Hi! These are really fun ideas! Here are mine (and some of yours ?):
NEW FEATURES
*”Talents” and ”untalents” (?? Maybe not the right word, English it´s not my first language…). The option to choose what the sim is “gifted”/”ungifted at in CAS (and unlimited choices hehe… ?). A baby can be borned with talents/untalents based on parents and grandparents or random (possibility to turn off this)
*Interests/Hobbies: you will gain more “interest” in a hobby if you perform it often. If you stop doing the hobby for a while, the “interest” will decrease. Forced action (like PARENTHOOD GP: ”force skill gain” -on kid) will not increasing the interest.
Great/High “interest” in a hobby = easier/harder to socialize with sims with a high/low interest in the hobby, positive moodlets from performing the interest/hobby (inspired/Energized/Happy).
Weak/Low ”interest” in a hobby = easier/harder to socialize with sims with a low/high interest in the hobby, negative moodlets from performing the interest/hobby (bored, tensed)
* Some skills can become inactive/slowly decrease to a lower skill (will not lose all of the skills, and only if you do not perform the hobby/skill for a longer period of time). E.g. The sim will “forget” some things if they for an example played the piano as a kid, then stopped playing for a lot years, and started again as an elder.
*Interest/Hobbies affect the “Meaningfulness points” (similiar to sims 2 aspiration bar) and whims / wants&fears
NEW SKILLS
Fitness skills
(all following skills will also more or less increase the “fitness skill”, similar to “rock climbing” skill in Snowy Escape = gain “Rock climbing” and a small amount of “Fitness” at the same time):
-Dancing: classical (ballet)
-Dancing: modern (street, jazz, etc)
-Dancing: Ballroom dancing (tango, salsa, ballroom, etc)
-Boxing (Punching bag, action with another sim, will level up “fitness skill” as well)
-Swimming (updated from base game, new interaction to -swim- “race” with another sim)
-Martial arts
-Yoga (SPA DAY SP, divided from “wellness”)
Other skills
-Sewing
-Nectar making
-Art & Crafts (to do crafts)
-Cave exploration skill (GREAT IDEA from “Crocobaura”)
-Meditation (SPA DAY SP, will level up your Life skill as well)
-Music production skill (Get famous, separate from “Media production” skill)
-Media production skill (Get famous, without “Music production” skill)
UPDATE TO EXISTING SKILLS
*Separate skill for everything (like the new “rock climbing skill” from Snowy Escape):
-Research (DU EP, higher research skill give you faster skill gain when “researching” +easier to learn logic skills)
-Debate (DU EP, higher debate skill give you the option to “convince” +easier to learn charisma skill)
(you need to level up both Research and Debate for the “Academic” aspiration -D.U. EP)
NEW CAREERS
More new freelance branches/careers that give you the opportunity to make money from your hobby.
-New Freelance career: Dancer
Examples on gigs: Music video dancing, choreograph for the opera house (etc, rabbit hole/travel to lot if Get Famous EP is installed)
Skill needs for gigs: “Dancing: classical” +”Fitness” / “Dancing: modern” +“Charisma”
-New Freelance career: Jewelry designer/ Silversmith
-New Freelance career: Nectar making
-New freelance career: Cabinet-maker (Handiness)
Gigs: Craft items from the woodworking table
-New freelance career: Teach snowboard / skiing / rock climbing (Snowy Escape EP)
Gigs: Teach snowboard / skiing / rock climbing (rabbit hole/travel to lot…)
Skill needs for gigs: snowboard / Skiing / rock climbing
UPDATE TO EXISTING CAREERS
*Update to Snowy Escape EP: New freelance career for snowboard / skiing / rock climbing
*The possibility to stay on a career level and just get a raise (money) when filling up the performance bar. And the possibility to start working “normally” again (get promotions).
