Does your gameplay involve “storytelling”?

Story telling used to be the only thing I did. You basically just come up with a plot, like rags to riches, starting a dynasty, a family drama, etc. You follow that plot and take all of your sims ups and downs with it. It gets you more involved in the game play. You might take screenshots along the way and write a little story about each one. The Sims 3 used to have a story telling and video making platform that I loved dearly. I used to make videos and Maxis would periodically feature a few of them. I'd get tens of thousands of views, and that was really exciting for me as a kid. I also wrote stories for the website too, such as legacies. Nowadays people tend to use other social media platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and Tumblr, to blog about their sims. Although, you don't have to blog about your sims if you don't feel like it, you can just follow the story for yourself. I don't blog anymore, I would if Maxis designed another platform for doing so within the gallery or something, but for now I just don't feel like setting up an external account when I've already got other things going on in my online life. It's partly social media anxiety, and partly just the sheer amount of keeping up I already have to do with other things. It's up to you though, Simmers can really make a name for themselves by blogging about their gaming experiences. A few have gone on to become influencers.

For me though, just following along myself has been enjoyable for the last few years. I bet someday if I really wanted to I could actually put in some effort and relaunch a sims blog/vlog or something, but for now I'm comfortable where I am. The public eye can be a little much anyway.