Edenstyle Creators Camp Coverage

[-[gooey kablooey]-]

i've decided to keep you guys posted on www.edenstyle.it's coverage
of the sims3 creators camp event. i will be updating it every day until it's over.
theres some really great information coming out so enjoy!


12 January - Day 1
Eden has been invited to The Sims 3 Creator's Camp at San Francisco. For the whole week 30 custom content creators and fan site owners are going to try the game and creating outfits, houses, furniture and much more for the new Exchange.
Producers are also showing them the various features of the game and teaching some tricks. Unfortunately, we cannot take pictures or film the game.
Here you can find a little summary about what Eden discovered the first day...
-Some traits give you special abilities. They can be useful to improve skills (Artistic and Athletic traits, for example) and to get special interactions (childish sims can play with toys. Mooch sims can ask for food...).
-Toddlers cannot visit the city alone, they must be carried by an adult. Children can walk around the neighborhood alone.
-We can move working buildings to other places.
-All the Sims of the city evolve togheter, but if you want you can stop the aging or the story progression. In this way Sims that you don't control won't get married or evolve.
-You can change the lifespan. Here are the different settings:
*Short (25 sims days)
*Normal (95 sims days)
*Long (200 sims days)
*Epic (1000 sims days).
-We can set a different hair style for every clothing category.
-Accessories (gloves, socks, eyeglasses, bracelets, earrings, shoes...) can be customized with Create a Style tool.
-Elders have grey hairs by default, but we can change their colour if we want.
-The biggest lot size is 64x64
-Roofs: the autoroof option generates roofs automatically when you build a wall. You can also choose roof height.
-You can drag walls to enlarge rooms. When you do it, all the objects attached to them move with the wall itself.
-You can place objects wherever you want, you don't have to stick to tiles anymore.
-Bushes can have random different sizes.
-Stairs can be built over the hills and you can also set their width.

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13 January - Day 2
Hello all, today I had the chance to play a bit the game. I also registered some simlish with the real Simlish actress: it has been so funny! I enjoied it a lot! Here are some notes:
-Sunset valley has been built before Pleasantview, founded by the Goth family and built up by the Landgraabs to be a quiet, peaceful town.
-I visited the Graveyard and it has been so funny... There you can go fishing (!!!), visit the mausoleum, explore the catacombs and... get a partime job (so creepy!). While visiting the catacombs, you get many funny messages telling you what your Sim is doing there. When my Sim went out, she had a special seed in her inventory. You can probably find something special every time you visit that place. If you click on the tombstones, you can read or engrave epitaphs and mourn.
-When you load the city, you'll see useful tips on the screen.
-You can write novels with the PC. Writing is a new skill.
-You don't have a skill panel with all your skills, like in the Sims 2. Skill names come up after you get the first skill point. Then, you can click on them and open a sort of journal with your updates about that skill.
-I created a Sim with those traits: perfectionist, brave, daredevil, ambitious and Charismatic. Due to her daredevil trait, if I click on some objects, I don't get the normal interactions, but I get interactions like extreme nap, extreme sleep, read something extreme, play extreme videogame... that's so funny!
-There are 2 inventories: personal inventory and family inventory. In this last one you can store objects when moving or redecoring. If you move you can choose to pack your furniture: you'll find it in the family inventory, ready to be placed in the new house.
-If you interact with the newspaper, you can find discount classes to improve your skills.
-During the game you can receive some messages noticing you about things that can be interesting for your sim, like stadium match, sales...
-Jobs: you are paid per hour. When you get the job, you automatically get your boss in your relationship tab. If you interact with him, you can ask to increase your salary per hour or to get promoted. When you go to work, you can choose from a list what you will do that day. You can work hard (then your Sim will come back a bit tired), meet workmates (to know new people), talk with workmates (to increase relationship level... it's so easy in this way), do something special to impress your boss, sleep at your desk...
-If you click on workplaces, you can have different interactions, like get a job, go to work, attend a class, visit it... If you receive an opportunity related to that particular building, you'll also get a special interaction needed to fulfill the opportunity,
-To modify your town, you should click on Edit Town and then on Build/Buy button in city view. Then you can modify both community and residential lots. Some community lots, like parks and swimming pools, can be totally customized. For work places, you can only add few things outside.
-You can change lot type from community to residential and from residential to community. If you do it with a working place, the building will disappear, but the exteriors and the basement will remain and you'll be able to build a house there. It's not clear what happens to the people that were working there...
-You can edit community lot details (name and description)
-Shop for groceries: a window will show up with all the ingredients you can buy. You can also buy ingredients per recipe. So, if you want to cook something special, you just have to choose the recipe: all the required ingredients will be added to your cart. You can also sell your vegetables. Foam bath, goldfish, candles, birthday cake and a toy duck can been bought there too.
-To use the mobile phone, you have to enter your inventory. You can place a telephone in the house too.
-You cannot buy clothes, but you can create up to 3 clothes per category, for every Sim.
-Households can be merged, evicted and splitted.
-You can greet other sims friendly or rudely.

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14 January - Day 3
Hello all, I'm so excited about the game, there are so many things I would like to talk you about...
-Yesterday I joined CAS tips and tricks. Sims are more realistic and there are tons of sliders to modify their appearance. They showed us some great screenshots, with perfect shades. The good news is that they made them directly in the game, they didn't used any external tool to make Sims more realistic, like they used to do for Sims 2 (expecially for packages). About custom content, you cannot modify Alphas by default, but the CAS guru said that hackers would be able to do it.
-We don't have a new race, but there are ghosts and you can have babies with them.
If you have many people in your family, then you'll start with more than 20.000 simoleons.
-Good Sims can donate to various associations, like Kleptos anonymous. Evil Sims can donate to undermine those associations. For example, my evil Sim had the option to donate to undermine Underprivileged Llama.
-Example of interactions evil sims can do: evil shower, evil slumber, steal candy from a baby and scare baby(!!!).
-I discovered few things about babies...
*Furniture: highchair, potty, xylophone, crib (like the one we had in The Sims 2), canopy crib, 3 toy boxes (they can also play inside them), Toy oven, Building blocks table and few other things. The changing table is no more there. You have to click on the toddler to change diaper or clothes.If you have the highchair, you can feed toddlers with the same food you prepare for the other family members, but you have to use the food processor before.
*If you click on a toddler, you have those interactions: change diaper, change outfit, feed on floor, pick up, snuggle, teach to talk, potty train, tickle, teach to walk, toss in air. Some traits give you more interactions. For example, evil sims can scare babies.
-Parties: to give a party, you should use the phone. Then a window will pops up and you'll have to choose the starting time, the dress code (formal, casual, swimwear) and the guests. I've been able to invite 8 people.
-Services: firefighter, police and adoption services are free. Pay services: Babysitter ($25/hour), Pizza delivery($30), Repairman ($50/hour), Maid ($75/day), Magician ($400).
-When you adopt a baby, you can choose the s3x and the age (newborn, toddler, child).
-If you click on a restaurant, you can choose to drink/eat there alone or with someone else. You cannot enter the restaurant with your sims, but you can see them if they eat outside.
-You can become a partner of a business lot and share the profits. If you have enough money, you can own the entire lot. The owner can rename the place, fire people and collect money.
-You can collect seeds, insects and rocks. You can unlock Collection Helper with lifetime happiness points. This tool you'll be able to locate collectible items on the map.
-If you burn the stove, then you can replace it by clicking on it and choosing "replace". It costs simoleons, of course.
-Example of Lifetime Rewards: fast metabolism, discount diner, join theatre events for free, Fertility treatment for twins and triplets, fast skill learning, vacation days, super attractive, teleportation.
-The beverage machine is very cool. You can make tons of beverages similar to the ones you can find at Starbucks. For example, you can make White Chocolate Soy Frathuccino with Banana Swirl.
-Sims with few Logic skills can browse the Galaxy with the telescope and discover celestial bodies. When my Sim found a planet, she received few simoleons and had the opportunity to name it. In Logic skill journal you can see a list with all the celestial bodies you discovered.
-You can discover other sims' traits, job and partner while talking with them.
-Frugal Sims can find coupons in the newspaper.
-Computer Whiz Sims can do these interactions while using the PC: solve the unsolvable, play chess, hack and overclock.
-If you tinker on some objects, you can get some upgrades, like fireproof, self cleaning and unbreackable.
-While you play with a teenager, sometimes you can find a lifetime wish between his normal wishes. If you like one of those, you can lock it and it will become his lifetime wish.
-Teenagers can get partime jobs by clicking on the business lots. They cannot join the normal careers. Elders and adults can get partime jobs too.
-Kleptomaniac can swipe, but only if they are not watched.
-Toddlers, Children and Teens get a new trait at their birthday. If children had a good childwood, then you can choose a trait. If not, the game will give them a random one.
-School time: 9am-2pm for teens and 9am-3pm for children. Sims who have not completed their homeworks can stay school longer. Students performance is influenced by mood and homeworks. Students that sleep in class or cheat homeworks will receive detention and have to stay a school.

I suggest you again to join Edenstyle fan page at Facebook to make questions, read the answers (you won't find all of them here) and receive Creator's Camp updates before the others.




            {pig}, alisha.

[2qewl4u]

That was AWESOME lots of new info! thanks Alisha, karma!

PS: I can't find Edenstyle's page on facebook. I searched it but it tells me there are no results.

EDIT: I found the page.

[2qewl4u]

I'll post day 4

15 January - Day 4
Hello, today I have been interviewed (some cuts will be probably published by SimVIPonline later) and I explored a bit Pregnancy and Wedding scenarios.
-Custom content: you can create it both in CAS and while you play normally. When you like something you created wih Create a Style, you have to save it before, and then click on Share button. If you save it only, you'll be able to see and use it everytime you play. If you choose to share it, you'll find it in a tab in the laucher, with all the content you created. If you want to share the file in the exchange, you just have to click on a button to publish it. Of course you can name all your creations and add a description too. I didn't have the time to create many custom content because I'm here as a fansite owner and I'm supposed to check the gameplay mostly, but I like the fact that you can create custom content at any time and in any place in the game. You don't have to open a Bodyshop anymore.
-I would like to explain you better the fact that Sims can have up to 3 clothes per category. You can create and save all the clothes you want in game, but when you play with Sims, you can plan for each of them up to 3 clothes per category. So, when you click on a closet and choose "plan outfit" option, you will be able to see/create up to 3 formal outfits, 3 swimwears and so on for that single Sim... Of course, you can delete one of the 3 at any time and replace it with something new. To change clothes, you should click on the closet or on your Sim and then choose "Change Clothes". Then, a window shows up and you can choose the clothes you would like your Sim to wear. You can also choose to wear your job uniform.
-Pregnancy. Pregnant Sims get few days of paid rest from work and fathers will get few days aftern the baby is born. When a Sim is pregnant you can read pregnancy books and you should fulfill her wishes because Sims that were happy during pregnancy have babies with better traits. Pregnant Sims experience nausea and backaches, shown as negative moodlets too. At the beginning the belly is very little, it grows up every day. I clicked on the hospital and my Sim had "Get medical advice". She entered in the hospital and then she came out after a while. I didn't had this option with Sims that were not pregnant, so this is probably a pregnancy interaction. You can announce pregnancy to others, feel tummy and talk to tummy. When contractions starts, you can have the baby at home or at the hospital. The father can take the mother to the hospital, but she can go there alone too. They go there walking, by car or bicyle. No ambulance. When the baby is born, the mother exits the hospital with the baby and goes home. You cannot see what happens inside the hospital. Parents get few days off when they adopt a baby too, so they can take care of him. That's so nice!
-Newborns have 2 traits and they get a new trait everytime they grow up.
-You can finally visit your neighbors, just click on the door and choose "Ring bell". You can enter their houses too. If you know someone there, you will get something like "Visit Sam". If no one is in the house, you will get a message telling you where those sims are at the moment.
-Weddings. You can have a private wedding or give a wedding party alone or in a community lot (in this case you should rent the lot and pay a fee.) No more wedding arch: just click on the wife or on the husband and choose "get married". They'll talk a bit, then exchange the rings and kiss. You can choose and customize the formal outfit you prefer. There are 2 wedding dress already in the game (they are similar, but one is without the necklace. Necklaces are included in clothes, they are not in accessories.), but you don't have to use them if you prefer something different.
-To be able to cook more recipes, you should read recipes book. You should have a certain amount of skill points to be able to read certain skill books. You can also sell book when you are done with them.
-You cannot lock doors.
-Opportunities: While playing the game, my Sim had to read a book in order to increase his job rate and to make his boss happy.
-At the SPA you can buy packages, have manicure, pedicure, body treatments (salt scrub, volcanic clay bath...), facial treatments, massages. After that you'll receive a positive moodlet and feel better for a while.
-In Athletic skill journal you have your statistics: hours of cardio workout, hours of strength workout, distance jogged.
-When you choose gossip interaction, you'll get a message with some gossip about one other Sim.
-The babysitter is no more an old granny, but a male or female teenager.
-Full time jobs, for adults: Science, Business, Journalism, Professional Sport, Military, Music, Law Enforcement, Medical, Criminal, Political, Culinary.
-Part time jobs, for teens, adults and elders: bookstore clerk, grocery store clerk, Spa receptionist, Spa specialist, Burial specialist.
-At the stadium you can see concerts and games.
-You can tour the city hall, but you cannot follow your Sim inside.
-To have a playable ghost, you should resurrect a died sim. If you decide to have a baby with a ghost, he will be a ghost baby.

[-[gooey kablooey]-]

thanks

dayy 5 comin' to ya!!


16 January - Day 5
Hello, this is my last day here. I'm leaving in the afternoon, so I won't be able to join the cake contest and the final dinner. I had a very good time here. EA people, custom content creators and fansite owners are really nice, I'll miss them a lot! Before going to the airport, I would like to share with you few other things I discovered. Stay tuned because the next week I'll publish the info I didn't had the time to publish these days.
-If you are a rockstar, other people recognize you and react. The same if you are at the top of other careers, like the military one: people will use the military greeting with you.
-To have a ghost in your family, you should pick up a urn and go to the science lab. Then the Ghost will be added to your household, like a family member. Ghosts whisper all the time (it's so scary!) and can become invisible and move your furniture.
-At the graveyard you can find Tragic Clown's tombstone. Do you remember him? He was a The Sims 1 character.
-When someone die, all his belongings are added to family inventory, so you won't lose them.
-You can give a funeral party when someone die. You should use the phone to plan it. It's more or less like the normal parties.
-Underwear category has been removed and merged with nightwear category.
-An adult cannot be a parent of a Young Adult. 2 young adults can be siblings, housemates or married. An elder can be a parent of an Adult.
-You can bake some delicious things, like cookies and baked angel food cake, but you have to learn the recipe before.

As I told you yesterday, SimVipOnline made a video with few cuts of the interviews made to me, MM (SimVipOnline) and producers. Enjoy it!


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plus a video

[The Adam Diamond]

Oh my gosh. I know this is probably the piece of info that nobody noticed (or cared about) but this is set before the sims 1.

Does that mean the tragic clown came back to life? OMG.

[b-rad]

Um... I knew that  But who the heck is the Tragic Clown?!!?!?!

[The Adam Diamond]

the tragic clown was an NPC in the sims 1. It's been a long time, but from what I can remember, he showed up at your parties that flopped.

and you knew what? the tragic clown was dead in the sims 3, before he was alive in the sims 1!

[phoebe91]

oh my, you can have triplets and ghost babies? Either I just haven't looked at the info lately or its new lol! That's so awesome ^_^

[The Adam Diamond]

Don't worry, ghost babies were just announced today.

or possibly yesterday. My memory PHAILS.

[Emmuffins]

D:  Scary clown.  If I recall, the Tragic Clown was there to cheer sims up, like the Social Bunny or Therapist in TS2, right?  I just remember trying to burn the painting of him.  LOL.