on making things (and money)

I've been meaning to write an update post for weeks and now seems as good a time as any.

I'm still working on stuff behind the scenes, but I'm not gonna lie, the past few months have been hard. I was already depressed before this recent sims news, but now I feel even more deflated.

I won't be applying to the upcoming sims 4 "maker" marketplace.

I firmly believe that mod and cc creators deserve to be paid for the value we provide. I'm not here to demonize creatives desiring compensation. But at the same time, I'm happy to be able to share my work for free thanks to the generous support of a small group that pays for early access or just donates out of kindness.

Now EA/Maxis is threatening to shift the entire ecosystem of how cc creators function in the sims community and...I'm tired.

I'm tired of multi-billion dollar companies acting like they can't afford to properly commission creative work.

And I'm tired of the exploitative commodification of creativity that is just so "normal" now.