New Soup Kitchen

[Grumbul]

Let's not forget the smoothie machine! Add it to the "doesn't fit the original design" list. And please SC, give our old soup kitchen and pasta table back! And if you feel the need to redesign machines, how about having a go at the smoothie, sewing, hat, etc machines? PLEASE!!! Make them fit in with the charming original style that drew so many of us into your game.

[Neen]

This new soup kitchen is fun and retro 50s cool, and would be absolutely darling and perfect in the diner in the town. It would also look great in a restaurant game.

BUT -- On the farm, along the dirt road, outside, with the cow pens and the creaky grill and the old-timely ovens, it just looks strange.

Agreed. Well said. And to echo another forum community member, "if it ain't broke, (please) don't fix it"

[MiniGardener]

There is a precedent for redesigning machines. Somewhere there is a picture of the jam maker before it got a makeover. The original one fit in with the rustic overall feel of the farm. The jam maker was the first machine I hid behind trees. It has since been joined by hats, candy, smoothies and candles.

As someone said, the new soup kitchen with the skull-face white drawers would fit into the town. However, not on my farm. It was one of my favorites. Very sad.

It is interesting that there are farmers who like it. I suspect that means we can expect to see our farms slowly evolve in that direction.

[GladeMaid]

I wouldn't assume that just because it seems unpopular on this forum does not mean it is not liked by the many many people who play the game.

If you're as old as I am you may remember a time when real life home appliances in pink, turquoise blue, sunshine yellow and avocado green were hugely popular. Washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators.
I bought my KitchenAide mixer in turquoise blue because I loved the retro look of it.

And if you have actually had to cook on a black wood stove for years as I have, a little colour is always a plus.

Anyway, there is no accounting for taste or esthetics. What some people like others do not.
Just because you don't happen to like the look of something it isn't fair to criticize the designers.

Excuse me, but I did not criticise the designers, I merely said I wanted my tables and tablecloths back. OK I said the new soup kitchen design sucks, but I was VERY disappointed to lose my pasta kitchen table. It destroyed my whole aesthetics. How is it not legitimate to provide feedback, positive or negative - not that SC takes any notice of what we say? Is not the forum a microcosm of all players, or are the people on the forum a breed apart who think differently from all other HD players? There's a pretty good chance that it is a fairly representative sample of all players.

[SmallChange]

Another vote to have the old soup kitchen back please and a 'rustic' makeover for the other Barbie inspired machinery (sewing machine, candle maker, candy machine etc). It's a farm not Barbie World.

[PerkyCox]

If SC graphic artists are redesigning all the rustic farm machines to look like they belong in a diner, instead of on a farm, here's my suggestion for the new cake oven:

http://i.imgur.com/MbeNm55.jpg

[SmallChange]

If SC graphic artists are redesigning all the rustic farm machines to look like they belong in a diner, instead of on a farm, here's my suggestion for the new cake oven:

http://i.imgur.com/MbeNm55.jpg

Don't be giving them ideas!!

[PerkyCox]

We need a new Dairy, like this real old Braums store from Oklahoma City -- except the building should be in teal and hot pink and yellow. With sparkles and flowers and neon fireworks -- in other words, appropriate to a space-age Googie farm.

http://i.imgur.com/PZwwFbV.jpg

And new cows to go with the new dairy:

http://i.imgur.com/sVFuMJi.jpg

and new pigs too --

http://i.imgur.com/gKLv0Hl.jpg

Suuuuuure, these new things don't really match stylistically, and they don't go together in a harmonious vision, but we are OBVIOUSLY not doing THAT anymore.

What are YOUR suggestions for what should be the next redesign away from something that looks like it actually might belong on a farm?

[flutterby2]

Here it is, new one vs. old one

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oh no! seeing the the much loved original one again is making me sad. could i please have it back in next update SC. pleeeeease.

[PerkyCox]

Here's my suggestion for the next new town building -- its sleek modern design will contrast sharply with the homey cute and visually descriptive nature of the existing town buildings, begging the existential question, "WHYYYYYYYY am I here???? What is my purpose?? Why am I putting THIS thing HERE????"

http://i.imgur.com/jES4f9g.jpg