At least they do seem concerned that a sim’s reaction to their own physical appearance sends an important message about what Maxis believe to be the correct body shape. That’s some top marks diplomatic wording, but it’s not totally clear whether the studio might be unthinkingly imposing an equivalence between thinness and happiness in The Sims 4, which is a worry considering this game’s young and female audience.

How well we change their emotional state based on it, we don’t want to make a statement about things like that because that’s not our place to do that.” “Your sims might react, like, when they get bigger you’ll notice they’ll look at themselves and react. We give you all the pieces you need to tell that story if you want to do that.” We want to make sure we’re not making a statement or telling people what’s right or wrong, but you can tell a story with those tools. “It’s tricky with the emotional state being based on people’s weight. “We have the ability for them to be unhappy about their weight,” says Rodiek. To that end, The Sims Studio is also simulating body dissatisfaction Sims don’t always like what they see in the mirror, and it will affect their emotional state, something the developer is aware of being a potentially problematic feature. In The Sims 4 it seems that maintaining your desired form requires some actual management of your sim’s diet and exercise routines. Previous games in the series allowed you to manually set your sim’s weight and body shape in the creation screen, and fitness objects such as treadmills and weight machines would simply improve a sim’s strength rather than sculpt their body. But if you eat healthily or eat properly or you exercise, your sims will lose weight.” If they never exercise, they might become overweight. “If they overeat they’ll become overweight. “We have some little things like fitness, so sims can naturally change over time in the game,” says The Sims 4’s producer Grant Rodiek.

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