The Sims Freeplay and Beyond

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.

Just like us humans, your sims have basic needs that you have to fulfill in order for them to become "inspired" (you'll know your sims are inspired once you see green sparkles around your sim and the cupcake icon found just above the needs bar stops flashing) and have the energy to work, perform tasks or hobbies, and to earn more than an "uninspired" sim would. 1. HUNGER To fulfill a preteen, teen and adult sim's hunger, all you have to do is tap on a fridge, a meal cooked by a sim, or a Thanksgiving Banquet (it's a dining table found in the Dining Room tab of the Home Store) and pick from the choices what to give your sim.  For an infant and toddler, tap on an adult sim to be fed. 2.  BLADDER To empty a sim's bladder, just tap on a toilet and let your sim use it. 3.  ENERGY To fulfill energy, let your sim sleep on a bed or sit on a sofa or chair, or have a coffee by tapping on a coffee machine or tea set. 4. HYGIENE To tidy up yo...

BUYING / SELLING / MOVING ITEMS During the course of your game, you will be buying, selling and moving items a lot, so, here's how to do it.  Let's have  buying a toilet as our first example.  See the icon of a chair and a lamp right there? Click it to access the Home Store where you can buy items for your sim's house. Choose the furniture tab on the upper left side and then click on bathroom tab to see the items for your sim's bathroom.  At this level (level 1), you only have one for each bathroom items. As you level up, more items will be unlocked and available in the home store. For now, let's choose the Stains Bros. Toilet by clicking on it. To move the toilet, tap on the Home Store, just like when you are buying items.   To position the toilet to your desired location, just tap on the object, click and hold the circle with four arrows, and drag to where you want the toilet to be. Notice the toilet is highlight...