Young Again

So there you have it, Tom and Annabelle got young again after having families and got together once and for all. Kind of a mood whiplash from the last comic, wouldn't you say?

Goodbyes

This is how Tom and Annabelle get separated, and it's supposed to add a bit of a finality to the story until the one with Coral and Henry.

Flight of the Thomas

A new Tom and Annabelle comic.

Tom and Annabelle Comics

I am still working on the next story post, but here's some Tom and Annabelle comics from FaceBook to tide you over, in case you missed any :)

"Colors"

 

"Jolly"

 

"Experiment"

 

"Remembrance"

 

 

"Photographs"

Featured Item: Party Animals

If I was one who went "squee" I probably would have done it when I logged into the Sims 3 page today. The second family I've ever created, this rowdy group of party animals you see above, was picked as a featured download by SimGuruHydra on the exchange!!! I got a badge and everything!

W00T!

You can get the family here: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4382342

Thanks for all the people who've downloaded it!

Guess who's coming back?

Verena Tozal and Elliot Coen Jr.

Tyler Coen

Elliot and Annabelle Coen

John Kethrin and Jamie Leone

 Yep, after a few month hiatus the story is coming back soon. I plan to have a new post as soon as possible, and I thought I'd share with you some of these pics of the 60's characters in their new looks.

My PlantSim idea

I am working on my next story post but this is something I wanted to share. It's a concept design I did for a PlantSim, something that I did within about five minutes to draw, color, and take a pic of with my computer's camera.

Now I know what you're thinking: "PlantSims look like humans, they mutated in the second game because of fumigating too many trees" Well, this isn't the second game, and there is a reason they don't look human so hear me out.

My idea for PlantSims is relatively simple: After mastering the gardening skill, you get a special opportunity to find a series of objects, much like with the inventing skill and the SimBot.

The objects you need to find are:

*10 special seeds of any kind.
*A heart-shaped Blue Sapphire.
*10 life fruit
*10 apple seeds for male PlantSims or 10 watermelon seeds for female.
*A new diamond for whatever EP this creature appears in called a "Sun diamond".
*One omni-plant seed.


After finding all these, you bring them to the science facility where they give you a large incubation chamber of some sort, which you take back to your house and put it inside or outside. You water the incubation chamber, and tend to it like a regular garden, where after a few days a small pod grows out of it. After a few more days of tending to this thing, the pod grows to a huge size and then splits open, and this creature steps out of it.

A PlantSim would have the same motives as a regular Sim with three exceptions: instead of "Hunger" it would be "Water", the bladder motive would be covered in vines, and the "Energy" motive would be replaced with "Sunlight". The water motive is filled by drinking water at the sink, playing in the sprinklers, being outside in the rain (if it's a Seasons EP), swimming, and others. The "Sunlight" motive would be filled by being outside or using a special sun lamp.

OTHER IDEAS


GENERAL
*They move faster on terrain.
*When on terrain, they can "root" themselves and gain Sunlight and Water by standing still like any other plant.
*They have mouths, but this is just a formality because they don't need to actually "eat", in any case the inside of their mouth looks like the inside of a venus fly trap.
*They have the ability to touch the ground and create a pod, which grows into an infant PlantSim a few days later.
*They are attracted to parks and fishing spots.
*They are hard-coded with the "Green Thumb", "Eco-Friendly", and "Loves the Outdoors" traits.
*You can buy an incubation pod as a Lifetime Reward Object.

DEATH
*They catch on fire and burn faster than a mummy.
*They are nearly impossible to drown.
*If they run out of water they start to turn brown and wither until they are a pile of mulched leaves. Sims with the "Super Green Thumb" LTR can bring them back to life like any normal plant, after coming back to life the PlantSims get the "Horrified" moodlet for a few days.
*They don't like carrying Death Flowers around, and will try to take them out of their inventories because they are creeped out by them.


HUMOROUS INTERACTIONS
*They can socialize with plants in the same way a Simbot socializes with appliances.
*They will think Rubber Tree Plants are creepy.
*If they see a Sim eating a raw plant they will get the "Horrified" moodlet.
*If they grab a plate of Autumn Salad or any plant-based food they will look at it, get the "Horrified" moodlet, and run out of the house screaming.
*They can "mooch" fertilizer off of plants.


It wouldn't be too hard to do, and it would kinda be interesting.

Coming back in the next week

Year is 1962

New Tom and Annabelle comics

"Kid Stuff"

"Get a Clue"

"That Sinking Feeling"

"Boldly Going"

These a new (one old but slightly altered) comics featuring my two favorite Sims, Enjoy!

Tom and Annabelle: "Boldly Going"

It never occurred to me to use the camera found in Generations to make one of my comics before now. I don't know why. When I had this idea to make a Star Trek parody, I looked at the camera feature added into the game and and thought "why not use it now"?

Tom and Annabelle comics

Ah the "love to annoy/want to kill" relationship has become quite popular it seems in the world of Facebook. Even one SimGuruPopTart said she loved the comics (made me feel good). Well, here are some old and new ones I made (makes sense for the title of this blog :p ), you can find them on FB as well but they are a bit shrunken. As always, click for a larger image:

CHILD

TEEN

 

 YOUNG ADULT

 ADULT

"Getting Along in the Years"

Here's a new Tom and Annabelle comic where Annabelle subtly gets back at Tom for all the green jokes.

Well ain't this an interesting little diddy?

Last night I manipulated a picture I had taken from my game using the GIMP. It was a picture of Annabelle Kethrin using an Unleash Animale Spell, as you see below: 

 

Below is the edited version, where Annabelle is shooting an unfortunate desk with a fire spell. The image was created and posted on The Sims 3 Facebook Page where the original caption was:

This is photoshopped but it represents an idea: wouldn't it be awesome if there was a spell that catches things on fire or makes them explode?

A simple idea on a simple pic right? No harm done?


WRONG!!!

Here is where things start to get interesting. I wake up and I see that The Sims 3 Facebook page uploaded new photos to an album called "Sims Casting Spells". Rather than skip past this because it is clearly photoshopped, and says so in the caption, someone did something or some-ish or another, and the photo not only showed up on the album as a pic, but on the ALBUM COVER IMAGE as well! Well, the funny part is people were talking about actually getting the spell book because of the image in the comments, so there is enough egg on my face to throw in some flour and call me a cake.

So sorry to all those who bought the item thinking you can shoot fire :/

Anyway, after a few hours it got me thinking: Why would they not only take that image, but put it on the album cover as well? Well, after some clever deducing using my own clever (yet strange) brain, my brain and I came up with the idea that they are working on a spell for the spell book that shoots fire and maybe, slightly, could have, used that as an unofficial teaser to advertise said fire spell.

Though they could have just picked the image because it looked cool.

Now while I have no evidence or anything pointing towards this deduction, I must say if they used my pic to secretly advertise a fire-shooting spell then frankly the awesomeness of that would make my head explode into confetti. But, it could just be a pipe dream eh? What do you think: Honest mistake? Clever advertising? Pipe-Dream by a dreamer in a pipe? Time will only tell. All I know is that if they did take my image to tease more spells then they had better give me SimPoints to buy them (please) :P

I'll keep you updated :)

Magic Spellbook

This is Awesome. It is a spellbook you can use to cast, well... spells! So far you only have five spells and you can find all the information on those spells here at SimsVIP:

In Game with Lady Ravendancer Goth’s Book o’ Spells

My personal favorite would either be Unleash Animale or Summon Acquaintance. 

A friendly woman under the name of SimGuruPopTart gifted me the item when I posted on the forums, so BIG thanks to her, she also complimented my Tom and Annabelle comics, and that made me feel good inside. :)

In response, I made a new comic with Tom's son and Annabelle's daughter called "Makin' Magic". You can find it here at The Sims 3's Facebook Page or read it below. Click to enlarge:

I love this new item and I hope they add more spells in the future!

Things of Old and New has it's own Facebook page now!

Started by yours truly, ToOaN has it's own network page on Facebook. So now you can go there and... well... do stuff, I dunno. I've never made my own Facebook page before. :/

I will post screenshots from my game and talk about things of old... and new... which would make sense considering the name of the page.

Anyway, here's the link: [Link]

So um... go there and... like if you want to.

An LOL Sim

Coral, you're not going to believe this, but one of the pictures Nick posted on the Sims 3's wall has 641 likes!

Well, not technically because it's an LOL Sim that was selected, but I still made it. One of my favorite internet Memes is the "Leo Strut", which people take a picture of Leonardo DiCaprio walking happily on the set of Inception and put him in the most unusual situations.

 Here is a link to the Know Your Meme page: LINK

Anyway I made one using a screenshot I took from The Sims 3's page, and posted it on the wall. It had about 23 likes when I last checked, but when the thing was selected for the LOL Sims album, it skyrocketed there to about 640 likes in half a week! Kinda makes me feel good!

Here is the Link to the picture on The Sims 3's wall. Enjoy the humor and thanks for the likes!

A Major Idea and a couple things to say:

One, Coral Kethrin, a new alien Sim I created who is a successor to Annabelle Kethrin, is available on the exchange.

Personally I think she's one of the prettiest Sims I've ever made.

 LINKY - http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=4263034

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Two, I thought I'd share an idea I had regarding a new Expansion Pack.

THIS IS ALL HYPOTHETICAL!!!!

The idea is called the "World of Tomorrow" expansion, and it is basically one I had been thinking of for quite some time. The EP would return the game to Sunset Valley (or it's Sims 2 name Pleasantview) and take place 50 years after the Sims 2, where the town has become a futuristic wonderland filled with Aliens, Servos, and other creatures present in the second game. Some houses would be floating, hovercraft would be prevalent, and the whole thing would be reminiscent of the 2015 era of the Back to the Future films.

Teleporters could return in the same fashion as the ones from The Sims: House Party, you place them in your house and you teleport from one floor to the other, and a new death would be that teleporter field can collapse into itself like a black hole and crush the Sim using it. Technofuturistic stuff would be a common thing in Pleasantview, but some houses would have modern day items for Sims who don't want to live in the world of the future.

New objects would be the aforementioned hovercraft and teleporters, alien ships, house items like floating chairs, beds, holographic computers, rockets that you can jump in and land at a destination, and futuristic stuff like that.

Basically the idea is each house looks like this.

A new career would be "Starship Crewman". When it's time to leave for work, instead of a carpool, a small spaceship lands on the street in front of you. You climb in and it takes off to work, leaving a little beacon on the street that you could click for all the functions of a Rabbit-Hole job in the game (Business, Work Hard, etc).

A new skill would be robotics, you build robots like toy ones at first but as the game goes on you can build Servos (another playable creature), Servo Charging Stations, and the Bots from Open for Business: HydroBot, CleanBot, MunchieBot, and SentryBot with the same functions as in that game. Someone with Ambitions and World of Tomorrow could take SimBots and upgrade them into Servos, or just make them more functional with things like Sunlight Charging and the need to never eat, and even make them waterproof.

Aliens would be different than the ones in TS2, instead of green Sims like Coral there, Aliens could be a different looking species, like reptilians with scaly hair and tails or things of that nature.






Well I shared this idea just to get it out there, who knows if anyone from the game will actually take a gander at it.I know it's a pipe-dream, but if they made a game like this I would buy it INSTANTLY.



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Three, I do plan to continue my story I started there, I am just taking a hiatus so I can come up with creative story ideas to take it. I do plan to start working on it within the next few weeks. Also, I plan to do a bit of a review for The Sims 3: Generations and even the other EPs, look for those within the next month.

Imagination

A little video I made in less than thirty minutes using the Sims 3 generations. It tells the story of a young teen, Dean, who has no friends with the exception of Daisy, his imaginary friend. However, as he grows into adolescence, he realizes that Daisy is the only person who was ever really there for him, and he wishes she could be real so they could become maybe something more than friends. With the help of his mother, Dean just may get his wish...

Some Sims 3 comics I've made.

My Next Big Plan: Generations

When I get the ability to buy Generations, I plan to do a review of the game right here on my little blog, then when I do all that, I will continue the story. Happy Times!

Kethrin - Part Seven: Conversations

 

"It's okay to look now." Verena said. "And don't be embarrassed, I'm not, though I must admit I am not quite used to human customs."

"Well I'm human, and I am well aware of the customs of modesty." Elliot half-jokingly said. "But it's great you're back, there are a lot of things that went on while you were gone."   

"So where did you go?" Elliot asked, waiting in the other room while Verena got dressed. "We walked into the kitchen and you just... vanished."

 "I... uh, had a few things to take care of." Verena said. "That government agent said that I would be allowed to live on Earth if I helped him out a bit. I did, got my 'green card', and here I am. I came back here because you and Annabelle were the first humans I encountered, I hoped it would be okay ."

 "It's perfectly okay with me," Elliot said, "and I don't think Annabelle, Tyler, or John would mind." 

Verena wondered about someone else "What about Ja... oh wait, never mind." She stopped herself when she realized the person she was about to ask didn't live at the house yet. Anyway, It's good to be back." 

Verena walked back into the room, noticing that Elliot had closed his eyes once again. "You know, I'm clothed now, it's okay to open your eyes."

"Okay."

 Verena walked over to her chair and sat down in it.She motioned Elliot to sit down next to her on a couch. "So what did happen while I was gone?"

"Well, we were to have a child, but Annabelle became ill... we lost it before it could be born. After this, my sanity started to slip. I don't know why, all I could think about was myself, myself, myself, and I didn't give a care in the world about Anna. It wasn't because I wanted to forget about her, I just couldn't..." 

 

 "After that heartbreak, we discovered that she couldn't have any more children. Anna was devastated, and my sanity slipped off the rest of the slope." 

 "But..." Verena said, "But I noticed Annabelle was pregnant, when I came back to this house, as I stepped upstairs, I caught a glimpse of her. So something had to have happened, maybe it was a miracle, or modern medical science, or something like that."

 "Well, there was this dream she had. She told me it a few times. She dreamt that she was being abducted by aliens, and they did some sort of experiment on her where they affected her stomach. It wasn't long after that she left for Twinbrook and discovered she was pregnant there. Do you maybe have an idea what this dream could mean?"

 "Well, I try not to think too much about stuff like that." Verena said. "I... think whatever happens, happens for a reason. Maybe an alien did abduct Annabelle and healed her body, but all I can say is that I would be happy that she is healed, and let the circumstances of that healing slide."

"So, what else has happened since I left? How's Tyler?"

"He went to Boot Camp out in Fort Salas, Riverview a few days ago. He feels compelled to become a government agent ever since that day we met you, I don't know how he's doing though, because he hasn't sent word. But I assume he's having the time of his life." 

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Meanwhile...

"I HATE IT HERE!!!!"

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"So what about John?" Verena asked. "I didn't get to meet him much, but I heard he lived here now."

"Well... John doesn't do much. He just enjoys being down at the beach, not swimming, or surfing, but playing chess. I think he's going back down there today, and I don't know if I can stop him!"

"Don't try. If that's what he loves then don't try to change it. Besides, he may just find the right person for him down there! Wait..."

Verena turned her head, listening in on something. Suddenly, she heard a crying noise from downstairs. "It's a bit... early for that... isn't it?" 

"For what?" 

"Annabelle... she's in labor." 

 Wasting no time, Elliot rushed downstairs into his bedroom. The sun had started to rise, and light was shining into the room. When Elliot ran inside, his eyes widened to no end...

 

"ANNABELLE!!!!" 

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