Happy Halloween!

[orikes]

Happy Halloween everyone!

It's rare that I don't have to work on Halloween. Tonight I'm headed over to a friends house for dinner. There'll be a bunch of us there, including my other friends' three daughters. Good food, good people. Yay.

I don't have any cool Halloween themed photoshoots of my sims, but I have been working on the next update. I'd guess I'm about halfway done with the scenes I need to shoot. I've got all day tomorrow to play around with (well, except for going to JC Penney and trying to get a missing wash cloth replaced - it's on the receipt, but wasn't in the bag when I got home), so I should be able to get most of it shot.

It's definitely going to be a two-parter. The slides I've got put together now come in at about 85, and as I said, I'm about halfway done. I'm sure I'll winnow out some slides as I write it and decide I can be more economical, but it's still going to be too big for one update.

I'm really anxious to get it out the door, partially because I want to hear what people think about it, and partially because I want to get moving onto other things. I think once I'm done with this, I'll have most of what I need for 4.9, but I'll still want to play everyone through to winter before I post that.







These are all non-spoilery pictures from 4.8 that I am NOT using. You can speculate based on what you see in them, but I don't think anything is a particularly big spoiler.

Now for the sneak peek...




A week or so ago, I played the Thayer house a little bit and Jeremiah and Meadow's youngest twins, Aaron and Noah, grew into toddlers. Aaron is the black haired one while Noah is the brown haired one. Both of them are absolutely adorable in my opinion.

Since I discovered the joys of the simDNA cheat, I've been poking around a bit. I discovered that Nathaniel and Jeremiah are both black/brown when it comes to hair, but Kiley is actually brown/blond. There was a chance that she could have a blond baby with Julie, but none of Jere's boys had a chance at being blond.

I also decided to take a peek at my presents, so to speak, and I grew up all the kids in the dummy hood I'm using to shoot the plotty scenes. Kiley and Julie's daughter isn't as completely face-one as I thought she would be. All of Jeremiah's boys look a little bit different from one another. I think it's clear that they're brothers, but each one inherited some unique features.

Anyway, I need to get moving, but I felt the need to post. I hope everyone has a fun, safe Halloween. And in the case of the Prof, a happy birthday. :)

Comments

[docnerd.livejournal.com]

Aeric and Star are too cute. That looks like such a fun interaction. And Ophelia has quite the crankyface, although I question the wisdom of aiming it at Count Robi.

Aaron and Noah are both adorable. I can see the Meadow and the Jeremiah in them.

Have fun at your dinner!

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I love how all four of the Thayer boys are a blend of their parents. Aaron has Meadow's nose and Jere's lips, but not his cheeks. Caleb gets Jere's mouth, but Meadow's eyes. And so on. Genetics are fun this deep into things. :)

I love the 'spin' interaction between adults and kids. You have to be a little careful with it since the kids can puke afterwards if you let it go for too long, but I remember doing that as a kid, so it's fun seeing it in game.

[dicreasy.livejournal.com]

Have fun tonight.

I'm really looking forward to your next update, and, y'know, double updates are fun.

Great pictures, and Aaron and Noah are just adorable.

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

The only problem with double updates is that they take longer to write and writing is always the point where I get slowed down. I'm hoping that's not the case with this one since I know pretty much what needs to get written, but still. :)

[profbutters.livejournal.com]

Aw. Thanks. And such cute kids! And an Ophelia/Robi sighting, too. Stick with Robi, Ophelia. Ahem.

Besides, Robi is Count Whoopie, and he is a ton of fun.

I luffs the simDNA cheat. It's helped to explain a lot of genetics I otherwise wouldn't understand.

PB

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

I do really love Robi. I'm not going to say too much, but he'll be involved in the story for some time to come.

I actually never really knew about SimDNA until I did the Sim State guide and Polly suggested it. It really is amazingly handy to find stuff out right when you need it. I don't quite get the 'dominant features' part of it, but the rest is easy to read.

[writeraissa.livejournal.com]

I definitely recognized Aaron and Noah as Meadow & Jeremiah's kids, even before I read the caption.

Great teasers--I can't wait for your update!

[orikes13.livejournal.com]

Noah and Aaron fit right in with their brothers. They definitely all look like sibs. They also all carry the blond recessive for hair which is pretty cool. :)

[jamdoodle.livejournal.com]

Ohemgee! That was cool [;
Kirstial (can I spell her name?) looks creepy, in a supposed city area...?
Anyway. Two-parters rock my socks!
I can't wait for the update [;
Have fun [;

[fireflower314.livejournal.com]

EXCITEMENT. I cannot wait for your update, seriously. It's been far too long!

[rcubical.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine from the first picture that the line might be along the lines of, "Dear Ophelia, you are a grown woman. You did not need to listen to my advice."

I'm excited for this chapter. If you get it out in a few hours it would be awesome.

[swhedonberry.livejournal.com]

Yay!! Psuedo Returns!! I'm really excited about this.