EDIT Oct 31! This challenge is completed. Check out the Showcase Video for highlights! 🎃Happy October everyone! Hope your summer was great and you’re perhaps enjoying the seasonal changes as several of us head into fall! On that note… Hidehi2 , Sandraelle and I soocoolsim are in the very, very early stages behind the scenes preparing for our next world collaboration. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to host a Halloween themed tiny build challenge and hope you join in! Creating a tiny build is already daunting, however let’s step it up a notch with the following: Challenge criteriaCreate a Residential or Community build, and build as high or low as you wish, however the lot size cannot be larger than 10x10.Align with the Halloween theme and use at least 2 of the following as predominant colours in your build: orange, black, purple, green, grey.Include at least 3 objects from any of the free EA Store Halloween Treats collectionsAll EPs, SPs and official EA store content can be used, however no external 3rd party content please. You can Custard check your export file to double-check.More than one submission is fine, and you can also link to a sim or household created for your residential build. No budget limit so let your imagination soar! When your creation is available on the Exchange, just reply here with the name of your build, download link and up to 5 pictures including the front view. You can link to additional media if desired.Submission deadline for inclusion in the challenge showcase video: Oct 29, 2025Tips!Do play test your builds to ensure no routing issues. Don’t want to have those sims stomping and getting stuck right! Windows and flooring tiles can go wonky if placed too near the lot edges. Adding them at least 1 square away should work, however test your build by placing a copy elsewhere in the world. Take a look around to ensure all is fine and fix this and any floating tiles as needed before final export.Take screenshots in Live mode. That removes gridlines from view and looks more attractive.A Tiny Town by Rflong7 is a great builders world for use with this challenge since it includes about 30 empty 10x10 lots.Looking forward to seeing your tiny Halloween creations! LIST OF BUILDSImportant note: For builds including the Alchemy Station... please enable the cheat codes TestingCheatsEnabled True and BuyDebug On to check for and remove unwanted extra spawners. Then turn off the cheat codes... BuyDebug Off and TestingCheatsEnabled FalseGloomhaven by Sandraelle - DownloadCloud Nine by HotBlackSand - DownloadOde to Delia Deets by Kcity74 (fatness1974) - DownloadDecrepid Domicile by Kcity74 (fatness1974) - DownloadMystery House with Gamble Ghosts by JudiAlbert (cheeseweasel) - DownloadMagic Farmer’s Market by PalmArrow - Download Ravensmoor by Sandraelle - Download Witchy Victorian Charmer by soocoolsim - DownloadPumpkin Glow by Hidehi2 - DownloadTwo Boos Arcade by soocoolsim - DownloadBoo’s Bittle Playground by soocoolsim - Download The Grimsbane House by Sandraelle - Download The Cave-In by Hidehi2 - DownloadUnhallowed Grounds by Cuniculosa - DownloadHesper's Herps and Sundry by Cuniculosa - DownloadLIST OF SIMSGamble Ghosts by JudiAlbert - included with Mystery House Malachai Ravenwood by Sandraelle for Ravensmoor - Download Twyla Greyjoy & Magic by Sandraelle for Gloomhaven - Download Rowena Grimsbane & Cosmo by Sandraelle for The Grimsbane House - Download Zelena & Tabitha Cackle by Hidehi2 for Pumpkin Glow - Download Bouvaird Witches by soocoolsim for Witchy Victorian Charmer - Download

this is where I am at so far. using mostly base game and some supernatural stuff pack.

Mystery House with Gamble GhostsWho’s this knocking at my door?I’ve never seen you here before.We’ve been so long without a guest.So at my mother’s firm request,I’ve been called upon to play the host,Though I am oft’ a sullen ghost.Alas, our home is void of vittlesBut if you’d like to rest a little,We have many drinks galoreThough I’ve forgotten what they’re for . . .The table’s set so help yourself,Don't touch the one upon the shelfLest you regret it. Once you drink you may exploreAny room or hidden doorDuring the night, but once ‘tis dawnI will ask you to be gone.You will leave changed. This has been play-tested, placed on a different lot, and Custard checked. Let me know if you want screenshots of it. The chair blocking the fridge is deliberate to keep "guests" out of it. If you want to play the house/household, just place it back at the table.

I've been in two minds on whether to post this lot or not, because it's barely a build - most of it are just buy mode objects placed outside. But it's a community lot, so I will link it here for variety's sake!Magic Farmer's MarketThe lot is zoned as an elixir consignment store, but it's an open air market with a produce stand, a chicken coop and beehive, two stands for the elixir consignment merchant and the general consignment merchant, a fortune-telling table and an ordinary table with two seats.I tested it in game and everything worked: two merchants came to tend the stalls, and all the interactive objects were reachable. Besides the pumpkin lamp, black cat sculpture and wall skull from the Halloween sets, I used the Voodoo doll and fortune-telling table from the Store.

Thanks for the feedback Sandraelle ... My build is really more of a house with Halloween decorations than a house built for the Halloween feel. I still appreciate the inspiration to build a small house, and I am having a blast playing it (although I kept the rugs in my version ... 🤣).I was surprised I was able to get 14 planters in the build which is plenty for Rebecca to grow what she needs for elixirs, bait or food. She can make a decent living that way, not to mention she has written 8 hits and 2 bestsellers since living in the house.Where I put the house, there is a view in every direction, and it plays well. I sacrificed some room in the bathroom, so I can drop one of the couches in the bedroom and put in a crib if necessary. I can clean out and condense some of the space in the basement, move the den down there, and add a bathroom and kid's room on the top floor.The good witch Rebecca might not be spooky ... But it is scary what you can do with the space available, and it is fun playing a build I would have never thought to build otherwise. It's also a step up from living in an igloo or napping on a couch, eating raw fruit for a Sim Year, because her tent and burn pit got stolen ... 🤣Wonderful Work Everyone ... And By All Means, Happy Simming ... 💖

Thanks to the excellent troubleshooting by puzzlezaddict , I was able to roll back my graphics driver and get back in game to finally complete my little build. I did playtest with my witch and her daughter without any stomping, so fingers crossed all is fine.Download

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Tiny Builds Halloween Challenge

EDIT Oct 31! This challenge is completed. Check out the Showcase Video for highlights! 🎃

Happy October everyone! Hope your summer was great and you’re perhaps enjoying the seasonal changes as several of us head into fall! On that note… Hidehi2 , Sandraelle and I soocoolsim are in the very, very early stages behind the scenes preparing for our next world collaboration. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to host a Halloween themed tiny build challenge and hope you join in!

Creating a tiny build is already daunting, however let’s step it up a notch with the following:

Challenge criteria

Create a Residential or Community build, and build as high or low as you wish, however the lot size cannot be larger than 10x10.
Align with the Halloween theme and use at least 2 of the following as predominant colours in your build: orange, black, purple, green, grey.
Include at least 3 objects from any of the free EA Store Halloween Treats collections
All EPs, SPs and official EA store content can be used, however no external 3rd party content please. You can Custard check your export file to double-check.
More than one submission is fine, and you can also link to a sim or household created for your residential build.
No budget limit so let your imagination soar!

When your creation is available on the Exchange, just reply here with the name of your build, download link and up to 5 pictures including the front view. You can link to additional media if desired.

Submission deadline for inclusion in the challenge showcase video: Oct 29, 2025

Tips!

Do play test your builds to ensure no routing issues. Don’t want to have those sims stomping and getting stuck right!
Windows and flooring tiles can go wonky if placed too near the lot edges. Adding them at least 1 square away should work, however test your build by placing a copy elsewhere in the world. Take a look around to ensure all is fine and fix this and any floating tiles as needed before final export.
Take screenshots in Live mode. That removes gridlines from view and looks more attractive.
A Tiny Town by Rflong7 is a great builders world for use with this challenge since it includes about 30 empty 10x10 lots.

Looking forward to seeing your tiny Halloween creations!

LIST OF BUILDS

Important note: For builds including the Alchemy Station... please enable the cheat codes TestingCheatsEnabled True and BuyDebug On to check for and remove unwanted extra spawners. Then turn off the cheat codes... BuyDebug Off and TestingCheatsEnabled False