Introduction
In the world of The Sims, players often push the boundaries of creativity by building unique and innovative houses. One such challenge is building fully functional tiny homes in the smallest spaces possible. This article explores the experience of attempting to create a fully functional home in a one-tile-wide space in The Sims, detailing the challenges faced and the tricks employed to make it work.
Transcript:
I love building tiny houses in The Sims and I've done quite a few challenges where I try to make full houses in like, the tiniest spaces imaginable. And I mean trying to fit an entire fully functional space in like, a two by two square. I'm not even sure we can call that a tiny house because at that point it's barely even a room.
Doing challenges like this requires a lot of tricks, a lot of move objects and like, clipping things into the wall. And obviously a lot of playtesting to make sure it still functions that way. And I've got another idea for a tiny, tiny build challenge that to be honest, I am not certain is even possible.
So I've done a fully functional house in just a two by two room before, but today I want to try to make a fully functional home that is only one tile wide. I feel like it can be kind of long and skinny, but it can only be one tile. I've done this before with two tiles and that was fine because there was walking space, but with just one tile, I don't really know how we're gonna manage this.
When I say fully functional I mean this house has to be able to meet all of my Sims needs, so I want a toilet, a shower, we're gonna need a place to eat, we're gonna need a bed, something to fill my fun need, and I want to try and fit it all inside of just this one tile wide space. First things first, we're gonna need the move objects cheat on.
And then usually when I'm doing this sort of thing I like to lay out all the items that I'm gonna need just so I can kind of start to visualize what is gonna happen. Tthis bed situation I'm really not sure about, I think we might have to have some fake walls or something just so that we can make sure your sim can actually get in there.
I also know that you can kind of scoot the bed pretty far into the wall and they can still use it. I learned that when I made the two by two room, like they're actually quite good at using beds that are you know, almost completely in the wall. So I might try and scoot that as far as possible and see if she can still use it.
(01:50) Are you kidding? Wait, that doesn't seem right. How does that work? How can she still use the bed like this? How far back can I put it this way? You know what -- oh, that's too far, okay. It just takes a lot of constant like, scooting and testing to see just how much they're able to handle.
Okay, she can use that, she will get in the bed and sleep like that. We're gonna have to figure out something to cover the outside of this, but for now that is a very good sign. I don't think that if I put a door there she'd be able to use it, like Nancy, can you get in and out of this room? Oh wait, you can? Oh, you can't get back in though.
Wait. No, you can get in, but you can't use the bed anymore, why? I don't see the problem, what's the issue? I wonder what a bunk bed would be like. This is kind of a different concept. The bunk bed situation is a little bit annoying because they get into it from like, the wrong side of the room.
If she would get into it from like, a ladder over here, it would be easier for me Nancy, but whatever. Can you use this? No. It was too good to be true. I should have known she wouldn't use it. Yeah, okay, fine. All right, back to the drawing board, I'm gonna try and put this as far into the wall as I can.
All right, she can use that, let's just keep it there. I'm gonna delete this whole wall for now because I really don't know if it's gonna be possible for her to walk in, like do you think if I have a door over here she'd be able to get over there still? She's being quite dramatic about it, I must say, because she uses it sometimes.
It's kind of rude Nancy. You can get over here, come here. Now get in the bed. No! You used it before, get in the bed! I don't want a welcome wagon either, go away. I'm very busy right now. I still don't understand how this is possible I must say, but whatever, if you can use this bed, that is your choice.
If you want to use this bed like this, that's totally fine. Oh no, really? Even this is too big. Actually I don't know what I was thinking. Here I was assuming I could put this dresser here, I definitely cannot. If I size it down I could. If I put one wall there can you still get in? No? Why do you think the wall causes her so many problems because it works when it's open? I don't really care, if it has to be open then it has to be open.
We can try and do some fake stuff to make it seem closed. Look, there's like, these slats from Eco Lifestyle. Those are technically on the outside of the wall, but I think that she'll be able to get in still. Yeah, that's fine. So we can do stuff like, that we can try and like, do sneaky things to make it still work.
Okay, well that opens up some more possibilities for the kitchen situation, so we have our dresser, we have the bed. The kitchen I'm probably gonna also want to scoot as far into the wall as it'll let me. What if we had just like, a half kitchen? I'm thinking like, maybe there could be a mini fridge and a microwave because I feel like that should still work.
Well, I mean I'm gonna test it, so we'll see if it still works. Come on Nancy, you can do it. Oh, she's getting herself some cheese crackers. All right, do you want to have a pepperoni pizza roll up next? Can you use the microwave? Oh, okay, that's fine. She's kind of standing like, outside of her one tile space which is rude.
Can I get it any further in the wall. Pepperoni pizza roll up. Oh no, you can't use it like that, okay, fine, sorry. I suppose that is a little bit far into the wall, so I get it. I was just hoping that maybe it would still work. All right, well there you go, we'll just put a bush back here or something to try and hide the back of it.
After that we need a toilet and a shower. Here's my thing, the shower will work, like your Sims can walk on top of the shower so it's possible that I could mount the shower like, over here. Should she really be showering on top of her bed? No, definitely not, but I think it'll -- oh, never mind.
Here I thought it was gonna work, maybe it won't work. You can shower on top of the toilet though, that does work. Oh, no it doesn't, okay, sorry. Wow. False alarm, I'm a liar. I guess it's gonna have to be at least this big so I can give myself a little bit more room. If we do it like this maybe I could put a wall and we can try and have the bathroom be like, separate.
Maybe I could have the bathroom have a door into it. Wait, what if it was like this? Let me see how far over I can get the toilet. I know you can make a fully functional bathroom with a sink in just one tile, so like, I know this will work. And we could probably get a sink too. Oh yeah, that's fine, okay.
Which one of these is the skinniest sink? Maybe like -- what happens if you size a sink down? Do you think she can still use it? Nancy, where'd you go? Oh my, she teleported away. Can you wash your hands in this? Oh, it's kind of weird because she's like, not using it right, like visually it looks weird, but that's not my problem.
Yeah, she still showers. Oh my gosh, okay, that's fine. There you go Nancy. There's your one tile bathroom. I kind of like it. New question, can I have a door? Like, will she be able to use all this if there's a door there? I'm gonna go with probably not.
She can get in, can you use this? No. Nancy. It's not the door's fault, it's the wall's fault. If I could have like, a half wall, if there could be like, a wall that just went to like, here instead, that would be better. Let me see if I can do any scooting because if I can get this further over, maybe she can use it.
No? Nancy. That would be so cool though, if we could get this to work like this. Maybe I'll like, go back and have this part be wider because it still -- it looks like a full house. Um, the bathroom's gonna have to be in a different location. The bathroom is not gonna work like this. Nancy, can you use this? Can you get in and out? No, that's in the way? How? How? You have a door, don't be a liar.
I don't see why this is a problem for you, personally I think it shouldn't be a problem and I think you're being dramatic. What is it about the wall that confuses her so much? I'm gonna try and scoot this like, way back into the wall. Maybe if she had a little bit more space she'd be less confused. Can you get in now? No, why are you so confused? I want the door, this is like a real house.
If I can make this work then it's like a real house. Okay, she can't use the toilet anymore, I've gone too far with the toilet. Can I size the toilet down? Obviously she'd be floating on that too. Come here Nancy, come inside. Can you use it? No? Okay. I want it to work so bad! I would really love if I could make this happen.
Can you get in and out now? Still? Why do you think this is causing the problem? Okay, what if there was no sink. She doesn't need a sink, washing your hands is kind of overrated, in my opinion. What does she need a sink for? It's fine. Okay, she can use the toilet when it's over here, and that's a little bit more space.
There we go, can you get out now? Now that's in the way? Nancy, why is it that three seconds ago the fridge was fine, and now it's not? You can still use the bed. How is that possible? How is the bed fine and the fridge is not? It makes no sense. What if I sized the fridge down? Would that make you happier Nancy? No, it's worse. Okay.
Why not? I'm gonna come back to that because I'm just -- I'm gonna have to figure out something for that, it simply will not do. So in the meantime, I guess I can just try and make the exterior more interesting because I actually do kind of like it. It's not the worst thing I've done.
I wonder if we could try to do something to make these walls look more like a wall. Like, if I took this and I raised it up just one, it's a little bit less interesting, but it is more private so it feels like you've got more of your own space. See, this is actually kind of cool. I hope. I hope it's kind of cool. We can put a little light above the door.
I was thinking that I would do some sort of tile in this part, like we could fully tile the walls in the bathroom and then maybe the living space. The bathroom and the living space, yeah, okay. Maybe the living space can have like, wood floors. There's not really a lot of walls that we have to worry about painting because there's um, to be honest, not really a lot of walls in general.
I have to figure out a solution to this because she won't use it. And I'm not changing the exterior, I just won't. I'm too into the exterior now to change it. What if I size it down and put it over here? Oh! Oh, she'll use that. Can you use the bed? Oh, okay, we'll do a little switch then.
I can put the dresser on this side, the dresser can go right here. I could probably make the dresser full size again too. I actually like that because it's taller. The reason I wanted to put something behind the bed is to sort of like, separate the bedroom and everything else. If we do it like that, we can put some bookshelves on it too.
Oh my gosh, do you know what, I wonder if we can use this TV thing. I'd have to like, raise it up a bunch. I think this might confuse her, like she might get upset about the fridge. Oh no, she's fine. Wait, can you watch this TV? No way! Oh my god, wait, why are you bored? Uninspiringly decorated? You suck Nancy. That's so rude.
I'll give you a single painting, you can have one painting. Maybe we could do a full-length mirror right here so that she can get her charisma skill up or something. I guess that's all she needs, I don't think that we should bother with a sink. I think she got a little bit too confused from the sink before, so I probably shouldn't add one.
And I'm scared of putting any extra clutter in case it confuses her also. Let me just triple check again that she can use everything still. No wait, you can't get to this now? I think it's the dresser, I think it's the dresser, hold on. Can you get over there now? Oh, Nancy. Nancy, please.
Everything was fine before, come here. Okay, you can use that, you can shower. Maybe she got -- no, you can't shower anymore? Okay, you could shower before so what's the issue? Where'd she go? All right, no decorations. No decorations, decorations are bad for Nancy. Do you want to try and sleep? I ruined it? Oh my god, how is this happening? Is it this? Forget the bookshelf, hold on.
Are you that confused by the dresser? Ugh, what changed? Okay, she's in, no, you can't -- okay, is it the dresser? It was fine before Nancy Landgraab, it was fine before. Do you need more bed space? I can give you more bed. No! No! Oh, I felt so good about this too. Is it that? Nancy, you actually cannot be serious right now.
I didn't do anything, all I added was the mirror. You saw she used it before! Okay, everything is fine, go inside. Okay, she can get inside. Now it's the toilet? I didn't do anything to the toilet! The toilet is in the same place it was in before. Okay, I happen to know that you can scoot this kind of into the wall and she'll still use it, so maybe she needs some more space.
Come here Nancy. Oh my god, it was the toilet? I will never understand you Nancy Landgraab, I will never understand you. Okay, now the dresser is causing us problems. Okay, everything works again. She just used the TV autonomously, she got food. Okay, we slept. She's using the bathroom and she's showering, okay, it works.
Oh my god, it works! It's fine, everything works. If I really wanted it to be, this probably could be a whole tile less, to be honest, but I kind of like how it looks so I think I'm gonna keep it like this. Just for the vibes because the vibes are actually kind of cool. I'm gonna quickly paint the exterior, not that it matters that much.
I mean you can't even really -- you can't really see the exterior. Should I dare rotate the lot? I'm scared if I do that it's gonna break everything. Nancy, when I say this I really mean it. If you decide to not work right now after I rotated it, I'm gonna start crying. Oh no, we're fine, okay, I would have actually started crying if that broke it.
I gave her a little pathway to walk up to the house, I think I'll put some little bushes kind of in the front here. We need a tree that's kind of like, big. A tree that's kind of wide, so that you can't see the bed sticking out from the back. We need to put something there, maybe if there was like, some landscaping, I don't know.
Just like, a bush or two right there because that way looking directly on you can't see the bed just halfway through the wall. I really like this sort of yellowy orange wood we've got with the color scheme so I might try and match that with some flowers. Oh, the tree is clipping, that's not good. There's always something with this.
Okay, that should work, and that totally hides the back so you can't see it. I'm gonna get a trash can too. I wonder -- maybe we could put a fence because if we put a little fence right there, and then we sort of like, fenced in the ugly parts, if we just like, tried to hide it. Oh, I trapped Nancy by accident, but if we just like, tried to hide the ugly bits like that, at least this way the neighbors won't see, you know? The neighbors won't know that we we have a bed sticking through the wall.
I've just got like, floating pepperoni pizza roll-ups everywhere from my playtesting, but yeah, that might help hide it and then everything should still be functional. I think. Nancy, come here. You can throw away all your dishes, you can still use the bed, can you still use this? Have some cheese crackers, come on.
Yes! Okay, I think we did it, I think we made a fully functional one-tile house. Look, she's reading. The only thing that's kind of bothering me now is the fact that you can see a little bit of this floor. I wonder if I could maybe put some quarter tiles under there. Ugh, you can see it from the front.
Like, that really bothers me, the floor being like that, but I put a little bit of extra tile and then I guess if we had terrain paint that might help a little bit. We've got a nice utility room back here. It's like when people kind of put a fence or something around the AC unit in their house to try and make it look nicer, but instead of an AC unit, it's um, the bedroom.
All right, there you have it friends: a fully functional one tile wide house. It actually looks kind of good from the outside, probably one of my better tiny homes from the outside, which is saying something. Oh, I didn't even make it into a tiny house, that was the whole point. The whole point is that it's a tiny house.
So technically it's one by four, so it's still a four tile house total. It's the same size as the two by two house that I did, just in a different layout. I think that this was a little bit harder. Oh, okay. Well, I'll put it up on the gallery eventually. I can't do it now. I was gonna say, I think this was a little bit harder than the two by two house that I did.
When it was two by two it felt like I had more room to work with which sounds really weird, but it was like, a little bit easier because you had like, just this had to be walking space, and these three tiles could be full of things. Whereas with this one, I need to have so much more walking space because everything's up against the wall.
So it was a little bit more difficult. I do think this would have been possible to make three by one, I just kind of wanted it to look nice, but I think you could have super easily had the bathroom stuff right here and it would have been fine. Like, you don't need to have a dresser. But hopefully, you enjoyed this video, I really love doing little stuff like this so I hope you liked it too.
And really quickly, I want to remind you all that today is actually the last day of my fundraiser for St. Jude. As of recording this, we've just passed $400,000 raised on our Twitch channel. And we're gonna be live playing the 100 Baby challenge all day today if you want to come by and hang out with us.
I'm going to link my Twitch streams down below, but also our donation page if you would like to donate, but please don't feel like you have to. And on that note, I'm gonna catch you all tomorrow, okay? Bye, everybody. One tile is cursed, that is so small. Such a tiny, tiny space. I cannot believe it worked.
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