Women behind The Sims - International Women's Day Q&A

There are a bunch of us in the "What Happened In Your Game Today" thread that talk about the amazing work that must go in to all of the emotional responses that happen autonomously in the game. Like my Gavin Richards teared up from happiness when his wife told him she was pregnant, but none of the others ever did.

And sometimes peripheral Sims will gaze longingly at other Sims, while other times they are shooting angry looks at them. Someone just showed me a shot of one of her sims stopping on the beach to hug the toddler of the family she was currently playing, although they didn't previously know each other.

There are so many reactionary aspects put into the game that its startling sometimes to see how they act. Another friend was commenting that the Sims in her asylum challenge seem to have become jaded enough that they didn't really react to Grim showing up anymore. While Morgyn, who was just visiting, still got super upset. I just sat there thinking, "Who thought of this? That the Sims could actually get used to seeing other Sims die. This is amazing."

We are all wondering who comes up with all of these reactions that the Sims can have. And I, as a woman, often wonder if the women on the EA team come up with different ones than the men do. Sometimes I see something, and think to myself that a woman must have come up with this as a possible reaction to this situation. It is very beautiful to watch how things play out, and I really want to thank all of you for the game. It helps me a great deal, I always have something to think about, so I don't dwell on dark thoughts.

As for my favorite woman in the game. I have Laney Lewis in every save. In most of them she's with her boyfriend Jasper Sweet. Laney is a top notch photographer, painter, and chef. As you can see, she can even paint without an easel! lol

https://i.imgur.com/12fz3xW.png

https://i.imgur.com/F5O9IHx.png

But in one save, she's a teenager with a tremendous crush on Darrel Charm (which causes him no end of trouble) :sweat_smile: I play a vanilla game, so there's no chance of romance, but it doesn't stop anyone from disapproving of Laney's behavior! :smiley: Check the spoiler if you want to see who, besides Vlad, is getting upset. :wink:

https://i.imgur.com/8rVRFz9.png

https://i.imgur.com/AiALMxw.png

Spoiler



I have no idea how to resolve this, because I'm not aging her up for quite a while. I have other teens ask her out, and she goes out with them, but if Darrel walks by, or comes over, (which he does, a lot!) the other sim might as well go home, lol, she'll only talk to/ hang out with him.

Any ideas?