I've not played much in Selvadorada at all or used the Jungle Adventure pack features, mainly because I was worried it would be an underwhelming and buggy immersion breaking mess, but decided to try it out, in my Dragon Isles save file.
Welcome to Bandayang, ancient capital of the Pranajaya civilization. What's left of it anyway. Like I said, I just really like the stupa ruins from For Rent and they make so much sense here, they look so haunting and majestic in the jungle. The little outpost village is just so peaceful and chill, even unmodded, it is one of the nicer worlds on my opinion.
I created a bunch of locals for the area and didn't expect so many of them to show up in the market square, peddling wares and interacting happily with each other, which is a nice surprise. It does give the place a sense of community, and as a visitor, you do feel like you're an outsider in a small tight knit community. Just for fun I also added in some more Euro-esque archaeologists and academics and it's cute to see them wandering around and even selling supplies/artifacts.
The ambience of the jungle once I started getting into the ruins in general is just really well done too, and this is honestly the most fun and immersion I've had in the Sims 4. The way the stupas sit nicely over the portals really makes travelling through the portals look like entering a ruin and of course, I love that. The jungle is really pretty and even without any extra decor from me, the ruins look great, I actually feel kinda bad for customizing it since I do feel that alot of attention and care did go into their design, but alas .
I do like that the Omiscan ruins is based on Mesoamerica, but for the sake of this save file, I gave the ruins a slight Southeast Asian flavour, with the Pranajaya based loosely on the Srivijaya. My favorite lot is the royal baths, which I didn't expect to be a lot at all, let alone an editable one. It reminds me of some world building concept art I did years ago of a flooded ruin for a novel I never ended up writing. But anyway thanks for reading all that, happy holidays everyone!
