23: DanielleBuilds: Crafting Worlds with Passion for Sims and Beyond

In this episode, Stephen Works chats with DanielleBuilds, a full-time content creator known for her Sims 4 builds and lifestyle content. They discuss Danielle's journey from discovering The Sims at a young age to becoming a successful content creator. Danielle shares insights into her creative process, the challenges of creating stop-motion videos, and the importance of transparency in content creation. The conversation also explores the evolution of social media, the importance of engaging with followers, and Danielle's future aspirations.

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Episode Transcript

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From childhood nostalgia to pixel perfect recreations,
today's guest has been stopping us mid scroll with her
jaw-dropping stop motion. Sims Builds Daniel Builds went
for making videos just for fun, to building some of the most
iconic TV sets we've all grown up with like iCarly, SpongeBob
SquarePants, and even Wizards ofWaverly Place and so much more
all inside The Sims 4. We're diving lean into how she

(00:30):
got her start in The Sims community, the TikTok moment
that changed everything and whatit's like running the business
side of being a creator and her thoughts on where social media
is heading next. So grab your virtual Sims plum
Bob hat because we're about to step inside the world of
Danielle Builds. Hi Danielle, welcome to the
Hellspring podcast. I hope you're doing well today.
How are things going with you? Hi.

(00:52):
I hope you're doing well too. I'm doing great.
Excited to talk today. Yeah, I am so excited to have
you on the podcast, especially for Season 2.
I've been looking forward to chatting with you for a very
long time since I've been a big fan of your content for so many
years. And I've been so curious about
your content, how you do it, thelogistics from the behind the

(01:15):
scenes, just to everything. And I think a lot of people
would love to hear your insights, especially just coming
from a content creator standpoint.
They just want to know a little bit more.
But for the people that don't know you, who are you and how
can you? How would you describe your
content? So my name is Danielle, I'm 23

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years old and I'm a full time content creator.
My content mostly consists of Sims 4 builds and building
content, but I also like to makeother Sims content as well, like
The Sims 1-2 and three and Castaway and Medieval.
And I also post lifestyle content here and there, but it's
mostly Sims 4 content. It's really cool.

(01:58):
I like that you play like the other OG Sims games or like one
of my all time favorites, especially The Sims 2.
Would you have like a favorite that you could pick from out of
all of them? The Sims 2 same it's just that's
the one I started playing so I Ijust love it so much.
Yeah, it's like The Sims 2. It just has like that that right

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hit of nostalgia that we I thinkwe all miss as like Sims players
like building gameplay created Sims a little bit lacking, but
there's like a lot of things I think gameplay wise that really
just makes the game so much morefun to play.
And I I actually would love to know like what initially sparked

(02:42):
your love for The Sims? Like who introduced you to The
Sims? Would you like find it on your
own? So like I said, I started with
The Sims 2 when I was like 7 years old.
My older sister introduced me toit and I instantly fell in love
with it because it's like digital Barbies and I grew up
loving Barbies. When The Sims 3 came out, I was

(03:04):
also seven years old, so I started playing The Sims 3 and
then The Sims 4 when it came out.
So I've always loved The Sims. That's good.
I I find like when we're young, it's like, what are we playing?
What is this? But it's like it literally is
just like virtual Barbies for sure.
And I think I was like, and nineyears old, I'm pretty sure when

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The Sims 2 came out, but that was many moons ago.
But it was like one of those games that I just remember
playing and having so much fun with, like building.
I did not know what I was doing.I was simply building boxes with
a lot of windows everywhere. I have to say, like you, I would

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you are like a very talented builder like in The Sims 4 and
like The Sims 2. You build so many different
things from like ranging from like iCarly, SpongeBob, Wizard
of favorite plays. Like you've done so many
collaborations. Like how did you decide to do
like just stop motion Sims builds?
So I've been making videos in general since I was 10 when I

(04:14):
got my very first iPad. And I actually used to make stop
motion videos with my iPad like of myself.
Like I would stand in one spot, take a picture, move over an
inch, take another picture. So I did it on this app called
Video Star. I think that's still a thing.
That people use but. Yeah, anyway, I also made a stop

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motion video for a school project one time so.
But The Sims 4 stop motion videos are way different.
I originally saw other people making Sims 4 stop motion videos
and I just thought it was so fascinating and satisfying.
And then I finally did some research to figure out how
they're made and I was shocked like most people are when they
figure out how they're made. Because if you don't know, I

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mean by taking apart the build piece by piece, taking hundreds,
sometimes thousands of screenshots and some videos, as
well as a lot of editing. I remember making my first Sims
4 stop motion video. I was so confused and stressed
because there aren't really any super in depth depth tutorials
so I had to teach myself everything and it took me about
a year till I became comfortableand used to the whole process.

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But even then, looking back on the older stop motion videos, I
cringe because watching them I notice every little mistake.
They're not as smooth or seamless so it's not as
enjoyable to watch. But we can't have a hate on
those too much because without them I wouldn't be where I am
today. Exactly that is true.
We all learn from our our mistakes, or as Bob Ross would

(05:44):
say, our happy accidents. Yes.
Because like when being a creator, we never get it right
the first time or the 10 hundredths time, but we're
growing and learning as we buildand edit and create.
And it takes a lot of time, but it's well worth it in the end
when you have the final results.And then seeing it come to light

(06:05):
is like, wow, like, yeah, I actually did that.
Especially when you share it online, like when people comment
on your videos, whether on like TikTok or like YouTube or
Instagram or just any platform. Like, do you remember, like, the
first time someone commented andlike, or like, shared one of
your builds and you were like, wait a minute, is this real?

(06:27):
Are you a robot? So I don't remember like the
first comment I got but I vividly remember one time I
looked myself up and I saw multiple articles about me and
my content. I think like game rant wrote one
about me and I made the Family Guy intro video in The Sims 4

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and I just remember thinking like wow people actually care
about what I'm doing which was abig eye opener.
Well, it's really nice. I think it's definitely like
very eye open and as you says like wow, people really like my
content. I'm understanding that this is
like something really special cuz we never really go into it

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expecting anything. We just do it because we love
it. And I think when you first
started making your videos, I first discovered you through
TikTok and TikTok was like a bigthing.
I feel like way before 2020, butit's like boomed in 2020 and
like what did like what decided you like?

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What made you decide like to do short form content specifically
like on TikTok as a like a platform?
Yeah. So like you said, it was very
popular, especially like around when COVID started.
So before I did any sense content, I just posted random
lifestyle content like my dogs makeup videos, funny videos.

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But I didn't take it seriously because I had a full time job
outside of it and it was just something I did in my free time
and I had a couple videos get a lot of views but it wasn't
anything like life changing. But then I remember when I
posted my first Sims video it just blew up and that it was
immediately life changing because I just had a feeling
like this can be something amazing if I put in the work.

(08:13):
Yes, and like TikTok, the algorithm back then was so
different than it is now and it's constantly evolving every
single day. And like they first started like
I don't know if you remember theapp buying, but everything was
like 3 seconds or 7 seconds. It was like very, very quick and
now with a TikTok, it's like wow, it's kind of similar, but

(08:36):
there's so much more that goes into it from like the audio to
the music to the editing. And when you think of it as like
a business mindset, you really can like take it as far as you
want, skyrocket your business money wise, follower wise, or
just general like education because I find short form videos

(08:57):
also grab people's attention. Educational wise, you learn
something new. Like you said, you didn't know
about stop motion until you looked up the research and
understood it more as like, wow,this is actually a lot harder
than I expected it to be. But I think watching your
videos, I was always so curious about it too.
I'm like, how bit in the world did people do this type of

(09:18):
stuff? Because like taking a lot of
photos is like my photos alreadymessed up and it already is like
clogged up with too many photos.But that's OK.
I think what I wanted to know islike, what was like your first
experience like posting Sims builds on the platform?
Like did you expect it to take it off the way they did or you

(09:40):
just wanted to post them just because?
I just was. So this is what happened.
I was at home after working a very long shift at work and I
was sitting on my couch in my room building in The Sims
casually and also watching iCarly and I was also scrolling
on TikTok. Not the three screens in front
of my face. Anyway, I remember just getting

(10:04):
a random idea like what if I just made a little TikTok of me
like building the iCarly apartment.
And so I did and it was just a very casual, not cool now
looking. But I'm like what?
Why did this go viral? Anyway?
It went viral. I didn't think it would.
And I almost didn't post it actually because I was nervous
because I'd never posted anything like it.

(10:25):
Like never posted any gaming content but yeah, I went to
sleep and woke up to like 1,000,000 views and 10,000 new
followers and I had to go to work that day and I was just
like on a high all day at work just thinking about it.
Like Oh my gosh, I can't wait toget home and make another video.
Oh my gosh, That's really cool. And I actually remember seeing

(10:46):
that video like, so many years ago.
Yeah. And like, I love iCarly and I
think the reason why it took offbecause iCarly has been this big
show for so many years. And then they did a reboot of it
on iCarly and then it ended abruptly, which is still crazy.
But I think when you tap into the nostalgia of shows, it

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really makes a big difference. At least when I've learned and
people like iCarly victorious, any Disney Channel related TV
show, movie. It's like the older generation,
I feel I don't know, like the the millennials and the Gen.
Z's are just like the other generations is like remember the
good old days of sitting down watching TV, having a good laugh

(11:31):
and remembering all the intricate things that happened
in those houses, especially iCarly.
So much has happened the Spencer, Carly, Sam, Freddie,
Mr. What the. Little.
Bell Hopper guy Lubert. Oh my gosh.
Lubert got on my nerves but I loved him though.

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I want to be on that show so badly.
Oh my gosh, same. I was always like, I want to be,
you know, at the end they will like sometimes feature people
like that made videos at their house.
I always wanted to be one of those people, but.
Right. It's like because I was always
wondering like how do people do those things?

(12:14):
I know they have websites and and on like
onlinelikeicarly.com. Yes.
And I used to look think OK, if I just meant one video, it could
go well and it could be on the show.
What not that. And like Blue's Clues had the
same thing. And then the slap.com.
Oh my gosh, like, yes. I would love a pair phone like

(12:35):
right now closing for so cool. Yes, and the pair pads too.
Yes. It didn't Click to me like what
they were trying to do. I'm like, oh, that's really
cool. I wonder if I can go buy it.
Nope. It's just like a different
version of an iPad. Because they didn't want to pay
that Apple money. But hey, do what you got to do,
Nickelodeon. Have fun with that.

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Yes. And out of all of the builds
you've done, like the iconic builds from like TV shows, which
one would be your all time favorite that you've done?
Well that's a good question. I would say iCarly is definitely
up there, but my all time favorite probably would be my
Monsters Inc build. Which it's funny I say that.

(13:17):
I've been wanting to redo it nowbecause I originally built it a
couple years ago and I know I could make it even better so
maybe I'll do that same. Yeah, you should.
Have you ever seen the show Foster's Home for Imaginary
Friends? I have not.
Oh my gosh, I'll send it to you.But it's so good because that
house is gigantic on the outside, but also very

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interesting on the inside. What's the amount of different
corridors and what rooms go withwhat?
And personalities are very different.
Is Coco, who's like a weird psychotic bird?
I would say there's this blue ghost thing called blue and like
there's a rabbit and there's an old lady.
There's like it's just a lot of people and a lot of imaginary

(14:02):
friends essentially in this house that a lot of shenanigans
tend to happen that I think it will be really fun to see you
kind of create that, especially roofing.
That would be quite interesting.A lot of rounded roofs I will
say. Yeah, sounds interesting.
Definitely send it to me becausenow I'm interested.
Yes. So with a lot of things that

(14:25):
you've done like online, like when did you like see this more
as like than a hobby like when did you realize that this could
be like a full time career for you?
I would. Say, actually it happened like
pretty instantly after that first viral video because I was
getting so many comments from people requesting like Part 2
and can you build this from thisshow?

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So I knew this could be something special.
I just needed to do the work anddo what the people wanted, which
was build more TV show and moviesets.
That was like my my thing originally was recreating sets,
but then I dealt started delvinginto like family homes and
stuff. That's good.

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I think giving the people what what they want is a good thing
because they always want to comeback for more, especially if
it's like a series of things. It's like, Oh my gosh, I cannot
wait to see XY and Z type of build or video and like recently
it's like a whole different topic.
But like you, what is like your TikTok algorithm right now?
Because mine is like a whole hotmess of like K Pop Demon Hunters

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and like Studio Ghibli and Disney.
It's all over the place. And I'm I was watching this one
person, they're watching Glee for the very first time and I'm
like, I'd love a series type of thing.
So what is yours? OK, I think I know what you're
talking about with the watching Glee for the first time.
I've seen somebody else doing like watching a High School

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Musical for the first time and it's so interesting.
But my For You page is definitely all over the place as
well. I get Sims content.
I get, you know, of course, TikTok shop ads and other ads
and more ads. So, you know, it's crazy.

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Yeah, yeah. Do you ever like feel like
TikTok was going through? Well, it was going through a lot
of things because TikTok has it's highs and it's lows and
it's increased its potential of reaching new audiences outside
of its little bubble. And they've added in the creator
program, they've added in new ways for people to monetize

(16:34):
their content. Even outside of TikTok, they
have TikTok Live. And then just seeing how they've
made so many ways to highlight smaller accounts and like, big
accounts and collaborating with people.
How did your relationship with your audience like, evolve?
Once you like your cart, like your accountants are like

(16:54):
reaching millions of people overtime, especially on TikTok.
Yeah, I would say once I realized that people were
consistently looking up to me for ideas and inspiration and
entertainment, it shifted my relationship with my followers
into something more meaningful and interactive because I
started recognizing usernames and seeing familiar faces and

(17:15):
profile pictures in the comments.
And it's just really cool to feel that kind of connection.
Yeah, it is definitely because it feels like a family like that
your community is there for you,riding you on and like having
fun with you, whether it's a build video or a lifestyle video
or just something random. Because I think in the very

(17:38):
beginning, I'm not sure if you felt this way or not, but like
when we're making content, we feel alone in all of this and
not knowing if we are doing thisfor the right reason.
Sometimes we don't know if anyone's going to watch our
videos if it's something that's not like particularly in the
same realm that they're interested in.
But when you see that those corepeople is like, wow, I actually

(17:59):
think this is something really special that I can tap into more
and have fun with and maybe one day meet these people in real
life. Especially if you ever go to
like a convention. Yeah.
And with TikTok comes like Instagram and then YouTube.
And have you ever thought that with content creation it could

(18:22):
go even further than what you'redoing now?
Yes, there's so many things I want to do, but I can't even
list them off because there's just jumbled up in my mind like
I want to do this and this and this.
And I would love to like meet upwith my followers one day,
whether it be at a convention or, you know, like an actual
designated meet up, Simmers meetup.

(18:44):
That'll be so fun. We should do that for real.
I don't know what that should bereally fun.
Yeah. I mean, The Sims is trying to go
to more conventions, at least inthis year.
They went to Dream Con not too long ago.
Yeah. And then they're going to help.
They go to Twitch Con at some point.
That would be really nice. And the other thing too is like

(19:05):
with your short form content that led into long form content,
like how long would you say it typically takes to make one stop
motion video from planning to editing or like planning filming
and then like editing it all? So it really depends on the size
of the build or the lot. Like for example, a 30 by 20 lot

(19:29):
would probably take me about oneto two hours to take the
screenshots and videos and deconstruct the build, and then
the editing would probably take another hour or two.
And then for a 64 by 64, I don'tdo much of those but they take
between 3 to 4 hours to take thepictures and videos and then
another two to three to edit. So like anywhere from 3 to 8

(19:49):
hours. But when I first started making
the videos it took me 8 hours todo 1 room.
So I've come along. Oh my gosh, Lordy Lou, I don't
know how you do it. I don't have the patience for
it. I do, but I also don't at the
same time, especially like bigger lots.
Like my comfortable lot size is a 30 by 2030 by 30, maybe a 40

(20:13):
by 30. But after that it's it's pushing
me a little bit. Yes, those are those three are
my favorite sizes too, like 30 by 2030 by 30 and 40 by 30.
Those are perfect. Yes, always, and especially like
when you do stop motion. I think what makes them so huge
and so wonderful and like how you edit them is like tool mod

(20:36):
comes in handy so much from scaling things down to like the
nitty gritty thing and then justgradually sizing it up as big as
you want and rotations. It's like a very interesting mod
that I find so helpful for a lotof stop motion builds,
especially just any build in general.
Whether you want to like make something very teeny tiny for a

(20:59):
SIM or big and gigantic like a gigantic dollhouse.
There's just so many things you could possibly do that I never
thought like could happen. And were you like, yeah, like,
were you inspired to use tool mod to like it, like enhance
your stop motion builds? Yes, I was.

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I don't know. I can't quite remember if like I
saw someone else using tool to make their videos more
interesting. You know like you said, to size
something down or up so that when you're watching it, it
looks like it's growing out of the ground or shrinking down.
I don't know if I just did that or if I saw someone do that, but
yeah, that mod is definitely very helpful for making the

(21:42):
video more interesting to watch and just making the whole
process easier to do. Yeah, Yeah, that's definitely
true. I think also something with
content creation that I think a lot of people don't really talk
about is the the side of like the financial side or just like
content creation side in general.

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Because a lot of people think itjust you turn on a camera, press
the record and then uploaded andlike that's it.
But there's a lot of things thatreally go into it, like deeper
the financial side, the planning, the editing, the
marketing and overall execution of like, how do you want to take
this channel from being its infancy to making it a large

(22:26):
business? And what I love about what
you've been doing as of lately, from what I've seen and seen on
like the socials is like you've been more transparent about
your, your income, which I thinka lot of people are like so
scared to talk about, especiallyin like the early days of
YouTube. Everyone was like hush hush.

(22:46):
Like we don't talk about financials about being a content
creator. But now is like, now we do
because people are so interestedin understanding like, how do
people make money online? Is it through Adsense?
Is it through sponsorships? Like, what is it from?
And like, what made you decide to like, actually be more
transparent? Well, I think transparency is

(23:10):
important, especially when I know it can help other people
learn what's possible or navigate their own, like content
creation career. But with that said, every
creator has the right to set boundaries.
You can be honest about working with brands or having sponsored
content without disclosing everydollar.
But I personally love sharing the financial side of things

(23:31):
because so many people tell me every time I do it that it's
genuinely helpful to see. And I'm all about helping people
and being transparent. I know that some people when
they see those videos, they get turned off or they think I'm
doing it for a different reason.But as long but I know that I'm
helping people. So as long as I'm helping
people, I will continue to do that.

(23:54):
Yes, and I feel like that shouldbe in a book or something, but
that's why we're doing this podcast to be more transparent
and be more authentically ourselves.
Because like The thing is like not a lot of people get to
understand content creators justfrom like watching one video or
listening to like a 32nd whatever.

(24:16):
And I think having like a long form type of like podcast
episode kind of gets you in the minds of the nitty gritty behind
the scenes is like understandingyour favorite content, content
creator and with being a contentcreator, like, do you do it all
by yourself or do you have a team?
I do 99% of everything myself. The other 1% is like management.

(24:39):
I've had a few different, I've been a part of a few different
management over the last couple years.
And you know, if for anyone listening, a manager for content
creator usually just handles brand deals and working with big
companies, they just help you negotiate those deals and then
they take a percentage of that. But as far as creating content,
planning ideas, sitting, I do all of that myself.

(25:01):
Hi. I mean, honestly, like our
videos are like our children, like our animals, we have to
control everything. So that way we have like full
creative control and it just feels odd.
Like handing off our videos to somebody else just feels weird.
Like, I love the idea of hiring an editor, but I would feel so

(25:25):
out of control and anxious, like, OK, are they going to do
the things that I do? Like down to the, I don't know,
cutting out every single breath like I like doing in my videos
because I just know that nobody can do it the way I do it
because I have my own way. So.
And I like, and I actually enjoythe process.
So I don't think I would ever hire an editor because like I
said, I've been editing since I was 10 and I still love it.

(25:48):
So yeah. Yeah, that's good.
I found like because I've been making videos since I was 14 and
I I'm still doing it. I've been in this industry for
too long. It's been like, I don't know,
like 15 years since 2010 and that's a long time.

(26:08):
I feel old and I'm like, I need to retire or something.
But no, I, I feel like it's, it's very enjoyable just to have
like something look to look forward to and create because
then you can look back at all ofyour contents.
Like, wow, you've we've grown a lot through, you know, building
a community. And then confidence wise, I

(26:30):
think that's the scary part of being a creating.
You don't know what's going to happen.
You don't know where it's going to go.
We don't know if people are going to think.
But I think overtime, the more that you do it, whether it's
it's pretty much any job really,the more that you do and the
more that you show up, the more consistent you are and the more
confident you are at least in speaking in front of a camera or

(26:53):
just talking in general. Yeah.
And I find like, there's so manybrands that come our way and we
just don't understand how to manage it all.
But how do you manage it all from like brand deals to content
strategy? Gosh, I, when you ask me that,

(27:14):
I'm like, I don't know, I just do it.
I, I want so badly to be like this super organized person and,
but to be honest, if you open upthe notes app on my phone right
now, there's probably 400 different notes and about like,
you know, work and SIM stuff andit'll be like things to do.

(27:35):
And then there's 40 different things and it's like, make video
about SpongeBob, make do this, build it.
And it's just so chaotic. I definitely need to be more
organized, but it's worked for me this long and that's my,
that's my motto. So I'll just keep being chaotic.
Hey, that's, that's the best wayto do it.

(27:57):
Sometimes being chaotic, we get done things quicker.
It's, it's weird to say, but it's like we do and it's like we
look back and I'm like, wow, we were actually kind of out of
control, but it worked. Yes, and I I'm all for like not
having a plan and I know that freaks some people out.
Like some people like knowing what they're getting into going

(28:19):
into it. But some days I just wake up and
I'm like, I'm going to build Hogwarts castle and then I do
that or some days I wake up and I'm like, I'm not going to make
any videos today. You know, every day is different
and that's why I love this job also is because I don't have to
say like, you know, OK, next week I've got to work 8:00 AM to

(28:39):
5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Like I don't have to do that.
I can do, I can work 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM and then take a six hour
break and then work another few hours.
And you know, that's my favoritepart is making my own schedule.
Yeah, that's the best part. Like, we can do everyone however
we want, when we want. And it's like, we're so grateful
to have, like, this job because,like, not a lot of people get a

(29:02):
chance to do this and then work from home and try out things
creatively because it's so scary.
And because content creation or just online content, it's so
unpredictable and you never knowwhat's going to happen.
And I think you can agree with me on this set, when you're
making content online, never putyour eggs in one basket because

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if you rely on one platform and that platform just goes away,
it's like, what else you got? Yes, I completely agree like if
you're listening to this and you're a creator or you want to
be a creator, do not just be on TikTok or do not just be on
YouTube or just Instagram. You should be everywhere because

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any you know, right now TikTok could just disappear or you
know, crazy things happen. And then if that were to happen,
everything you've worked for andbuilt would be gone.
But if you were to already builtand established like following
on Instagram and YouTube as well, you've got those and you
wouldn't be as distraught about the situation because you have
your your backups I guess. Exactly.

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Exactly because it was scary. Because when, like when TikTok
basically kind of went away, like went dark and like, uh,
what's, what's going on? Hello, hello.
So I'm like, I wasn't too worried about because I wasn't
really using TikTok that much, but I missed the, the creative
side of it at that time. And it was odd to like shift to

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a whole new app and then figure out what to do next.
And, and I also thought to like everyone on that platform that
I, I watch even news like, Oh myGod, what did like there's
probably spiraling, of course, like, because it's just like,
it's a platform that you've built so much fun and it's like
probably one of your biggest platforms today.

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And it's like, Oh my. And that goes away.
It's like, what's going to happen?
But you know, hey, it's still here and you have a platform on
every platform, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, like
everywhere and even like Twitch,like you live stream.
And it's like that longevity that you have built for

(31:08):
yourself. And you've sustained it for so
many years that I think what's so scary about it is that you,
like your followers will follow you anywhere, Not necessarily
everywhere, but like anywhere that you go on different
platforms, they'll be there for you no matter what.
And you've built that like that trust and that transparency that
people can rely on. And now that you have this

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website that you feel it's like another great place to find your
content. Yes, yes, I'm so glad I finally
like finished my website. Even though it's not finished,
it's for now, it's pretty good. I have plans to add different
sections, like I want to add a whole page for my just my TV
show and movie sets. So yeah, I'm excited about that.

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And I'm, I think everyone I know, it's so easy to say make a
website, but if you're content creator, I think you should at
least have like a, you know, beacons or link tree, just some
sort of site where all of your stuff is in one place because
that's really important. Yes, exactly.
And I find like websites are noteasy to make, but they're very

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fun to just have, whether it's for yourself, a brand, a
company, whatever it might be. And having that digital
footprint to like back up your your content or back up your
stats is a good thing. Even Beacon, like I love Beacon
because it's it lists everythingfrom your analytics because

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numbers are very confusing and scary.
You never know what to expect, but they're there and it works
and I just enjoy it. But what would you say is like
the biggest like misconception people have about being a full
time creator? For me specifically is that I
just sit at home and play The Sims all day every day.

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I would say I spend like maybe 30% of my time building and then
the other 70% is spent editing and managing the business side
of things. How would you say like on
average like a week you spend making content?
Every week is different, but on average maybe 20-5 hours a week

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and then the other hour I'm always responding to comments.
I spend a lot of my time readingcomments and replying to
comments and I've always enjoyedthat.
And I think it's important to reply to as many comments as you
can, even if it's not actually replying, even if you just like
it or like, you know, on Facebook, you can react to
comments. You can like heart react or care

(33:48):
react. I love doing that because I know
when I comment on somebody's posts that I love watching.
It feels really special when they acknowledge you.
Yeah, it's true. And it's like, Oh my gosh, they
responded. There was it was like comments
like way back in the days, like first, like hello, this is cut
the creator respond. It's like, yes, I do respond

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like and they freaking like, Oh my gosh, it responded.
But it's just it's just like so cool just to have that
connection with the creator and like the community side.
So it's like a win win scenario when when they were like when
people respond to anything, honestly.
Yeah. And do you think like people
underestimate like the work thatgoes into like short form and
long form content, especially like it being creative and niche

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like yours? Yes, I've always gotten comments
like you make this look so easy.You make roofing this build look
so easy and that is because I edited the video to make it look
easy because what they don't know is the video they just
commented that on took six hoursto make from start to finish.
And then I cut out 95% of the footage I filmed.

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And so if you don't know, I don't actually build as fast as
it looks like I am in my videos.I changed my mind a lot of
times. I make so many mistakes, have to
go back and fix them. So the video looking me making
it look easy is a part of like the aesthetic of the content.
It's like it's supposed to be quick and easy and cute, but all

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I cut out all the all the nonsense that you don't see.
No, that's probably a good thingbecause I've building in The
Sims, like especially like Sims 4, it's easier to build in The
Sims 4 because they have all thetools.
But like 2 and 3 is like a wholedifferent like feel that no one
knows about. Like there was constraint for

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elevation and that's like a whole other thing.
Yes. I wish we had like a little bit
more build tools in The Sims 4 so we have a little bit more
creativity. Not necessarily what I want
constrained for. I love Asian because that not
for me, not for me anymore, but I think like how how do you like

(36:01):
balance all of that? Especially replying to comments,
answering emails, working with brands like you did with like
Pinterest in The Sims not too long ago, but like trying to
stay creative and make content that performs well in the
algorithm. I try to stay creative first
because if I'm not excited aboutwhat I'm doing and what I'm

(36:22):
making, it shows. But I also like to keep an eye
on what's performing well. And I find ways to merge the
two. And sometimes that means putting
a creative twist on a trending format or a trending audio or
packaging something in a way packaging something I love in a
way that's algorithm friendly. And at the end of the day, I

(36:42):
want my content to stand out, but not at the cost of losing my
voice or burning out. So I at my house, I have a
screen in porch. I spend a lot of time out there
like if I'm building and I'm like, you know what?
I'm not enjoying this. I will just stop when I'm doing
get up, go sit on the porch, hang out with my dogs, listen to

(37:03):
the birds sing. And, you know, within maybe an
hour or two, I'm, I'm feeling charged up again to go build.
And sometimes that doesn't work.I sit out there and I'm like,
you know what, I really don't want to go finish that build.
So I'll just stay out there, youknow, and I won't build again
that day. And like I was saying earlier,
that's the beauty of having thisas a job is I don't have, I
don't always have a time limit or constraint.

(37:27):
You know, if I'm feeling burnt out, I can just stop.
Unlike being at a quote real job, you can't just stop what
you're doing most of the time. Right, right.
And when you do like have those times where you want to like
pick a break and like not just do something for a day.
What are some of like your favorite hobbies that you enjoy?
Like I said, I love hanging out with my dogs.

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I have 5 if anyone listening didn't.
Oh my. I have a Great Dane, his name is
Winston, I have a golden retriever, his name is Zeus.
I have a Pitbull mix, his name is Apollo and two black labs,
Beau and Nana. So I have 4 boys, one girl.
I love hanging out with them. I also love playing piano and

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singing. I don't do it a lot, but when I
do, I love it. I also love traveling.
I actually have a trip coming upwith my husband.
We're going to go to Epic Universe and Universal Studios
in Orlando and I'm so excited. I love rides and thrill rides
and all things adrenaline. So yeah.

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My gosh, I hope you have a lot of fun.
Thank you. Yeah, I'm so excited.
I love theme parks. It's like one of my favorite
things. I've been to Disney in Orlando
and California and think Busch Gardens at one point, yes, and
Six Flags and those are the onlyones I've ever been to.
Well, I think I've been to Universal, but that was like

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over 10 years ago, I think, or more.
But I honestly kind of I, I justlove the thrill and the
excitement that we get to do this and be able to like have
fun and hang out with like a friends or family or spouses.
And, and it's like, yeah, that'swhat I want to enjoy for the
rest of my life. And I've always loved roller

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coasters. I don't personally, I don't
understand the scare of them. Well, Final Destination really
just shook a whole generation, but that I can understand.
But I don't know, I think I justenjoyed like the thrill of it
and like the excitement that I get out of it, especially the
Tower of Terror. My gosh, stop.

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That's my favorite ride at Disney in Hollywood Studios.
Thank goodness that's. Good.
My friend is there right now. It's so funny you say that.
She Snapchatted me this morning,a picture of the Tower of
Terror, and I was so jealous. I was like, why would you send
me that? Oh my gosh, I mean that ride is
like the best thing ever. It never gets old.

(39:57):
It's always fun no matter how many times you write it.
And like, have you seen the movie that is based on?
OK, no surprisingly no. But it's on my very long list of
things I need to watch. Oh my gosh, please yes, go watch
it and maybe even do a build on it cuz the cuz the inside of it

(40:18):
is like so cool. It's very historic and like very
old. Like you can use the vampire
game pack. You can use a little bit of
horse wrench in there like some other packs, even life and
death, basically life and death.So like there's a lot of really
cool things you could do it. It's it reminds me a little bit
of like New Orleans or Savannah,GA by Oh my.

(40:40):
Gosh, I got married there. Really.
Yeah. Well, more like a little bit
South of Savannah, but yeah, I have a family that lives there.
And when you said that, I immediately thought of the
Spanish smallest trees that are there because I it's just so
beautiful there. It's so pretty.
Oh my gosh, yes. So I don't know that price is

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like everything. I'm kind of sad they kind of got
rid of it in the other one in California and replace it with
Gardens of the Galaxy, which I know it was popular, yes, but
it's over. Let it die, replace it back.
I know. And also, did you see they're
changing the rock and roller coaster to a Muppets Thing
coaster? No, I heard that we're like

(41:22):
taking it down, but I didn't know what it was for.
It's going to be Muppets themed.What the heck?
Like OK don't get me wrong, we love The Muppets, but taking it
from a rock'n'roll, you know, super fun thing to Muppets is
just so weird. Unless Muppets is doing
something like really huge, likein the next couple of years, I
can understand why. Marketing wise.

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I'm like, what are you not telling us?
Tell us now, please, so we can be prepared.
Oh my gosh. And like the other theme park I
would love to go to, I well, I guess it's kind of like a theme
park, but is mainly for kids is the the Bluey theme park, But
that's in Australia. And I love me some bluey.
Me too. Have you ever seen it?
I love Bluey, I put it on for mydogs, they like it too.

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Oh my gosh, yeah. My dog loves Bluey as well.
So cute. It's it's such a cool, cute
show. And I'm like, I want to have
Bluey everywhere. I played the video game I've
played, I played like the soundtrack that they have like
an intro on repeat sometimes andthen replaying the episodes and

(42:27):
like those mini shows. It's it's a good comfort show,
yes. It is like that.
It's marketed towards kids, but anybody can love that show.
Exactly, just like Sesame Streetand Arthur, like all those shows
were like something I grew up onas a kid and even like little
Bill was looking at the show that I love.
Little Bill. Oh my God, I used to be obsessed

(42:49):
with that one episode with I Don't All.
I remember it was like painting,like a little, I don't know.
I just remember Paint and LittleBill and I just remember loving
that show so much in the theme song too.
Oh yes, have you ever seen the show Oswald?
Yes. Oh my gosh, yes, this is good.

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OK. I like, could you like name a
few of your favorite kid TV shows that you remember
watching, like whether it was like back then, like now?
My favorite when I was super young was The Wiggles.
I really loved watching the Giggles and Blue's Clues.
Oswald, what else? What was that?
I don't remember what it was called, but there was this girl

(43:31):
named Nina and Star and what wasit?
I don't know but she did like little arts and crafts at home
and I remember my sister and I did 1 and she's saying like
lullabies and cue songs and I just remember it was a it always
put me to sleep now I. Oh, the good night show.
Yes, the good night show. Oh my gosh.

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I don't remember seeing that one, but now we're going to go
watch. It yes.
Oh. My gosh man, those are some like
good shows. I remember the Wiggles like it
was like yesterday. I like the fruit salad song is
stuck in my head for forever. Like that was good, even if like
new wiggles as well. I followed a few of them on like
Instagram and Tiktok and they'rejust so entertaining.

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Oswald. I think it was like Miss sunny
patches garden or whatever. Let's see little Bill.
Chalk zone. My life is a teenage robot, as
told by Ginger rocket power Rugrats.
Yes. And there were a lot of shows

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that I'm like, they, they raisedme in a good way, in a bad way,
because some of those shows werekind of crazy, but I loved them.
Like your point of view? Like where do you see social
media heading for creators like yourself?
Especially like in The Sims and gaming niche category?
I think social media, I mean, especially over the past like

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5-6 years, it's still moving towards shorter, faster and like
fast-paced short form content. But there's definitely still
space, still space for long form, especially in gaming.
People value connection. And for Sims creators, that
means focusing on storytelling, aesthetic, and your community

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and replying to comments like I said.
And the creators who are consistent and authentic are the
ones who will thrive even as platform shifts shift, because
platforms are always changing. Yeah, they are especially like,
like I feel like YouTube and Instagram and TikTok, they're
constantly changing every day because they're always trying to

(45:43):
one up each other every day withthe sport form content.
And I'm like, I don't like this competitiveness.
I know I go back to what you hadbefore.
I wish like YouTube could have its YouTube stuff and TikTok can
have TikTok stuff. Like we don't need shorts and
reels, we could just have TikTok, you know?

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That's all we need, that's all we need.
I felt like with the YouTube Shorts, it kind of just works
very well 'cause it's like YouTube.
Yeah. But I'm like, Instagram, stay in
your lane, Tiktok, stay in your lane.
We don't need live streaming. Oh my gosh.
You are a short form content app.

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Unless you want to go back to Vine, then I'm like, OK, I'll be
on Vine in a in a second. Yes, I missed the seven seconds
of, you know, just the seven SEC.
It's so unique. Like I remember even TikTok when
it first came out, you couldn't make a video longer than 59 or
60 seconds and then and then youcould do 3 minutes and then you
could do 10 minutes and now you can post stuff over an hour.

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So like. An hour.
Yes. No, no, no, no, no.
That. That's just a movie at that
point. That's just ATV show.
Literally people post movies andTV shows.
I've seen them on my For You page.
But the honestly, when you thinkabout it though, it's kind of a
good thing because there's like so many like like vertical short

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form, like TV shows, at least onapps.
I know that. So in a way, it's helped so many
brands and companies and production companies to getting
an audience that they couldn't get from like other networks.
So look, in a way, it was a goodthing.
But yeah, I don't have an attention span like that no
more. But how I'll get into it when I

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have the time. But that's a good part about
social media. It's always there, at least
somewhere. Yeah, like I can see from a
business standpoint how being able to post an hour long
videos, like, Oh my gosh, we canmake so much money and this is
going to be great. But from a viewer standpoint,
it's like, why are you doing this?
We don't want this. Like the other day I was
watching like I didn't know. I knew I would have watched.

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It was like a Disney Channel show expecting like a like a
minute clip. And I'm like, it's been like 5
minutes and I realized they posted a whole episode on here.
I'm like, Oh my gosh, is that illegal?
Yes, it probably is, but I was like wow.
I loved it though. It was nice.

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Even though it is on Disney Plusand I can watch it there but
still. It's different.
It does I even watched whole concerts on there.
The Taylor Swift concert the airs to were on TikTok.
Oh my gosh, I'm like oh I feel kind of bad because Tay Tay is
cool but also I couldn't get tickets either.

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Either I was always there. I remember like looking up who's
going to be live and then and then like right on the dot at
whatever time I was there. Yes, I was there.
I locked in. And that's what I love about,
you know, different types of content on every platform is
always something for everyone, whether it's gaming related,

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whether it's lifestyle, food, it's just everywhere.
And it's just, it's therapeutic for me.
Yeah. And I think to go back to the
gaming question, especially withyour love of The Sims and how
much you've done for The Sims and brands that you've worked
with. Like recently you did a
collaboration with Pinterest andThe Sims.
Like that's really cool. Like what?

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How did that even come about? So I am so grateful for that.
It is so cool because I genuinely do use Pinterest
almost daily. So that was a very curated,
perfect partnership because I'm all about working with brands
that I genuinely know and love and use.
That actually came to me throughmy manager.

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I don't know how they picked me from so many different people,
but they did and I'm very thankful, yeah.
That's really nice. And like did you come up with
the like the concept to make this type of build for them or
did they come to you with the idea?

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So they came to me, they were like, we're going to do a a
partnership based on an aesthetic.
And so originally I was going todo a fairy grunge aesthetic, but
actually Karen and Connie ended up doing that and they assigned
me the modern West aesthetic. And they basically just asked
me, can you make a build and furnish it with a few rooms

(50:30):
based on a modern West aestheticand make some Sims?
And I was like, yeah, so I did. And you know what?
The the build and Sims you see now are not the original build
and Sims I pitched to them. There were a lot of changes I
made to get to where I got, but yeah, it was really fun.
That's really cool. And what you said like modern,

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like Western was like your favorite aesthetic like like in
real life or is there like a different type of a city that
you love? It's not my favorite in real
life as far as like personal like the style in my house.
Well, the style in my house is not.
I always, I'm always telling my husband our house is not how I
want our house to look just because we have so many dogs.

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I don't buy expensive furniture and stuff because there's just
no point. So we like, cover all of our
couches up with covers and I'm washing them every day and
sweeping every day. Oh my God, I don't know how I
just turn this into a conversation about my dogs.
No, you talk about your dogs allday.
Yes, what was I even saying? Hold on, what did you ask?

(51:35):
I asked about like like we are favorite aesthetic.
Oh, OK, yes, I don't. I guess right now I don't have
like a specific favorite aesthetic.
I'm I'm actually working on a Victorian build and the
aesthetic in that build is like coquette vintage grandma vibes.
So I I love that aesthetic. That's a nice one.

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I'm all about that mid century modern.
Oh yeah, that's the type of house I live in.
Actually. I don't know why I didn't say
that. A dream?
Do you want to trade places? Sure, as long as I live for five
dogs. Probably do.
I live in a suburban house so. OK.
Yeah, but that's like my ultimate dream to one day have a

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mid century modern house like Frank.
Lord Wright is my favorite architect in the world.
Yeah, I think, I'm pretty sure Isaved one of his.
I was going to say one of his builds, one of his houses that
he made because I wanted to build it.
It's like a super, super brown and like orangey wood tones.

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I got to find it and I'll send it to you.
I'm sure you've seen it. I've seen like the the Falling
Waters one. That one's really nice.
That's a really good house, Thatand the Brady Bunch house, even
though that's not made by him. But the Brady Bunch house is
also really cool too. Yes.
And with The Sims, it's like it's changed so much in the

(53:02):
past, like 25 years now. And what was your initial
reaction when they said we're making a Sims movie?
I was immediately so excited, and then I was scared because I
was like, hold on, this could beruined.
Like, I really hope they're intentional with this.
Yes, I hope there's lore, and I hope that the movie caters to

(53:25):
every type of Sims player. I hope so too.
And I was, like, excited too, because I'm like, Oh my gosh,
you're finally getting the movie.
Because it was supposed to come out like, over, I think 10 years
ago or something like that in like, The Sims 3 era or it's
like Sims 4 era. But then things like, fell
through and, like, things are not going to happen.
But now, like, knowing that Margot Robbie's like, behind it.

(53:48):
Yeah. Because she made Barbie and,
like Barbie and since are kind of like, somewhat similar.
And it just makes sense. So I feel like we're in good
hands for the movie wise, like writing and directing wise.
I think so too. So it should be pretty good.
I think it's going to be live action instead of like
animation. Oh my gosh, please let it be
live action. Please.

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It has to be because animation we love.
I love animated stuff and I lovewhen they use real voice actors
for these animated movies. But live action is more
exciting. If they like mix it in like with
animation and live action, then I think it'd be really cool
because Sims has in a way like like that with their Plumb bobs

(54:31):
and like all of their really weird quirks that we have.
I think it can make all the sense.
And then even possibly incorporating Simlish into it.
Yes, I saw some people saying I hope the whole movie is in
Simlish and I'm like no. No, no, no, no, because it got

(54:52):
to appeal to the the general audience who people who don't
really, yeah, lay The Sims because like if they put it all
in Simlish, it would make no sense.
They won't make up, they would not make a lot of money that way
and they don't want to go bankrupt.
And I wouldn't want them to go bankrupt either because I need
more stuff from them. Same.

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I have plans. I have plans.
Let's not let The Sims die now. We got we got some other plans
in the works, like new packs andthen, you know, new new like
games that they're going to make, like they're having a
board game that's releasing at least today.
By the time that recording this is already out.
But the board game. And then I would love for them

(55:32):
make a cookbook. Honestly, I love food,
especially when they add a new recipes into the game.
I'm like, so where's the cookbook?
In real life, yeah. Where's the recipe?
Where's the ingredient list? Please and thank you.
And this is something I've always wanted to know like are
there any builds, collaborationsor even like non Sims projects

(55:54):
you're excited about or like joining of doing soon?
So yes, I've been working on something for a while.
Unfortunately I can't share any details quite yet, but it's very
exciting and I'll be able to share it in the next few months
or so. Oh, that's going to be very
exciting. I'm looking forward to that.
Going to keep my tabs on you forsure.

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If you could like, build any setfrom like a show or movie that
you haven't tackled yet, like what's on your dream list?
Like at the very top. I would say so.
I've already built the Hannah Montana house, but I want to
build the ranch from season 4, that really nice house that they
get towards the end of the show.I want to build that so bad and

(56:40):
I'm I'm going to. OK, good.
Because like that season was, itwas weird, but it was also good.
And like, in a way, I don't knowhow you felt, but when I
initially watched the season, like, OK, I can feel it's going
to come to an end. Yeah, things are starting to
shift. Like how did you feel when you

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were watching Season 4? I just remember the same thing,
like thinking back on season 1 and how young and little Hannah
or Miley was and then now she's an adult and she's got a nose
piercing and she's in a house. I know.
Is this what is happening? Oh my gosh, it was crazy.

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And I'm like wow. I mean, I think it was always so
funny when she, like, revealed herself, like I'm Hannah
Montana. I'm like, you didn't know?
Like same face, same voice, sameeyes.
I'm like, are y'all OK? But then when she revealed it to
the world, I'm like, OK, interesting.

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Yes, I remember being so emotional and crying.
No, honestly it was so sad. I'm like, oh, I love the little
like, like the transition sounds.
Oh, those were like whoa, whoa. Oh my God, I love them.
They were like the best transitions and like, some of

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them were like short, and then it was like a really long one
and like, oh, she's really goingto do something really
emotional. I saw actually a video on my
actually I follow a creator called out of context Hannah
Montana. Everyone should definitely
follow them if you like Hannah Montana.
Like they strictly just post Hannah Montana content.
And I remember they posted a collage of every single

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transition audio thing and it was there was some that were
like 2 seconds and then there was one that was like 20
seconds. Oh.
My gosh, that's like, you know, by like the the transition,
either something's really good or exciting happening or
something like, oh, this is getting really sad.
Yes, let's get emotional today. What would you say is like your

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favorite episode from Hannah Montana?
Oh my goodness, The first one that comes to mind is the one
where she has a broken tooth andthen she goes on live TV and or
SH and then it breaks more or something like that.
She's eating that that mousse, and then it happens to be
crunchy. Oh yes, that one was a very

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random. I know exactly what you're
talking about. Yeah, I find like those episodes
were always funny. I think my favorite one was when
I guess it wasn't the first one was Cordon Bleu.
That one was like OK, whatever. But I think when she did with
Selena Gomez, Michaela or like that whole every time she

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appeared, I thought it was always so funny.
Yeah, I remember being like, Oh my gosh, the T when her and
Michaela were fighting over the role or whatever.
Yeah, and like, Jake Ryan was there, man.
There were a lot of people. I even forgot that Austin Butler
played on Hannah Montana. Like so awesome Butler, He was

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Elvis, he was all these things. And apparently he's like, I
think, a distant cousin of Ashley Tinsdale, which I also
like. What?
Yeah, I, Ashley Tinsdale did a, some type of like ancestry video
or whatever and she's like somewhat related to Austin
Butler. Oh wow.

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Yeah, I didn't. I found that.
I'm like, oh, well, that's really cool.
That's when I did not know. And now we got all these Disney
stars, like everyone was living on Hannah Montana, Corbin Blue,
Ashley Tinsdale. I love when they did the
crossover episodes. That's so sweet.
Like Hannah Montana. Yeah, but that's a Raven.
Like that was just really, really nice.

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But no, that's like really cool that you're going to build that
ranch because there's a lot of really cool things, especially
the closet that she has. Yes.
Yes. So moving forward, what is some
advice which you give to someonewho wants to start creating
content, especially in The Sims community or like on TikTok or

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like YouTube Shorts, like oh. I would say if you want to be a
Sims content creator or even a content creator in general, my
advice is just start right now. Go make a TikTok account and a
YouTube channel. Come up with your username, add
a profile picture in a bio, and just post something like a short
video of a build or a SIM. It doesn't have to be an insane

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edited super interesting video, because sometimes the most
simple things take off and get alot of views and you'll never
know until you try. That is very true.
Exactly. You never know until you try,
because if you're waiting and waiting and waiting, you know,
just keep creating. Yeah.

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And what do you hope people takeaway when they see one of your
videos? I hope people can see how much
work goes into my content and more importantly, I hope it's
evident that I genuinely love what I do because I do.
You too, you do. And I can definitely see that
the the way you edit your videos, the way you come across

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in your videos and he's like howtransparent and authentically
yourself you are in your videos.It's like it does come across
that you love what you do. And I think the way that you're
doing your your, your videos andyour content, I can see it's
going to be a very long, long career for you, especially
because builds can only take youso far.

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But I know that you have so manycool creative ideas.
Like I could see you one day taking a Sims build and making
it into a real life house. Oh my gosh, I always think to
myself like, OK, what if Sims content, you know, what if one
day it's just not my thing? I know I could come up with
something like whether it be another video game or in real

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life designs, if I could somehowget into that.
That sounds so fun. I know that would be fun.
And like, just thinking about this too, because with The Sims
movie, they have to add in like,iconic builds.
But if you remember from the Barbie movie, they worked with
Airbnb and there was like a reallife Barbie house.

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Yeah. And I'm like, oh, imagine if you
got to help with that. Like that build.
My God I just got chills thinking of that.
Do not put that idea in my head.I'm putting it out there into
the universe right now. Actually, yeah, put that idea
out. Yes, because it would be so
cool. Like you have a very creative

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mindset on how you do your build, especially because it's
always a story to every build. And when you look at it from the
outside, and it's like this billhas something very unique to it
that it could be translated intoreal life.
Yeah, I appreciate that. I try, I try to find that
balance between would this work in real life?
And also what can I do that wouldn't be realistic in real

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life but actually really cool inthe game.
You know it's hard to find that balance, but when you do, it
becomes easier. Yeah, that's true.
I could also see you working with Zillow.
Oh that would be a dream partnership.
I also use Zillow for inspiration for my houses too.
Same Zillow, apartments.com. Yeah, sometimes even Zillow Gone
wild on Instagram. Yeah, that account with all the

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crazy rooms and stuff. Yeah, you don't think it's going
to be crazy. And then you look on the inside
and you're like, oh, this is and.
There's a pretty. Interesting.
Yeah, like recently I saw there was, I was like going through
and I just like a nice little house.
And then I see like this very random like dungeon and I asked

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myself what's going on? Is everything all right?
But clearly it wasn't. It was like over $7,000,000 and
like 7 bathrooms and eight bedrooms.
Oh my God. Yeah, so I'm like, I'm good, I'm
going to scroll away, but I enjoyed what I saw.

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So a thing that I like to do on my podcast is some rapid fire
questions. Really fun.
So what is your favorite Sims pack?
This could be from The Sims 1234spin off games.
I'm going to say World Adventures from The Sims 3.
Oh yes, good one. Good one.

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Yes. Favorite social media platform
right now? Facebook.
Really. Yes.
OK, OK Facebook. It is most iconic childhood TV
show. ICarly because it's just full
circle with what I do now. Yes.

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And are you reading any books atthe moment?
I want to reread I'm Glad My MomDied by Jeanette McCurdy because
I saw they're coming out with a series based on the book.
Yes, OK, that is really, really good then.
Well, thank you for all of those.
A little rapid fire always goes a long way to get a little bit
more insight. And this podcast, we have gone a

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lot of good juicy Nuggets from each other and I hope that
people do enjoy this episode. But where can people find you on
the Internet? I am everywhere on every
platform. You can just look up at Danielle
Builds and I'll be there. Well, my friends, that was the
end of today's episode with Danielle builds on the Hello
Spring podcast. I hope you all left very

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inspired and wrote down some really good notes of what
Danielle has been saying throughout this entire thing
because I definitely did. And I hope you did too because
Danielle has shown us that creating in The Sims is so much
more than just placing furniture.
It's storytelling, strategy, andpure creativity.
And if you love today's episode,definitely go show Danielle some

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love on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, all the places where
she shares her builds, and even The Sims 4 Gallery.
And if this episode left you inspired, make sure you go and
subscribe and follow the podcastwherever you listen to your
podcast so you don't miss another creative journey just
like hers. Until next time, keep building
in your own world, whether it's in The Sims or real life, pixel

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by pixel or brick by brick. And I will see you another
episode of the Hello Screen podcast.
Bye.