The Sims Team has provided us with the official assets for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack!
Down below you’ll see the official Logo, Icon, Boxart, Renders and Screens of the pack!
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The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Official Description + Key Features
The Sims Team has released the official description + Key Features for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack – hitting the stores July 22nd, 2021!
Delight in the quaint charm of The Sims™ 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack* with animal friends, garden-to-table meals, and a close-knit community. At home, cook with the family using the freshest ingredients. Explore the forest to befriend woodland creatures or forage for food, or head to town to meet the locals. Whether Sims are hugging a cow, making friends (or enemies) with their chickens, or growing the biggest vegetables around, the countryside is abundant with new experiences and ways to connect with the world around them.
Raise or Befriend Animals
The cottage cow provides fresh (flavored!) milk for everyone while chickens lay eggs in the coop. Gather llama wool for crafts, but beware of mischievous foxes – the pesky critters love eggs! In the forest, keep an eye out for wildlife like rabbits and birds to earn their trust for occasional gifts and help in the garden.
Live Off the Land
Make cooking and gardening fun for the whole family. New recipes and Lot Challenges require fresh ingredients for each meal. Whether Sims grow their own produce, visit the village market, or forage in the wild, fresh is best! Up for a challenge? Try growing oversized crops to enter into the competition at the Finchwick Fair.
Embrace Village Life
Henford-on-Bagley is a cozy village where everyone knows everyone. So pack a picnic basket and cross-stitch hoop, and head down to The Gnome’s Arms pub to kick back with the locals after a long day. Earn unique gifts and learn about the town’s lore from neighbors, or participate in the Finchwick Fair to show off your most prized cow or chicken.
The Sims 4 Cottage Living: 4 Official Screens
The Sims Team has shared with us 4 official screenshots of The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack!
Check them out down below and spot all the little details!
The Sims 4 Cottage Living: Official Reveal Trailer
The Sims Team has dropped the official trailer for The Sims 4 Cottage Living Expansion Pack – hitting the shelves on July 22nd, 2021! Check out the trailer!
This Post Puts The Sims 4 Dream Home Decorator Into Perspective
Since Dream Home Decorator launched, online fan spaces have been flooded with frustrated Simmers complaining that the game pack makes no sense; how are they supposed to design a snowboarding, rock-climbing, pipe organ themed bathroom?! Why do clients give them likes and dislikes that are completely unrelated to home design?
Well, it’s because that’s not far from the truth of what real interior designers have to deal with. Any avid viewer of interior design shows knows that designers will often try to find out the clients’ hobbies and lifestyle as well as their visual preferences in order to design a space that both looks nice and is functional for that person’s lifestyle. They also have to contend with multiple clients in the same house whose preferences clash with each other. Their job is to sort through that conflicting information and gently steer the clients in a different direction if they’re going way off course. That’s the whole challenge of being a designer.
A reddit post by Intern_Waffle posted in the /r/Sims4 reddit sums up exactly this.
Intern_Waffle states what should have been obvious to everyone from the very beginning. Dream Home Decorator is a game pack. Therefore, you actually have to play the game to do well in it. People who rush into renovations as soon as they fill those little bubbles with likes and dislikes are going to struggle because they didn’t bother to play the game. They didn’t spend some extra time trying to find out other likes and dislikes or suggesting that the client give them different preferences that are easier to work with. It’s all about navigating the game the way a real designer would navigate their day-to-day job.
That’s not to say the pack doesn’t have bugs. Things like the reveal slideshow not playing, gigs abruptly ending with no pay, and Sims not being prompted to go to their gigs at the right time are all problematic glitches that The Sims Team needs to prioritize fixing as soon as possible but unrelated or conflicting client preferences are not one of those bugs. They are part of the game and if players actually take the time to play the game to its fullest potential, they’ll find that Dream Home Decorator is one of the most immersive and true-to-life game packs released to date.
COUNTDOWN TO THE REVEAL: The Sims 4 Expansion Pack 11
We’re just hours away until the full reveal of The Sims 4’s upcoming Expansion Pack!
So far we’ve gotten some hints from the team hinting at bunnies, birds, a countryside life and a whole new world called Henford-on-Bagley! You can catch up on all of that on our website.
The Sims Team has shared a YouTube premiere page for the next Expansion Pack’s reveal trailer, which is set to go live at 8AM Pacific Time / 5PM Central European Time. There are a lot of time zones to cover which is why we’ve made a countdown down below which will tell you exactly when the new Expansion Pack for The Sims 4 will get revealed!
After the counter turns zero you can also expect all the coverage on this Expansion Pack on our website including official assets, information, screenshots and so much more so stay tuned!
Feel free to also join our live discussion to the reveal on our official Discord channel!
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Poll: Who is The Best Sims 4 Base Game Townie?
We’ve all debated the topic for years but now we will finally get a definitive answer! It’s time to decide who is the best The Sims 4 townie from the base game! Will OG icon Bella Goth reign supreme or will Bob or Eliza Pancakes usurp the crown? Perhaps an unexpected underdog like Johnny Zest will sneak up from behind to shock everyone with a win. The only way to find out is to cast your vote!
Think carefully because you are limited to two votes for two Sims! One vote per world, however you can vote for two Sims from the same world if you like. Voting will be open all week. Stay tuned for more polls until we have a winner from each Sims 4 world. Those winners will face off against each other in the ultimate showdown!
Remember to click the text and not the image when casting your vote!
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You Might be a Hardcore Simmer If…
Admit it. We’ve all wondered just how deep our love of The Sims franchise runs but have you ever made a checklist for yourself to see just how bad your Sims obsession is? Well now you don’t have to because we’ve done it for you! How many of these things have you done or wished you could do?
You might be a hardcore Simmer if…
You’ve ever said Sul-Sul instead of hello.
The word “WooHoo” means something completely different to you.
You can sing Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night” entirely in Simlish.
You’ve ever gotten into a heated debate with someone over whether it’s pronounced “Live Mode” or “Live Mode.” Obviously, the answer is Live Mode. How could anyone think it’s Live Mode? The audacity.
The Sims 1 build mode music gives you flashbacks to a simpler, happier time in your life.
You have more Simstagram followers than Instagram followers.
Throwing someone in the pool and building walls around it seems like a perfectly reasonable and level-headed response to a minor slight against you.
Your best friend is the Grim Reaper.
You’ve ever considered selling a few of your windows to pay the bills.
You’re prouder of your Sim’s university degree than you are of your own degree.
You’ve ever contemplated quitting your job to become a dragon fruit farmer.
You’ve called in sick to work because a plate was blocking your path to the door.
You’ve ever tried to do the smustle.
You’ve ever burned your kitchen down making cereal.
Grilled cheese is the holy grail of fine cuisine to you.
You are distinctly #TeamBob or #TeamEliza and get deeply offended when someone defends the other one.
You’ve ever cleaned your Sim’s house to avoid cleaning your own house.
You’ve ever thought “This looks so much easier in The Sims” while trying a new skill for the first time.
You take the UBrite vs. Foxbury rivalry very seriously.
You’ve ever laid awake at night thinking about Bella Goth’s disappearance.
How many of these apply to you? Do you have more? Share them in the comments!
The Sims 4 Farmland Mod Pack Reveal
After what feels like an eternity, The Sims 4 modder Arnie aka The Sims Plus has released the trailer for the upcoming The Sims 4 Farmland mod pack! For those of you who don’t know much about Arnie, he is also the creator of the popular Brookheights – Open World Mod Pack.
The Sims 4 Farmland has been in the works for six months and is planned to be released later this month via Patreon. Early access for Patreon members starts on June 25th 2021 and a public release follows two weeks later. Arnie has said that those dates are subject to change, but will provide an update closer to the time if needs be.
You can watch the highly anticipated reveal trailer below.
What is The Sims 4 – Farmland ?
The theme of the pack is… you guessed it, Farming! It contains a new semi-open world, new animals, gameplay, and even a story mode!
Make George’s dream come true by taking over his farm! He will help in this wonderful adventure: becoming a farmer in Eden Hills. –Arnie
Featuring a semi-open world, a new farming and gardening skill, a new Farmer aspiration, grow crops, adopt an unlimited amount of animals and much more! Did I forget to mention that there is also a story mode that you can play through as well?
You can out more about The Sims 4 Farmland by visiting Arnie’s Patreon page here. You can also follow Arnie on Twitter for regular updates about The Sims 4 Farmland here.
The Sims 4 and Select Packs are on Sale!
Origin is having a sale and (almost) all The Sims 4 packs are currently discounted, including the base game! If you’ve been on the fence about getting a new pack or if you’ve wanted to try The Sims 4 for a while, now is definitely your chance.
- Base Game (including Digital Deluxe) – 88% off
- Expansion Packs – 50% off
- Game Packs (excluding Dream Home Decorator) – 25% off
- Stuff Packs – 20% off
The Kits are not included in this sale.
The sale ends on June 18th at 10am PDT.
Creator Spotlight: CokiCreative
CokiCreative is a creator and long-time The Sims player who I stumbled across on Instagram one evening recently. Better know as Alana, you can find her creations showcased on Twitter, YouTube and her own website. So there are plenty of places to keep up to date with her content.
I was scrolling through a few different hashtags relating to The Sims when I discovered Alana‘s creations. There was something about her builds that just caught my attention. I loved the sheer amount of detail in each build and how there wasn’t one corner that was left unfurnished and everything just works together perfectly. Alana has a variety of different builds spanning many different themes including traditional, modern and fantasy themes and that’s before I even get to talking about the Sims she has created!
With a variety of speed builds, and cinematic shorts shared on both YouTube and Instagram, there’s plenty to check out! You’ll also find build challenges and even a cute game based off of the popular Where’s Waldo called Where’s Wendy that can be found on Alana’s website.
Here is a cute loft I made in celebration of #PrideMonth! I only used the new #DreamHomeDecorator pack and base game. No cc and both the sims and home are available in the gallery under CokiCreative 🌈❤️ | #TheSims4 #Sims4 @TheSims pic.twitter.com/B3sHWOW4HH
— CokiCreative (@CokiCreative) June 4, 2021
You can find and follow CokiCreative using the links below!
This or That? The Sims 4 Edition!
Simmers! It’s time to cast your vote and see which of your favourite iconic Sims locations, people, and even mascots will be the ultimate winner. It’s time to play This or That? The Sims 4 Edition!
What are you waiting for? Let’s get voting!
Please note to select the tag names and not images when voting!
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I Became an Interior Decorator and Saved a Dysfunctional Family from Ruin
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from becoming an Interior Decorator in this game, it’s that you’re not just an Interior Decorator. Sometimes, you’re also a marriage councilor, personal therapist, part-time nanny, and even the saviour of a completely dysfunctional family on the brink of being torn apart.
Yes, that is what my first day on the job as an Interior Decorator was like.
My first gig was for the Lobo household, who wanted a new walk-in closet. They had a whopping §7,400 budget for just a closet but hey, that’s good news for me! I head out to my gig expecting to arrive at Diego Lobo’s swanky Uptown apartment in San Myshuno. Instead, I end up in the dingy Spice District in a cramped, one bedroom apartment. Apparently, Diego married Katrina Caliente and instead of her moving in with him, they downsized. A lot. Okay then…
The moment I arrive, I am bombarded by a small army of cats. I guess Diego and Katrina are cat people. Me too! They also have a baby girl in a bassinet next to their bed whom I didn’t even notice was there until I received a notification informing me that she was starving and about to be taken by social services.
At this point, I start questioning Diego and Katrina as parents. Not only did they have an extra §7,400 to spend and decided a walk-in closet was more important to have than a nursery for their newborn baby, but apparently they don’t feed their baby, either. They… do remember they have a baby, don’t they? I mean, it’s an honest question! Maybe they mistook her for one of their seven hundred cats. Mistakes happen, is all I’m saying!
So even though they hired me to be a decorator and not a nanny, I go over there and feed their baby for them, then get to work. I find out Diego and Katrina are into cosmolux decor and the colour orange. Okay. Kinda weird, but doable. I can work with that. I do my thing, shoo the clients away and now I have to make some big decisions about how to redecorate the space.
Even though they wanted a walk-in closet, I wasn’t permitted to add any walls and the small apartment only had one bedroom; however, it was a pretty large room that could easily have a portion of it sectioned off. Since $7k is an insanely large budget for a closet and since they obviously were struggling to find a place to put their daughter, I figured I’d redo the whole bedroom area for them. I used a divider to separate the walk-in closet from the rest of the room and made a quaint little nook for the baby in the small octagonal section of the room. Maybe if their daughter had a more prominent place in the house, they’d remember to feed her.
So I work my magic and give Diego and Katrina the orange cosmolux bedroom/walk-in closet of their dreams. When they return, they are both so happy with my renovation that they burst into joyful tears and hug me. The baby even seems pretty happy. It felt like one of those moments on those feel-good design shows where the clients reveal how much their family has been struggling and tearfully exclaim that this renovation has changed their lives for the better.
All in a day’s work, friends. Not only did I give the client what they asked for (and more), I paid attention to the family’s needs and areas of life where they might need some extra help and sought to solve those problems for them with my design. Now Diego and Katrina have the closet they wanted, a more appropriate place for their daughter to sleep, and a place for themselves to enjoy in their favourite style.
Will my design inspire Diego and Katrina to become better parents? Who knows but for today, at least, I saved a family from being broken up and gave them a new environment to help them foster a fresh start, which to be honest, is way above my pay grade as an Interior Decorator.