🎉 Celebration Giveaway & Status Update (Patreon)

Hey! I have a few words to share on how things are going.

🍾 Big Numbers! Wooo!

A number like 10 might not seem so big, but it feels big when we're talking about WickedWhims now being 10 years old! I didn't even realize how fast time was passing, way too fast, but I guess that's what happens when you work on something so fun.Oh, and there are 100,000 of you following this page now too! Wowie, big number! Thank you so much!

I have a little gift for this special occasion, and let me tell you, I wish I could gift something to all of you, but this will have to be enough for now 😄

🎁 Expansion Packs Giveaway

I have a total of 8 game codes for the Royalty & Legacy, Adventure Awaits, Enchanted by Nature, and Businesses & Hobbies expansion packs, provided by Maxis!There are 2 codes for each expansion pack (redeemable on the EA App), and I'm giving all of them away to anyone who follows my Patreon and votes on the poll in this post.

🗳️ Vote on one of the 4 expansion packs at the end of this post to enter into a random drawing to win one of the two codes allocated to your chosen pack.

Voting closes on 2026-08-17 6AM UTC. Winners will be drawn randomly from the voter lists and notified via Patreon Direct Message.This giveaway is independently run and is not affiliated with Patreon. No purchase is necessary to participate. This giveaway is void where prohibited or restricted by law.

Update 2026-09-12: All winners have now received their codes, thank you for participating! 🎉

🛠️ Upgrading Foundation, and I needed a new shed

You might have noticed that it has been a while since the last major update to WickedWhims. I'm sorry I haven't communicated more frequently about how things are going. I've been deeply focused on upgrading the fundamental structure of the mod, addressing some of the long-standing gameplay and development issues.

All of my time is still dedicated to improving and expanding WickedWhims, so after 10 years of development, some of the underlying architecture needed to be modernized. Besides upgrading the foundation of the mod itself, I also spent some time building a "new shed" to make space for new tools that will make future development much smoother and faster.

I wish I could actually show you a real fancy shed I built, filled with brand-new shiny tools, so I could brag about it! But the virtual equivalent of it is there, providing everything I need to make the mod better and continue developing it.

🕹️ It might be small, but still satisfying

I admit, traditionally I've loved delivering feature-packed updates that aim to impress. While I've always felt that was the "right" way to do things, it isn't the most sustainable approach long-term. Obviously I'm mentioning this to say that I need to shift my release strategy.

Moving forward, updates have to be smaller, ideally more frequent, and hopefully delivered in a way that doesn't constantly disrupt your fun by asking you to download new files all the time. This more focused development approach means less waiting between updates and a more regular release of new things to play around with.

🐍 And Now for Something Completely Different...

In an effort to stay in touch and connected with The Sims 4... I play the game, of course, and once in a blue moon I refresh my save file by rebooting my favorite years-long running stories into a brand new save file. This involves cleaning out my Mods folder to remove things I no longer need.

I can proudly claim that I keep my Mods folder pretty organized, but I actually don't even know if I've ever used half of the CC I installed. I could delete all of that unused CC, but I don't always know which CC files are actively being used in my save. So I tried to solve this problem.

It's a tool dedicated to detecting exactly which mods are actually present in a save file you select, allowing you to safely delete unused mods and keep your game running smoothly.

A disclaimer is necessary, this is an experimental project! It is still unfinished and might potentially never be released to the public if I encounter too many technical roadblocks. Still, I thought it was a cool concept and I wanted to share it with you all 😄

💜 Forever Yours~

WickedWhims is my strangely beautiful and unique creation. I think I'm pretty good at making it, and I genuinely enjoy playing with it and sharing it with all of you. Your support throughout these past ten years means everything to me.

It has been a long journey, and I am fully dedicated to continuing it for all the players sticking with The Sims 4.

And I'm very interested to see what the next major entry in the series might bring...

⬇️ Vote here if you want to join the expansion packs giveaway ⬇️

Quick! Pick which expansion pack you would like to win the most!