art direction for the overall look of the game is set. Each pack selects a style that they want to lean into though, and that's recreated to work within the game's overall style. I always think back to the variety of choices we had when considering what to make for Romantic Garden. We looked through various options for classical gardens, fantasy gardens, botanical gardens, contemporary gardens, suburban casual gardens, roaring 20s gardens, and rustic gardens. That's way more styles than we typically consider, but we gathered so much great reference material for that pack.
Bingo. I bolded the relevant part. Unfortunately I can't go into more detail as that's really delving into the business side of game development.
Exactly. We knew from the beginning with Bowling Night that there would be bowling. You can't really select a bowling theme and then not provide bowling. There's no hard and fast rule about our approach... sometimes a pack takes shape around a standout feature, such as with Bowling Night. Other times there's a general theme we feel the game is lacking, and features can form around that theme.