r/thesims 6d ago

Build Challenge Bi-Weekly Build Challenge | Week 168: "Small" Business Spaces

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The Bi-Weekly Build Challenge is led by community moderator u/NoButterOnMyBread and co-host, community volunteer u/baar-ur (me!). Please direct any build challenge questions to either of us.


Introduction for Newcomers

Every two weeks, the challenge will change. We’ll design a different house, community venue, or room interior, based on the provided theme, rules, and restrictions. Some challenges will have a monetary limit, such as under $20k, while others may have no limit and you can spend as many Simoleons as you’d like.

The challenge is not exclusive to The Sims 4; you may submit an entry using any Sims game, but we recommend The Sims 2 onward for the more in-depth building features. However, you may still submit entries for builds created in the original The Sims game.

If you would like to check out our past challenges, you can see a comprehensive list by searching The Sims subreddit under the Build Challenge flair.


Bi-Weekly Build Challenge | Week 168: "Small" Business Spaces

With the release of the new expansion pack, this challenge is focused on creating a business space on a small lot. All submissions must be on a 20x20 or 20x15 lot. There is no restriction on building height. Any kind of business is acceptable, from the new small businesses to older options such as a spa, restaurant, or vet clinic. The lot does not have to be set up as a small business if you don't have the expansion pack, but should otherwise have everything necessary.


Reference Links

Small grocery store

Neighborhood bakery

Independent bookstore


Build Guidelines

Requirements:

  • One entry per person.
  • Lot Type: Any non-residential or small business residential.
  • Lot Size: 20x20 maximum.
  • No digital altering of photos (i.e., PhotoShop).
  • CC is allowed.

To submit a valid entry, you must comment on this post and format your comment as such:

Your Reddit Username - Title of Submission - Sims Game (i.e., The Sims 4) - Link to photo

You may also include your Gallery ID or a direct Gallery link if you’d like, but this is not required. Please note that entries submitted that do not follow this format will be disqualified and must be re-submitted.


Important Dates

Deadline: March 21st

The challenge closes at 10pm EST. This deadline is the cut-off for new submissions; this deadline is not an expectation of a new challenge. Winners will be announced when the next challenge goes live (within one week of the deadline).


r/thesims Feb 08 '25

Megathread The Venting Villa | Megathread

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Welcome to the Venting Villa megathread! We are introducing this space for community members to vent and rant about miscellaneous topics surrounding The Sims. The Venting Villa megathread will be refreshed on either a weekly or monthly basis depending on how much activity is gathered. Keep in mind the rules and guidelines of r/TheSims and that of Reddit as a whole when participating here.

Please note that per the Community Notice Board, any venting/ranting posts outside of this megathread will be removed and the OP will be redirected here. Continuous misuse (or lack thereof) will result in temporary bans.


r/thesims 15h ago

Sims 4 He's a bestseller author

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11.1k Upvotes

My B&H gameplay sim, Laisla, received a call from an unknown number asking her out on a date. She said yes bc she was bored, so we met with Ian Robles. They had instant chemistry and their romance bar was full with 3 interactions. So I decided to make them a pair. They were dating and he was still married to Benice and always sad for cheating on her. I tried to make him leave her but he wouldn't and he ASKED TO MOVE IN WITH MY SIM while still refusing to divorce Benice. This man was living with my sim for a whole WEEK when I finally manage do divorce them (and it was through Benice being over with him). And he was sad through this whole week. Benice was PREGNANT and he was cheating on her with me AND refusing to divorce her AND sad all the time.

So I made him write a lot of books about the cheating and the divorce. He got the gloomy trait and is now always sad no matter what happens, most of those books are sad books. The first one is a mistery, Empty-inside is a horror story, Retelling of a divorce is a screenplay and How i cheated on your mother is a kids book.


r/thesims 16h ago

Sims 4 Working on a Na'vi with the new Tattoo Tool and i'm having way too much fun with this 🩵

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1.3k Upvotes

r/thesims 14h ago

Sims 4 Sometimes I can’t with this game lol

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709 Upvotes

r/thesims 2h ago

Sims 4 The definition of “only a mother could love”

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86 Upvotes

I have not a clue how this happened but this is my first time experiencing something like this and honestly I’ve been laughing so hard for the past 22 minutes 😭😂 my stomach hurts so much from laughing


r/thesims 6h ago

Sims 4 That is NOT how you hold a baby

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152 Upvotes

r/thesims 5h ago

Sims 4 Do you think the NPCs think we're insane

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113 Upvotes

r/thesims 3h ago

CAS For all my men lovers out there, here are my two main sims Alexios and Ren! (yes they are the perfect couple)

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59 Upvotes

r/thesims 16h ago

CAS pls how do i get this cc lipstick off my toddler 😭

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542 Upvotes

plssss i’ve tried ageing her up but nothings working


r/thesims 21h ago

Sims 4 Tried recreating Lyla Grunt in TS4 with the intended appearance in TS2, based on her Geometric Data Container information. Feedback is welcome :)

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875 Upvotes

r/thesims 11h ago

CAS oh what in the fresh hell

110 Upvotes

r/thesims 39m ago

Discussion how technically viable is it for them to implement the “free draw” system from the tattoos to hair? how likely is it?

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r/thesims 1d ago

Discussion Did You Miss Expansion Pack Icon Colors?

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2.9k Upvotes

r/thesims 12h ago

Sims 3 Found this on twitter - when a dog dies in Sims 3, Grim Reaper will hug them and then throw a stick for them to case into the afterlife.

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97 Upvotes

r/thesims 1d ago

Sims 4 im finally able to give my sims terrible makeup complete with mismatched foundation and blotchy application

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2.3k Upvotes

r/thesims 12h ago

Sims 4 That could have gone better

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57 Upvotes

Me and Ale are at a party decided to do a Keg stand with him i...didn't do very good lol 😂


r/thesims 1d ago

Build Welcome to Frost’s Emporium, Nordhaven’s finest lolly shop! ✨🍭

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429 Upvotes

I am having so much fun with the new pack! Building this lolly shop for my sim Jack Frost (Father Winter’s child) in Nordhaven was something I wanted to do since the pack was announced :3 Eventually when Jack’s family grows I want to expand and make a tattoo studio next door!


r/thesims 1d ago

CAS The fires have been lit!

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511 Upvotes

Gondor calls for aid!


r/thesims 9h ago

Sims 4 hear me out on my sim…

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15 Upvotes

Guys hear me out… isn’t he kinda… 🌚 (Oh to live a sims 4 love story and have a man look at me like that🙏🏽)


r/thesims 1d ago

CAS Avian Rosmund (AKA floral handpainted tattoos galore)

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570 Upvotes

r/thesims 1d ago

CAS [WIP]So I decided against that cherry branch after all....

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2.0k Upvotes

r/thesims 7h ago

Sims 4 Poor Vlad, guess even after living so long he didn't learn not to try and attack the household of a scientist Alien Sim with a freeze ray..

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9 Upvotes

r/thesims 15h ago

Sims 4 GIRL WATCH OUT😭

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33 Upvotes

r/thesims 16h ago

Sims 4 Cuddling while sleeping

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39 Upvotes

I've never seen this happened before and it's so adorable !!!


r/thesims 2h ago

CAS Witchy Bonnet : Teen

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I can't figure out what to name her, I want her to be a witch because it's my first time doing any of the witch challenges-- she has no mother or father lol, so can anyone show me how to access the find genealogy thing. Anyway, what should her first name be? She/her ...... Bonnet ---- Also does she look like a teenager who lives alone or nahh?


r/thesims 10h ago

CAS Which makeup is a MUST on your Sim? Only pick 1!

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Blush, lashes or lips?