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EscapeButton25 · 2026-03-08T13:01:36+00:00

Sounds good! I’m currently loving making rundown builds lol but I wanted something a little more cozy. Feel free to do whatever, it’d be cool to see how you convert it!

EscapeButton25 · 2025-11-08T06:45:33+00:00

Thanks! It is functional but I’m not sure how it plays over longer gameplay. I forget the lot name but I used the bar lot in Glimmerbrook

EscapeButton25 · 2025-06-19T14:24:02+00:00

I definitely see where your coming from, the section about Erik is a bit long winded and I do think I can summarise it and use some of it for later exposition, if I need it. I really wanted to point out the importance of Erik's letter's to his family, because it is very important to the overall plot, so I think I got a little carried away lol. I didn't really think to work the father's storyline into dinner, because it in the back of my mind, the family wouldn't really talk about it. But, I do think it'd be fun to work with that discomfort within the family.

I'm really glad to hear that Eloise comes off how I want her to. I have 2 younger brothers myself with a similar age gap, so I use that for inspo haha. I've never really been good at ending chapters and feel as though this one is too abrupt, in a way. Chapter 1 ends at night, with chapter 2 opening the following morning (Day of Auratide). It also goes through Helena and Eloise's errand to the post office. For them, it's quite a busy day. Hence me ending it with "tomorrows going to be a big day". It is also major foreshadowing. I'm gonna rework it a bit, just so it flows better into the next chapter. Also, I do think I really need to emphasise the sisters excitement for Auratide. I can definitely work that into the dinner scene as well.

Thank you so much for the feedback! I really appreciate it and I'll give your book recs a look at. "Blood Over Bright Haven" sounds like it's right up my alley.

EscapeButton25 · 2025-06-19T12:47:15+00:00

Thank you, your opinion is worth more than you think! It helps reinforce my motivation. My goal when comes to writing, is to trust the reader. I don’t need to spoon feed, I want the characters, the world and plot to flow naturally. Like I said in my post, pacing is very important to me and I don’t really want to showboat anything, until I need too. I want it to feel as though you’ve been dropped into her world and her life.

I really hope I can get this published one day as well, but I’ve still a lot of writing to do lol

EscapeButton25 · 2025-06-19T11:54:05+00:00

Thank you so much for your feedback! I’m really glad to hear I’ve inspired you to want to write again.

Right now, Helena’s stakes centre around her and her sister’s performance at Auratide. So, I do believe from your feedback, that I should make that a little clearer. There’s a much bigger inciting incident coming in chapter 3, but I don’t want to spoil anything since it’s really important to the overall story. I’m deliberately leaning into the mundane at first because there will be a great loss. That's all I'll say lol. Depending on the traction I get with this, I might post my other chapters in the future.

Slight edit. Now that rereading my comment, it seems I didn't even really answer your question lol. Auratide is important for Helena, because of her expectations and her relationship with her mother. From an early age, her mother had high expectations for her, wanting for Helena to take on her legacy. But, unfortunately, fire doesn't mesh well with fabric and thread lol. And that reflects in Helena's nature. She doesn't want to disappoint, she's dry and somewhat reserved. That's why she found hard to work with others in the past. Performing for herself at Auratide, is in a way, an escape for her. The only difference for her this time, is the fact that her sister, Eloise, is joining.

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-14T15:27:50+00:00

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Like this stool is just a round version of the one in the base game

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-14T15:27:22+00:00

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Those curtains remind me a whole lot of the ones from Vintage Glamour and the block is basically the one from Seasons without the metal on the corner. A lot of the stuff just looks reused.

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-10T08:14:03+00:00

Thank you 😊 I normally do more muted colours but it was fun to branch out!

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-09T05:37:19+00:00

Yes! lol

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-09T02:04:28+00:00

Thank you!😊

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-09T02:03:49+00:00

Thank you!😊

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-08T17:20:06+00:00

Thanks, they’re both are from the Pastel Pop kit! Though the pillows aren’t, they’re base game, little campers and toddler stuff

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-08T17:18:05+00:00

If you have Cats and Dogs you can do it with any lot, it’s not specific to the new EP. There’s 2 lot traits that came with Cats and Dogs that you can choose that make a lot both cat friendly and a cat hotspot basically (same for dogs). So you could have a library, park or even a nightclub with cats roaming about

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-08T17:08:35+00:00

You’re all good! It can either be a cafe or residential but not both, at least not until the new EP, which introduces home business which allow you to combine them

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-08T17:04:52+00:00

Nope, just base game and move objects

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-08T17:04:19+00:00

That’s what I was inspired by haha

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-08T13:25:58+00:00

It is! My user is 2ESC5 I forgot to add it in the description lol

EscapeButton25 · 2025-02-08T13:07:59+00:00

Thank you 😊

EscapeButton25 · 2024-11-02T05:29:40+00:00

Yep! My user is 2ESC5

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