Your WEIRDEST source of inspiration

When creating the F-J-M House i drew inspiration from a tv series called "The Closer", there was one episode that showed the inside of this house, and i just started creating and it didn't stop until it was complete.

I also drew inspiration from my own dreams while i'm sleeping, that is when my brain is working enough i can remember it on waking up. I got this one design i want to put together, but i doubt with what i got, i can put it together with any good effect from the available build objects.

One time i drew inspiration by staring at a chicken pie i was about to devour. that is what got me started on the recent Damme Green House.

deserted houses and buildings are really rather inspirational so i take a look when i go out because there is plenty where i live

and I also like to watch loads of drama or animations so i sometimes pick up interesting ideas from rooms or backgrounds in them like "oh pretty i wonder if i can create that"

aaand sometimes i just pick a random color theme like aight this nice neighborhood will be clown town and rip sims

"SweetieWright_84;c-17267245" wrote:
A chicken pie? Hmm, that's interesting. Where did those two connect?

The general design i wanted to look a bit rustic, with sharp lines and an even sharper flavour, but it has to be warm and nice as well, like any good pie and any good house. i didn't put that into words, but it just came like that, simple things that are in front of you, you take for granted, so i see things like that.

I tend to draw my inspiration from Google images, and if I were inspired by something I remember from my childhood (such as a movie I don't watch anymore), and I was creating a sim, sometimes the sim loosely resembles that character. Oh, and the Sim in my avatar loosely resembles Emma Watson. I guess when I was creating this sim, I might have been thinking about other magical girls for some reason. In the end, I have a Sim who is loosely inspired by Princess Luna, and looks a bit like Emma Watson at the same time. In the same save, there is a young redheaded boy who reminds me of a young Ron Weasley.

I don't know how weird it is, I tend to look at Pinterest and Tumblr a lot more now.
My building Style is Very Rustic, Earthy, and Neogothic, Neoclassic, and Second Empire Style.

But I tend to look at my other favorite video games and Films
- Kingdom Hearts
- Final Fantasy
- Legend of Zelda
- Elder Scrolls

- Once Upon a Time
- Teen Wolf
- Pretty Little Liars (The first 5 Seasons)
- Reign
- Victoria
- The Crown
- The Tudors

But it's mostly me, and my life that also heavily influences my game.

From life itself and having 20 years of the Sims to relive or take from life to direct my game and want things in my present game because they are part of life itself or at least was part of the game at some time in the last 20 years. Simmers come in all ages and many of us have been alive a long time and have experienced more real life and the way things were than many newer simmers. We got our experience in the real world and not from tv or even games - and we liked the options offered - now a days we only get peeks at things we used to be able to experience in the game itself. Why is this?

"MasonGamer;c-17267852" wrote:
I don't know how weird it is, I tend to look at Pinterest and Tumblr a lot more now.
My building Style is Very Rustic, Earthy, and Neogothic, Neoclassic, and Second Empire Style.

But I tend to look at my other favorite video games and Films
- Kingdom Hearts
- Final Fantasy
- Legend of Zelda
- Elder Scrolls

- Once Upon a Time
- Teen Wolf
- Pretty Little Liars (The first 5 Seasons)
- Reign
- Victoria
- The Crown
- The Tudors

But it's mostly me, and my life that also heavily influences my game.

There have been a few games that have inspired me. My husband and sons get a bit annoyed with me when they're playing a game, and I make them walk around a house or building so I can get a good look at the exterior.

This game has completely changed the way I look at architecture. It's somewhat turned me into an architectural nerd.

Well when Sims came out in Sims 1 and Sims 2 Will Wright created the game from instances of his real life and the way things were done 15-20 years ago. We played the game with a mix of fantasy along with doses of real life as it was then mixed together. But when Sims 3 came into being it seemed there was a big switch removing any part of real life that could be viewed as detrimental in any shape or form to younger players - real life had to suddenly be less scarey to some younger players and when they started doing that it made the game lose a lot of it's deep hearted feels it had to many players. It seems the game became less about actually living life and more about coddling the masses and the more it does this the more it actually separates the players. It is harder to deplict real life in a game about life when all instances of real life are wraped in protective safe zones.

"Writin_Reg;c-17267884" wrote:
Well when Sims came out in Sims 1 and Sims 2 Will Wright created the game from instances of his real life and the way things were done 15-20 years ago. We played the game with a mix of fantasy along with doses of real life as it was then mixed together. But when Sims 3 came into being it seemed there was a big switch removing any part of real life that could be viewed as detrimental in any shape or form to younger players - real life had to suddenly be less scarey to some younger players and when they started doing that it made the game lose a lot of it's deep hearted feels it had to many players. It seems the game became less about actually living life and more about coddling the masses and the more it does this the more it actually separates the players. It is harder to deplict real life in a game about life when all instances of real life are wraped in protective safe zones.

Ok, I understand what you're saying now. But how is this related to weird sources of inspiration? Am I missing something?

"SweetieWright_84;c-17267888" wrote:

"Writin_Reg;c-17267884" wrote:
Well when Sims came out in Sims 1 and Sims 2 Will Wright created the game from instances of his real life and the way things were done 15-20 years ago. We played the game with a mix of fantasy along with doses of real life as it was then mixed together. But when Sims 3 came into being it seemed there was a big switch removing any part of real life that could be viewed as detrimental in any shape or form to younger players - real life had to suddenly be less scarey to some younger players and when they started doing that it made the game lose a lot of it's deep hearted feels it had to many players. It seems the game became less about actually living life and more about coddling the masses and the more it does this the more it actually separates the players. It is harder to deplict real life in a game about life when all instances of real life are wraped in protective safe zones.

Ok, I understand what you're saying now. But how is this related to weird sources of inspiration? Am I missing something?

Well yes - we are missing the ability to tell those stories because Maxis finds it easier to not make those stories playable because it is apparently easier or something less to cause upset to some players. Instead of letting people deal with things like we always have - they hide potential upsets out of reach - just in case it might upset some one - which in turn does upset players who experienced life differently or even played the game differently because before they could do those things and now we can't/ it created resentment between everyone when they start turning a life simulation game into candy land.

It is sort of like if you were watching a newsreel of a real life war scene happening somewhere and suddenly the tv scene removed all the real guns and replaced them with water guns but all the rest was as it was. That whole scenario becomes a joke and no longer the life or death situation is really was - it is no longer what is really happening in the world but a silly rendition of making it all better.