Underwater Lots in Island Living

I did some more experimentation with animations. With cheats, you can see what actions that can't normally be done in merform look like while in merform. I think a lot of these could easily be transferred to an underwater lot. And again, it looks less weird if the lot is underwater. On land, they both move around weird and look weirder than they would underwater.

I'm starting to design my mersims to intentionally look out of place on land. I have noticed that, even as children, sims that are merfolk will autonomously go to the nearest available body of water to swim. It really would be nice to have an underwater lot where mersims can live not stop what they are doing to go swimming.

Merfolk have Dance Moves

I know that Alien Parties were supposed to be a thing on planet Sixam, but I think Underwater Merfolk Dance Parties would be pretty cool. I can see some of the dance moves being adjusted for merfolk underwater. Even without legs, there some hand motions and movements that work pretty well.



Reef: "Not to rain on your parade, but I'm not sure merfolk normally dance with tails"

Kylen: "I don't see why we can't?"



The MerStyle Arm Charm



The normal hula dance.

Basically, this is just bobbing with hands moving in a wave.



Some Dance Moves



The MerStyle Pump Pop



MerStyle Pump Pop Failure

The MerStyle Jimmy Leg

I appreciated the thought bubbles that came with failing this dance move.



The MerStyle Jimmy Leg Failure



The MerStyle Light Spin



The MerStyle Backflip



MerStyle Group Dancing



More Dance Fun



Singing

Another animation that makes wonder why they can't do this in the water...



Playing the Guitar



Playing the Violin



Learning to Cook

Playing like this for too long did make things a tiny bit buggy. Even when they weren't interacting with each other they were still having a casual conversation.



Sitting in a Chair and on the Bed



Napping and Sleeping

Honestly, for merfolk, they don't need to go under the covers to sleep. The napping animation would work for underwater beds.



The Napping Animation isn't perfect, but I think it's better than the sleeping animation. For underwater, the Napping animation could be used for the Sleeping animation on a Merfolk Themed bed.



Napping on a Beach Towel

Lazy Sims can nap Lazily Anywhere except the water. As a merperson, being able to at least back float and nap lazily in the water would be the bare minimum. The Good and Evil traits affect merfolk abilities. Why not the Lazy trait?



Gardening

An underwater lot could have its own plants and the animation for harvesting could be different. The merfolk could harvest at an angle or above. However, things like ocean pests and weeds similar to the Spray for Bugs and Weeding could be a thing. The ocean is not without its own animals that might impact gardening.



The Bathroom Swim?

I can think of many different ways to meet different needs, but the bathroom need is the only one that gives me trouble.