Raiders Of The Lost Island Consignment Shop

The whole story to date is still up, but stopped it being pictures and text after Part 56 - when Aarin, Chyla, Switch, Zhivan and the Doctor failed to stop the Simgurus supercomputer from triggering Project Olympus (vaporising the Simmerverse outside of their new Fourth Dimension), only for TadOlson to turn up and stop it simply by turning off the electricity (which none of them had considered for a moment ...). It marked the start of a new story arc.

From Part 57 in 2020, we changed over to cartoon using the same program (we think) that the Archivist used to use for her famous cartoon strips - Comic Life 3, which although at times a little temperamental, really is a joy to use.

It made for more show instead of tell, forced us to make the story less convoluted and more Sims 3 orientated.

We'd done a story called The Sea Nymphs based on Rflong7/13's Horse Head Island to learn what worked and what didn't with the format. It also forced us to relearn our rather rusty Sims creating and lot building skills.

One thing we learned the hard way was not to drown the pics in text bubbles, and if that meant more pics, so be it. If that meant one more chapter, so be it.

We were so pleased with the end results, we decided to do another experiment with The Llama Lies Down On Broadway - a sort of love letter to the magnificent Boroughsburg created by Potato Ballad Sims - as a prequal to the events of The Sea Nymphs but after the events in Raiders ...

But we digress. Since the switch to cartoon style, the plot has gone back to the chase for the legendary Winterbottom treasure (whatever it may be), whilst the rest of the Simworld are trying to adjust to no longer being dominated by Simgurus (the few failing to escape to the 4th dimension being in complete disgrace), not realising the Simworld's mysterious glyphs are so fed up with Sims they're considering 'resetting' the planet ...

Rflong7/13, Nilxis, the Temple of Boolprop, Twallan, Berrypie and Jix2993 amongst other try their best to bring some order, and Sharkloverplayer meanwhile just wanting to make an honest buck from his Java Hut (with hidden casino); but when you've Moryrie and several other Jazzers beyond the Great Knit's control, Simliches, Gregorina, Crowkeeper and the fairy equivalent of Efrafa running amok, what chance do any of them have?

Episodes tend to be 20 pictures long and contain the occasional old EA forum gags, such as Cororon and Pollysim striking Abba video 'Ingmar Bergmann' poses (as per above) - back in the day, Pollysim had a signature that said 'Too Emo For Abba' whilst Cororon's read 'Too Abba For Haggis'. But the tale and sub plots are stand alone, so you can pretty much dive in as far back or not as far back as you wish to go and you'll soon pick up on the main plot.

Anyway, if there's anyone out there that feels they've lost their Simming mojo, we cannot recommend enough getting Comic Life 3 and starting a Simming story this way - you'll be amazed how far you will have cracked on with your tales in a very short space of time.