Beacon Falls
I've been a bit quiet on the creation front since the weekend. Part of that is due to Midsummer celebrations but in part it's also due to a new project I've gotten involved in: a new collaborative neighbourhood creation called Beacon Falls.
You may have heard of Maple Valley over the course of last year. It was an amazing project where many forum-goers banded together to create a pre-made neighbourhood similar to Plesantview, Strangetown or Veronaville by Maxis that came with pre-made houses, stores and families with backstories, etc. In fact, Maple Valley became the inspiration for several other collab neighbourhood projects (which you can find in the Lots & Challenges forum) and now Lechapeau has stirred up interest again. :)
If you're at all interested in joining the project, which I highly recommend, you can still get involved. You can find the forum thread here: Beacon Falls, although I'll warn you that there is already quite a lot of writing and posts continue to pile up quickly throughout the days even now (we're a very active, chatty bunch). Beacon Falls comes from a town of the same name in Connecticut, USA and as the name suggests, the base neighbourhood resides on the coast with a quaint old lighthouse (Bluewater template map). There is a local university with campus and a downtown/shopping district (I'll admit, I'm not entirely sure which one we decided to go with here, I think we're still testing things out).
We've had several people making houses, starting with some cookie cutter townhouse types and others have made some unique houses for specific Sims and there are some community locales but more of this type are definitely required. Custom families are starting to appear and we're currently submitting custom Townies, so no worries if you're sick of Ben Long showing up with the welcome wagon. :)
Right now I personally am creating some custom families with backstories and will more than likely submit some houses. However, seeing as I don't usually consider myself the Sim-creator type and I've had a massive creativity jolt for backstories, that's what I'm focusing on at the moment. I'll probably post these families and their stories here to read in my blog and if people find them interesting enough to want a copy, I'll happily email them since TSR only accepts celebrity Sims.
There hasn't been any comments yet, be the first to post one!