Werewolves SimGuru/Maxis-Sourced Info

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WORLD


Moonwood Mill:

A full moon shines down on a formerly bustling mill town. Alongside the river that cuts it in two, a thick fog washes over the abandoned lumber equipment and disappears into the untamed wilderness. From the rocky outcropping above, a howl is heard, its musical legato breaking the stillness of the world beneath it. Then another bays from the woods, and another from the lake, until a prowling pack of wolves emerges from the gloomy mist….

Once upon a time, Moonwood Mill was filled with the bustle and sound of the nearby lumber mill. Today, the town is transformed. The rusted shells of its former industry provide cover for a handful of mysterious denizens who've sought out this wilderness-shrouded community, basking in its remote and anonymous nature….

So what’s there to do around town? There’s plenty to sink your teeth into! During the full moon, you might notice crescent-shaped Lake Lunvik has a magical shimmer to it, making it the perfect time to try to catch the elusive Luna Fish and to climb up to the Howling Point that looms over the lake to pluck the even rarer Moonpetal flower. Or if you’re feeling brave and looking for adventure, delve into the tunnels that run under the town, a network known as “The Underground,” to try and uncover secrets and find quicker routes for navigating back and forth. The town’s pack members are also always up for a good spar at the pit – assuming you have the claws for it.

- Announcement Blog

On the single neighbourhood, compared with Forgotten Hollow:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532409917616926721



World inspirations:

Pacific Northwest and others:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1532400671814606849
https://twitter.com/SimGuruConor/status/1532379180075212800



Lore:

The world-building includes a lot of lore: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532406433706217484

The new lore has a lot even if you don’t have Vampires or Realm of Magic: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532407599584292867

There’s a lot to learn about werewolves and their origins. Unravel werewolf, vampire, and spellcaster lore as you read books, discover secret tunnels, grow your collection, and interact with denizens of Moonwood Mill. - Key Features
It's a place with a hidden history, and those who live here know that if you dig deep enough, you're bound to discover some fascinating secrets.

- Announcement Blog

Meet with Wolfgang, the local librarian, in the center of town and check out werewolf-themed books to unravel truths about Moonwood’s mysterious beasts. Though…everyone in town knows that to find the best secrets, you’ll have to head out into the neighborhood and dig (or explore) a little deeper for long lost books and items.

If that’s not your style, try interacting with the locals. It’s not all about joining a pack. Once you get to know them, Kristopher, Rory, and their pack members will each reveal their own pasts and unique perspectives on werewolf history and philosophy. Even the town’s only non-were denizen has something to share!

- Announcement Blog

Mooncasters are a part of Werewolf lore: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532446376163913730



Lots:


five new lots:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532389503717064704

Grimtooth Bar and Bunker, one of the lots built in partnership with community creator James Turner.

- Announcement Blog
https://twitter.com/JamesTurnerYT/status/1532389562399752194

Where pack leader(s?) live is part of the world, not a separate lot: https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532390040839520259


What is the bus bar? Shell + buy item: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532436514931474432


We appear to have a library lot: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1533885676654981120


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BUILD/BUY INCL. GAMEPLAY OBJECTS

Gameplay objects include a normal-size telescope, and there seems to be an associated new death: https://twitter.com/SimGuruConor/status/1532384820340342787

The telescope will include a base game version: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532402915284963330

What is the bus bar? Shell + buy item: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532436514931474432

Some of the roof patterns seen in the trailer are shell-only; others will be in Build mode: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532744914261291009
Build/Buy has more than is shown in the previews going around:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532740216372375553

Werewolves have a unique plumbob, bassinet, gravestone & urn: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1533917344770101248

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PREMADES

Premades don't use the new pronouns: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532814994831577089

Most trailer Sims will be in the pack: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532800227433803776

Greg

Heed the advice of the locals, though: stay out of Greg’s way and you’ll be okay.

- Announcement Blog

There’s also Greg, of course…but we don’t recommend trying to pry information out of him. You wouldn’t want to risk it, right?

- Announcement Blog

Not Greg

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1532862253443059712

Meet with Wolfgang, the local librarian, in the center of town and check out werewolf-themed books to unravel truths about Moonwood’s mysterious beasts.

- Announcement Blog

Kristopher, Rory, and their pack members will each reveal their own pasts and unique perspectives on werewolf history and philosophy.

- Announcement Blog
This is Kristopher: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532848852318887938 https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532850744562311168

Even the town’s only non-were denizen has something to share! Head on over to talk with Celene López, the owner of the Grimtooth Bar and Bunker.

- Announcement Blog

And this is Lou:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532571159216001024
https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1532730748217589760
Lou is a YA https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1534238829971914754




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CAS - WEREWOLVES AND CLOTHES ETC

Body hair is NOT in the back but IS being developed and will be base game: https://twitter.com/SimGuruFrost/status/1532384086425079809
https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1532384186006372352


Werewolf CAS:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruSilver/status/1532389075440660480

Clarification on Werewolves having two forms, like Vampires: https://twitter.com/SimGuruSilver/status/1532815966647660545

painting on Werewolves?
https://twitter.com/SimGuruSilver/status/1532387730654519296

So, maybe painting on Werewolves *isn't* more like stencils than brushes, as Pugowned expects.. https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532879750447869952

One CAS item is, as NukaSimmer guesses, "'pants' used to allow your werewolf to not wear bottoms"
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532893986813227008

Werewolf voices can be unlinked in CAS: https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1534334535621541891

There's a moon behind them in CAS: https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1534343859718696960

Werewolf CAS can use any eyebrows: https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1534540268233314305

In The Sims™ 4, werewolves come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and themes. In Create a Sim, you can fully customize your werewolf to tell the story you want.

All werewolves start with a beast and a Sim form that are linked, providing parity and matching up changes to body shape, clothes, and facial features to the other form. But that’s not to say that you can’t create a beast of your very own! Unlink the forms and make them as distinct as you’d like! Whichever direction you take, edit their face structure, ears, eyes, tufts, and more! Paint on menacing scars to tell the story of a dramatic fight between opposing pack members or cover them in silly jellyfish; you have full control over your beast form’s pelt.

- Announcement Blog
Yes, “toe beans”: https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1532412212148457473


Werewolf Design:

Why no tail?? https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532783821707304965
https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1533827779610935297

Werewolves don't look like you expected? The available sources are wide: https://twitter.com/SimGuruSilver/status/1532813180627324928


General CAS

CAS inspiration is “90s grunge, goblincore and punk”: https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1532393673836535808
https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1532412606807298048

rings are separate: https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532388657809743872

androgyny was part of the approach: https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1532396578987597828

Most CAS in the pack is for both masculine and feminine frames: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532470873810030592 https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532471032451280896

new tattoos? yes!
https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1532400964799324166

One CAS item is, as NukaSimmer guesses, "'pants' used to allow your werewolf to not wear bottoms"
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1532893986813227008

This hair also has a non-moon version: https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1533895077109501952
https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1533901362542497792

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MISCELLANEOUS

Is leaning on walls in the game? In some places: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532409392401788929
https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532388445322100738


Cross-Pack Gameplay

Will there be unique interactions with RoM and Vampires packs? Yes! Lots!
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532409972767633419
https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1532872831381278720


Music

Re. the trailer song, it's unreleased: https://twitter.com/SimGuruGeorge/status/1532409902731145224
https://twitter.com/SimGuruNova/status/1532799897891577857

The trailer song is now on Soundcloud: https://twitter.com/XvotoD/status/1533074370092011520

New song, no radio station: https://twitter.com/SimGuruNinja/status/1534243910096039938

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Maybe worth noting - the leaning is restricted to certain places, not something sims will be able to do anywhere:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532388445322100738

New!

Werewolf rampages:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruSilver/status/1532395998034550784

Werewolf CAS:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruSilver/status/1532389075440660480

painting on Werewolves?
https://twitter.com/SimGuruSilver/status/1532387730654519296

In I come!

One thing from the announcement blog:

So what’s there to do around town? There’s plenty to sink your teeth into! During the full moon, you might notice crescent-shaped Lake Lunvik has a magical shimmer to it, making it the perfect time to try to catch the elusive Luna Fish and to climb up to the Howling Point that looms over the lake to pluck the even rarer Moonpetal flower. Or if you’re feeling brave and looking for adventure, delve into the tunnels that run under the town, a network known as “The Underground,” to try and uncover secrets and find quicker routes for navigating back and forth. The town’s pack members are also always up for a good spar at the pit – assuming you have the claws for it.

So, lunar cycles will have effects on the world and allow you to get some rare collectibles.

All werewolves start with a beast and a Sim form that are linked, providing parity and matching up changes to body shape, clothes, and facial features to the other form. But that’s not to say that you can’t create a beast of your very own! Unlink the forms and make them as distinct as you’d like!

So just like with vampires and mermaids, the werewolves begin with their forms linked, meaning that changing one thing (like clothing) in one form will carry over to the other form.

I will definitely be watching the live stream, so then I will try my best to share as much info as I can get from there.

Thanks, @EgonVM! Really hoping we get a blog post about lunar cycles!


New on those rings in CAS: https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532388657809743872

On the single neighbourhood, compared with Forgotten Hollow:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532409917616926721

new tattoos? yes!
https://twitter.com/SimGuruBat/status/1532400964799324166

five new lots:
https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532389503717064704

Where pack leader(s?) live is part of the world, not a separate lot: https://twitter.com/SimGuruAsh/status/1532390040839520259

Will Toddlers howl on their own? https://twitter.com/SimGuruConor/status/1532422717814849536