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Vyo4
Seasoned Ace
4 days ago

IDEA: [S] Holiday Scope • Calendar UI

Not all Holidays are celebrated across every household. Some holidays are personal. Take for instance, a Wedding Anniversary. This type of holiday would only affect one couple of one household. Currently, creating a holiday titled "Landgraab Wedding Anniversary" would be seen and celebrated globally, showing up on calendars of every household.

What if you could decide the scope of your Holidays?
Then you could decide how far your holiday reaches and control which households can see it and celebrate it.

Holiday Scope options for Seasons Calendar. Choices for Household, World, or Global.
  • Household
    • Currently, Calendars are already assigned to a Household
    • Only the household of the holiday-creator would celebrate this holiday
    • Personal holidays, for example:
      • wedding anniversary
      • annual reunion - family / graduating class
      • religious / cultural / heritage
      • family traditions
      • date night
      • annual friends fishing trip
  • World
    • Create your own Festivals!
    • Seen and celebrated by residents of the same world map of the holiday-creator
    • Only shows in Willow Creek, for example
    • Regional holidays, for example:
      • Mardi Gras (Willow Creek)
      • Desert Days (Oasis Springs)
      • All Hail The Mother Day (Strangerville)
      • Day of the Dead (Ciudad Enamorada)
  • Global
    • Celebrated in every household, in every world
    • This is the current default for Holidays

Cross-Pack Traditions

This is a perfect opportunity to update and add new traditions from other packs:

  • Crafting Spirit - Maker trait [Eco Lifestyle], woodworking, floral arrangement, etc.
  • Self Care - meditation [Spa Day], vanity table [Vintage Glamour], sleep, nap, bubble bath, mindful walk
  • Movie Night - watch movies [Movie Hangout], popcorn, order pizza
  • Outdoor Activities - camping, fishing, hiking, power walk [Growing Together], catch bugs, cloudgaze, moonbathe
  • Sporty Spirit - play basketball [City Living], soccer [Discover University], football, cheer [High School Years]
  • Nocturnal - late night snack, stargaze, observe the sky, moonbathe, howl at moon [Werewolves]
  • Helping Hand - trash cleanup [Island Living], recycle [Eco Lifestyle], volunteer [Parenthood], donate

Plus many more!


Thank you for considering my idea.

1 Reply

  • MyOnlySUNSHlNE's avatar
    MyOnlySUNSHlNE
    Seasoned Vanguard
    3 hours ago

    I love this idea! I have to edit the calendar every time I switch households and I play 16-household-rotational-save. It's taxing and having options to limit holidays to certain households would save time. 

    Also love the additional suggestions about crossplay. Holidays are such a big part of cultural representation and also reflect personal-locale-identity. I would love to see more Holiday event options, there are too few and it feels repeative.

    Also it feels like the devs forgot about this Holiday feature-system when adding new packs/worlds/cultures, since nothing has changed in years... it just feels stale and forgotten about, which is why these ideas are great and breathe fresh air into a dead feature.

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