Thoughts on making your Simself?
I feel like people have very differing opinions about making themselves or other real life people to include in their game. My main sim, Rose, is vaguely based on me (I'm not sure why I initially dec...
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Ever since I was a little kid, my main way of having fun was to make up characters and make up stories about the characters I made up. Regardless of whether I was playing with toys, dressing up and playing make-believe, writing the stories down, or just daydreaming, it was always all about making up lots of different characters and making up stories about who they are, what they do, and why they do it.
So, I suppose it's not surprising that when I found out about the sims games (I started with Sims 3) I just automatically did what I've always done. I made up characters and made up stories about them.
I've never made a sim (or a story character) that is meant to be me, but when I write novels and other creative writing, to really make the characters come to life I usually have to draw from my own feelings and experiences or aspects of myself. When I turn my sims playing into written stories, this is true as well.
So I suppose it depends on how deeply you want to look at it.
So, I suppose it's not surprising that when I found out about the sims games (I started with Sims 3) I just automatically did what I've always done. I made up characters and made up stories about them.
I've never made a sim (or a story character) that is meant to be me, but when I write novels and other creative writing, to really make the characters come to life I usually have to draw from my own feelings and experiences or aspects of myself. When I turn my sims playing into written stories, this is true as well.
So I suppose it depends on how deeply you want to look at it.
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