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Readable Horror Novels for Your Sims (and More!)
Readable Horror Novels for Your Sims (and More!)
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Horribly good fun with the Goths
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Germane thought balloons
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Sometimes the fear doesn't overwhelm you.
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Sometimes it does.
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Selecting a Horror Novel
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Pre-loaded in the Horror Book Stand
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Bella gains inspiration from horror.
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Bella gets an adrenaline boost.
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Mortimer has his own ideas what to do with Bella's inspiration
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And the confidence to see those ideas through!
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You must get scared to fulfill this tradition!
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Contemplating the Horror Book Stand
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Bella knows fear is essential for children's psychological development.
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The Goths enjoying (?) Horror Novels
- the Mystery Genre will be changed to the "Mystery/Thriller/Horror" Genre";
- each Horror Novel is a reference to the history of in-game elements of horror or an homage to efforts of previous modders to bring Horror content to the game;
- Horror Novels are Emotional Books that will inspire Fear in their readers;
- because of the grip Fear holds, the Needs Decay of those reading them will slow dramatically;
- once a Reader has recovered from Fear, there's a good chance they will experience useful after-emotions, such as Post-Fear Inspiration, Confidence, Flirtatiousness, or Energy;
- unlike regular books, they stimulate Sims to generate thought balloons appropriate to the plot of the book they are reading, many of which are custom-made for those novels;
- each book has a unique combination of the strength, duration, and likelihood of these effects;
- the books come with a decorative and functional Horror Bookstand pre-loaded with all the books as a bargain for your convenience; and
- a special "Get Spooked" Holiday Tradition for use on spooky holidays that Sims fulfill only by getting scared!
The nine novels are classics of Sim-horror, sure to be familiar to long-time players and to inspire terror in Sims:
- Debug Baby
- The Spore
- Moonlight Massacre
- The Porcelain Doll
- The Cursed Painting
- Knifed, Parts 1-8
- Haunted House Residential
- Frank Simstein's Monster
- Count Roennigke
Credits: Forgotten Hollow Publications thanks its development team (Josh, Nick, and David) and survey participants, and acknowledges that Horror Novels follow in the footsteps of giants in Sims-horror, including Necrodog, Joe Winko, Sacrificial, Turbodriver, and those who have assisted them.
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