July 27, 2026

WIP#104

Hey everyone!

I'm here with the next work in progress check-in. I only can show you a half-finished playhouse because this takes soo long to finish I'm still working on it!

As you can see the texture is just a base texture, it has some parts missing but I wanted to put it into the game to see how it'll look and behave. So I had to tweak one of the snap points to be closer to the arch they go in because the child was clipping through the wall because the animation includes the "going in" part too. For that reason one kid won't be exactly next to the window and won't touch the window sill (like the blonde girl does on the photo, and I'm still tweaking the window height so their hands won't clip).

I'm also spending a lot of time working on the footprint so you'll be able to place items inside without using moveobjects. It's still not behaving exactly the way I'd like, but we're getting there. Hopefully I'll be able to make it as user-friendly as possible.

The reason the playhouse is so empty right now is because I'm making most of the furniture as separate pieces, like I mentioned in my previous post. And don't worry, the poor kids won't have to sleep on the wooden floor, they'll have comfy rugs to sleep on! They look so miserable now. :D

This is such a big project that sometimes it's hard to stay focused on finishing it, but deep down I know it'll all come together in the end with all the extra pieces I'm planning to make. It's just a lot of back and forth, and testing and updating something then going back to the game. Hopefully in my next post you'll see this playhouse finished!

Comments (16)

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Luisa Mendez · July 30, 2026

Amazing work! you are an amazing artist!!

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wyrdesme · July 30, 2026

wait this is cute, any chance of a more boyish option

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VALIA · July 30, 2026

Yees, it'll come in many colors!

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gadaboutsgecko · July 28, 2026

This is just so cool! I would have loved such a playhouse when I was a kid. 🫶

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VALIA · July 31, 2026

Me too! Instead we built playhouses from branches and leaves with my sister. :D

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Morgen Stern · July 28, 2026

omg this is so cute!

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Taylor B. · July 28, 2026

mark down yet another "didn't know I needed until Valia opened my eyes" 🩷

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VALIA · July 31, 2026

haha :D it was a revelation for me too :D the ideas just kept coming and I hope everything will look how I imagine them.

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Sim Siili · July 28, 2026

The little hearts in the windows! <3

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Jennifer Guthrie · July 28, 2026

how cute is that!!

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Debby Griffiths · July 28, 2026

This is perhaps THE most marvelous improvement to our games! I can't wait to see my sim kids playing in it!

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VALIA · July 31, 2026

I hope it'll be a nice addition. :)

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Madeline Hofmann · July 27, 2026

YAY! Can’t wait to give this to my sims 🥰

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n · July 27, 2026

this is absolutely adorable. you are literally SO talented and i'm always so excited to see what you come up with.

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VALIA · July 31, 2026

Thank you so much!

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CClover 🤍 · July 27, 2026

So beautiful! Thank you for this!!! 🥹😍