Lunar Lakes is now available to download from The Sims 3 Store at
a sale price of 2200 SimPoints (price will be 2450 SimPoints from
the 27th), but if you feel you need to know a bit more about the
town, producer Sarah Holding has posted a blog entry introducing it
(you can also check out the Live Chat further down if you missed it):
Lunar Lakes is by far one of the most unique worlds we have
crafted so far in The Sims 3. We very much wanted this world to
feel different, yet at the same time, remain true to the core
gameplay of The Sims 3. While we can’t change everything (taxis
are still taxis, and if you have The Sims 3 Pets installed, then
wild horses will be roaming the lunar terrain!) we did make some
pretty major changes to alter the feel of the world. We felt our
normal rabbitholes would look out of place in Lunar Lakes, so we
created portals that hint at subterranean dwellings.
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“Experience an All-New World – Explore the Wonders of Lunar Lakes
Today!” at TheSims3.com
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“Introduction to Lunar Lakes” at TheSims3.com
There’s also a couple of blog entries in which members of
the world building team discuss their work on the town. First, Donna
Bennett and Mike True, who modelled the space ship and
designed the lots respectively:
The steps for creating the model was to first build the
spacecraft intact and upright. We then rotated it and finally
decided to twist the hull slightly. We then slowly started
picking away at it so it looked destroyed. Most of our time was
spent creating holes, making flaked away panels and adding “new”
lights to the cavities. One of the most challenging areas of
working on this model was adding the level of detail to the
edges of the holes to make The Perigee look destroyed, yet
repaired and re-inhabited.
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“Lunar Lakes – Interview with the World Building team” at
TheSims3.com
The second entry features Sam Breach, the lead artist overseeing Sim creation:
We wanted to honor the fact that many of the fearless space
adventurers in Lunar Lakes are the brave descendants of Sims who
our players already know and admire. The artists on The Sims 3
world-building team love no family more than the Bayless family
from Twinbrook. We were overjoyed to be granted our wish of
including a Bayless relative in this world. His name is Stefen
and he lives with his sweet-natured, flame-haired girlfriend,
Anais. Because they live off the grid a little, I imagined her
wardrobe as having been created from a natural patchwork of
fibers and found materials that contribute to her slightly
haphazard, distressed style of clothing.
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“Lunar Lakes – Interview with the “Sim creation” World Builder” at
TheSims3.com
