The Sims Freeplay and Beyond

Are you ready to build a vacation house surrounded by sun, sand, palm trees, and cacti? The Sims FreePlay's Desert Oasis Update which premiered March 10 will give your sim the desert oasis feels everyday! Keep reading to find out what's new in this desert themed update! New Desert Oasis Live Event Complete a series of tasks within the 10 day time limit to unlock desert themed items and the desert oasis house template! SimChase – Boho Battleground & Desert Duel! Beginning March 24 for 7 days, win against your rival Sim in the SimChase Season 12: Desert Duel! and earn prizes such as  prickly cacti and palm trees, terracotta fencing, and an outdoor pizza oven to dress up your new house lot! SimChase Season 13: Boho Battleground! The event starts April 9 where your Sims can unlock the rattan wicker chest! Don’t miss the casual bohemian outfits and hairstyles for the perfect outdoor party! Here are the playable event dates for this update (

The Sims Freeplay Refined Romance Update which runs for 11 days starting January 29, 2019 brings new unlockable items and events to the game.   The Sophisticated Socialite Live Event lets you unlock the stylish juice bar, fancy fireplace, and sophisticated outfits as your ultimate prize when you complete the event.  Other new things are mirrored partitions, glossy floors, fashionable fireplaces, and a variety of juice drinks that you can mix.   New outfits can be unlocked when you complete the Urban Chic Fashion Designer Hobby Event which runs from February 18-23. The French Romance Live Event, Ice Castle Seasonal Quest , and Long Hair Hobby Event are back for a rerun on February 14, February 27-March 10, and March  3-9 respectively. Store Layout changes are also included in this update with an overhauled design of the Online Store and a 3D turnaround view of the Home Store. 

The Sophisticated Socialite Live Event  unlocks sophisticated party themed items that your sims can show off to their friends! This event runs for 11 days and in order to complete it, you need to collect enough arts and crafts items from the arts and crafts stations (found in the event tab of buy mode) which unlocks all the items in this event.

The Secret Winter Wonderland Seasonal Quest comes back on February 27 and you have 12 days to complete this quest in order to unlock the gingerbread house template with 12 sets of goals to complete the icy furniture. Players who completed this last time will not get this quest again. Those who started it last time but didn’t complete it will have to start from the beginning this time.

I. INSTALLATION Sometimes the simplest things seem hard when you are so overwhelmed or excited to start you forget what to do or how to do it. So, where can you download the game from? And how do you install it? The Sims Freeplay can be downloaded from your mobile's Google Play store (for Android) or from your mobile's App Store (for iOS): Before you download it 'though, please read the requirements (such as a stable internet connection ) and make sure that your device has enough storage for these (the app size is 13.25 MB, but I suggest you allot at least 1 GB for additional content and for enough memory to play the game). Once you have downloaded the app, just follow the rest of the instructions on installation in the game.  Next: II. CREATING YOUR FIRST SIM *Please note that t his article is for educational purpose only;  the information are given in good faith and are believed to be correct at the time of writing, and may change from time to tim

This is probably the most exciting part of playing The Sims Freeplay, creating your first sim!  So, let's get going! II. CREATING YOUR FIRST SIM Let's launch the game by clicking on its icon on your device.  I am using an android tablet and here's what it looks like: You'll see this upon start up: Just wait for the game to load and you'll see this: Choose "START NEW GAME" for now. I will be creating a separate post for THE CLOUD as you'll be needing it every now and then to save your game progress. The intro follows next. This is going to be your first sim's house. Some simmers later  convert this house to a "Task House" where all the social task items are stuffed inside to help visiting neighbors complete their social tasks without jumping from one town or house to another. Now it's time to create your first sim! Click on the green bubble with a house icon on top of the house. 

NAVIGATING THE CAMERA The first part of the tutorial is learning how to pan the camera.  Panning only means moving the camera or view to a different location.  Just touch and hold (don't let go) anywhere in the screen and move your finger toward the part that you wish to explore. You can move to the left or right, up or down.   Or you can rotate the camera clockwise or counterclockwise. Zoom in or out. That's it! Next: BUYING / SELLING / MOVING ITEMS *Please note that t his article is for educational purpose only;  the information are given in good faith and are believed to be correct at the time of writing, and may change from time to time without notice.  The images uploaded on this site were screen-captured during gameplay only; no copyright infringement intended.