Thank you EA for allowing me to participate in this event!
I was excited to find out that this year EA created a livestream event specifically for Game Changers who couldn’t make it to EA Play and I was NOT disappointed. The stream was super fun and filled with lots of information. Below you’ll find some notes I made, they should be mostly accurate I made sure to state if I wasn’t sure of something.
3 neighborhoods: (I’m guessing the spelling on some of these, if they showed the name I missed it)
Ohanali Town - Cove area where people of the island gather for local activities and events, although it was stated that events can happen all over the island
Lani St Tas - A Lagoon with coral reefs and diving/snorkeling areas where you’ll find higher-end homes.
Mua Pel'Am - A Natural Island with a volcano and waterfalls where lots of conservationist stuff happens.
Lot Traits for Everyone (EP not required!)
Clothing Optional - Sims will show up and get naked! Sims will behave differently depending on sim and venue (ex. childish Sims won’t get naked)
Off the Grid - These lots will have no plumbing or power but there will also be NO monthly bills
Lot Traits for this Expansion Pack
Volcanic Activity - Apparently this is not actually associated with the volcano and you can make any lot volcanic! When an eruption happens the map will start shaking and lava bombs will rain down from above. They will leave giant flaming rocks that your Sim can go up to and touch. Touching them is a risk though because there’s a chance they could burst into flames and die. Definitely not the smartest idea. You can also let those rocks cool completely and either convert them to a decorative object (because they will disappear when the next eruption happens) or you can crack them open and get random minerals. You may also get cracks in the ground where steam vents open up on the lot, and there are 2 types of eruptions - a small and large one.
Fish - There are at least a dozen new fish.
Harvestable - When looking at the Pit BBQ I saw that Pineapple was listed as an ingredient.
New endangered species - This was mentioned when they were talking about all the new fish so I’m thinking maybe it’s some type of collectible or something.
Beach Lot - This wasn’t talked about in-depth but I’m sure it will attract sims to lounge on the beach, sunbathe, and swim.
Beach Life - Once completed these sims will be super easy-going and never get stressed
These weren’t gone over in-depth but I’m assuming Child of the Island aligns with some of the aspects of Island Living (events and stuff) and Child of the Ocean aligning with some of the aspects of mermaids (friendly with sea life).
Conservationist is the only one mentioned. You can be a conservationist in any world, but some of the tasks for this career are located on the island. If you are a conservationist but you don’t live on the island the effects of your work will still affect the island over time and you’ll still be able to visit and see your hard work pay off.
At highest levels of Conservationist you will find blooms of bioluminescent algae and turtles in the ocean
Didn’t elaborate but said these are new to the game
Part-Time Careers (all worlds)
Diver, Fisherman, Lifeguard
There are morning and afternoon shifts. Your Sim can hold 2 different part-time jobs. For example, your Sim be a Diver for the morning shift, then be a Lifeguard for the afternoon shift.
Teen Only Part-time Careers have been updated for adults!!!
Events will happen all over the island, there will be balloons in the area where they pop up.
There is an event every day of the week in different parts of Sulani.
Some examples they mentioned were a Fishing Tournament, a Potluck, and a Beach Camp-Out
Swimming is now linked to fitness skill
At higher fitness skill get new type of swimming stroke and swim faster with less energy
Can jump from stilted houses directly into the water
Right now this only available in Sulani
You can sunbathe from a beach towel, lounge chair, or float lounger
For natural skin-tones only
You can either get a tan or get burned, depending on how long you stay out
Can’t sunbathe unless it’s sunny
The tan/burn pattern on a sim will be in the pattern of whatever clothes they were wearing!
You can prank others who are sunbathing and it will cause the Sim to get crazy tan/burn lines. There are multiple types of tan/burn lines; one was stripes and another we saw had handprints in it!
Beach Towels - can carry in inventory
Lounge Chairs - there will be one version of this that comes free for everyone upon release and it can be carried in sims inventory
Aqua Jet - Can use as a transportation vehicle to get to other places and can be stored in inventory. Can do tricks on, you get better tricks by having a higher athletic skill.
Pit BBQ - A crafting station to cook Sulani culture food. You start the food and a timer will pop up letting you know when it’s done. There is also an option to hang around the pit with friends to socialize.
Fish Trap - It seemed like this was something you could set up and come back for later like the Pit BBQ which would make sense if it was a trap.
Kiosk - There’s a new kiosk in the world that allows you to buy beach supplies like towels and stuff.
Wedding Arch - There’s a very large and pretty tropical looking wedding arch in the community area in Ohanali Town.
Island Music Wall Speaker
Can use as a transportation vehicle to get to other places.
You can fix all motives on a boat so you never have to travel back to land if you don’t want to. The sim in the stream hopped on the boat and took a little nap :)
Can fish from ANYWHERE while you’re on a boat, you don’t need to find a fishing sign!
These will spawn a couple of times a day and spawn either a Snorkeling or Dive buoy
They will also attract a school of fish and when it does you can attract Dolphins!
Snorkeling - didn’t talk about, just mentioned
It sounded like this may be a skill where some of these options are unlocked, but I’m not 100%
You can get an underwater camera to take pictures of the sea life, then put it on your wall at home.
Spearfishing to catch freshest fish
Mentioned another special feature with this but didn’t elaborate
Can make friends with them, feed them with fish from your inventory, ask them to do tricks, dance, or have them fetch treasures
There are also mischievous interactions with dolphins
Sounded like all these interactions are based on your relationship with the dolphin
Gives a sim moodlets while swimming in water. A postive example was ‘Gorgeous Visuals’ from viewing stuff underwater and a negative one was from a shark that showed up!
Sharks only show up in deeper waters, simguru said you might not want to stick around after seeing one I wonder is there death by shark?
Pools were mentioned when they were talking about this so I wonder is some of these are available from swimming in pools
Can create a mermaid in CAS
Lots of tail and color variations along with some new eyes
Have legs on land and fins in water
Can swim really fast, almost as fast as Aqua Jets
Have a hydration need instead of hygiene and can fulfill it with swimming in the ocean, taking a bath or shower, drinking a glass of water, etc.
If they get too dry they will get sick
When they take a bath they will have their tail and it’s seriously the most awesome animation ever!
They have special powers - they can sing to do good or bad things to other sims. One example was pulling a sim underwater which would tank their motives and another was a lullaby that made another sim inspired.
Good & Evil traits will limit which powers they can use; if a sim doesn’t have either of those traits they have access to all of them
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