These are all really cool ideas! My biggest disappointment in Snow Escape were the festivals. I quite like the City Living festivals, and comparison the Snowy Escape ones just feel really empty. I like your idea of adding tasks--there's also a mini version of this in CL where, if your invited, there's usually ONE thing you got invited to do, that you get rewarded for completing in the allotted time. My sims have never been invited to a SE festival, so I'm not sure it's even possible. Adding that aspect of the CL festivals to the SE ones might help all on it's own. But also in general, beefing up the unique activities, moodlets, gameplay, ect, would be very welcome. I was so excited about the festivals, but as is, they're just so BORING, with nothing much to distinguish them really, which is a shame cause I love the concept of them. They just need a bit more oomph to hook the player in I think.
