EXPANSION IDEA: Sims 4: Rock Star! (Bands, Tours, Concerts, & New Instruments!)
Hello Simmers and Dev Team,
A "band" system is one of the most highly requested features missing from The Sims 4. The ability to form a group, play music together, and pursue fame as a collective unit is a huge gap in gameplay, especially when combined with existing packs like Get Together and Get Famous.
This expansion pack idea aims to bring that experience to life in a fully fleshed-out way.
🎸 Core Features: The Sims 4: Rock Star!
This pack would focus on building musical skills, managing a band as a single entity, and performing for an audience.
- New Create-A-Sim (CAS) & Build/Buy Items
- New Instruments: Functional Drum Set and Bass Guitar (essential for a rock band!).
- Stage Gear: Amplifiers, microphones stands, professional stage lighting, fog machines, and an electric keyboard.
- New Aesthetics: Rockstar hairstyles, band tees, ripped jeans, leather jackets, excessive tattoos, and bold makeup options.
- Recording Studio Objects: A soundproof wall object, mixing boards, and a vocal booth.
🎤 Band Management Mechanics
Form a Band: A new UI (similar to the Club UI in Get Together or the Band Panel from TS3) to create, name, and manage members.
- Band Chemistry: A new metric that improves as the band practices together, influencing performance quality and dynamics.
- Band Finances: The ability for the band to have shared finances and fame.
- Band-Specific Gigs: A new type of event planning where you book gigs at bars, lounges, and a brand new "Concert Hall" venue lot.
🥁 Tours, Recording, and Fame
Record an Album/EP: Use the recording studio objects to write, record, and produce music. Choose cover art, name the album, and license it for daily royalties that feed into the band's bank account.
- Interactive Concerts: A new event type where the band gets on a stage and actually performs for an audience. The performance quality (skill, chemistry) dictates audience size, tips, and fame gain.
- World Tour (Text Adventure): A vacation/travel system where the band goes on tour for several days. This could be a text-based adventure with choices that affect the band's money, fame, and chemistry.
Why this idea rocks (pun intended):
- High Community Demand: This has been a top request for years.
- Synergy: It integrates perfectly with Get Together (for practice sessions), City Living (singing skill/microphones), and Get Famous (celebrity status).
- New Careers: It adds a highly engaging, active career path with unique challenges and rewards.
Thank you for your time and for reading the pitch! I, and many others, would love to see our Sims live out their rock star dreams!
Vince ([edit: email address removed])
EA ID: veaton
