I Created My Book’s Characters in Sims 4!
Yes, I know, I’m a complete geek.
I had some unexpected free time over the Easter weekend and, instead of using it productively to write my book or something else meaningful, I spent an hour or so quickly creating mock-ups of the characters from Myth Hunter, my upcoming novel, in the Sims 4.
[image error]Ambrose and the gang!
How cute is this? If you’ve read Beginner’s Luck already, can you tell who any of these are?
Looking back on this image a few days later, I’m struck by the following thoughts:
For a novel with a male protagonist, I really have a lot of supporting female characters. That’s always been my plan, but I didn’t quite realise how outnumbered the boys are. This is something I might have to look into for the next series.Although the majority of my characters are Caucasian, I’ve tried to be a little more diverse in my cast. I also have LGBTQ+ characters. Issues of race and gender are not a focus in my stories, and I find it difficult to write outside my own lived experience, but I do try to be inclusive. Hopefully readers will not be too offended or disappointed by my depiction of someone they may associate with.There are quite a few important characters that I haven’t added to this picture, and one that isn’t important yet but will be in the second series.
I had a lot of fun creating these characters. I even picked out their traits and lifetime wishes! All I want to do now is go and play with them to see how they react to each other in-game! (Fortunately for my own productivity, I don’t particularly enjoy playing Sims 4. Sims 3 on the other hand…)
They say you have to write the book that you want to read. This series was definitely written for me. I think it’s such a fun story, and it includes a romp through Europe and an even greater cast of mythical creatures, adapted to fit my own universe. It appeals to both the traveller and the dreamer sides of my personality.
I hope readers will enjoy it too.
Either way, I can’t wait to start writing the next series! I have BIG plans for Ambrose and the gang.
Would you like to see more character images like this or do you prefer not to taint your own imagination? Interested in a little more in-depth character bio’s?
