High School Years SimGuru/Maxis-Sourced Info
HIGH SCHOOL YEARS - SIMGURU/MAXIS-SOURCED INFO Thanks in advance to everyone who helps source info! Thanks as well for keeping on topic here — these thread can sometimes move fast even on topic as ...
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CAS AND THRIFTEA GAMEPLAY
CAS
- CAS is broad to capture wide range of what teens’ might wear.
- Some pieces are unlocked in gameplay
--- livestream
The cheerleader uniforms are not all shiny.
https://twitter.com/SimGuruSalo/status/1547251015795105792
Body Hair
Shown in the trailer: shaving
- some options are pack-only; others are patched in
- body hair growth is pack-only
- can shave, and specify where
- can shave a beard right off or just partly
--- livestream
Can female and feminine-framed Sims have body hair? Yes! https://twitter.com/SimGuruFrost/status/1542584037117612033 https://twitter.com/SimGuruGeorge/status/1542550893148549123
Can feminine-frame Sims have facial hair? Yes, if they're male:
https://twitter.com/TheHenfordHen/status/1549345337638354944
Acne
- Tackled “in a lighter way”
- Breakouts happen
- No doctor visits, topical scrubs, but clean your face
--- livestream
4 new Aspirations, Teen-only
- unique reward trait for each
- Live Fast, Admired Icon, Goal Oriented… & one more I missed
--- livestream
new Likes & Dislikes: Fashion
--- livestream
new Trait: Socially Awkward
- comfortable with close friends
--- livestream
How is Socially Awkward different from Loner? https://twitter.com/SimGuruPopcorn/status/1548044269792874498
Thiftea
Yes, the clothing place also is a boba tea place: https://twitter.com/GrimSuruDoi/status/1542531384652070912
- what’s available in the store to make a look out of rotates
- from the clothes rack, put an outfit together with the options in CAS
- “You … have agency here to affect how the world looks”
- outfit is in your personal storage; you put it on from there
--- livestream
Can we use the boba tea anywhere? Yes! https://twitter.com/SimGuruPopcorn/status/1548056556758900737
Trendi
The Trendi app has analytics that tell you what trends are high and low. Trends have names, like Streetwear and Vaporware. You can buy outfits on Trendi. You can sell styles you create on Trendi, and set your price. You can also gift them, name them, and favorite them. Other Sims can buy and wear the outfit. Sometimes a "Trendsetter" will do that. - Ash's post
- can see what’s trending in Trendi Analytics, and browse on your phone to buy
- if outfit sells, you mail it to the buyer
- can resell an outfit you buy
- outfits on Trendi also regularly change
--- livestream
CAS collaboration
Depop collaboration blog:
Thrifty and Thriving in The Sims 4 High School Years Expansion Pack: You Make The Sims™ with Depop Sellers
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/ymts-depop-sellers
CAS AND THRIFTEA GAMEPLAY
CAS
- CAS is broad to capture wide range of what teens’ might wear.
- Some pieces are unlocked in gameplay
--- livestream
The cheerleader uniforms are not all shiny.
https://twitter.com/SimGuruSalo/status/1547251015795105792
Body Hair
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. - blog
Shown in the trailer: shaving
- some options are pack-only; others are patched in
- body hair growth is pack-only
- can shave, and specify where
- can shave a beard right off or just partly
--- livestream
Can female and feminine-framed Sims have body hair? Yes! https://twitter.com/SimGuruFrost/status/1542584037117612033 https://twitter.com/SimGuruGeorge/status/1542550893148549123
Can feminine-frame Sims have facial hair? Yes, if they're male:
https://twitter.com/TheHenfordHen/status/1549345337638354944
Acne
- Tackled “in a lighter way”
- Breakouts happen
- No doctor visits, topical scrubs, but clean your face
--- livestream
4 new Aspirations, Teen-only
- unique reward trait for each
- Live Fast, Admired Icon, Goal Oriented… & one more I missed
--- livestream
new Likes & Dislikes: Fashion
--- livestream
new Trait: Socially Awkward
- comfortable with close friends
--- livestream
How is Socially Awkward different from Loner? https://twitter.com/SimGuruPopcorn/status/1548044269792874498
Thiftea
... collaboration with Depop, the circular fashion marketplace app where the next generation comes to discover unique items. Sims can discover clothing items designed by real-world Depop sellers Jeremy Salazar, Sha’an D’Antes, Lapoze McTribouy, Selena Williams and Bella McFadden in-game at the local thrift store and boba hangout, ThrifTea, and earn Simoleons by selling outfits they curate and hype on the new in-game Trendi app and become a “Simfluencer” in the process. - blog
Yes, the clothing place also is a boba tea place: https://twitter.com/GrimSuruDoi/status/1542531384652070912
Sims will be able to hype up their favorite to increase the value of the outfit, and earn Simoleons by selling outfits they curate on the new in-game Trendi app, and become a “Simfluencer” in the process. - Depop blog
- what’s available in the store to make a look out of rotates
- from the clothes rack, put an outfit together with the options in CAS
- “You … have agency here to affect how the world looks”
- outfit is in your personal storage; you put it on from there
--- livestream
Can we use the boba tea anywhere? Yes! https://twitter.com/SimGuruPopcorn/status/1548056556758900737
Trendi
The Trendi app has analytics that tell you what trends are high and low. Trends have names, like Streetwear and Vaporware. You can buy outfits on Trendi. You can sell styles you create on Trendi, and set your price. You can also gift them, name them, and favorite them. Other Sims can buy and wear the outfit. Sometimes a "Trendsetter" will do that. - Ash's post
- can see what’s trending in Trendi Analytics, and browse on your phone to buy
- if outfit sells, you mail it to the buyer
- can resell an outfit you buy
- outfits on Trendi also regularly change
--- livestream
CAS collaboration
Depop collaboration blog:
Thrifty and Thriving in The Sims 4 High School Years Expansion Pack: You Make The Sims™ with Depop Sellers
https://www.ea.com/en-gb/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/ymts-depop-sellers
The Sims and Depop worked with five creative individuals who create and sell clothes on Depop, the fashion marketplace app reshaping the way fashion is made. These sellers collaborated with The Sims to design new original in-game fashion items, which players can purchase for their teen Sims in the game’s local thrift store and boba hangout, ThriftTea...
...Depop sellers include US-based Bella McFadden (@internetgirl), with her pinstripe capri pants and a custom beaded necklace, and Jeremy Salazar (@happyxloco) who has designed a selection of graffiti-inspired jackets and sweatshirts in his signature style. British sellers Selena Williams (@Selenasshop) and Lapoze McTribouy of Sooki Sooki Vintage (@judaku) have also created items, including Y2K-inspired flared jeans and a red cropped corset, and Australian seller Sha’an d’Anthes (@furrylittlepeach) illustrated pieces inspired by her IRL collection. - Depop blog
