Building a Sims House with a Developer - Now he knows our struggles! 

PART 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5D-__BsAvZY.html And as a note for those saying I’m being bossy / back seat gaming, it does look that way - the initial video concept was for me to teach Romeo how to build and give him tips as we go. I changed the idea behind it after the fact and as such it has a different title and thumbnail. A better explanation is offered in Part 2 of this as well!

Props to Romeo. This is just a 25 minute critic of his work. Glad he's able to admit when something is wrong and take it into consideration.

him: *talks-* james: *let me stop you right there.*

Sims developer: *does something, just anything* James: "That's ugly, do this"

Can you ask him if they can add "couples cuddling while sleeping" back to Sims 4? thank you

A round of applause to this guy who agreed to build with James looking over his shoulder... Terrifying 😅

I LOVE his reasoning for why he did everything. "So why 2 showers?" "Its a sauna area!" "In front of the windows??" "Yah who cares?!"

James: Has sims developer build house Romeo: breaths James: Immediately criticizes everything he's doing/the game

James: “You should have added...” Dev: “Yeah...yeah....”

Semaj calling him out in a playful way is everything " Now we don't have cars in the game. Don't know if you're aware." 🤣😂

Now if only he knew the struggle of trying to furnish when nothiNG FREAKING MATCHES.

I can feel the tension so hard

"This is not letting me do what I want to do" Welcome to the club

'It's the same door but with less colours' Why is this so funny to me???

A SPIRAL STAIRCASE sure would have went well in this build. 😏😏😏

SimGuruRomeo: "I'm thinking a little carport here" James: "We don't have cars in the game, I don't know if you're aware" SimGuruRomeo: "Noo, but I.." *dying of laughter*

Wow that guy is patient. James is a complete control freak!

James: Actually that house is also missing toilets- SimGuruRomeo:

HEY SIMS MARKETING: This. This is good. This is community outreach done right. There's all kinds of honesty and feedback here and I love it. I LOVE THIS. James in Maxis Monthly, y/y?

I kinda wanted to see the developer design everything himself but he was constantly influenced and it annoyed me but just my opinion 😅

For the love of god... spiral staircases!

I swear, EA should get James as a designer/builder or a regular consultant or something. I petition this 😁

They should add a foundation that turns to the same wallpaper wall as the wall above

9:48 Romeo: Look at that James: That’s not perfect Me: wow I feel bad for that guy

omg watching the developer dude be forced to acknowledge our struggles was great yet so uncomfortable 😂

"So, feel free to add that in!" I love you, Semaj.

You can see every time James wants to rip the mouse away and do something himself instead of explaining it

James should look into professional back seat driving. He’s already a pro back seat gamer 😂

Regardless of all the bugs, glitches, and issues this developer has helped create a unique and amazing game that everyone loves, and I appreciate that!

"james bosses sims employee around for 25 minutes" -alternative title

I'm sorry but I just can't be mad at SimGuruRomero he's honestly adorable!

Wow his patience is commendable, for having a lot of pushy demands right next to you.

Sims guy: we can't use moveobjects bc if they move it they won't be able to get it back. Me: *looks at the back button at the top of the screen* I disagree

Puts down science lab door saying "Let's build a bunker". Commences building a modern, environmental home... with a bunker door.

aka james helping a developer build *in his own game* for 25 minutes straight

The fact he works with sims and still wants cars damn 😭 if he can’t get them we never will 💔 stupid loading screens

as an architecture student I'm having a seizure watching this video

We 👏🏼 Need 👏🏼 L-shaped 👏🏼 Stairs👏🏼

I think this video exposed a core problem of Sims 4 development. Ultimately the developers don’t really play the game as much as they could/should. They have a really different perspective being developers. I really love that they listen to players and are learning these small things that effect game players. I’m glad Roneo also spoke about the issues they encounter as developers and that they genuinely do want to add better things but the game code makes it so difficult. The game really needed a different core engine I think. Kudos to the Sims team for everything they’re doing 👍🏾

Ah... the game that costs over $600 For the full game.

This is a video of my micro manager boss crushing all my creative freedom, and after I try to hide the tears in my cubical. 😅

He’s so cute. I can’t even be mad at him!

im no architect, but for calling it a "bunker", the glass roof seems like a poor choice safety-wise

"I like weird roofs" Sims Community: Yeah.. We know...

sims4: "we dont have cars in the game I dont know if you realized" *sims 3 enters the chat*

Finally I know how to get a foundation again lol

I loved this video so much more than I thought I could. Every time SimGuruRomeo went to try and do something and James would just stop him like “you can’t actually do that”. It was nice to see a guru play and acknowledge some of the frustrations that builders have to work around constantly. And James was incredibly honest. Great video! Hopefully some of the things pointed out in this video get fixed! Very happy with both of them!

I FINALLY KNOW HOW TO PUT FOUNDATION ON THE HOUSES. I THOUGHT THEY JUST REMOVED IT OH MY GOD.

This was so passive aggressive it was hard to watch

Something that annoys me so much are the colors of all the ikea inspired furniture from base game. For some reason not all of them have the same color swatches and I don't understand why 😂

"You know what would be nice? Glass walls" "Yeah that would be nice" *stares into the camera like he's in the office*

This is so frustrating to watch. I wanted to see the developer do his thang. 😭

holy crap ... as a web developer I feel for SimGuruRomeo

Romeo: *does anything* James: You know actually, what I normally do is this...

I hope this guy adds in the stuff he realizes we are missing

that guy you hate to play games with... no do this, stop do that... wait this is better... lol

"when in doubt, cover with plants." this is the #1 sims rule and i laughed so hard

This vid gives me hope for the future of the sims

being able to make roofs taller and being able to paint each tile on the roof wall is definitely on my build mode wishlist.

Developer: I- James: Now hang on there bucko!

my houses still looks like old sims games like the sims 1 ahahahahahaa squared rooms house

semaj is being such a backseat driver but i lowkey love it

This is awesome. Both of them acknowledged issues AND it really helps that SimGuruRomeo was listening. And you can tell that he is REALLY into the Sims, which is what we need for developers. And that is one heck of a run-on sentence.

I am so overjoyed he is just as clueless as we are about the bugs in this damn game

I understand the dynamic of the video, one side is a developer wanting to be objective and just build, and the other side James turner, formally known as Sim Supply, that build to be pretty and playable. I want more of that.

YESSSSSS! I would love for all the KITCHEN Decor to actually be in the icon so I don’t have to go searching through the misc decor for knife blocks or spice racks etc.

Talking about the doors~ "We need more, because the ones we have don't match anything" "I know!"

Romeo trying to justify himself with the “sauna” was hilarious 🤣

I love how a sim gruru had to ask a player if something is possible in the game.

I loved when he tried to delete the roof wall xD

James and Romeo, thank you so much for this video! I found this informational, and it was nice seeing a developer listen and understand some if the challenges the game faces. As well as sharing a development point of view. You guys are awesome! 😆

* Sims Dev drags a wall * James: i"m going to end this man's whole career

I get that you were giving him tips and teaching him some things but you were also being a little too critical- like he would like something and you would just tell him it’s not good :/

I cannot tell you how much I DO NOT CARE about cars in a closed world ESPECIALLY with other core necessities missing.

Am I the only one who thought that James looked like he was dying a little inside every time Romeo did something weird to the house...

omg i would of been like “can i build my house the way i want to build my house, thanks!”

It scares me how many bugs were randomly referenced in the video like they're aware of it but not planning to do anything about them. Saying "oh, this can only be fixed by bulldozing hours of work haha" is scary to me. And not knowing base mechanics is rather strange too for someone who is hired to know stuff about the game (being a Guru). No shade, just something that tugged on my nerves. I'm sure being a Guru is hard work and big props.

It definitely said glass on that door back in the day, it was in your earlier vids at game release and I remember it being a whole thing, it got changed at some point when they added swatches to it.

Glass floors would be cool for doing balconies. (My daughters idea)

James is like an older brother that had to give his little brother a turn to play because mom yelled at him.

it's 2021 and I am watching this just now... pretty entertaining. glad you made this kind of vids James. and I must say, I admire how Romeo positively takes all of those suggestions...

more of this, It is so refreshing to see the developers engage with the community like this.

Can "playing the game with devs" become a recurring thing? So good. 😂

Please do more of these! I'm a LOOOONG time Sims player and it's really fun seeing new ways to build like this, I feel super inspired!

This video was so much FUN! Thank you for this enlightening and entertaining show! I just found these videos yesterday and I am now bingeing out on them. It's fun getting to know you and your guests after such a long time away from The Sims. It's great to be back and getting to know all that's new.

Literally just give me the ability to make spiral/switchback staircases and I will shut up 😂

Oh YAY, my mom loves building sims houses and has been so devastated that foundations have "disappeared"... can't wait to tell her where they're hiding 😅😄

Omg so glad you mentioned the decorative things issue in the by room sort! It drives me nuts that stuff isn't well organized.

I'm so thrilled to see this video! Yes, he was being a little overbearing and pushing in certain directions but that was exactly what should have been done to stress the issues that many builders have. I could write a blog about TS4 stairs so I'm not commenting here what everyone else knows by now. Thank you both for taking the time to make this video (and part two which I'm about to watch). Sims builders everywhere are very enthusiastic to see how receptive both the devs and those (sim supply here) who represent most of concerns that regular builders have. Many game developers, of irrelevant games atm, seem to only care about what THEY want and the bottom line. I know many are eager for TS5 but TS4 still offers so much room for developing and smaller tweaks that TS5 is low on my list of cares. I would buy about a dozen more game packs and expansion packs over the next year or two with no complaints.

Hahha i loved this. James directly told him everything that he wants by showing him. I know a of ppl say Oo the developers should play the game more but that’s why they have us. If they spent more time playing it would take away from future content. Plus you have to remember working on something everyday as job wouldn’t give you the same joy as we get when we play. Yes I agree they should test things more time to time but you have to think about it objectively.

LITERALLY SCREAMING FINALLY SEE OUR STRUGGLES

I know this video is like a year old now but I’m rewatching now and I just love this kind of content when James talks with sims developers, its great to watch

I Wish He Would Have Let Him Build The House On His Own . I Would Love To See His House . Does He Has A RU-vid ?

I have so much respect for the simgurus, these people are so sweet and interact to closely with the community :'^)

This is the best thing that could ever happen to The Sims.

I love how honest and open to suggestions Romeo is!

I love building houses with The Sims 4 and you guys just gave me ideas. I usually google photos of homes and try to replicate them as much as possible.

Tiny build and there wasn't even a whisper about ladders/spiral staircases. Gosh James dis-a-pointed. Real talk though, it was nice to see SimGuruRomeo taking on James' feedback. I think building together was a great choice as it gave both of you the opportunity to SEE what the players see and hear the developer side of some issues.

James is like my grandma when she watch me cook 😂 keep commenting here and there on whatever progress i made or havent make

James: maybe- SimGuruRomeo: *yup yup yeah*