AHHH I CAN FINALLY TALK ABOUT IT!!! it was so hard to keep this to myself this whole time 😭 I'm going live on Twitch today to show off a ton of early access footage! You don't want to miss it! www.twitch.tv/lilsimsie

the blue suburban and the cowplant being named after you is not a bad legacy to leave behind.

Don't sell yourself short! You ARE a kind of artist! Building such cool stuff is a skill and very creative.

First the cowplant, now the blue suburban, Simsie is really leaving her mark on the game and I love that for her

Kayla, when we get the pack PLEASE do a renovation of the rec center!! Show us what you would do if you weren’t limited!

Kayla, we WANT you to get that coin, girl! Don’t hesitate talking about it. Don’t worry we all are excited to play with your amazing builds and EA rightfully so picked you.

Ngl she’s the person to get me back into sims and I forever love her for that

You're officially a video game environment artist! The process you went through with feedback and iteration (and working in areas that don't have finished ground, textures, etc 😩) is exactly what environment artists do daily! We work with the prop modelers and designers and art directors to give and get feedback and I'm positive your comments on prices and other stuff were very appreciated.

This really captures how starter homes SHOULD be. Simple, but with good bones. It's a lot easier for players to add or replace furniture or add a yard as a family grows than have to suddenly add a whole new bedroom. I love to build from scratch personally, but a lot of people don't and this is great for those players - or just for those of us that want to yeet out some "extra" family members :,D

I love it so much that The Sims team is inviting simmers to work with them. Good job!

Its so hype that you actually were able to kinda "immortalize" yourself in the game and then in the expansion pack youve always wanted. Amazing stuff and really happy for you! :D

The Rec center totally reminds me of a YMCA. They’re gyms usually with available childcare and summer camps. They have classes and programs for all ages

Now I really wanna see Kayla renovate these lots without any restrictions, pack or otherwise. That would be so fun

YES!!!! Finally. News on this! Can’t wait to see what she built!

I love seeing the behind the scenes for builds and other pack content

AN UPRIGHT PIANO!!! That is the one thing I have been wishing for them to add for YEARS! I literally just screamed when I saw it. 👏👏👏

Its so lovely to see the huge Filipino inspirations in this new world. Robles , Ruano, Bayani ,Aurelio and Ignacio are common Filipino names. Plus Tala means "star" in our language. Its so cool they are using Filipino culture everywhere in this world.

I’m still so glad they learned since the *toilet incident* in Get Famous! It’s so great to see simmers that know what the community wants working on the builds!

I cant believe we only have 3 days until the pack releases! And the infant update is TOMORROW?! We've been waiting so long that it doesn't seem real. I'm so excited!!

My attention span is practically non-existent so I didn't think I'd be able to watch this whole video, but Kayla is obviously so excited about this that it made it worth the watch for sure ♥

Thank you SO MUCH for 4 Bedrooms in a family pack. One of my main complaints in HSY was that it was hard to move in family without cheats. I played your build in Snowy Escape quite a bit and I'm sure I will get a ton of use of this one too!

okay but i actually can't wait to see her 'renovate' these once she /can/ use moveobjects and alt placing and such, this is so cool

Simsie, you ARE an artist. Your medium just happens to be The Sims ❤

The fact that you were working on this when you had your in laws visiting, and other Christmas things going on is amazing. How did you do it all and never accidentally mention anything?

All those years of blue suburbans was actually Simsie training for this day.

I love the starter home, it really feels like your sims are moving in with the things they could afford at the time.

oh my god seeing that changing table is making me foam at the mouth i’m so excited

I always loved how Lilsimsie buildings are "Performant Friendly" while still being very furnished. And having this in the actual game is SO NICE! She could build for every pack and I would be very happy for it.

I can’t wait for the Infant and the Growing together pack release. It’s going to be amazing!! 😊

this feels like such a full circle moment for simsies suburbans to shine

I officially used the tub in the Rec center. It was water shut off day and my sim was in the red he needed to be clean! See it came in handy! I’ve been living in your Cottage too! Love your builds always!

I am OBSESSED with the blue suburban! I feel like it will be my new favourite starter home. It has everything you need but also has room to upgrade as your family grows and you have more money!

So glad to hear that the sims team pays simmers to build for them! As they should! So excited to see your build on the game

I’m more excited for this new pack and update than I have been for Christmas in past years lol

I am honestly so excited for the rec center lot type. I've kind of been using libraries as that for a long time, so it's nice to finally have a dedicated space to put all the skill objects and things that don't always fit into a home lot.

Kayla you ARE an artist. Its a different kind of art that we (and society) might associate with the word 'art'. But really, you truly are! From content creation to designer! It's all there!!

YAYYY!! so excited for the early access videos to finally start!!

It's so wholesome being in the sims community with lilsimsie. I get teary eyes seeing Kayla loving all the stuff she's showing us. Thank you so much! 🥲❤️

that rec center is PHENOMENAL! It looked like a workout to build. The flow of the rooms made me think of my childhood rec center when they did family days, where the entire building was open and families were going from room to room. Amazing!

Simsie has been asking for a pack like this for so so long, and the fact that we got this incredible pack and she got to make 3 builds!!! Kayla u r genuinely so amazing

OMG i cant even tell you how excited i am for this pack! And how happy i am for Simsie building this!

IM ACTUALLY SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR SO PROUD OF YOU SIMSIE!!!!!!!

Girl, I'm emotional af for you. What a dream come true, to be able to be memorialized in your favorite game, through building 😭💕

I love it how Kayla can talk to herself like a time traveler

I actually built my own house (Craftsman style) for my legacy, but I love that we have a starter home with so many rooms squeezed in. Bravo!

So proud of you Simsie!! The blue suburban is finally canon!! ❤

Please do a renovation of this house when it comes out. I would love to see how it would look if you had unlimited simolons 🥰🥰

As a 3D artist and passionate Simmer… I am so excited about the houses you created. It looks so cute and definitely fits the style and criteria of sims. As an artist, you fit the style guide with its limitations and made it look good. It was also awesome to see the progress of the client and how the world comes together. That’s so cool.

25:23 Probably a coincidence, but the fact that she put a Bluebell like her last legacy heir is so cute.

I love simsie’s builds, but I truly love and respect how open she is with monetary exchanges and sponsorships! It makes it a lot easier to trust her when she reviews packs.

we are all so so so so proud of you kayla! this is such an exciting accomplishment and its just the start of so many amazing things to come! thank you for sharing this journey with us! I cannot wait to get playing with these builds!!! ❤️💓

I just started playing the game a couple days ago and picked the house that you built by accident lol. It’s a really good build and you did a good job on it

Idk why I was crying this whole video, I guess I’m just so proud of you. I’ve been watching you since like 2018 (or whenever you were doing the Gertrude sims 3 series) and it’s just awesome to see how much you’ve grown and how many amazing things you’ve achieved. I’m just a proud simsie parent at this point. Love you Kayla!

that rec center has been an important part of a lot of simmers video and play. That's amazing!!!!you go girl.

You definitely got the feel of a rec center. I was feeling nostalgic watching that segment, thinking of the rec center I went to as a kid.

Kind of shocked there hasn’t been a blue suburban officially in the sims yet 😮 Did they give you specifications on the size of the house (tile-wise, not bed/room wise)? The second you talked about deleting objects for budget, I thought of the classic lilsimsie tip “make the house smaller”.

I am so glad you can do this for a living. Congrats on the build it looks amazing.

I’m so excited for all your builds, ESPECIALLY the rec center. In my legacy challenge I had a teen sim who had an “after school hangout club” and wanted to have them use a club room at high school and was so disappointed when I found out you can’t host club meetings at the high school lot. Very excited to revisit the idea at your rec center ❤

I started playing GT yesterday and accidentally chose the blue suburban house 😂❤ Just loved the style and the fact you could have lots of people living there! Amazing work, really! The funny thing is that the only elements I changed in the house were part of the original plan 🤣 All of your official buildings are awesome! And I love how honest you are about the whole process! ❤

I hear you saying that you’re not an artist but this is 1000% an art. Incredible.

I'm so excited! The rec center almost gives like YMCA vibes, which I love. I love all you're builds and I can't wait to play !!

I may have to buy this pack just for the fact it comes with an actually useful starter home alone. BUT THEN it also comes with the perfect community lot? love it simsie

Seeing you so excited about this is really great. I'm really excited to explore this pack, and you definitely have a lot to do with it. There's a reason why you're so well liked in the sims community, and it's because you are so relatable, humble and likeable. So happy for you that you got to be apart of something that you love so much. You deserve it all.

Getting paid to build Sims houses? That's like every Simmers dream. I'm very happy for you and thank you for giving us better EP-starter builds. 💜

AHHH! I'm so proud of you simsie , I know this is a pack youve been wanting for a LONG time so I'm really glad you got to work on this!

Simsie I was crying so much throughout this whole video I’m so proud of you dear! You’ve put in so much work and learned so much that no longer are you growing from this game, it’s growing from you too!

I'm always glad that Simsie is so transparent on when she is or isn't paid by EA. But I AM glad to hear EA paid her for her builds! She said she's not an artist but design and decor and architecture and landscaping are all totally art imo. Simsie is totally an artist 💖

I'd love to see you renovate this house the way you wish you could have furnished it without any limits and all the packs.

Honestly love that your videos aren’t sponsored by them. It lets you give your honest, unbiased opinion. HYPED that they paid you for your work. 🎉

I LOVE this for a starter home. I'm not a builder and I much more prefer decorating so having a big house available for a new family is great, thank you !

these builds are AMAZING! the rec center especially is one of the best "pre-made" lots i've seen in the sims - great job simsie, you should be so proud!!!

I really like all 3 builds. Really, Kayla, you are an artist! It's right for you to be paid for the work you put into these builds. Your art is building for the sims, which you have a real gift for doing. I can't decide which build is my favorite. But I have at times wished for a rec center like there was in Colorado when I lived there. The rec center you built is just exactly that! A place for any activity. So many places I've lived, if there was a rec center it just is a place for swimming and sports. Yet I Colorado I was involved in art classes and crafting classes at our rec center. One thing I'm really looking forward to are the baby gates. That is such a big thing in life to block babies and toddlers from areas they should not go! I hope from what you said about elders today that this means game play for elders has improved. Although I know I will keep putting elders in my families because they make built-in baby sitters.

You are literally one of the most talented sims builders I’ve ever seen. You totally deserved this opportunity! Also, I love the blue suburban lol 😂

Congrats Kayla! What an awesome opportunity and experience.

I'm surprised EA didn't make you downsize the blue suburban. You could have easily combined rooms and made other living spaces smaller to afford more actual pack items. It's a good build, just kind of has a weird vibe because the base game furniture is so clunky and dated, but then there's random pops of the new pack items, but not enough to where you feel like you're living in the new world they've made.

Woah woah woah! They've _finally_ added an upright piano??!! That's the true highlight of this pack.

i LOVE these lots kayla!!! the blue suburban, the giant house that definitely went outside of your comfort zone, and the rec center that i see my sims using every single day! im soooo much more excited for growing together now

So funny, the first thing I said when I saw we had new signs, was oh hell yeah new signs. So thanks for that. You’re cool, this sounds like an opportunity of a lifetime. Happy for you ♥️

i love your transparency on the money topics and the whole process of working!

I haven’t watched simsie in a while and I didn’t realize how much I missed her until just now. Kayla is such a comfort to me and all my anxiety just goes away watching her videos. So that’s cool ☺️

I kept thinking those two houses were so beautiful when I started playing the pack, without seeing this and knowing you made them. It makes so much sense now why I love them!

So excited that when I finally get the pack I have an affordable home I can move the family I created for the infant update into. I even have room for them to have another kid!

you should do an "update" video of how you would style this house without the price restriction. like the family has been living there for a while and come into money and gets to upgrade the bed or buy more toys etc. I'm definitely going to be playing with this house once the pack comes out and cant wait to update it with more of the new items (the treehouse!!)

I am so proud that you were given this opportunity 🥺❤️ all your builds look amazing !

Oooh! I used the blue suburban house without knowing it was yours. Great build!

This is so cool!! I’m so happy for u!! I honestly would love to hear like details of what working with the sims team was like. Like hearing more about the feedback process and like what kind of teams were u working with. Honestly I just think the designing process is super interesting lol

so incredibly proud and thankful of your work kayla, i love that you're able to share such a meaningful and exciting experience with us

LET'S GOOOO! We're all so excited for the Growing Together pack, especially with you as one of their builders.

LOVE the rec center build but i wish the sims team ask for a pool! all the rec centers around me all have a pool!!! that would have been awesome.

omg you are actually so creative!! i’m so glad they’re making players like u build for the new packs. the early ones looked so empty and lacking. so excited to play it!!! like fr u make me so excited to play sims again every time they release something neww 💗

I can't wait to see Simsie remix this with all her building tricks and pack items. It's going to be epic.

Kayla was DEFINITELY the right person for the job oh my god😭

Coming back to this video makes me appreciate these builds even more. Your builds are great, obviously, and I’m so glad the devs are using simmers to create lots. Understanding how people play the game makes such a huge difference, like including the bathtub at the rec center, and having rags to riches in mind. Also, wanting to make the building smaller so it wasn’t a giant empty box… traditional EA builds could never. Again, having you and others who play the game as much as you do build these lots makes a world of difference.

Kayla, I would love to see (once the pack comes out) what you would do if there weren't money/pack restrictions! Like your original idea before you had to delete things bc it was too expensive. It could be like a mini-series of all 3 of your builds! Or even your old builds for other packs!

Made builds for the pack, pretends to be excited and gasps at every video or clip of it like, THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION

IM SO EXCITED AND HAPPY FOR YOU KAYLA. I bet your builds look so good, you're so talented ❤️❤️ I hate that I'm working the day it comes out and the next 😭😭

I think having such sparsely furnished starters is actually perfect because it feels so rewarding to upgrade the appliances and to get new furniture once the family has accumulated some money

Kayla you ARE an artist ✨

I’m so happy for you! One thing I’d love as a long time viewer is if after the pack comes out and we all get to see this amazing build, you upload an alternate version of the lot to the gallery (still just base game and growing together) using the items that you would if you could have afforded it!!

i'm so happy they chose you to build some of the builds! you're an amazing builder kayla!