Building a University

Every thriving town needs its very own university, and the university for Prospect Beach just happens to be on the northern side of the islet, unseen by but easy to get to for residents. In fact, a sim could very well walk around the mountain and reach the university in a few hours. The campus is hyper-organized and small, with newly-built buildings that match seamlessly. Wait, you say that's drab, boring, and completely bereft of personality? Surely not! The students have several housing choices:

• a large, 16-room dorm with music room, study, and rec room
• a four-room apartment building that sims can live in independently or run as a greek house
• a small two-story rented home for a self-sufficient single sim or a young couple

But there's more to a smoothly running and personalized college than buildings! Prospect University also features custom recolored pennants, shirts, athletic clothing, and signage. Each dorm features faceplates that tell sims where they live, just in case cramming for their finals has sapped them of their ability to navigate. And remember, we don't need no stinking llama! We have the P.U. skunk.

(Items, buildings, and terrain are available at MATY)

Introduction

Prospect Beach is a relatively small neighborhood with no downtown or shopping district. The eastern portion of the islet is nearly inhabitable and has only been used to support a few watertowers and a rambling solar power facility. The homes and businesses are also powered by wind turbines on a high plateau.

As of yet, there are very few residents in Prospect Beach. In fact, the only reason anyone visited there is due to a secluded home for the elderly, Prospect Palace. Here, sims who find that their homes have been filled a bit too full with progeny and those who have tired of the day-to-day retire to spend their time in a leisurely manner.

But such is the way of humanity, even pixellated humanity, that we will always need more space in which to live...and once prime real estate is found, it must be snatched up. Watch this neighborhood grow from one modest beach house and one lonely sim to a sprawling town, and, possibly, even into a small city. All with the help of a few alien pollination technicians.

Note: I've actually been playing this neighborhood for 3 generations at this point, just welcoming the first child of the 4th generation last night. As such, I've found myself with a round 100 photos to organize. That's a whole lot of images, and it needs to be weeded down. Pictures are forthcoming.