Snowy Escape SimGuru/Maxis-Sourced Info

Objects and Build/Buy, CAS and Premades

Buy Mode

both modern and traditional furniture options - blog post

- New science table (Livestream)

KOTATSU TABLE & HOT POT

make sure to add a cozy kotatsu table for group meals like hot pot - blog post

https://twitter.com/SimGuruFrost/status/1318571868564025344

From Livestream:
- A social experience, Sims socialize while it cooks in the middle of the table
- Hotpot is live draggable, can put on counters, tables (SimGuruPopcorn)
- Table can replace regular dining table.
- Keeps Sims warm.
- Table upgrades include being unbreakable, more temperature controls, insulation gives stronger & longer happy buff. (SimGuruSarah)

https://twitter.com/SimGuruGeorge/status/1322308279427452928

VENDING MACHINES
From the Livestream:
- Can be dangerous when you shake them. Injury stacks over time, can result in death. Stacks with other injuries in the pack as well. Vending Machine can be "final one that does you in." (SimGuruMorgan)
- Hot and cold food Vending Machines - items will heat/cool Sims - e.g., hot tea. They (the foods) will not kill you. (SimGuruMorgan)
- Foods are all hand-held (SimGuruMorgan)

Build Mode

New features like shoji doors, tile roofs, and tatami mats lean into the Japanese inspiration behind the pack, and going forward, you can also start playing with customizable platforms! - blog post

shoji doors, windows and screens, tatami mats and paper lanterns - press release

Vending machines also make a comeback in this pack, and players can purchase not only food, but also collectible creatures, bug sprays to keep away the new giant hornets and other critters, and snowboards. - Screenrant, based on Maxis presentation

PLATFORMS

customizable platforms! - blog post

Platforms will be patched in. - Screenrant, based on Maxis presentation
From the Livestream:
- Clearance above platform can stop taller Sims getting somewhere while kids can still get there. (SimGuruAzure)
- Platforms can be built on any build level. (SimGuruAzure)
- Platforms can be stacked on each other, accessed with stairs (but not needed if one stair height)
- Platform Trims available (sidings), can match outdoor foundations plus some new ones
- Can raise and lower platforms, for sinking below floor level
- Can be built in apartments (SimGuruAzure)
- Sims can interact between floor heights, including Sims watching from "stage" (SimGuruAzure)

https://twitter.com/SimGuruAzure/status/1322275119906000896
https://twitter.com/SimGuruAzure/status/1322274363979128837

HALF WALLS
- Now in many more sizes, to put along any Platform height (Livestream)

SHOES

Take your shoes off at the genkan entryway - key features

- Shoes off and indoor slippers rules can be set on any lot, not limited to new world (Livestream)

https://twitter.com/SimGuruGeorge/status/1322431173805502465

CAS

Players can look forward to more than 130 new Create a Sim items to create various looks to keep their Sims warm and stylish including winter activity wear and both modern everyday and traditional Japanese-inspired fashion. - press release

School uniforms new and unique to this world - Livestream

Premades
From The Sims Instragram, the premade featured in the gameplay trailer is Hina K.:

We all want to travel. Now more so than ever. Places we want to go, People we want to see, and things we want to do. If we’re lucky, we call that place home. For me, it’s Mt. Komorebi. And I am VERY lucky. This video only scratches on the surface of my world, click the link in the profile for my traveler guide?

Welcome to Mt. Komorebi - Slow down to take it all in, or rush into the adventure of a lifetime! ?

Xoxo, Hina K. *

*caption & trailer translated from Simlish. #Sims4SnowyEscape

Mascots
From the Livestream:
Yamachan mascot background: Was an explorer looking for somewhere to settle, good dancer, helps run Festival of Youth, loves ramen (SimGuruPopcorn)
- Even Toddlers can get mascot selfies