High School Years Positive Thoughts Thread

"Hearts4u;c-18140326" wrote:
The teen clothing and them teaming up with real designers works for this pack. With the clothing in-game and the addition of the new clothing, we are going to be able to create all kinds of teens with varying fashion styles.
https://i.postimg.cc/tJ2CvSMP/High-School-Fashion.jpg

What type of teens are you planning on making or have in your game? I typically have a mixture from all categories.

Geeks

Cheerleaders

Jocks

Skaters

Outsiders/Loners

Hipsters

Preps

Nerds/Brainiacs

Mean Kids

Emo/Goth Kids


Now this base game update is interesting. Keeping my fingers crossed that they are improving teen personalities so as to distinguish them from other older life stages.

Explore Your Teen Identity

Teen years and high school are the launching points for self-discovery. Creating even more ways for Sims to explore their identities, a free base game update will go live alongside the release of High School Years, introducing an additional new feature that will add more choice and opportunity for discovery to your Sims’ lives.

The free base game update will also introduce body hair. For those with the High School Years Expansion Pack, Sims will be able to groom and trim their body hair’s natural growth over time, celebrating that transition through puberty.

You can learn more about the new base game updates coming to The Sims 4 on Friday, July 15, 2022 at 11am PDT on Twitch and YouTube.

I plan on doing a lot of those you have on your list, the only possible exception might be the Mean Kids. I think I'll have them in my game, maybe not. Not good real world memories there, and those are part of why it's taken me some time to get revved up for this pack.

Something I've wanted to do, with both teens and adults, is to have better gender fluid sims. We can do it now, but it feels really limited and we're forced into some less than desirable compromises. I'm super excited for this pack and the update because I get a really optimistic feeling that we're about to have a lot more tools to explore that with.