The Sims Freeplay
Gameplay
Currency
The game currently has 3 types of currency: Simoleons, Life Points and Social Points. There are various ways to earn Simoleons in the game, including sending Sims to work, gardening, and baking. Life Points can be earned by completing goals, hobbies, offers on the online store, driving, or by being dug up by pets. Social Points can only be earned by completing social goals in a Neighbor's town. However, all three currencies can be purchased from the online store. The number of Neighbors the player had could once be used to obtain objects from buy mode for free. This was discontinued in the Neighbors Update, when the player would have to purchase them with Social Points. Construction-O Coins were exclusive to The Moving Up Update. These could only be earned by woodworking and could be used to add second and third stories to houses along with stairs. After this update, stories could be added to houses using a large amount of Simoleans.
Careers
There are currently 9 career paths in the game. Skill objects could be bought from Promotions 'R' Us store to help increase a Sim's skill level, and therefore get a promotion.
- Musician
- Actor
- Firefighter
- Athlete
- Politician
- Teacher
- Real Estate Agent
- Artist
- Scientist
- Morning Class
- Afternoon Class
- Night Class
Hobbies were first introduced in the pre-teens update, originally for the pre-teens only. Later updates would introduce hobbies for adults too, these could be seen as skills.
Pre-Teens' Hobbies
- Ballet
- Karate
- Diving
- Figure Skating
- Ghost Hunter
- Fishing
- Fashion Designer
- Diving
- Woodworking
- Figure Skating
- Teen Idol
- Figure Skating
- Diving
- Park
- Night Club
- Community Center
- Swimming Center
- Snow Park
- Elementary School
- High School
- Car shop
- Pet shop
- Supermarket
- Hobby/promotion shop
- The Salon
- Fashion and Fancy Dress store
- Kids store
- Recording Studio
- Movie Studio
- Fire Station
- Stadium
- Town Hall
- School
- Real Estate Agency
- Art Gallery
- Science Lab
- Party Boat
- Competition Center
- The Bridge
Typically a Sim goes through six life stages in the game: baby, toddler, preteen, teen, adult and elder. They can have different actions in each stage.
Babies
Babies are the first life stage in The Sims FreePlay. To create a baby, a player has to buy a crib from the Home Store or The Children's Store, and then pay an additional 3 Lifestyle Points once the player bought the cot. Pregnancy takes 24 hours but you can speed it up with LP. Once the 24 hours is up the player tap on the cot and it takes you to Create-A-Sim. The player chooses what the Sims' baby looks like and its name, and after it is finished your baby is in your house. Players can perform 5 different actions with your baby:
- Change diaper
- Cuddle
- Give food
- Entertain
- Have birthday. (Having a baby's birthday makes them age into a toddler.)
Toddlers
Toddlers are easier to look after than babies in Sims FreePlay. They can sleep by themselves, walk by themselves and do a lot by themselves. However, some activities are done with help: Food must be brought to them. They need a person to look after them when they are in the bath.
Most of the time, they play and do activities: Riding toy horses, going to the swimming pool, playing hide and seek, and play patty cake! They can dress up and interact with pets. However, they can not be left home alone.
Pre-Teens
When one Sim is a preteen, he or she can start doing hobbies like ballet and karate. They can stay in a house alone and they get to complete school grades. They can also interact with toddlers.
Teens
Teens were released in October 2013. They are now here due to Osiris, the friendly alien, fixing the cake system and adding a chance for a pre-teen to grow to a teen. They are present in the new update where there is now a new Sim Town High School. It will be a very successful era and in mid-November the release is expected for the new Sim's 'Teen Idol'. They will be known for love, relationships, socializing and being together as friends. They can become famous sims and players can unlock a three story mansion for free. They can stay home by themselves and look after babies and toddlers.
Adults
This stage is the main life of a Sim. This category allows for such things as having different types of relationships, work, hobbies and providing money for the household.Players can turn teens to adults if they complete the Adulthood goal available from level 19.
Elders
They live their golden ages.From level 21, adults become elders if they have their birthday. Starting February 2014, they can have a new hobby, quilting. They will also have new pets, such as birds. They can play bingo in Mystery Island and can win simoleons.