Is it a coincidence University had knitting?

Yarn Bombing is a thing. Well at least it was way before DU was released. It’s been quite prominent in cities. I’ve seen lampposts covered in that stuff. I’m not a fan.
In saying that, I don’t think anything is coincidental when it comes to TS4.

The devs want to make things they like. Because after all, they’re the ones who will have to work on this specific thing for months.
The devs who had the idea of creating a -Yarn bombing the college statue- option in DU, may have been the same devs that proposed one of the community voting themes: Arts & Crafts-knitting. Because that’s what some of them do at home. They knit.

The Devs would have created a list of options that they like to make and know they can make within a certain time frame. Something like sewing wasn’t in it, possibly because:

• it’ll be part of another pack that was already-and still is in development.
  
• the devs don’t want to make it.
  
• it’s already in TS mobile, so they had to look for other, newer options.
  

Regardless of the poll outcome, the devs would have wanted and probably will work on all the features, so it’s very likely we’ll see some of them return in separate packs, if not all.

The animations would not have been pre-made. Unless one of the animators was so passionate about knitting and did some tests in their own time, I don’t believe they where ready for polishing.
Too much money is involved in creating and testing animation and it has to be prioritized which team will do which animation. The animation for knitting would have started after knitting was the prioritized stuff pack.
What might have happened is that the animators created simple poses or gave the director a rough idea about how sims would move when interacting with the objects proposed in any of the themes. But that’s about it.

I also believe that it’s possible that Happy Haunts got the winning vote, but after looking at all the ideas that the community shared on the forums and other platforms, the devs could have decided it would suit a Game Pack (or EP?)much better and somehow pushed for the second best pack, which was Arts and Crafts- to win.

One way or another, after the community votes where finalized and the outcome was clear, another list of priorities was made to see which theme would suit which pack.
Looking at this possible upcoming space/future Game Pack, I can imagine it to include the portable telescope and the hologram friend.
And somewhere in the future we’ll see some of the other features too, not just because the community wants them, but because the devs want to work on them, knowing they have the ability to do so.

"ClarionOfJoy;c-17608127" wrote:

"popstarsley;c-17608034" wrote:
I’d also just like to slide in again to say that despite the animation controversy (which I agree with) I think stuff packs have markedly improved for the better since Moschino.

I actually didn't think anything was wrong with Moschino pack? What was wrong with it?

I liked it too, I do think it should have had more clothes in the pack though.

A clue from University that was 8 months before Nifty Knitting.
So what if the Tiny Living has clues to a
all-in-one bunk beds & all-in-one-bathroom in a new game in late August?

A rigged vote makes no sense marketing-wise. The most voted theme means the biggest public adhesion and therefore the most sales...

"kaylin205;c-17613277" wrote:
seasons has knitting stuff as well an that came well before DU.

Much as I hate to play into the conspiracy theory here, having knitted clothing or blanket textures is not the same as having knitting animation. There are knits in base game.

To the best of my ability, I don't recall any Buy mode assets that were directly knitting related - yarn balls, needles, a craft basket, etc.

That said, I don't think the vote was rigged. I do think that they developed their list of options from things they already had notes for, or existing assets (animations or items) that they could expand and/or modify.

"SimmerGeorge;c-17607472" wrote:

"Camkat;c-17607457" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17607455" wrote:

"Camkat;c-17607412" wrote:
I think when they gave us the choices, they had/have all the animations at the ready. They could implement any of those options from the polls at any time. I think we'll see some of the non-winning options appear in the future in other packs. I don't think it's any kind of weird coincidence. They know what they can and can't animate, they may not all be polished and ready to go, but I think most of the work is largely done or else the options wouldn't have been in a poll for a pack due to come in within the year. It's just a matter of when they will release the rest of it.

@Camkat Yeah I think one would guess that we'd pick arts and crafts but did they also guess we were going to pick knitting?
They had 5 themes with 5 subthemes each. That would make at least 25 animations. I doubt they would make 25 animations without knowing which one would be the most popular one in the first place. And I don't think the themes that placed below 2nd-3rd place will be made into packs.
But yeah if they do prepare ahead when doing votes like that then I would imagine they had all of the other 24 animations ready as well? I doubt it.

Yeah... I completely disagree. 24 animations aren't that many to be ready. ;) They might not have been all polished but they're probably ready. Some are/were probably planned as a reuse of another already completed animation as well, so they might not be completely new either. I just really doubt they wouldn't have had plans since it would look really terrible on them if we'd voted on something and they suddenly couldn't do it.

Sorry, I meant 25.

But if some of them end up going to waste does it not bother them? If knitting wasn't picked and was last place it would have been wasted. Would the Sims team really blindly make animations like that?
But yeah I hear you. What you're saying is very possible.

It's not wasted though if did something like they did with the university prank. It's just that in this case the knitting came first here. I think the other animations will show up too. I can't remember what all the things were that we voted on but I'm sure that they had plans for some of them to even be reused animations of things we already have. They do seem to like to do that...

"popstarsley;c-17608034" wrote:
I’d also just like to slide in again to say that despite the animation controversy (which I agree with) I think stuff packs have markedly improved for the better since Moschino.

@popstarsley I fully agree, though that doesn't mean they are perfect (at least to me, I only own 4 of them) there have been improvements. Remember those early stuff packs, I mean I don't even wanna go there :lol:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17608038" wrote:

"popstarsley;c-17608034" wrote:
I’d also just like to slide in again to say that despite the animation controversy (which I agree with) I think stuff packs have markedly improved for the better since Moschino.

@popstarsley I fully agree, though that doesn't mean they are perfect (at least to me, I only own 4 of them) there have been improvements. Remember those early stuff packs, I mean I don't even wanna go there :lol:

@SimmerGeorge omg I keep trying and trying and trying to get Romantic Garden Stuff just because...it's $10 so why not? But it looks like it literally brings nothing to the game, so I don't! Recent Stuff Packs, whether one appreciates the theme or not, have brought so much more than just "stuff."

"popstarsley;c-17608075" wrote:

"SimmerGeorge;c-17608038" wrote:

"popstarsley;c-17608034" wrote:
I’d also just like to slide in again to say that despite the animation controversy (which I agree with) I think stuff packs have markedly improved for the better since Moschino.

@popstarsley I fully agree, though that doesn't mean they are perfect (at least to me, I only own 4 of them) there have been improvements. Remember those early stuff packs, I mean I don't even wanna go there :lol:

@SimmerGeorge omg I keep trying and trying and trying to get Romantic Garden Stuff just because...it's $10 so why not? But it looks like it literally brings nothing to the game, so I don't! Recent Stuff Packs, whether one appreciates the theme or not, have brought so much more than just "stuff."

@popstarsley Yes me too. I'm desperate for more landscaping this is why Romantic Garden is so high up on my list but everytime I want to go buy it I'm like really? Spend 10€ for like 12 landscape items... oh man.
Now at least we get stuff like the photography skill and stuff which is better.

I know I’m hoping that a lot of their other ideas besides knitting make it into the game. Knitting was my first choice. But, I liked many of the other things too, the blender, the microscope and telescope, the seance and Psychic career, and some of the high tech fitness stuff to name a few.