Arnie In the beginning there came Will Wright and now we have Arnie from SimsPlus. When it comes to content creators Arnie has got to be ranked up there amongst the best. Not only are his Mods well thought out, they are amazing in graphics and interaction. Arnie is proving what CAN be done in the Sims previously said was impossible IS POSSIBLE and we at SimmedUp had the honour of speaking with him about Life, Modding and Movies. Hi Arnie, and thanks so much for agreeing to do this interview. We wanted to start by asking, Where are you from, and how did you discover the Sims? 1Hey SimmedUp Magazine! Thank you for the invitation to this interview! It’s a pleasure to chat about the Sims today. My name is Arnie, I grew up in France and moved to Mauritius Island where I’ve been living for years now! I discovered the Sims when I was a kid, a friend of mine was playing it on her Windows 2000 PC back in the time ahah! And I thought « this is so cool! You can do what you want in this game!!! ». So I bought a Sims 2 CD I found at a flea market a few months later and I have been playing every single Sims game since then! I think it had a huge impact on my life, allowing endless creativity and storytelling, which became my job when I reached Adulthood.
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And what an amazing job to have! What or who inspired you to become a Modder? Was it difficult to learn at first? Who was your ‘go-to’ Modder to help you learn? I lost my job at the beginning of the pandemic, and it was a great way for me to finally have some free time to finally start learning new things, like how code works... that I wanted to learn for years! It was not hard because I didn’t realise I was learning! I just started small with tiny mods, and came to the idea of creating a mod pack a few months later, combining my passions! It was a great time. One of the people that inspired me the most is the amazing modder TwistedMexi, especially the upcoming Project Raven of his!
2020/21 has been difficult for so many, how have you been coping during the lockdown, and has been stuck at home, given you more time to work on your mods? I
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