i tried building a community space to replace EA's HORRIBLE one
2024 ж. 11 Сәу.
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Let's build a new Maker Space to replace that weird lot in Evergreen Harbor
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Kayla please stop apologizing for using bright colors, it's a fun, creative, cartoony game, people don't want to see greige everywhere 😭 Where else are you going to have crazy colors? TBH real life public spaces could use more color too.
I've been saying I want colorful pavements and roads irl and no one will listen 😭
THIS OMG!!! YES!
Right? I'm obsessed with the yellow, it's so fun and positive. I get that it's not necessarily Kayla's vibe but it doesn't mean it's outright horrible
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Kayla is so brave for this. Renovating these multi-lots that change type always takes it out of me. Like, I try renovating the school auditorium for prom and forget about graduation and tap out 😭😭😭
I barely got through 2 of the gym event types and gave up too 😵💫
I don't even have the stamina to build a building and then furnish it. Holy cow that sounds so difficult.
tbf it’s not like the graduation ever works anyway 😭😭
literally building anything and staying focussed enough to finish it is so tough, no clue how she does it pretty much every day 😭
You have to have a plan 😊 I am doing this all the time. :)
Thank you snap for editing this video for us!
I'm picturing her sitting at the desk with the flower cone on navigating finalcut
4:44 Need a compilation of every time Kayla says ‘when else will we have a chance to use a ridiculous x like this’ in these build videos lol
I need just every time she’s done it for those bright teal tiles because there was an era where she used them like 4 times in a row and was saying “when else can you use these tiles?”
@@treefish008 Also the ghost wallpaper lol
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
And sometimes, she's saying it for something she already used many times! And was saying it as well those times 😅
This was honestly one of the best commercial builds you’ve ever done.
I COMPLETELY agree! I love this sm
Same here!!
i love her community builds so much but yeah this one is spectacular
I really liked the bench placed under the orange hexagon thingy. It looks like a bus stop
I've never seen such a nice bus stop before, or one with so much shelter and seating and so little advertising space. Would be nice.
So trueeee! I agree! (To the reply here as well as the comment itself)
It looks like one of those bougie concepts I've seen for like solar-power generating bus stops which definitely fits the vibes of a maker city
Fun fact about community spaces: They are the only lot type that auto-hires employees for food stalls and selling tables. Any version of the lot works.
extremely good to know thank you
Ohhh... Really? I might have to use them in every neighbourhood now.
i wish Kayla wouldn't bad mouth herself so much. i know that's a really personal comment for me to make, but it would be nice to see her be more gentle & encouraging with herself. she's so talented and creative.
i agree! she is so hard on herself :( she deserves love from herself!
I also wish she had more self confidence. I am an autistic adult and a lot of us are raised with punishment for normal kid stuff because everything we do is pathologized. Without diagnosis there's still a ton of that. It leads to similar habits until you run out of effs. Then realize other people's issues with what you enjoy? Their problem. I hope that comes for her soon. I have observed it comes around 25 to 30 for most of us. Even when a build isn't for me I learn so much because of her skill and now am the builder with my friends because they think I am good at it. I have so much to learn still but I'm way better than box shaped house with terrible roof
i honestly truly think the way (admittedly the much younger fans) people talk about her particularly in twitch chat and gallery comments, who very oddly always always want the same suburban homes and every time she tries something new they whine and moan, has an effect on the way she thinks about her buiods! it might be better now but i always watch streams as vods because the comment section typically drives me insane with their reactions to her every build decision. thats why i loveee videos like this because its like the streams where she's building with us but she can just do what she wants 🩷 every time she goes "oh i like that!" my heart grows a size. even if she is building something not my style! i love seeing her try stuff like this and slowly finding her groove with a new style so much. love her and hope she knows how talented she is and how she can really take a box and turn it into something crazy cool like this
Yes! This is better than what I would have come up with. I excel at making cozy suburban homes and some apartments, but I struggle with the modern stuff and community spaces. I wouldn't know what to do with such an open space.
Oh, I just remembered something, do you notice that people would dump their broken appliances onto the community spaces. Such as stoves, radios, and fridges. I was wondering if it would be possible for Stanley to make money from fixing the appliances and selling them--of course, he has to figure out a way to put them in his inventory or find a way to live on a landfill site for a couple of weeks--maybe even less if he gets a good haul dumpster diving. You cannot make residential lots into landfill lots, but if you fix that place up right, he can stay on it until he gets enough cash to make his home.
I did this! I made a retail lot with the landfill trait, let people dump their stuff, fixed them, and then resold them. There is a bug where you have to move the appliance into your retail inventory and then place it again in order to sell them.
I did something similar, too. I had a sim in a 4th generation of a family (my first multigenerational playthrough since I was a kid, if not first at all) and they accumulated too much money, so I had the heir move out into a basic tiny house in the Eco Lifestyle world. I basically made it a rule that she could only use things she made on woodworking table and the fabricator and such, stuff bought from the flee market in City Living, stuff from dumpsters, dumped in the same community center Kayla is renovating here, etc. Whatever excess there was, my sim would sell in her retail store that was located in the shipping containers lot (while I appropriated Knox's lot for living but I think his family either died out or moved out at that point).
There is a mod that lets you have residential landfill lots
i love watching simsie build community lots, idk why but its so fun
You're so right!
I just want them to fix so many of the little details, yknow? Like pause on the dlc and just fix stuff like the foundation clipping with the stairs, or the way railings interact with walls, etc.
Mr Humphrey: coughs Lilsimsie: zooms way out away from him Haha
2:14 STANLEY NO 😭
I cackled at your comment. Exactly my reaction before going "This is Kayla's fault for all the toxic things he tries without a bed!"
These are my favorite lot types to design. They always end up being the most active in my game. They're just crawling with Sims, especially my own, which makes them so much better than all the other community lots, imo. It took me quite awhile to figure out how to do them, and I still get a bit confused, but I manage to puzzle it out. I built an Oasis Springs Arts Center from the remnants of an old Spanish church bell tower. It holds the annual O.S. Arts Festival. There are art sales, musical performances, art classes, food trucks, an art gallery, as well as artifacts from the original church available to view and "appreciate". It's located in downtown O.S., right next to the Spanish Revival style Mexican Grill & Nightclub, the contemporary Springs Gym & Spa, and Old Southwest style fire station, that's been renovated into a residence. Downtown O.S. is hoppin'!
that sounds amazing!
is this on the gallery? I have absolutely no idea how to do community lots like this 😭
@@kaylaabendroth1174 Sorry, it's not on the gallery. I haven't worked up my courage to upload any of my builds yet. They're not bad builds, I'm just a scaredy cat. My first uploads will definitely be community lots though. I also have a Spice Place Market for San Myshuno that is really fun.
@@acebildz1253 I hope you comment here if you ever upload any of these - they sound amazing especially the remenants being from an old Spanish bell tower that's such a cool idea!!! (☆▽☆) I'm suprised about the spice market too, I thought all the build changes disapered when the festival ended and the next festival just had the original build again.. Maybe I remembered wrong though, how did you do it?
@@AndyTheWatchdog I didn't edit the Spice Festival itself. I renovated the karaoke bar. "The pandemic in 2020 was really hard on the local businesses, and the karaoke bar didn't make it. Community organizers banded together to get the building listed on the historic preservation registry. Then they needed to lease it. No one business could swing the rent, but a coalition of community arts groups banded together to create a market/maker space, with an angel investor helping out." My Charity Organizer Sim "raised funds" for this endeavor as a sideline. Artisans craft their wares upstairs, and sell them at market tables on the ground floor. There is also a community garden, espresso stand, produce stall, and outdoor patio tables with a view of the harbor. The idea is based on Seattle's Pike Place Market. Mine is Spice Place Market. It fits into the neighborhood nicely, and is a useful lot, with all the crafting/activity objects that don't fit into apartments. And people can sell their stuff any day of the week, instead of just on Sundays.
A while ago I renovated the maker space and put in a hidden bedroom so my sim could work there and get all his needs fulfilled. I actually kind of liked the original with the open bottom floor. I can't remember what I did and didn't change but it reminded me of a makers space that actually exists close to where I live. It's an old factory building and had a bunch of hanger doors that people would have open while working because they needed to ventilate, it got really hot in the room or it was just nice out.
I use the "Waterfront Maker Space" that Lilsimsie did that's dated 6-22-2020. My Sims don't go there very often though, so I may want to have this one with the newer crafting skills.
kayla could you do a video all about using platforms? like different tips and tricks? i’ve been playing and building for a while now but platforms still scare and confuse me!
The yellow is amazing I love it* *Source: I play most games by customizing my characters with ridiculously bright yellows and oranges. Also, a free sign stuff pack with like six signs and adding color swatches to the base game signs would be amazing
I thought she meant the black color! I am glad someone enjoys the colors I don't. My brain goes "I don't want the colors to be lonely but also hiss bright!"
@@chronicallykat4920 I'm that way with shiny things. i hate precious gemstones and gold jewelry. Give me semi-precious stones, leather, and wood jewelry. But I'm going to be wearing bright colors with it.
@@steggopotamus I wear bright jewelry. Just also dark jewelry. Accents vs focal so we create the balance in the need for both. I also support your pack idea
Everytime Kayla says shes not good at a certain type of build she ends up creating a masterpiece 🙌
I just finished watching Kayla's Animal Crossing stream where she raised a million dollars on New Year's Eve, seriously had me tearing up! I have been watching these videos since the sims 4 came out, I cannot believe Kayla is so grown and such an amazing woman! Seriously Lots of Love from India❤❤❤
I'm so lazy when it comes to these lots. I just renovate the starting space the way I want it and save it to my library and just reload every time I have a new world. I tried doing it the way you were supposed to and just hated the way the lots changed and there is never enough stuff for all the Sims on the lot so good for you Kayla and doing it the right way.
My first thought with metal chairs was how cold they would be. But that is from my view as someone living in Iceland 😂
Im so proud of snap for doing so well! Sending love during this stressful time kayla :)
I assume a community lot would have donated furniture, so I think the different styles of furniture makes it seem realistic.
I like where you are going with this, and with all that yellow it almost blends in with the harbor area. It is a good idea to put in more crafting tables, but in case you haven't noticed, no matter how many crafting items you put in there will always be a sim walk up to it just as your sim gets to the machine. That is so annoying!!
I think you're actually really good at modern builds now! Your hard work and experimenting is really paying off.
I might be wrong, but the original building looked like it was a converted ship yard. You know, the buildings where they build ships and then launch them into the water. With the open sides/tall glass walls. Or at least like it was inspired by those buildings. It needed a refurbish, but I think it could be a cool project to just renovate and redesign the original building with the thought of reimagining a nautical building into a community space. But as always, Simsies build looks awesome. 😊
I wish so hard that we could make basements that are NOT completely sunk into the floor. Making a little woodworking room in the basement with windows lining the top part of the walls would have been great! Also realistic because woodworking makes a lot of noise, it would be at least in a place with a door to seclude it a little.
I used to work in one of the biggest nonprofit Maker Spaces in the country and they have a main floor area that has like rentable studio spaces that are like cubicles, classrooms on one side of the building (all for different things; some have computers, some have textile things, etc.) and then there's a metal shop, a wood shop, a sewing lab, etc. and on the main floor I ran the cafe side of our coffee roastery. It was very cool, I always had customers come up to tell me about what projects they were working on. People ran their businesses out of there. We also had a cool Tool Library down the street where people could rent tools and they would have inventing/entrepreneurship programs for local kids. This maker space helped create a ton of PPE equipment during the pandemic shutdown! It was a big warehouse space but upstairs had a presentation space with nice hard floors and the rest of the building was tile. All of the chairs and tables in the building were crafted in the building and were like bright orange. This is pretty realistic to what a real maker space is, and I love the thought put into it!
Kayla - you are a phenomenal builder and think of everything every single time!!! Never doubt yourself you are doing amazing.
It's so funny to see Kayla be so unsure about her making a nice modern build followed by her having this flow of inspiration resulting in the (imo) coolest modern maker space XD I love the yellow throwback!
always impressed with her Talent but never surprised by it! Shes so consistently AWSOME
I love this build!! The outside reminds me of an old factory that's been renovated to be modern, and the yellow bits remind me of shipping containers that they used for add ons. You did an amazing job!!
You don't have to apologize for anything you do, Kayla! I love your builds and I really appreciate the gameplay functionality and colour. Do you want to rebuild the other community space typed lots (maker/gardening space) too?
i absolutely looove the colors and the yellow in this! also the way you sectioned everything, its amazing please 100% do more with color, im so here for it :)
6:00 I remember an episode of Criss Angel, Mindfreak; Criss says he had a prison built for his dumpster because he was tired of paying for other people's trash. He has a camera and he was able to see people putting their soda cups and whatnot in his dumpster so yeah, he put bars around it to prevent people doing that anymore. Lately, where I live, I've been seeing a lot of dumpsters in prison cells, especially with the rise of homeless camps. It makes a certain kind of sense to see someone jail their dumpster in sims since it has become fairly common in real life.
the build turned out so good! the entire video you were saying you had no idea what you were doing while making a really fun build! juxtaposition etc
Kayla, your builds are always so good. One thing I would add is more maker activities, like the Gem Table and Robotics Station. I realize that you don't like to use too many packs, and many of your viewers don't own many of the packs. But it's a great idea to renovate this lot.
I wish this building existed in real life in my town! Such a fun concept, and I love the way it looks!
loved watching this build come together, very different and definitely functional for so many different skills :D
For your building in [blank] style video series you should try out something brutalist and very out of your element!! I just would love to see how you approach something so strange 😁✨
This is the best maker space I’ve ever seen. Well done!
you should do more of these i loved the community build style!!
Thank you!!! I love this style video, love watching you in real time 💕
always nice to see a video from you simsie!
This makes me laugh because I've been using YOUR Maker Space that you made for this very lot since day one. Love it! Sending Happy thoughts to Snappie!
It looks amazing Kayla, getting to come up with the shapes for these buildings is so creative :o And I love the bright colors! And I love how you always seem to be able to use the perfect windows!
I loved this rebuild. I added a pumpkin carving table for fun. Your work is amazing. Thank you for sharing
i actually love the fact that the gemology table and the nifty knitting clutter are a different style of furniture, it looks like it's recycled
I love that community center you made! Really! It looks amazing and I'm honestly thinking of using a house nearby that area just so I can use the gallery to grab your upload. I haven't really messed with eco lifestyle much besides being in my own house. So it would be nice to have a community lot there for all the crafting! Thank you so much!
17:35 honestly in builds like this, i don't think people should worry about whether or not stuff goes well together, since a lot of the furniture would've been taken from the dumpster/landfill/side of the road, and then repaired.
I absolutely adore the exterior! The more Kayla complains about her modrrn build skills, the more I like the build.
I love how this turned out & the yellow is so fun!
This is so cool! I once made this kind of lot as a town square with a market and made sure to include every item needed for the other lot types, so I just copied and pasted it to the other two
I-didn't know you could change that building
I love how this turned out! You did a great job Kayla 💛
I LOVE how this turned out! 💕
Main part of the building looks like a Christian church and I can't unsee this 😭
In my generation save i made this community space into a place where VERY sketchy people come over to sleep, sell some illegal stuff (basemental mod is wilding there) and just in general a place you wouldn't like to get stuck at, at night 😅
have a nice day if you’re reading this ❤ much love
you as well!!
I would love to see Kayla edit this same layout for the different lot types. I don't have eco lifestyle but I would still get a lot of enjoyment out of watching it I think
damn Kayla, that one looks so good. You`ve managed to create a shell industrial-like and really turned it into an functional and yet beautiful community space.
thank you snap for editing this video while you're still recovering 🥺🥺🥺 snacks4snap
You can tell Kayla's from a hot place and I'm from a cold one, because my first thought with the metal chairs was that they'd be really damn cold
I'm sorry, but Kayla zooming in on Stanley as he dies and saying "ARE YOU CHOKING?" just fking KILLED ME.
Honestly this might be one of if not my favourite community lot you've ever built. I'll be placing it in my game as soon as I get access to my computer
Why does this build kind of remind me of IKEA lol
You have opened my eyes. I can see it now💀
This is *such* an improvement on the lot!!!! Can’t wait to snatch this off the gallery.
it baffles me how you still think you stink at modern / community builds... you are AMAZING at building everything Kayla! Love this one :)
This is really nice. You should be proud of yourself. You got out of your comfort zone and did something really cool and creative.
This is so much better than the original maker space purely because your characters don't clip into the column while using the fabricators
So first and foremost, I didn't realize you could re-do these types of lots, this is amazing!! But the main thing I wanted to say was a while back I was playing minecraft with my husband and brother and I was building my house and after like 2 hours they come strolling back into our little town they're like why the crap are you building a church and I'm like what do you mean?! And then I took a step back and wanted to cry a bit lmao I did in fact build a church and Kayla I think you also accidentally built a church 😂 which just one made me laugh and two made me feel so much better about my (not) church.
Kayla you're way better at modern builds than you give yourself credit for, and you improve with every new modern build you do!
I've just started playing with Eco Lifestyle for the first time so this is going to be so useful thank you Kayla!
new series idea: specific skill building community lots for all those weird skill objects that don’t fit at home
Random pack build but you have to use EVERY item in the packs you roll. Good way to push your boundaries
this would be great with the other lot types like the community garden
Oh, yeah, this brings back memories of when Eco Lifestyle came out. When I got the pack, putting in a shower and a napping area was the first thing I did.
Same! I always add in bathrooms and somewhere to eat and sleep. And with the base lot, I add more dumpsters and recycling machines
this whole build is just making me wish there was a pottery craft/skill in the sims
thank you for editing this video snap 🙏🙏🙏
There is an old abandoned grain elevator at the end of my street and now I’m thinking about redoing this lot using that building as inspiration. In real life i always fantasize about it turning into a marketplace.
love this build! Going to download it!
it was very nice and interesting to watch you do a different type of build today! (this is not sarcasm lol?)
Kayla needs to stop saying she can’t build in a modern style cuz this looks absolutely awesome! Like girl realise you’re amazing and give yourself some credit!
I've only recently done a community space from scratch out of containers :) It's quite colorful and they don't differ too much from each other but I'm quite proud of them 🙈I have uploaded all 4 parts onto the gallery (just search for container community space or container community garden, if you want to find it). I find community spaces super awesome because I sooo love the voting part, but they are quite frustrating to build because you somehow have 4 parts and somehow the structure has to stay the same for it to look good but you also have to fit all the stuff 🙃 but if you manage it's all the more satisfying 🙈
i was replacing the bro’s house in windenburg and as the new lot was loading in i swear their ea house has a missing roof. if so i’d love to see a renovation of that build! maybe to match the traditional windenburg vibes instead of the modern?
I made yellow containers in a community space in Grims Quary. Debug has square stones from this area. Using these stones I made an additional pool. Computers are needed for a freelance career. Children's space is also needed. Mentors walk around the site. They help adults and children by increasing the skill and giving the necessary moodlet for this. You can spend the whole day with your family. Sometimes NPCs draw interesting pictures on the easel. In construction mode I hang them on the walls. I want to check if they can be moved to the painting sales stand. Maybe my Sim can buy it.
You did a great job, I absolutely love this
Snappy you're so brave for stepping into the video editing industry!
Would have been cool to see the Friendship bracelet DIY kit in the Kid's space, but otherwise this is a super cool build!
Hey Kayla I am so in Love with all the amazing builds you do, and I am sure you inspire others to also try and build in the sims, because it is so stressful, but are you releasing a updated save file🌸❤
as someone who would say their favorite styles and default builds are Midcentury and Modern You did very very well Kayla, deep breathes and give Snap pats.
this is such a useful community lot i love the vibes too
Remember that trend of the 2D Comic cakes with the black outlines? You could try a build like that🤔
Got an ad for cat food before this video; Snap's impact is everywhere 🙏
Thanks snap for the editing meow 🐱
Honestly i love it and i love the yellow! it looks great 💛💛💛
This is awesome. I don’t know why you put yourself down because you’re really good at modern builds! I love how you think everything through with gameplay in mind 😊
I just want to say Kayla I love your videos so much, and it's really nice to watch after a long day. Wishing you luck in everything ❤️
With her love of contrasting trims and columns, it's like Simsie is building with lineart. It's fascinating (this is not a critique, I love it)