Sandbox mode to create own property

[alanricouk]

I was wondering if developers would be able to allow us to create our own properties in the future? I would really like to create my childhood home and it seems this game would allow that, apart from a few little details.

Also, would you ever allow people to create their own flooring, walls, and colour of furiture etc?

[Amathusukx]

It would be nice just to be able to paint the ceilings and that annoying staircase

[Turtleswatter]

Devs have stated they are not going to go down the build your own property route. However they are working on a workshop so hopefully you'll get to design your own stuff in the future.

[Swat3Sniper]

You should probably abandon any hope of them "developing" something into this game that won't put more money in their pockets with the least amount of work. They barely update the game or address bugs in the base program let alone have any intentions of adding workshop capability to the title. As it is, they are so busy trying to get the game ported to console so they can make even more money off an unfinished title that I would be shocked if the HGTV expansion will even be released this year.
There was such potential for this title. It is a shame that complacency and greed have overshadowed what could have otherwise been a titan among the "simulation / reality" genre of video games.

[KittyKayRave]

this. this right here. this is so much yes

[Radiocaster]

Its complete BS that you aren't going to be able to build your own property. I guess the game IS called "House Flipper". But this is a game, Not real life. The only reason I could see for not having the feature, is engine limitations. But since you can already destroy and place inner walls, I doubt its impossible.

[Scifiwriterguy]

It's not impossible. In fact, the easiest option would be to simply release the SDK used for creating the in-game lots; draw the floorplan in blueprint, paint, decorate, and done. Allow people to share them as buyable-flippable houses or add a task list and make them missions. It would keep this game going - and bringing in new players - forever. Just look at the Sims; that's been their model for over 20 years and four versions and it's STILL selling like crazy. Heck, people would be buying HF to map out remodeling their REAL houses because this is a lot more fun and is more approachable than the CAD-lite house remodeling utilities out there.

Honestly, not allowing the creation of custom lots leaves a massive amount of revenue on the table. Unless there's some deep-seated engine problem that prevents it, I really can't fathom the logic. But it's not my call. I'd just like to hear the reason; at the very least, it'd put the whole subject to rest.

[josh5813]

House Flipping means to buy a already built house and renovating it. Building your own house is something completely different. I just hope with the next DLC it adds a TON of new items, because I can tell you from experience there are more than just 2 types of carpet colors.

[Scifiwriterguy]

Originally posted by josh5813:

House Flipping means to buy a already built house and renovating it. Building your own house is something completely different. I just hope with the next DLC it adds a TON of new items, because I can tell you from experience there are more than just 2 types of carpet colors.

I can only speak for myself, of course, but I guess I didn't explain what I meant correctly. I'm not talking about building a house from scratch in the game, but rather for the game. House Flipper has a serious problem in that there are very few houses to work with, and several are simply reused with different contents/damage and some minor swaps like door placements. Giving the community the ability to create new properties to work on would extend the game's life and appeal.

I mentioned that some people would use it as a visualization tool simply to illustrate that there are more ways to play the game and that adding such a function would increase appeal for purchases. After all, from a distribution standpoint, why someone buys a game is pretty irrelevant next to the fact that they actually do, and maximizing the number of paying customers is, well, business in a nutshell.

[josh5813]

Originally posted by Scifiwriterguy:

Originally posted by josh5813:

House Flipping means to buy a already built house and renovating it. Building your own house is something completely different. I just hope with the next DLC it adds a TON of new items, because I can tell you from experience there are more than just 2 types of carpet colors.

I can only speak for myself, of course, but I guess I didn't explain what I meant correctly. I'm not talking about building a house from scratch in the game, but rather for the game. House Flipper has a serious problem in that there are very few houses to work with, and several are simply reused with different contents/damage and some minor swaps like door placements. Giving the community the ability to create new properties to work on would extend the game's life and appeal.

I mentioned that some people would use it as a visualization tool simply to illustrate that there are more ways to play the game and that adding such a function would increase appeal for purchases. After all, from a distribution standpoint, why someone buys a game is pretty irrelevant next to the fact that they actually do, and maximizing the number of paying customers is, well, business in a nutshell.

I wasn't replying to your post but the OP post of being able to build a house from scratch.

I would love to be able to "add onto" the already existing house, since there have been so many times I wanted to make a house bigger or demolish certain parts of it or add or remove windows and so on.

[Gruesome Puglet]

Originally posted by Scifiwriterguy:

It's not impossible. In fact, the easiest option would be to simply release the SDK used for creating the in-game lots; draw the floorplan in blueprint, paint, decorate, and done. Allow people to share them as buyable-flippable houses or add a task list and make them missions. It would keep this game going - and bringing in new players - forever. Just look at the Sims; that's been their model for over 20 years and four versions and it's STILL selling like crazy. Heck, people would be buying HF to map out remodeling their REAL houses because this is a lot more fun and is more approachable than the CAD-lite house remodeling utilities out there.

Honestly, not allowing the creation of custom lots leaves a massive amount of revenue on the table. Unless there's some deep-seated engine problem that prevents it, I really can't fathom the logic. But it's not my call. I'd just like to hear the reason; at the very least, it'd put the whole subject to rest.

There is no problem with the engine. It uses Unity Game Engine.

[<<CJ>>]

Meanies....

[Turtleswatter]

I've got to be honest, I've got no interest in designing my own house - I've got Sims for that. But I would really love a way for other people to design really trashy houses for me to do up. I'm not sure the intended workshop would cater for that though.