Welcome to the Build-n-Share Weekly Challenge!
The Build-n-Share challenges will be posted Wednesday of each week and run through the following Wednesday. Results will be posted approximately one week after all entries have been submitted in the Winner's Circle thread.
The benefits
First place will be awarded at all levels. If there are at least eight entries in a category, up to four places will also be announced.
Weekly challenges also create an opportunity for community on the forum site. We get to know one another’s names, share news, builds, and positive words. This is a chance to get your name out there, and hopefully make a few friends along the way.
What makes this challenge different from all the other ones I've seen?
We have been hosting this weekly challenge since the first week the game was released. We have many levels of builders in our community and welcome th em all. This group is truly a product of all its great members!
Within the first few challenges, our group was recognized by the gurus that be, who have helped the weekly challenges gain even more popularity be stickying both Build-n-Share threads. Since then, we have had at least one featured creation almost every week, and our list of featured members continues to grow.
With 3 successful collaborative neighborhoods (Gnomelandia, Summer of Love, and NYC) just about completed, Build-n-Share hopes to bring more creative challenges and new neighborhood ideas to the community with the help of our dedicated participants who willingly contribute and help each week to make sure each challenge runs smoothly.
The rules
All entries must be original work. Any competitor who submits another builder’s work will be disqualified and banned from any future Build-n-Share challenge. These competitors will also be removed from the Builders' Boulevard related websites if they have chosen to join (membership to the site and the Yahoo! group are not required to enter a Build-n-Share challenge).
Please announce your official lot posting using the entry form below. Make sure to leave the "Official Entry" label big. If you need to reformat it, you can do this by highlighting the desired text and then selecting "Big" in the font box above. This will help us see the entries in a sea of posts with no pics to guide us.
Entries must be submitted by the deadline, 7 p.m. Wednesday evening (eastern time, USA).
A description of the five major level categories
Beginner--I have a little experience, but I'm still figuring a lot of things out. I would not call myself an official "builder" at this point.
Beginner/Intermediate--I have a little more experience, but I'm just not sure yet about that leap up to "intermediate."
Intermediate--I have been building for awhile. I know the basics and maybe a little more. I enjoy building, but it is not my primary focus with the game.
Intermediate-Advanced--I'm getting pretty comfortable, but I want just a little more practice before entering on the top level.
Advanced--I know the Sims, and the Sims knows me. My name is familiar to a lot of veteran players, and I've competed in and won some building challenges and maybe even been recognized in a community showcase or two. I know most of the cheats AND I know how to use them.
Official Build-n-Share Animated Siggy
Want to represent Build-n-Share in your signature? Here is our official signature. Just copy and paste [*img]
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Build-n-Share Archives
Big thanks to Freynas for putting this together!
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/198045.pageTwo additional opportunities
Love to build? Come join us at
http://www.buildersboulevard.com . The site offers an additional forum for advertising lots, share tips and tricks, and participate in collaborative neighborhood projects!
We also have a Yahoo! Group for builders. It can be accessed at
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/buildersboulevard/ . You do not have to be a member to enter. This group will be used primarily as an announcement center and for some of our more complex polls, and possibly, databases.
Comments
Challenge deadline: Wednesday, June 23rd at 7 p.m. (Eastern time)
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All According to Plan
This week's challenge is going to be nice and simple since many of you are still trying to finish up your summer camps and getting your media in by next Wednesday.
Many of us like to get inspiration from house plan sites. It's a good way to practice building. This week, I have found a plan and should you choose to accept this challenge, your task is to replicate the plan below as best as you can.
[img]http://img2.houseplans.com/plans/🐸🐸🐸🐸/44-178mf-1073.gif[/img]
Since everyone has the same floorplan to work off of, the challenge here really is to see how creative you can be with your exterior design as well as establishing a unique style that will make your house stand out from everyone else's. Roofing is going to be important along with adding some interesting architectural details. Not only should your interiors be impeccable, your house should have plenty of curb appeal and gorgeous/appropriate landscaping.
Some notes:
* You have a budget of 50k simoleans to work with.
* The house should be built on a lot no larger than 30x30.
* The house scale should be somewhat proportionate. This isn't a large house, so please pay attention to room sizes.
* You can choose to ignore the closets if you like since closets aren't imperative in sim houses.
* You may build out a back porch if you like, but no other rooms should be added to the house.
* You may also build a garage or carport, but it cannot be connected to the house.
* When submitting your media, please make sure to have at least 1 screenshot of the overall floorplan of the house.
Official Entry
Name:
Link to the posted asset (link to lot):
Link to media (required for judging):
Optional Challenges entered?:
Constructive Criticism?:
Experience level:
Lot Name:
Lot address, size, and final cost:
Details and Rational:
Credit to any simmers for custom content you used:
To make it more searchable, we would highly appreciate it if you include Build-n-Share in the description of the lot.
Your official judges are Tota, Robodl95, Robb, and KitKat7145.
Freynas is the official organizational guru collecting entrants' names, levels, links, and results!
Judges will post their results in the winner's circle thread: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/47204.page
Look for results typically a week after the deadline.
Big thanks to our judges and helpers!
Since judging will now be based on screenshots, we figured this would be a good time to go over some tips and tricks in taking good screenshots to help showcase your lovely builds.
1) Camera Man Mode - This is a must in taking good shots! You will have to be in live mode to do this, but just hit "TAB" to enter this mode. Once you are in this mode, you can use the mouse to freely control the angles and use "W, A, S, D" buttons to move forward, backwards, and side to side. "Z" zooms in, "X" zooms out. "Q" moves up and "E" moves down. "C" to capture the shot.
2) Find the perfect angle - With photography, it is all about finding the right angle. Spend some time in camera man mode to find the perfect angle. Get down to a sim's point of view to take the best shots of rooms.
3) Walls up - Most people play with walls cut away, but when you are taking pictures of your lot, try to keep your walls up to make your shots look more realistic.
4) No grids - Unless you need to show the grid for a specific purpose, make sure no build/buy grid is visible when you take your pictures. You can avoid this by taking pictures in live mode or by hitting the terrain paint button in build mode.
Ok, those are the basics! If you want to further your simatography skills, we highly recommend you visit http://simatography.webs.com for more tips and tricks and to see some excellent shots taken by professional simatographers!
Please try to keep this thread as photo free as possible and either create a story, a slide show, a separate thread, or use the stickied photo thread to post shots of your lots!
Beginner
AuroraDay
Link to the posted asset: http://www.mediafire.com/?xnie5nie3mg
Link to media: http://www.slideshare.net/AuroraDay01/dawn-cottage
Constructive Criticism?: Go for it!
hazentw
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2510994
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/218945.page#2680953
Constructive Criticism?: yes
Hugsforeveryone
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2501864
Link to media: http://hugs4everyone.livejournal.com/991.html
Constructive Criticism?: yes please
SassyDana
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2510551
Link to media: http://danastories.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/bns-54/
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please
scorpiophoenix
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2503597
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=225155
Constructive Criticism?: yes, please
Beginner - Intermediate
Bluuin
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2505868
Link to media: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ5zuRWVu2s
Constructive Criticism?: Yes
ehostetler0323
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2507033
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=225181
Constructive Criticism?: Sure!
kimwriter75
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2514612
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/15/205067.page
Constructive Criticism?:Yes
kquinn1990
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2514021
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/219328.page
Constructive Criticism?: yes
snakecharmer
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=225819
Constructive Criticism?: yes
xxmccxx
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2508975
Link to media: http://creationsbyios.blogspot.com/2010/06/bns54.html
Constructive Criticism?: Please
Intermediate
Cameonet1950 (AKA Cameo)
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2520015
Link to media: http://www.thesims3.com/contentDetail.html?contentId=226896
Constructive Criticism?: Sure
ciane
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f65/ciane/new/Move/?action=view¤t=ab679c85.pbw
Constructive Criticism?: No
Clovergoddess
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee12/Clovergoddess/Sims3/Born on the Bayou/?albumview=slideshow
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please
KimSim1965
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2515864
Link to media: http://kimsim1965.wordpress.com/residential-lots/serenity-build-and-share-challenge-54/
Constructive Criticism?: Absolutely, yes.
misscbong
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2506997
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/218352.page#2671961
Constructive Criticism?: Yes, please!
Molly360
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2500770
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/217276.page
Constructive Criticism?:ok
Pinks1022
Link to lot: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2511929
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/219066.page#2682919
Constructive Critism: Yes
ReesesPiecesNo1
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2514520
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/219374.page#2688381
Constructive Criticism?: yes
Tamlyn
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2511930
Link to media: http://tamlynsims.livejournal.com/8851.html
Constructive Criticism?: Please.
Tristarin
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://ravnshadow.wordpress.com/buildnshare-54-all-according-to-plan/
Constructive Criticism?: Yes, please
Intermediate - Advanced
Anartistica
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2520135
Link to media: http://picasaweb.google.com/annheinis/AllAccordingToPlan?authkey=Gv1sRgCLC75vfTupqnzQE#5485886730247959570
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please!
Brainamp
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2522986
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/220538.page#2707498
Constructive Criticism?: Yes please1
ciaracaff
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2503230
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/150/173456.page#2664160
Constructive Criticism?:Yes.
diamondgirl141
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a154/kitten_1414/BnS 54/?albumview=slideshow
Constructive Criticism?: yes, please!
GiantSquid
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2518817
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/219970.page#2698547
Constructive Criticism? Certainly!
Pallypoo
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2503249
Link to media: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/15/121948.page#2665134
Constructive Criticism?: Sure, why not
Scoiattolo
Link to the posted asset: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=2510210
Link to media): http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/0/205052.page#2679946
Constructive Criticism?: yes
Advanced
linday
Link to the posted asset:
Link to media: http://lotsoflinday.wordpress.com/build-n-share-entries/river-creek-cottage/
Constructive Criticism?: yes please!
Beginner - Judge: Robodl95 http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1020/47204.page
1st Place: SassyDana
2nd Place: scorpiophoenix
3rd Place: Hugsforeveryone
Beginner - Intermediate - Judge: Tota http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1125/47204.page
1st place: kimwriter75
2nd Place: ehostetler0323
3rd Place: kquinn1990
Intermediate - Judge: Robb http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1020/47204.page
1st place: Tamlyn
2nd place: Tristarin & KimSim
3rd place: Cameonet1950
Intermediate - Advanced - Judge: Tota http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1035/47204.page
1st place: Brainamp
2nd place: ciaracaff
3rd place: diamondgirl141
Advanced - Judge: KittKat7147 http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/1080/47204.page
1st place: Linday
Kia xxx
(That is if my hard drive doesn't go kaputt first -_-)
:shock: Not to be rude but this is exactly why I handed in my resignation as the newest judge for Beginners. I couldn’t keep up with all of the challenges to the challenges that resulted in changes to the rules. Anjubee has written a very clear explanation and expectation of this one with rules to follow the floor plan. She has added allowances for a back porch and detached garage and she even said you may ignore the closets. And how would moving or adding windows “help” anyway? Next, someone will ask if we can move or add doors. :roll:
Anjubee,
Say, “Please stick to the floor plan as it is shown.”
MY only question: Is it a one or two-week challenge? I’m guessing one.
Thanks, Cameo
Hope you have a backup plan! I JUST went through that and lost EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING! None of it was recoverable! I'll be investing in an external backup hard drive very soon. :roll:
I"m going to safely assume that when you say you can ignore closets, you also mean the H-Vac closet? Dumb question, but just pointing it out.
Good luck everyone!
***** VISIT MY GALLERY *****
Kiarane: Windows should be placed based on the floorplan. Same goes with doors.
Happy building!
***** VISIT MY GALLERY *****
Whats HVAC?
Can't wait to start!
Edit:
Are we allowed to use BUYDEBUG?
Also for the front door I used a double door. Does it matter if windows and doors are double or single if the are still in the same place and don't look out of place?
I don't want to get too far ahead in building in case this isn't allowed..
The pictures are here:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/30/197365.page
***** VISIT MY GALLERY *****
HVAC isn't somthing we have in the uk, we just called them boiler's!
(LOL we have no need for air con)