Issue 17

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welcome to 

our new 

magazine 

Hello, and welcome to the first issue of New 

SMag (which also happens to be our third anniversary 

issue!). We’ve changed quite a bit since 

you last saw us, and there’s more than just a 

fresh lick of paint. SMag is reaching out to new 

audiences but don’t worry, we promise to still 

deliver our tried and tested fan favourites like our 

favourite creations and creator interviews every 

single issue. But you’ll also find new and exciting 

content from the whole of The Sims, and other 

games too. 

GEORGE B 

Editor in chief 

Before we move on, I have to mention our 

anniversary. Three years! Isn’t that crazy? Thank 

you to everyone who has helped us get here, 

whether that’s by contributing, sharing the issue, 

or just reading it, because I really do appreciate 

every single one of our readers and fans. Thank 

you for helping us get to where we are today. 

Let’s get into the issue - I’m excited to see what 

you think of New SMag! I hope you’ll enjoy 

reading it as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it 

together. 

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email george@smagazineofficial.co.uk 

or tweet @smagofcl 

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welcome to 

ISSUE 17 

Contents 

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Simmers Meetup 2016 

SMag reports from the Simmers Meetup in Manchester. 

The Sims, Around The World 

Just how different is The Sims around the world? We take a look. 

The Mod Pod 

SimsVIP presents a look at another great mod for The Sims 4. 

SMag Loves! 

Quick Faves has a new name! 

The Next Big Coaster Builder 

Exit Rollercoaster Tycoon, enter Planet Coaster. 

SIFF Film Focus 

SimsFilmFest shares the best machinima from the community. 

The Interview 

SMag talks to The Sims 4 producer Aaron Houts! 

The Photobook 

It’s like a virtual art gallery! 


06 OUT & ABOUT 

SMag was at the Simmers Meetup 2016! 

16 THE MOD POD 

SimsVIP takes a look at a new mod 

for The Sims 4 that brings zombies 

to the game! 

28 

COASTER 

KING 

We take a proper 

look at Planet 

Coaster, the true 

sequel. 

12 SIMS AROUND 

THE WORLD 

We go around the world 

to see how our favourite 

game changes. 

20 SMAG LOVES 

Quick Faves has a brand new style 

and it’s better than ever, with our 

favourites from The Sims 4 and 

other games too! 

38 SIMGURUHOUTS 

We got to talk to producer Aaron Houts about The Sims 4, his 

role in the studio...and a VR pack? 

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IMAGE: EA UK (Cathy) 

Simmers 

Meetup 

2016An alpaca, a Deli Table and much 

more...just what went on at the 

Simmers Meetup this year? 


By the time I’d turned up at EventCity UK 

I had already been awake for five hours. 

Fuelled by giddiness and a lovely bacon 

bap from a motorway service station, I 

and around three hundred other Simmers 

were queuing to enter the Simmers 

Meetup 2016, the third event organised 

by BeyondSims and Rachybop. This year, 

the event took us to Manchester, and 

there was plenty in store! 

I missed last year’s event, but there 

were plenty of familiar faces from the 

2014 event and Twitter, like one of my 

favourites, Simtastic World! It was also 

wonderful to meet the lovely Mollie (you 

might know her as The English Simmer), 

whose vlog will be over the page, as well 

as Luke the Plumbob and his amazing 

shiny jacket! That’s not to mention the 

hilarious Steph0Sims, who it was great to 

meet! 

The Sims Resource had a presence at this 

year’s event, and had machines set up 

to play every game - The Sims 1 through 

to The Sims 4! Unfortunately, The Sims 1 

wouldn’t play ball with Windows 7, but 

we all had a wonderful time! They were 

holding a lucky dip of sorts, and we all 

came away with a free VIP membership 

for a week. Find out more about them 

here. 

The venue was huge, and a wall of Sims 

umbrellas kept us from straying where 

we shouldn’t have! EA took over a corner 

of the hall with their Pods, which allowed 

you to play not just The Sims 4 but also 

The Sims Freeplay and SimCity BuildIt! 

We popped over there with Steph and 

Luke, where Steph found the fact that 

Freeplay has toddlers and pre-teens hard 

to swallow... 

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Here’s some of our favourite vlogs 

from the event...some starring yours 

truly! 

Full interactive features are only 

avaliable on our Yumpu reader 

Throughout the event there were a few 

very interesting panels for everyone to 

watch over in one corner of the hall. 

The first to take to the stage (very 

bravely, might I add) were Steph0Sims 

and the English Simmer, who gave a 

panel on let’s play videos. Me being me, 

I somehow managed to end up in the 

spotlight, having tripped over a chair as I 

went to ask a question for the panel. 

There was also an interesting build panel 

with The Sim Supply and Deligracy, 

where they built a little house, and also 

struggled to get to grips with the Mac 

controls for The Sims 4. 

Speaking of Deligracy, she had to be the 

most in-demand person at the event! 

A table that was once dedicated to the 

special Voidcritter cards became what 

we dubbed the “Deli table”, where a 

queue to say hello had formed! 

There was also an interesting panel 

which included a man from YouTube and 

the many creators at the event talking 

about what it means to make YouTube 

content, and the challenges and 

responsibilities that come with it. It was 

really quite eye opening. You can see 

little bits of it in Steph’s vlog to the left. 

Now, as if there wasn’t enough to do 

with all of these talks going on, at one 

point, Dan hinted to me that “we’ve got 

something very exciting coming now.” 

What could it have been? Not soon later, 

Rachel wandered into the event hall 

with an alpaca! The team had managed 

to arrange for an alpaca from the pet 

show next door to come and say hello to 

everyone, and he went down very well - 

people were >> 


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going crazy for the alpaca! Lots of 

people just couldn’t resist a selfie with 

him. Rest assured, he was happy and 

calm throughout, and returned to the 

pet show quickly. 

I kept saying that it wasn’t like meeting 

new people at the event: instead, it 

was like catching up with old friends. 

Everyone felt so familiar, none more 

so than the lovely Mysticalmaid and 

Cinderellimouse. It was great to sit 

down and have a little chat about the 

game (and also about how lovely the 

brownies at the little cafe were - they 

really were spectacular). 

The excitement still didn’t stop there! 

At around four o’clock a huge raffle 

was held, and there was a plethora of 

Steelseries merch up for grabs, as well 

as some games. Also up for grabs were 

the umbrellas that were being used to 

cordon off parts of the hall - I was lucky 

enough to win an umbrella, and so 

were many others in the crowd! There 

was also a lovely cosplay competition, 

featuring a line-up of Grim Reapers, 

burglars, Bella Goths and Bob Pancakes 

- it was only a sight you would see at a 

Sims event! 

It was a really wonderful experience 

and it was amazing to meet so 

many lovely people, some of whom 

I haven’t mentioned yet, like Hatsy, 

Devon, Soph, Zoe (you know her as 

TheGreatSimphony), and many, many 

more. I’m sure next year is going to 

be an even more amazing event, and I 

can’t wait to cover it again! Thank you 

to everyone involved for organising and 

holding such a wonderful event. 

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around 

the world 

How does our favourite game change as it moves 

around the world? Let’s take a look at how The Sims 

changes itself to fit a truly global audience. 


We’re often told that the language 

of love is universal, but that isn’t 

the case in The Sims 4! We might 

know it as WooHoo, but in France, 

it’s called Cric-Crak. 

THE LANGUAGE OF 

love 

In Germany, getting down and dirty 

is called Techtelmechtel (which can 

translate as ‘entanglement’?), and 

in Brazil, your Sims can Oba-Oba! 

In Norway, there’s no rhyming to 

be found, and they call it the more 

boring-sounding årnings. But play 

the game in Dutch, and it’s Ojaa, 

which can mean “oh yes!”. 

Almost every language has a 

different word for WooHoo! 

WATCH OUT FOR 

BEASTS 

Who doesn’t love puppies and kittens!? 

Well, clearly the Germans: they call The 

Sims 3 Pets “Einfach Tierisch”, which 

roughly translates as Simply Beastly! 

The German version of the game also 

carries a seal of approval from Ross 

Antony, a German television personality. 

At least it isn’t Katy Perry! 

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WHAT A 

bargain! 

We might not think of them as 

being particularly frugal, but 

in France, The Sims 2 Open for 

Business is called “La Bonne 

Affaire” - The Bargain! 

There’s more: in Spain, Teen 

Style Stuff becomes Urban 

Youth Stuff. How do you do, 

fellow kids? Also in Spain, The 

Sims 3 Showtime is called The 

Sims 3 Claim to Fame! 

Did you know that in the UK 

we call The Sims Vacation 

The Sims On Holiday? 

And in Dutch, The Sims 3 

University Life becomes 

Studentship? Also, staying 

in the Netherlands, The Sims 

4 Outdoor Retreat takes the 

title De Sims 4: In De Natuur, 

which means In Nature, and 

sounds quite funny in Dutch! 


RATED 

R 

Who 

could possibly rate The Sims as being unsuitable 

for children!? Well, the answer to that question is Putin’s 

Russia: the game is rated 18 due to the fact that your 

Sims can have gay relationships. Talk about a backwards 

country... 

Here’s a classic one that everybody 

loves. In Norway, Sweden, and 

some other countries with similar 

languages, The Sims 3 Fast Lane 

Stuff becomes Full Fart Staesj, owing 

to the translation of the word ‘speed’, 

which is usually translated to ‘fart’. 

FULL SPEED! 

je t’adore 

Finally, the French are really huge 

fans of The Sims: so much so that 

they even gave the game it’s own 

postage stamp in 2005! In France, 

The Sims is ranked eighth on a 

list of the ten best entertainment 

products...just behind the Da Vinci 

Code! La Poste distributed 3 million 

of these unique stamps honouring 

The Sims. 

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A head start into the 

world of the undead... 

Our culture is full of 

crazy tales of the undead 

walking the Earth, from 

religions to comic books. 

But, some sort of zombie 

apocalypse isn’t actually 

possible, right? RIGHT? 

Actually, it is very much 

possible…at least in 

The Sims 4! Well, sorta. 

In this edition of the Mod 

Pod, we’re going to take 

a look at the Zombie Set 

by Poon’s Creations. This 

mod is a must have if you’re 

preparing for Halloween, 

or just want to add some 

not-so-normal Sims into 

the game. Without a 

continuous stream of life 

states from Maxis, it’s only 

normal that we yearn for 

more variety. This mod 

should help fill that void! 

First things first. This mod 

is currently only available 

for Adult Female Sims, 

but we are very hopeful 

the creator will expand 

the creation for Male 

Sims and even children! 

Maybe even head over to 

Poon’s Creations and let 

them know you’d like to 

see this mod expanded! 

Now on to the good stuff! 

This mod comes with 

some amazing Create-a- 

Sim assets. Items include a 

Custom Zombie Trait, Eye 

Colour, Skin Detail, and 

an Outfit. The skin detail 

includes gashes across 

the shin and upper torso, 

and the outfit includes 

blood splatter and a 

missing hand. One of our 

favorite things about this 

set is that you can mix and 

match the assets to create 

truly unique Sims. Want 

a Zombie bride? Done. 

Want a zombie ranger in 

Granite Falls? Done. Want 

a hospital patient with 

a missing limb? Done! 


As you can see, this mod 

gives you a variety of ways 

to create your own unique 

Zombie Apocalypse. How 

you play is your choice, but 

this mod should definitely 

give you a head start to 

the world of the undead. 

DOWNLOAD! 

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our favourites from the community 

Quick Faves has a new look and a 

new way of doing things! Welcome 

to SMag Loves, where we share our 

absolute favourites from the creative 

community surrounding all sorts of 

games, and we share just why we 

love it too! 

Do you love something and want to 

share it? Tweet us at @smagofcl! 


Atwood Dining Add-On 

Room Set 

by peacemaker-ic.tumblr.com 

why we love it 

Peacemaker never fails to impress 

with his high-quality object sets and 

his creative genius. Once again, he’s 

given us really high-quality meshes 

that look great. 

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Cities: Skylines 


Let’s Design Cities: Skylines 

by Strictoaster 


Strictoaster presents a really refreshing 

take on Cities: Skylines from his point of 

view as a designer. He makes the game 

look amazing, and his videos are always 

entertaining! 

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The Sims 4 


Savidal - Habitat Urbain 

by simsontherope.tumblr.com 


This build is a beautiful refurb of Jenba’s 

Seaside Manor Apartments and is full 

of French charm. The build beautifully 

blends modern and traditional design 

ideas and the result is beautiful. 

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The Sims 4 


“Omelette du Fromage” 

by redhotchillisimblr.tumblr.com 


It’s stunning! This is an amazingly 

crafted Parisian style restaurant from a 

French Simmer, and it looks great! The 

build has loads of beautiful little details 

that bring it to life. 

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the next big 

coaster 

builder 

opinion 

Watch out Rollercoaster Tycoon, because 

there’s a new coaster builder on the 

scene. And it’s blown you out the water. 

Words George B 


IMAGE: FRONTIER DEVELOPMENTS 

planetcoaster.com 

We went nearly ten years without 

a new entry into the theme park 

management genre, leaving 

dedicated fans playing the outdated 

and poorly optimised Rollercoaster 

Tycoon 3. Atari returned with a new 

offering for us: Rollercoaster Tycoon 

World. 

Unfortunately, RCT World left us as 

fans yearning for more: the early 

access received over 1,800 negative 

reviews on Steam, averaging only 

five out of ten stars. NerdCubed 

made the game the first entry 

into his short-lived Hates series, 

saying he’s “never had to set the 

bar so low”. To say that World was 

a shocking successor to RCT3 is an 

understatement for many. 

Enter Frontier Developments and 

Planet Coaster, (£26.99 pre-order 

on Steam) a game which has 

been dubbed the “true sequel” to 

Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. 

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Originally called the much less 

inspiring Coaster Park Tycoon, 

Frontier invites users to “be the 

boss…as you create, manage 

and share the world’s greatest 

coaster parks”. It is a game that is 

designed to not only appeal to the 

die-hard fans of the Rollercoaster 

Tycoon series, but to appeal to 

everyone: the game is incredibly 

simple on the surface, but offers 

an incredible amount of complex 

micromanagement for those that 

want it. 

The world revolves around money, 

and Planet Coaster is no exception. 

As is the norm in coaster games, 

every guest enters your park with 

a set amount of money, but they 

can choose to take out more money 

from an ATM in your park as their 

wallets start to get a bit lighter. 

The game doesn’t work with blocks 

of characters: every guest in your 

park is simulated and rendered. If 

you manage to coax three hundred 

people into your park, every single 

one of them will be simulated, with 

their own bank accounts, thoughts, 

and look. It’s charming, immersive, 

and also very impressive. It all comes 

down to making as much money 

from your guests as possible. 

what to build. Plop down walls, roofs 

and shops at will, provided you have 

the cash, creating unique buildings 

out of hundreds of different pieces. 

Don’t like where something is? 

That’s fine, you can just pick up 

a building and pop it back down 

elsewhere. Paths are also more 

powerful in Planet Coaster, blowing 

the path system from old games 

like Rollercoaster Tycoon out of the 

water, allowing you to customise 

path widths, and also to curve and 

elevate paths however you please. 

Frontier invites 

you to “be the 

boss...as you 

create, manage 

and share the 

world’s greatest 

coaster parks.” 

But Planet Coaster doesn’t 

disappoint those with a more 

creative side, either. With the game 

comes a modular building system 

which, whilst fiddly at times, gives 

the user infinite possibilities as to 



planetcoaster.com 

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planetcoaster.com

But possibly the most important 

feature of Planet Coaster is the 

community integration. Planet 

Coaster comes with Steam 

Workshop integration right out 

of the box, and the main menu 

features a planet covered in fun 

animated avatars representing you, 

your friends, and the community’s 

‘celebrities’ (Frontier staff and 

prominent content creators). It’s 

clear that Frontier is putting a lot 

of emphasis on this game’s social 

side: Steam Workshop makes 

it easy for you and your friends 

to share your own buildings or 

rollercoasters (dubbed ‘blueprints’) 

and to download them. It’s a great 

new feature, and things like regular 

community livestreams coming 

from Frontier make it even more 

obvious that they really are betting 

on the community making this game 

come to life. Even the open alpha 

programme (which is now closed, 

as the game moves into beta) really 

reflects this philosophy of openness 

which is often lacking in games from 

large studios. 

It would be unfair to criticise the 

little bugs in the game right now: it’s 

only in alpha, and it’s fair to assume 

that the edges will be polished and 

bugs stomped before the game 

is released. The camera controls 

have a learning curve and can be 

difficult to understand, and the sheer 

number of options presented by 

the modular building system can be 

overwhelming to a new, or perhaps 

young, gamer. There are still some 

rough edges, but whether or not 

they’ll be polished before release is 

yet to be seen. 

All in all, Planet Coaster is a game 

with a lot of promise. It’s the game 

that the community surrounding 

the Rollercoaster Tycoon series 

deserves. 

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Planet Coaster Alpha 

Frontier Developments, £26.99 

Full version coming Nov 17 

WE LIKE... 

Creative tools are unrivalled in this 

genre 

Fun and beautiful art style 

Powerful and well-executed social 

sharing features 

WE DON’T LIKE... 

Overly sensitive camera controls 

Modular building system can be 

overwhelming 

IT’S WORTH FULL PRICE 

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Jorga Haq takes a look at some of the best machinima 

creations in our community. Brought to you by the Sims 

International Film Festival, we’d like to welcome you to the 

second edition of the... 




MY HOME 

by Lawlly Pop 

MADE WITH 

The Sims 4 

RUNNING TIME 

08:51 

My Home is one of a small handful of 

Sims 4 machinimas that was released 

for Season 14 of SimsFilmFest. When 

we came up with the “Most Unique 

Machinima” award, it was projects like My 

Home that we had in mind. 

The entire story is told with one poignant 

line at the very end of the film. In fact, it’s 

the only line throughout My Home, which 

makes for some amazing storytelling. 

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BEAUTIFUL 

COWARD 

by TwistTVShow 

MADE WITH 

The Sims 3 

RUNNING TIME 

10:47 


Beautiful Coward is the start of a new 

series by TwistTVShow, known for Life’s 

A Beach. However, if you are expecting 

something along the lines of Life’s a 

Beach, you will be disappointed because 

this is far from it. Twist explains the story: 

“In a timeless Victorian world, morality is 

now reversed. All that is right is wrong, 

and all that is good is evil. Everyone has 

been converted to or born a blackguard- 

-everyone except Finley Foster, known 

as the beautiful coward, the last purehearted 

soul alive. It is every blackguard’s 

dream to convert him to their side and 

entirely shroud the world in darkness. 

Now, threatening his safety, Finley has 

grown so lonely that he dares invite 

danger to his doorstep--all for the simple 

chance of making a friend.” 

The sets are amazing and the story 

fascinating. This is Gothic storytelling at 

its best.



get more SimsFilmFest at simsfilmfest.com 

OUT OF 

FOCUS 

by alittlemid 

MADE WITH 

The Sims 2 

RUNNING TIME 

15:14 

Out of Focus falls under the guilty 

pleasure of ‘teen romantic comedy’ in the 

same vein as 80’s classics like 16 Candles 

or Pretty in Pink. All it’s missing is Molly 

Ringwald. The series is about Kadence, a 

teen model used to being in the spotlight. 

Her life takes a turn when she decides to 

attend public school to find “normalcy”. 

At the same time her agent and mother 

(who reminds me so much of the type 

mothers you see on shows like Toddlers 

and Tiaras) insist that she form a 

“modelling team” with a rather popular 

male model. To tell more would give 

spoilers. The first three episodes are up 

and will having you waiting on the edge 

of your seat for the next. 

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interview 

we speak to 

aaron 

houts 


Hi, I’m Aaron Houts (a.k.a. SimGuruHouts). I’m currently working as 

a designer on The Sims 4 at Maxis. I’ve been at Maxis for 6 years. 

When working on The Sims 4 base game, I mostly worked on Build 

Mode. Since then, I’ve primarily worked on Expansions and Game 

Packs, with specific projects including; the Detective career, the 

world of Windenburg, Restaurants, and a bunch of other stuff. 

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What is the best part of your job? 

The best part of working at Maxis 

is getting to see people play 

the stuff the team has created. 

...and what is the most challenging 

part? 

One of the challenges we continue to 

come up against is trying to fit in all 

the features we want, and know fans 

want, into a pack. But with limited 

budget, time and resources, it’s just 

not possible to get everything in. 


What has been your favourite 

project to work on at the studio? 

There is definitely a tie between 

two projects I’ve worked on for my 

favorite: The first one is working 

on Build Mode in The Sims 4; The 

second is designing quests for 

Sims Medieval: Pirates and Nobles. 

What do you think of the build 

tools in The Sims 4? 

I have to admit I’m a bit biased about 

the build tools in The Sims 4, because 

I had a large role in designing Build 

Mode in the game, and I’m really 

happy with how they turned out. 

We were able to greatly improve the 

flow for building, so it’s much more 

fluid than previous games. Being 

able to move and adjust stuff after 

you’ve built it is also a hugely useful 

feature. Lastly, we’ve also made the 

interface a lot more approachable 

and easier for people to get into. 

It’s been great seeing people who 

haven’t been builders in the past 

start exploring and enjoying a 

huge part of the game that they 

previously hadn’t connected with. 

That being said, there’s always 

room for improvement and more 

features. In particular, I’d love to add 

things like terrain manipulation, split 

level building, and new stair types. 

But as I mentioned in one of the 

questions above, one of the greatest 

challenges of making a game is 

figuring out how to fit in all the cool 

things we want to make and when 

the best time is to do it. (Which 

is hopefully sooner than later!) 

Follow Aaron on Twitter 

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If you could create one pack for 

the game without limitations, what 

would you do? 

Right now, I’m really excited about 

VR, so if I had the freedom to 

create anything I wanted without 

limitation, I’d have to go with 

a game pack that introduces a 

VR mode to The Sims. Imagine 

being able to walk around the lots 

you’ve built and watch your Sims 

interact right next to you, life-sized! 

What is your favourite memory 

you’ve had working on The Sims? 

My favorite Sims memory might 

be the time I stayed up until 7am 

working on a particular quest for 

The Sims Medieval (although I don’t 

remember which quest anymore). 

By 10pm, everyone else had gone 

home, but I was on a roll and really 

into the work I was doing so I just 

kept going. At some point, I noticed 

that it was starting to get 

light outside and realized 

I’d been working literally 

all night. I pretty much live for the 

kind of inspiration that lets me get 

so deeply immersed in creating 

something, so despite being very 

tired the next day, it was a highlight 

for me. 

Another great memory is when 

I went to GamesCom in 2014 to 

promote The Sims 4. Meeting 

and hanging out with our fans 

was awesome and it was really 

energizing to see all the excitement 

about our upcoming game (at 

the time). Plus, getting to travel 

to Germany for work was pretty 

amazing. Later on in that trip, I 

ended up proposing to my wife 

(well, now she’s my wife), so it was 

an amazing trip for both my work 

and personal life! 


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How did you get into game 

development, and what tips do you 

have for people wanting to do the 

same? 

As a kid, I made board games with 

a friend. Then in the early 2000’s, I 

started making video games on my 

own in a program called Director. Later 

on, I did QA work for a few years before 

getting tired of not being directly 

involved in creating things, and started 

doing freelance multimedia work. 

Eventually a friend who works on The 

Sims told me they were looking for 

quest designers on Sims Medieval - so 

I interviewed, got the job, and finally 

started making games professionally. 

When I was getting started in this 

stuff there weren’t nearly as many 

opportunities and tools available as 

there are now. For people who want 

to get into video game development 

now, I suggest you start learning 

Unity or something else like it. There 

are tons of resources online that 

can help you learn the ropes. I also 

recommend that you start making 

board games. You don’t need to know 

how to program, animate, or any of 

the other time-consuming tech parts 

of game development, but you can 

learn a ton about game mechanics. 

Lastly, get involved in online forums 

and communities that are about 

games and game development. 

At the end of the day, if you really 

want to do it, take advantage of 

all the resources out there and 

push yourself to learn and practice! 

Thank you so much to Aaron 

for taking part in this interview! 

We really appreciate it. You can 

follow him on Twitter to get a 

better insight into what goes 

through a Guru’s head... 

Follow Aaron on Twitter 


Gossip, news and 

debate between 

Simmers and 

special guests! 

You should hear this - it’s worth 

listening to... 

George B Editor 

I’m excited to say that you can get a 

more regular fix from myself and my 

friends as we discuss the game and 

the latest news regarding it regularly. 

I join @SimmerNick in our little virtual 

studio (it’s just a Skype call) to debate 

different talking points, as well as to 

deliver the latest news and have a 

laugh in the process. 

We’re also often joined by a guest to 

shake things up a bit. It’s a bit like tea 

and cakes, but with Simmers, and we 

hope you can join us! 

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The best screenshots from the community

alienpollination.tumblr.com 

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silverowlblog.tumblr.com 

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auroramoonsims.tumblr.com 

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sjane4prezcc.tumblr.com 

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Plea for help: we had someone on our team last issue called Eri who wrote articles for us, 

but in the process of changing mail services I lost her email and have no way of getting in 

touch with her! If you’re reading this please email us! 

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We’re back with Issue 18 in January 2017 

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