Make Teenagers Great Again!

Great ideas!!

Thanks! btw I just saw the pre-teen thread so my apologies if some of these are redundant ideas

"pinedasgal;15150747" wrote:
Thanks! btw I just saw the pre-teen thread so my apologies if some of these are redundant ideas

As someone who'd rather see Teens improved than ignored while another life stage gets squashed in, I'm happy to see this :) I love the idea of a reputation system being introduced as part of teen gameplay. Combine that with the club system - which has me playing teens a lot more already - and you'd have something pretty cool! The last time we had a reputation system is was only about faithfulness vs. sleeping around, and that hardly meant anything in my gameplay. One that's broader could be really interesting.

I like everything on the list but acne. Wasn't acne in an earlier Sims version?

"simstr0ng;15150847" wrote:
I like everything on the list but acne. Wasn't acne in an earlier Sims version?

Yeah TS2's acne wasn't executed the best. But I figure with the implementation of moods like Embarrassed and the illnesses that came with GTW, TS4 would do a great job with them.

"luthienrising;15150792" wrote:

"pinedasgal;15150747" wrote:
Thanks! btw I just saw the pre-teen thread so my apologies if some of these are redundant ideas

As someone who'd rather see Teens improved than ignored while another life stage gets squashed in, I'm happy to see this :)

Yeah! I really want adolescent sims, but I figure I wouldn't be as pressed for them if teen sims actually acted like teens.

I would love them to bring back tens running away like they did in the sims 2 were if they had poor relationships with family they could runaway.

Revise Curfew, make it a Parent/guardian/Older Sibling interaction to place a curfew on their child. so players can decide when or if they want a curfew. or even if politics were to get involved the mayor of the town can establish a curfew on the world.

and make it so teens don't always go quietly. some can run and escape. same from the detective career side. I want nightshifts, going on patrol at night, and I'm sick of criminals always surrendering. make a scene, attempt to run and escape, get in a fight.

It's not that strange teens can discuss property values, when I was in high school. one of my friends had a job, and she moved out and got her own place, family issues. It's time people realize the ugly truth. sometimes teens are forced to grow up faster.

Awesome thread OP I love your ideas.

haha, new bed interaction "Practice making out"

"pinedasgal;898432" wrote:
Today my teen sims were discussing neighborhood property values because they didn't have much else to do. Yawn, TS4 teens are essentially the same as adults, but with homework. So I started jotting down concepts of what could make them more youthful, lively and enjoyable. These are just a few of my silly whims-- I'm here because I would love to hear your opinions and fun ideas for teens too!

New Activities:

• Cheerleading
  
• Rock band
  
• Skateboarding
  
• A sport team (Soccer? Or maybe a new sport made by Sims)
  
• Simblr social network. Post thoughts/photo/recent event/relationship/achieved whims to Simblr
  
• Video game console
  

New Events:

• Prom
  
• Sleepover party
  
• Science fair project
  
• Standardized tests (for chance of scholarship)
  

New Interactions:

• Learn to cook with parents
  
• Learn to drive with parents (yes in a car, no snark intended)
  
• "Tell-off parents" to blow off steam when tense
  
• Ask parents for permission to stay out late (answer depends on parent's mood and if teen has completed homework)
  
• Sneak out (with a random chance of getting caught)
  
• Receive random "Where are you?/Who are you with texts?" from parents with option to lie
  
• Hook-up (a more intense make-out, TS2 snog style ;) )
  

New Popularity System:
A subtle 3-tier ranking (nothing over-the-top like TS3's celebrity system or social groups). Some sims want popularity through whims.

• +2 Popular (Popularity gains a positive moodlet and an increase in invitations to hang out.)
  
• +1 Semi-popular (there has to be a better name for this lol)
  
• 0 No ranking (base, hidden)
  
• -1 Invisible (negative popularity from no friends, may have negative moodlet depending on sim's traits/aspirations)
  

Sims become more popular by

• having popular friends, or A LOT of friends
  
• being in a popular GT club
  
• being involved in cheerleading/a sport/ a band
  
• maxing a skill
  
• Simblr posts earning a lot of likes
  
• by some random, obscure event
  
• attending more parties
  

New Relationships:

• Have crushes. Sims should get nervous, blush, etc around crush
  
• Have role model (an adult sim whom the teen admires, teens has chance of receiving the role-model's traits)
  

Hormones:

• Acne
  
• Mood swings
  
• Random whims to do rebellious activities
  
• Braces
  

Tweaks:

• Teens (and child sims) go to school wearing a backpack
  
• "Make friends" at school increases relationships, not just meeting new sims
  
• "Make friends" will not meet child sims at school
  
• Remove discuss property values chat
  
• Rename first Mess Around to "Experiment"
  
• Remove climax-like animation at the end of Mess Around to make it a tad more PG (this probably doesn't bother anyone else, but the thought that my 13-year-old sis's selfsim could be shaking the bed gives me a headache lol)
  
• Return of the curfew ((with a random chance of getting caught, chance starts low and increases throughout night)
  

Ideally, if we had pre-teens some of these would go into this but I don't want to ask for too much considering toddlers=shooting for the moon.

I wanna hear from you though! help me add to the list :D :D :D

I wandered in because the title made me giggle but THIS LIST IS GREAT!!!