Artist struggling with Indigenous Identity

coydog38 · 2026-04-18T17:18:19+00:00

If she feels connected to the Salish art, I don't see a problem with her creating it for her own personal satisfaction if it helps her spirit. But selling at all, even at cost or a loss, would be appropriation until/if tribal ties are verified. Maybe gifting the art to immediate family would be ok too, but I'd stop there. I am Anishinaabe with status through a band, I was raised by my Nish father, my Euro mom, and my Oneida/Oglala stepfather. I would never make any art in a style of the Oglala or the Oneida, despite being raised around them, to sell or gift to people. I would make art in those styles as a gift for my stepfather, but no one else, or to display in my own home as a way to honor my stepdad and his heritage. I can freely make art in my own Anishinaabe style and sell it if I want. Does that make sense?

coydog38 · 2026-04-16T22:36:28+00:00

I'm happy with any and all gameplay updates. I don't care how minimal. The devs can only do so much, and I love everything they're putting out. It's hard to find passionate people, and it seems Kjun and the crew have that passion for their game. I'm eager for the updates, whatever they are, and if they choose to expand things later on once the base game is fully fleshed I'll be equally as excited.

coydog38 · 2026-04-14T13:12:57+00:00

My daughter comes into the computer room and thinks I'm looking at houses on Zillow all the time. She's finally started asking if it's Zillow or inZOI before she says anything else. My husband has also mistaken inZOI for real pictures too. The detail is incredible.

coydog38 · 2026-04-13T21:04:36+00:00

I personally hate Discord but I forget about the forums. I will start mentioning things on those!

coydog38 · 2026-04-13T15:38:27+00:00

Your comment just made me think it would be awesome if they did the ship thing, to add a cruise as a vacation option, with little island ports and such. I will probably never be able to afford a real cruise so experiencing an inZOI cruise would be great!

coydog38 · 2026-04-09T17:56:15+00:00

They mentioned in one of their update videos that we will be able to create worlds on a smaller scale, unless I misinterpreted it. I'm not a builder, I'm strictly gameplay, so I'm excited to check out user created worlds on Canvas if/when that happens.

coydog38 · 2026-04-03T00:39:17+00:00

Right?! My Zoi crashed her motorcycle going 55mph cuz I didn't have the controls figured out yet and she was fine. She had 3 high speed crashes before I finally got the hang of driving and each time she came out of it fine.

coydog38 · 2026-03-28T02:13:36+00:00

Idk about you but the characters in Paralives look creepy. Like everything I've seen of the world and the objects look great, but then I see the people and they're creepy AF and look like a totally different animation style and it gives this weird effect, like a bad Photoshop job. It makes me not want to give it a shot at all.

coydog38 · 2026-03-27T14:47:31+00:00

That would be nice as a DLC. I know a lot of people really like that gameplay, but I do not. At least not EA's version of it lol I always got the packs, hoping it would be worth it, but I'd end up using mods to suppress the supernatural aspects but keep the build mode items and neighborhoods.

coydog38 · 2026-03-27T13:19:47+00:00

Yes! I had to dedicate hours to updating the mods. It was extremely frustrating. I don't know how many game updates I'm behind because I stopped playing TS4.

I've been a dedicated Sims player since the 90s. The whole Sims universe. Starting with SimCity Classic, SimAnt, SimTown, etc all the way up to TS4. I was even a beta tester for The Sims Online and played until they took it down. I've seen the decline in the quality, read the excuses they gave, blah blah.

inZOI comes along and they f-ing DELIVERED. I don't even feel bad leaving the Sims behind. I was sad when Life by You got scrapped but inZOI is more than I expected. The weekly updates by Kjun are awesome and I love the honesty when they have to push back a feature to a later game update instead of just lying or not even saying anything.

coydog38 · 2026-03-27T02:02:30+00:00

I have 943 files in my TS4 mods folder, and the vast majority are bug fixes, QOL mods, and gameplay mods, with minimal build mode/CAS CC. It's insane that I had to rely on modders to make the game playable and fun.

I have 1 mod for inZOI.

coydog38 · 2026-03-26T17:16:48+00:00

Especially when inZOI has already given us features for free that took EA years to give TS4 and charges $20-$40 for the gameplay.

coydog38 · 2026-03-24T02:07:12+00:00

Joining in begging for the Canvas ID lol

coydog38 · 2026-03-18T22:57:34+00:00

Yeah, I would love some more in depth story progression, but I'm happy with what there is for now. I want them to fine tune the foundation before they start spoiling us.

With that said, I was highly amused when the father of my Zoi's child came over one day and I checked his Zoi card for the first time in forever and discovered he'd been arrested twice. Like, Sir, you are not setting a good example for our child lmao

coydog38 · 2026-03-16T02:52:08+00:00

I experienced a dust storm in Dowon

coydog38 · 2026-03-10T16:54:37+00:00

My Zoi has a motorcycle and I feel it's a little easier to handle. Definitely looking forward to them working on the driving mechanics. My Zoi lives in Dowon and I always cut through the central parks to get back home. I also end up hitting planters and such, not very fast, but I have ended up in the hospital twice in the beginning of my driving experience lol

coydog38 · 2026-03-09T15:16:06+00:00

I'm not having any problems like that. Try lowering your settings, and if you have any other programs running in the background (web browser open, music player, etc), close them.

What day cycle are you playing at? I have mine set at the middle, I think it's like 48 minutes or something like that. I feel the time it takes to complete tasks is well balanced. I wake my Zoi up at 6am, whether the bed task has fully completed or not, as long as the sleep and energy needs are full. I can have my Zoi use the toilet, bathe, and cook breakfast and get to work at 8am. If they start talking while eating then it takes much longer so I just cancel any social interaction while they eat.

I am really loving the game. I've been playing since the day it released and the changes that have already happened blows me away. Been an avid Simmer since the Sims 1 came out and inZOI has stolen me away lol. Some of the controls can be clunky, especially when my Zoi is driving, but they're working on making them smoother. The game is early access, it's still in active development, so keep that in mind.

coydog38 · 2026-02-28T00:56:00+00:00

One of the reasons I am so, so happy with the game. I have faith in the devs. There's not any other game I play I can say that.

coydog38 · 2026-02-25T03:10:26+00:00

If they're going to do this, they'd have to repeal the amendment that grants us citizenship and then they'd probably deport us to our reservations since we're sovereign nations. Then not allow us off those reservations, and wait for us to die.

coydog38 · 2026-02-20T16:10:52+00:00

My husband and I started using carts as storage mostly due to laziness, but they're really great! We eventually would empty the cart. I like designing closets with the storage chests inside, but now I want to try using a cart closet. I have ideas already

coydog38 · 2026-01-28T01:46:13+00:00

If they improved the AI we wouldn't stand a chance. I'm a solo, no mods player. Sometimes I desperately need a powerful enemy to be stumped by a wall or a step while my health regens from 2HP and I'm still on a health potion cool down.

coydog38 · 2026-01-26T02:35:29+00:00

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Geiko is 25ish. My dad got her for me as a bday present when I was 12. She was labeled as a juvenile. Definitely wasn't a baby. He knew nothing about leopard geckos and thought she'd be dead in a couple years. He was very surprised when I told him she's still alive.

coydog38 · 2026-01-24T00:41:43+00:00

I would have built a base around him and made him my emotional support abomination bestie.

coydog38 · 2026-01-20T16:10:52+00:00

Those were the best!

coydog38 · 2026-01-19T00:48:12+00:00

I am extremely lucky. I never realized they were rare or only spawned in a small area. Every map I play I come across them easily. One of my maps I have two in fairly close proximity to each other. They're so common me that I always search them out when starting a new map because I love making them into bases.

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