So yes, you do need to play the game for a little while before jumping into things so you can understand the basics. I would have had to do a LOT of work to achieve my goals and I didnt have the skills, time, or in the end patience to achieve them…even though I really did want to. Part of the reason why I suggested familiarizing yourself with the game is for this reason – some things you just cannot do. The tragic flaw for my plan was that I dreamed a little too big, and couldnt achieve the goals I set before myself…like the original builders of the Pod Resort. Most of my world ideas come from what’s not in one of the other worlds. If you need help with this, think about places you like, what you like about them, and what you’d like to see in a sims neighbourhood. Once you start imagining how your town will look, you’re read for step two…

The Pod Resort inspired me to begin with, and when my imagination flared I found myself creating teen hangouts, secret hideaways, scenic roads, and other stuff in my head. You need to have something that inspires you to create a world around it. But the idea didnt.Īfter I failed, I learned from my mistakes, my achievements, and everything else I happened to do, see, and read on my adventure. I soon realised my world was way too small for what I had envisioned, and I would be recolouring a tonne of content for the game to make trees purple or a similar colour…and eventually the project collapsed.

So what happened? I Started with the land mass first, which you can see in my Hunaki Facebook album, then I started building roads and painting. I was going to make curved windows and doors to make my vision happen. I wanted to create a world with rounded homes and windows….which would be quite a feat in itself. Once you’ve played the game for a while and have an understanding of its dynamics, you’re ready to start designing your own world like I have.Īt first I was inspired by the Abandoned Pod Resort I’d read about while trolling the internet. I designed a world, and you can too! In fact, I urge you to get The Sims 3 and familiarize yourself with it. So once I got over the hurdle of how to handle it, I began designing. Since then they’ve updated it, a few times in fact, and they’ve fixed the things that rendered it useless to me. I tried it when it came out but I just ended up frustrated and mad, and tossed it aside as a failure. Shortly after The Sims 3 came out Electronic Arts released a fabulous tool called Create A World, or CAW for short. I’ve nagged my parental units year after year for each game and expansion until finally The Sims 3 came out and I paid out my entire savings to have the collectors edition delivered the SECOND it was released. I have loved The Sims since the original.

Custom sims 3 world with lots of lots