Sims Freeplay Body Update

To The Sims FreePlay Development Team,

As a dedicated member of The Sims community, I am writing to express my deep frustration regarding the permanent shutdown of The Sims Mobile. Thousands of players like myself spent years investing our time, creativity, and hard-earned money into building legacy families and diverse characters. With the servers gone, we have been forced to migrate to The Sims FreePlay.

While I appreciate the incredible world expansions and the "Faces of the Future" graphics overhaul, the character creation engine remains heavily outdated. The lack of body diversity—specifically the absence of curvy body types—makes it incredibly difficult for modern players to feel represented or connected to their Sims.

I understand that the 2011 game engine poses massive technical limitations because clothing and body meshes are fused together. However, instead of a complete, ground-up engine rewrite, the development team could implement manageable, phased solutions to bridge this gap:

Implement a Restricted "Pseudo-Slider" System: If a dynamic body slider is impossible, create a system that swaps out the base skeleton mesh for pre-set body shapes (e.g., Standard, Curvy, Athletic). To avoid the issue of mixing-and-matching breaking the waist coordinates, you could restrict these alternative body types to standalone Full-Body Outfits (onesies, dresses, and suits).

Prioritize Future Content over Legacy Backlog: The community does not expect you to remodel 15 years of legacy clothing assets overnight. Instead, apply these new curve topologies to all future clothing drops, event rewards, and online store packs moving forward.

Leverage the "Faces of the Future" Logic: You successfully updated the head meshes and topology across all age groups without breaking the game. Applying a similar topology smooth-over to the torso and hips of adult Sims would drastically improve character silhouettes.

We do not want a forced shift into multiplayer spaces like Project Rene; we want the core single-player life simulation experience that The Sims FreePlay offers, but with modern character diversity. Please consider investing resources into expanding our Sims' body shapes so that FreePlay can truly become a welcoming home for the displaced Sims Mobile community.

Thank you for your time and continued dedication to the game.