Charmful: The required screenshots are a bit jumbled, it’s hard to really grasp the layout of the lot. Is there a picture of the bottom floor where the the whole structure shows? The lighting is very dark, which combined with everything in stone makes it hard to make out details. I understand that you were going for a natural feel but the lighting settings are darker in vacation hoods so the lack of lights made judging hard and it will make playing hard. The description said it’s intended for late nights, so even more reason to put some real thought into the lighting. Maybe there is thought, but since lights aren’t on in the pictures I can’t see that. Great concept, but the entertainment aspect feels a little scattered, like you weren’t quite sure where to go with it. It’s very pretty and certainly fits right in to Twikki Islands, but the play-aspect could have been taken further. I’ve deducted points from playability because of the no phone. I noted that you say they can walk to/from fine without one, but if you arrive by taxi you have to leave by taxi which means players could get stuck on the lot. If you dislike the visual, there are default replacements and invisible recolors you can use.
Charmful: So much to love here, the water, the plants, each little area. The only thing that I feel that detracts is the roof edging, it’s a bit bland and makes the left and right feel just a little boxy when looking at the front and back of the lot. Perhaps some more stepped wall or some plants trailing over the edge could have been used on each side.
Charmful.... it doesn't get any better....30 points
83.5
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
5
2+2.5
5
5
5
5
29.5
Judge 2
4.5
5
4.5
5
5
4.5
28.5
Judge 3
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Maxon
Perfection... 30 points
Maxon: Why is the pier not included in the floorplan? It’s part of the lot so it needs to be visible. Great job on making the play-shots display necessary areas at the same time. Great job on screenshots over all, except for the the missing floorplan view of pier. Very sparse decorating, but in a very theme-appropriate thought-out way. Lovely landscaping. Great ambiance. Colors are very harmonious. Well done!
Maxon: Bees aside lol, this appears like a peaceful lot. I love the garden, the water and the bridge. I spy 9 CC dummies? I like the rug design in the transitional room. The room to the left of that seems rather bare for its size.
88
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
4.5
5
5
5
5
5
29.5
Judge 2
4.5
5
4.5
5
5
5
29
Judge 3
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Just Jones
Flawless .... I love how you attached the lights to the columns.... 30 points
justJones: *wants to make a joke about jungle juice.* Love all of the landscaping, plants and water, very pretty. This is another landscaped lot without much building and while it’s rather hard to do anything much creative with a toilet block Perhaps some other build elements such as a curved bridge could have been added to show some more build design.
justJones: If your lot is an outside lot, please include the whole garden as part of your floorplan since it is the actual build. Not sure if guidelines require it, but I would like to see all of it so I can judge playability properly. Can’t quite judge routing to the hot springs because there’s no clear picture of the routing to and from them. Angle looks steep, could Sims navigate it fine? Gorgeous landscaping. Creative combinations of elements, love the idea of an outdoor rave. Clever use of items and build elements in the pool/waterfall thing. Great splashes of colorful flowers. Really well done.
88.5
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Judge 2
3.5
5
5
5
5
5
28.5
Judge 3
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Justpetro: Such a pretty lot, I love the colors used. I like how you picked up the coral colors and used them throughout the lot. Cyril's flowers are gorgeous and this judge would like to know where she can get them. The only part I am not understanding is the toilets, they are see through!
Justpetro: Please don’t cut off parts of the build in your floorplan picture. Balcony is part of the structure too and should be included as well. No floorplan picture of the structures on the left side of the lot, Fun and creative concept! Nice to see a family-aimed lot. Great use of CC, love the corals. Great color combinations, love how the turquoise carries through in many areas of the lot. The house feels a lot like a beach hut, well done. The roof is a little wonky, I think it’d look better if it was a little lower. The playground colors clash a bit, but it’s great to see a playground included and they certainly look better than the maxis ones would have. The outdoor toilets need explaining. With how Sim privacy works, having toilets open to the lot will cause Sims to attempt to shoo everyone away when they try to use it. I assume you are using invisible floor dividers, or a no privacy mod or something, but since you haven’t explained that you lose a point in playability as the toilets are essentially unusable.
Just Petro..... you can feel the breeze in your hair... terrific job... 30 points
88
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
4.5
5
5
4.5
5
5
29
Judge 2
4
3.5
5
4
5
4.5
26
Judge 3
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Kanzen
Beautiful..... 30 points
Kanzen: Very fun idea with the axes-shooting-range. Nice detail with the meshed-in viewing area. The interior decorating is great, very mountain lodge-y. But the exterior feels disjointed. The wood and the bright stone doesn’t mix well, and the green-beige tiles feel more tropical than mountain-y. Exterior decorating/landscaping is very sparse. The building itself is very boxy, although it’s clear you’ve tried to counteract it with the balcony and the different segments of roof.
Kanzen: A creative idea, like a rifle range but for axes. Very realistic and all mountain themed except the lifebuoy mirrors in the bathroom. Not sure why they were used.
85
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
4
4
5
5
5
4
27
Judge 2
3.5
4
5
5
5
4.5
27
Judge 3
4
3
5
4
5
3
24
OnayaW: You know it’s rather box like but some themes are harder than others. You got a lot up and you had the Far east elements which is the important thing. It’s rather enclosed, some more openings into the garden would have helped with that and some more flowers.
OnayaW
It's an okay lot.... but you have much more talent than "just okay"..... You've already pointed out any flaws so, no need for me to add insult to injury. 27 points
OnayaW: Please attach your pictures to the post, makes it much easier to judge. And remember that screenshots must be at least 800x600 pixels wide, most of your pictures are too narrow vertically. I like the concept, you managed to create a serene calm atmosphere. But the landscaping feels half-finished. The middle part is great, but when everything else is solid green it ends up looking disjointed. It could really use some terrain paint work around the trees to break up the sea of green. Nice use of the entrance, looks very fitting. Over all it feels a little basic and thrown together. It has potential, I can see where you wanted to go and it has some nice details, but you have to believe in yourself.
78
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Judge 2
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Judge 3
4
4
4.5
5
5
4
26.5
Karen Lorraine
Great looking lot... 30 points
KarenLorraine: No proper front view picture. No pictures that really show the area on the right, especially the parking area. No picture properly showing the restaurant area. The landscaping is a bit basic. Even deserts have variations in terrain, so would have been nice to see more terrain paint work. The interior is nice, the shoe rack is a nice touch. Looks like just about every bowliny alley I’ve ever been to, which is great. The bench in the game room looks likely to cause stomping if two Sims try to play on the machine by the wall, which could have been avoided.
*Host Note* the picture for the area on the right was actually there, but wasn't under the spoiler, because on the night she uploaded the site failed to load the post right and she had to redo it, so evidently didn't notice that on the second attempt the picture wasn't included under the spoiler. You can, however see the picture in the thumbnails so while judges aren't expected to look at thumbnails, I ask for leniency about the picture in this case, as the site was being a pain that night, and the picture was actually present.
Karen Lorraine My first reaction is wow that decor packs a punch. But you get away with the bright color and contrast due to it being a bowling ally. Well built and well decorated, can’t see a thing to improve.
86.5
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
4
4
4.5
5
5
5
27.5
Judge 2
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Judge 3
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Catherine TCJD... how did you do the slide?????? this is great.... 30 points
CatherineTCJD: Good job on required pictures, really shows every area. The concept is interesting, and you’ve done some advanced landscaping to create the pool the way it is. But it feels a little basic, it would have been nice to see a slide, or more diving boards. After all it is called wet and wild! Nice job on the foliage, very nice tropical feel. The pier is a nice touch, and the bar/dance deck is very cute. However it is unnecessarily narrow, especially the one tile entrance to the stairs up to the deck.
CatherineTCJD Wow I love your build it shows a lot of skill and creativity. Also covered entertainment with a capital T. The blue building reminds me of something-but I can’t think what!
87.5
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
5
5
4
5
5
5
29
Judge 2
4.5
5
5
5
5
5
29.5
Judge 3
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Freelala: Your playground looks so fun, I can see the kids having a great time there. Love all the plants. I spy a parrot, can WCIF on that?
Freelala: Great job on the screenshots. Shows off every area, and really showcases your work well. But please attach your pictures to the post, makes it much easier to judge. Fun to see a playground lot! You’ve certainly succeeded in giving it a jungle playground feel so great job there. Gorgeous work on the landscaping.
Great terrain paint work, great shaping of the terrain. Tasteful thought-out placement and choices of foliage. Nice use of custom content. Looks like a really fun place to take the kids while on your holiday. However, none of your pictures show a changing table or a potty, which is a bit weird considering you’ve included a toddler area. Surely sim parents expect such a fine playground to offer them better alternatives than changing diapers on the ground? Would also have been nice to see some kind of method of fulfilling hunger, since the kids no doubt want to stay all day. Other than that, great job!
Freelala
A huge problem..... how the heck would you get the kids to leave without throwing tantrums?????? well done 30 points
88.5
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
5
4
5
4
5
5
28
Judge 2
4
3
4
4.5
5
3
23.5
Judge 3
4.5
4
4.5
4.5
5
4.5
27
Yvelotic2001: I am mixed on this, some areas I think are quite stylish, like the side entrance with the wall details and the inside balcony, but then I don’t care for the front and the back. Black is not a color I would use in the desert since it soaks up the heat. The back is stark without a window or any kind of deco. The front deco is off center. I like the use of terrain paint although maybe some other desert plants would have brightened things up. I can’t see any food on your lot, a snack machine could have been used upstairs.
Yvelotic
It's a nice lot. However, I do have a few issues with it. Without a place to get refreshments.... sodas and snacks, at least... and without a counter to mimic the guy who rents the shoes and takes money for the games.... it could be a big game room, not a place of business. 28 points ( I do love the mural on the side of the building)
Yvelotic: Nice terrain paint work, good to see it’s not one solid color. The interior colors are interesting, and mesh well. The decorating is a tad basic. The top floor viewing area is a nice touch. It would have been nice to see some way for Sims to fill hunger while on the lot. Most bowling alleys sell food, or snacks, or at the very least have a vending machine. Especially given that you’ve included so many places to sit at tables, it’s a little disparate that there is no food source. And the placement of the foosball table is a little strange, since there’s no room for anyone to use the side that’s against the wall. Build-wise it’s clear you did your best to counteract the boxyness by giving it a stage roof and some elements that break up the box-shape. The second floor entrance is interesting, but the choice of sliding doors seems a little weird as the only entrance. Over all not bad, but needs to be taken further, especially in terms of decorating.
78.5
Build
Decor
Playability
Theme
Budget
Uniqueness
Totals
Judge 1
5
4
5
5
5
5
29
Judge 2
5
4.5
5
4.5
5
5
29
Judge 3
3
3
3
4
5
3
21
Sparklypotato
The only thing that I would have done to improve on the look is to add a few palm trees... 29 points
Sparklypotato: Interesting concept, but the beach theme is not entirely clear. The choice of stone doesn’t mesh well with huts, and having bamboo windows in stone buildings seems a little strange. And the two stories didn’t work in your favor in terms of selling the beach hut boardwalk concept. It would have been nice to see the different wall-sizes on both sides, as the straight wall breaks some of the immersion of huts side by side. The interior of lots is a bit more cramped than it really needs to be considering the lot size, and again the two stories become a bit strange with such small lots. But you’ve used the space well and it’s nice to see that each hut is very different interiorly.
You need to work on showing all aspects of your lot in your pictures. There’s no picture that shows the front area closer up, which means it’s hard to judge the landscaping as it’s only visible in the distance on the front view picture. It’s also not entirely clear if this is an actual beach lot or not, since the only picture showing the back edge is the one with the chairs and the water looks more like something you painted on the end. Remember to include all structures in your floorplan pictures, that includes the balcony outside. And a back view shot should show the entire back, it looks like it’s cut off.
Sparklypotato The beach huts are cute and sims will have a good time here. I do like the roof lines, although they give me more of a farm vibe then tropical or beach.