Island/Tropical EP - my ideas

I've always thought of this being a game pack but now I can see it as an expansion pack. I'm from Jamaica so I'll base some stuff from there.

New World

A new tropical world with beautiful beaches, hotels and resorts. Multiple areas like a functional waterfall with vines sims can swing from and a mermaid island. Jamaica has a lot of mountains so would be cool if there was a neighborhood with houses on the mountains and maybe even a volcano. The houses in Jamaica are usually really colourful bright. When I used to live there our house was bright baby blue and white and in the inside the walls were bight yellow and orange. Our neighbour's house was a bright orange and another one down the street was bright pink and orange.



You can learn the local culture and new market stands that sell fruits like mangoes, oranges, coconut, pineapple, watermelons, june plums, guava, cherries, naseberry, guinep, sugar cane, pawpaw (or papaya), starfruit (yes it's literally shaped like a star). Vendors also sell crab, corn, peppered shrimp, lobster, patties, roasted peanuts, snow cones (best way to cool off) and ice cream on the street.



Locals usually fish lobsters, shrimp and fish and then cook them to sell them. Local people also believe in something call obeah, it's kind of like jamaican voodo. Based on my experiences people usually view it as black magic and as 'bad' but I believe it can be used for good and bad. For the game it should be kind of like powers where sims can communicate with spirits and take away or give curses. People with that 'power' can also cure illnesses or give them. It can be used for both good and bad. I know that sims can already talk to ghosts and communicate with them but maybe sims with obeah powers can bring them back to life or something like that.

It's also not uncommon to see people riding horses in the streets and on the beaches. Goats, donkeys, and chickens are also common to see roaming around.

New radio stations like reggae (would be cool to hear this in simlish lol) and new dancing.

New food: jerk chicken, ackee, fried fish (escoveitch fish), curry chicken, festival, bammy, breadfruit (roasted then fried), oxtail etc.

CAS items

These are traditional wear that are usually worn for special occasions. The fifth picture tho is something seen daily. But most people wear what you would call western clothing daily, so just t-shirts and shorts or jeans. The first and second picture is worn on a day called bandanna day. Which I can't remember what that day was for to be honest but it happened every year. There's also something called a carnival every easter where people dress up like the sixth and seventh photo.



Beach activities

I don't really know much by experience because I've never been to a beach. Yep, believe it or not, I've lived in Jamaica for more than half my life... Anyways,

- Seashell collecting
- Building sandcastles
- Lounging on a towel
- Scuba diving
- sun tanning
- beach volleyball
- surfing
- water skiing
- life guards
- parties on the beach with music and BBQ

Hotels & Resorts

- You can build your own (and please sims team make it possible in other worlds too)
- You can manage one
- Sims can check in and check out
- Your sims can call for room service
- Maid service has to clean the room after someone checks out unless the customer coming next will give a low star rating
- Restaurant or breakfast bar, hotels can offer complementary breakfast

Boats

You can have cruises that can use the same mechanics of hotels but tweaked a bit. . There can be 2, 5, or 8 day cruises. To work, there can be a loading screen that takes your sim to the cruise and then a loading screen from the cruise to the destination. On these cruises there can be:

- lounge chairs
- restaurant
- gift shop
- rooms your sim can stay in
- staff that bring sims food while they relax (this can be a really expensive option)
- shows or performances
- mini waterpark

Your sims can own boats and also boat houses. Boat houses can just be lots in the water where you can build anything on. Would be cool if you can move the boat houses.

Boats can be used to fish with or your sims can ride around. Types of boats:

- motorboat
- canoe or kayak
- row boat
- jet ski

New Insects/Pests

- cockroaches (from hell and they fly, some are even the sizes of small birds)
- mosquitoes
- lizards (also from hell)
- ants (you can't leave food out for one second)
- toads (not an insect but I used to hate them, they are huge and so ugly)
- sea urchins (in the ocean)
- moths
- sand flies

When night comes is when all the bugs come out to play like moths, mosquitoes and sand flies.

Mermaids

- your sims can see mermaids when they go scuba diving
- it's a new life state
- your sims can get turned into one when they meet a mermaid or other ways
- can edit in cas
- they get their legs back on land and will turn when they go back in the ocean

Integration with other packs

Seasons - It wouldn't snow at all in the new world but rain occasionally. Cruises during bad weather can be cancelled or for example a cruise during a thunderstorm may cause a sim to die from a lightning strike. Beach activities can be added to the traditions.

Cats and dogs - Pets can swim on beaches and can be signed into hotels and go on cruises.

Get together - new club activities include: surfing, collecting seashells, building sandcastles, playing beach volleyball, etc.

Get to Work - you can sell seashells and other stuff collected on the beach.

Dine out - new food added to restaurant menus

Spa day - Spa equipment can be used on cruise ships and in hotels.

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This pack can be a mixture of different island countries like Hawaii (I know it's a state) and the Bahamas but since I'm from Jamaica I just put what I personally know.

If you have anything else to add to this comment down below and I'll add it.