i built a CAT CAFE in the sims!

[@Sara-sk1zi]

funny enough i work at a catcafé in Barcelona, here we do not have separate spaces for the cats and the café space, but the kitchen part is a different room though where cats can't enter. Also we do not let to many people in at once as we don't want the cats to get stressed if there is too many people and obviously there are rules that must be followed. And I am so happy to tell that almost 280 cats have found their forever home through us!

[@yuriaz5018]

Hi Kayla, i've been watching you for years now (since you were in high school, I'm going into my first year of uni soon) and this really helped me out. My childhood cat is set to pass away tomorrow, and I've been watching a ton of your videos to help calm myself down. Seeing you post cat-related content really warmed my heart, and I hope you understand how much your bright personality has helped me in these rough times.

[@nataliee2792]

I'm so sorry to hear that :( my childhood dog passed away last week, I really understand what you're going through. Take care of yourself ❤

[@gabe_aaaaaahh]

Take care sweetie ❤️‍🩹stay strong

[@jamesm1110]

I am so sorry 💔💔

[@gracehowell.]

I'm so sorry that your kitty will be passing over the rainbow bridge. I was heartbroken when our family kitty had to be put down. I was 17, and she was 19, so she'd had a good run. I hope you have a lovely last day with your own kitty and give her as many hugs and kisses as she wants.

[@noterix1164]

we had to let go of our dog back in March and it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. so sorry for your loss

[@hollyleafwell2118]

In my country there's two types of cat cafés; the one with adoptable cats and non-adoptable cats. The ones with non-adoptable cats usually have their cats in "shifts". They're in the cafe for a couple hours and then they clock out and stay in the calm cat room that isn't for the public. Some cafés have their cats caged for the night after closing up and have their cats out in the cat room an hour before opening time so the cats can have their meals and stretch before their shifts begin. Cute café btw!

[@luciacastille]

I live in the US, driving distance from lilsimsie. it's the same thing here. i don't know any that do shifts per se, but I do know that some allow them to go between the cat rooms and the cafe space as they please

[@pokerusfreak8194]

I think they could actually 100% get away with doing a garage and garage clutter kit IF they framed it as a "Garage Sale" kit instead! They could give up more items and clutter to use for garage's, a garage sale table that functions similar to the other sales tables in game but maybe look real home made, and then perhaps clutter items that worked like dumpsters where you could maybe get furniture and other items clutter and decor that you could either sell on the table or use the decorate your home. That would make it more of a functionality and decor kit, than specifically a CAR and garage kit, and I think it would be better received that way while still being able to give us the kinds of things you want

[@strawberriesarah]

genius!!

[@phantomx6988]

you cooked w this omg

[@notWerewolf]

and can you imagine the story potential for something like this!!! you could have an evil stepparent put your old Blarffy out for sale, or you could get better returns on furniture you've used, or you could buy a used computer from someone else's garage sale when you're just starting out and don't have any money. i REALLY love this idea!!

[@leahaf808]

This is such a good idea

[@annieouellette]

I actually think cars could work just as a semi-functional decorative item. Like, you don't drive the cars around. They're stationary. But if you place one down and the sim can access it, clicking on it gives you the same travel options as clicking far out on the street or using the phone. Maybe they add a woohoo in car option (scandalous). I think that would be a happy medium of giving us cars while not messing with the overall car-lessness of the game currently, and it would fit right in with a little garage pack with the doors and clutter items Kayla describes. Garages are often used as storage spaces and workshops, so a handiness focused main gameplay option or a way to access the household inventory without entering build mode would go with it really well.

[@hamburgergirl220]

I can’t believe it’s been a year! I remember being so exciting during the sewer saga, and I’m so glad it all worked out so happily! Happy one year to the kittens!

[@sydbofficial]

omg happy birthday kittens

[@CJbuiilds]

Your not first Edit: bro removed the first part to look innocent 💀💀💀

[@staarss.]

@@CJbuiildsyes they are ..?

[@staarss.]

Your first dw

[@The_music_industry_TV]

@@CJbuiildsI’m so sorry, but this was annoying me, *You’re (You are).

[@The_music_industry_TV]

@@staarss.I’m sorry, this was annoying me, but *You’re (You are).

[@princessjellyfish98]

The sims team is really in between a rock and a hard place when it comes to cars 😭 it would be SO COOL to get a car-themed stuff pack where they brought back the fixer upper car from Sims 2 free time and maybe added real garage doors, but they KNOW if they do something like that, they'll get so much heat for not adding actual cars! And it's a shame because Kayla is right, ALL the worlds in this game are designed around not having cars. They'd have to change too much to make cars realistic, or confine them to one world which people would also hate. It's like the difference between adding infants versus completely changing or deleting newborns. They were able to add a life state without impacting old saves without that life state, but if they'd deleted the newborn objects, SO many old saves would break. If they made major changes to ALL the in-game maps, so many old saves would break I can't imagine how they'd work around that. I just wish there was a way they could temper community expectations to give us SOME elements of cars that players want that could be more feasible, without upsetting the players who want more

[@taylorkay-m6n]

I agree! so many changes would have to be made, but if they could add in a mechanic skill or something in a stuff pack that would be cool! Also we need a new game pack soon!

[@caleblinkous-stewart6751]

If we do get cars it will probably be in the sims 5. I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t add any car stuff to the sims 4 but they’re probably working on it with project rene

[@merchantfan]

I know, there's definitely worlds where I wish I could have a car since Sims have to walk a ridiculous amount of time to get anywhere (especially the Get Famous mansion area, that's ridiculous). But yeah so much stuff is designed to *not* work with cars I don't know how they'd do it. Which is kind of bizarre to me, they didn't think about the fact people would want that sometime in the past 10 years? I wish we could at least get some other options for transportation like skateboards, tricycles/those little cars you control with your feet, roller skates, eBikes or motor scooters for old people

[@CecilieLykkechr]

I love how snap left as soon as you started talking about kittens😂 happy adoption day!

[@Nightswarmer]

I've been to one cat cafe in Poland and one in France and both had cats where you ate, but also spaces for the cats to go away from people and be alone.. And there was just cats everywhere, so much fur, like being home ❤

[@evelina4909]

I think the experience it depends on where you are. I have also been in a cat café and its was very smelly the cats we're mostly very shy and did not seem happy also some fighting between the cats. Just very gray concrete with some cat trees 😅😢

[@Nightswarmer]

@@evelina4909 Sounds like they didn't have the cat's best intentions in mind, then.. Both the places I was at didn't smell, their litter boxes were in a separate area, and all the cats were chill and got along.. Not every cat wanted to interact with people, but there were a lot of spaces for them to just hang out and watch people.. Lots of high shelves for them to get away and none of them allowed people to physically lift any of the cats, the cats had to come to you.. I took a lot of inspiration for my own home, when building spaces for my cat, she can chill in my living room at heights where she'll feel safe and observe, but no one can reach or bother her..

[@koriolakorni5041]

I feel like in Poland in three Cat cafes that I was the space between food ordering and Cat space with eating were separated.

[@Frankenzebra]

​@@NightswarmerI'm in the UK and both cat cafes I've been to have been great and put the cats welfare in mind. Both are non-adopt, run by the cats owners and have three floors, one floor being for cats only so they have proper chill space! One café is former rescues and more casual, the other in the city is more pedigrees and themed with cat blankets and cups etc and a fully vegan menu (helps keep the cats uninterested in human food too 😂) Thankfully both also have age limits of no under 7s... I've heard of a cat cafe further north that has a kids time and kids parties which sounds awfully stressful for the cats 😢

[@cryingwatercolours]

@@Frankenzebradid you go to java whiskers?

[@thebigmermaid]

If you separate the baked goods into individual servings, the value skyrockets and it becomes much more practical to run a bakery! Using the cupcake machine too 😉

[@durdleduc8520]

you don't look silly for having a lot of cat furniture, you look like a great cat owner! we have more cat trees than cats (and we have four cats...)

[@spicyreyes]

the least realistic part of simsie's build style is that when she builds parking areas, everyone is parked correctly

[@samg461a]

A way to get a garage door without putting in cars: lawn care kit! You can have a weed-wacker, weed puller, lawn mower aaaaaannndd a *riding* lawn mower. So they add a garage door so you can ride your lawn mower into a shed! And voilà! A garage door without cars!

[@strawberriesarah]

that is so smart!

[@wildflowerwingz4398]

That would be cute.

[@ZePopTart]

Hold up. They have a LAWN CARE kit?

[@marli8907]

I know all the stuff about Snap, but when you said "you're not here for that. You're here for the build." Yes. But we're here for YOU. And your cats are an extension for you. So talking about them, the good and the bad, all of it.

[@Pookiana5]

This is literally one one my favorite Simsie build ever. The pink swatches in the bistro kit are soooo good😭. Happy Gotcha Day Shrimp and Sunny 💕

[@vicvallejo]

im so excited for this build!! i got my cat 2 years ago from a cat cafe!! it was actually in miami and me and my girlfriend got her together on vacation and had to fly her back to massachusetts! we got so extremely lucky with her she’s so sweet, she’s also all black so seeing ur little sewer kittens were so cute:)

[@IATEALLTHECHEESE]

This makes me so happy! My cat just got home from the vets after he stayed overnight. He got a nasty skin tear under his armpit and needed stitches but he's okay now and home ❤ he's one of a set of twins and he was scared without me and his brother going to the vets for that long and surgery, but he's okay now and asleep snoring away on my bed. I hope your cat is okay!

[@Deviledegg69420]

Happy gotcha day sewer kitties! I've loved watching them grow and they may or may not be the reason my boyfriend has agreed to getting us some kitties! So thanks for changing a self proclaimed cat hater to cat lover kittens❤️

[@chickenfoot2423]

ohhh its gotcha day! for some reason i kept hearing her say 'gacha day' and thought it was a reference to the random collectible nature of the cat distribution system😭

[@thedonner7746]

I LOVE this format of videos because the speedbuild is so interesting and i love having a lilsimsie podcast on the back of them lol

[@elias_wl1676]

It’s been one year? It feels like last week literally.. happy birthday cats💖💖

[@steggopotamus]

At this point I think of the sims as some sort of distopian sci fi world. Like stepford wives, or everyone lives in a bunker to survive nuclear winter, and it just looks like they're outside to keep them from going (more) bonkers. So cars would ruin the mood

[@marcel.was.unavailable]

If they are stray animals in the sims you don’t have to shift click, you can befriend them and then an option will pop up (Simsie mentioned it but didn’t explain so I thought I would take the liberty to)

[@progalaxyvig2645]

Not me getting your petivity ad right before this lol. Also happy birthday to the kitties ❤❤❤

[@witchpleasee]

Maybe removing the Cat Neighbourhood trait would make it work better? I used the Cat Hangout on one of my residental builds for a while to help with my sim's aspiration and I regularly had like 5 strays hanging out at my house. You can also adopt strays by befriending them!

[@haleyjenkins3973]

This makes me feel really happy i miss my cat dearly, he lived on a farm and has been missing for two months. It feels like part of my soul is missing. I like seeing cats in the sims and the idea of a cat cafe makes me really happy

[@user-oo1fk3nv8z]

I love the cat decals omg. And the little cat paw prints ommmg

[@Lvl1Critters]

so many people want cars, me I wanna be able to make tattoo artist sims, hair dressers, fairies and zombies, the rest im like ohhhhhhhk i guess thats fun too xD

[@emmaluu]

my cat's gotcha day was yesterday (7/14) too!! this is so sweet :))

[@merchantfan]

This came out *sooo* cute! It would be a great place for dates, especially if pets get included any in the crosspack supports for date activities (imagine you could have one to just play with animals). Definitely tempted to get the bunch of kits I don't have I'd need for this - maybe as a treat to myself if I get the new expansion

[@lottibalint7440]

Omg yayy it's a place for Snap to sell her biscuits!!! 🐾🐾

[@lizzywilliams2152]

I got off a closing shift and I go in again tomorrow morning- finding this was exactly what I needed

[@markabele8794]

Cute cat cafe, Kayla. Happy birthday to Snap.

[@Bear0711]

To get your garage door they could do like a “bike garage” pack where it would create a way to customize the bikes in the game it would also encourage people to use the bikes as well because I feel like they don’t get used that much And i imagine the build stuff be like fun graffiti stuff and spray cans and obviously garage items they could also give us a functional bike rack with it

[@loveangelb4by]

it’s my birthday and the kittens gotcha day!! 🥰 i love this build and all of your videos so much!

[@missteach9853]

This is a really cool cat cafe! I actually am a board member for a cat shelter in Colorado that has a cat cafe attached to it!! 💜

[@RameenSamad]

i can't believe its already been a year, happy birthday kittens!! have some cake 👇 🎂

[@Kiara-u9l7b]

fr fr

[@taylorkay-m6n]

*****LILSIMSIE I am a huge fan! This is the first time I have been able to comment, and I have had this idea for years... no joke! So you know the build catalog (the rooms) like the living room, kitchen, bathroom, ect. I thought that you could possibly make a house with the same layout, and similar furniture to the pictures in the catalog! This includes the front of the house, landscaping and all! You can limit this to base game or not, but I would love to see you do this challenge either way! Happy birthday to your amazing cats and keep up the fantastic charity work you have been doing!!! Tell Worm I said hi!*****

[@deltapoeta]

10:21 I've said it before and I'll say it again... we need a motorcycle pack!! Just imagine: reusing the base mechanics for bicycles, which we already have; super cool motorcycles that can drive on the existing roads; introduce dirtbiking as a sport; the CUTEST Vespas; lil 75 cc bikes for kids; adding "Teach to Ride Motorcycle" to the parenting skill, and teens can take a motorcycle driving test in high school; bad*ss CAS with leather jackets and dope boots and super cool motorcycle gear; BB garage supplies like tool boxes and hand tools and other garage clutter; an update to the handiness skill where working on a motorcycle helps build it; a new death; a world with a track or two to help build the motorcycle skill; dirtbike/motorcycle competitions (similar to Horse Ranch, just with more horse power lol)... you get the point. MOTORCYCLES!!!!

[@nyxitylee2094]

I'd be down for a Garage pack with fake cars you could get from build/buy mode. Though, if they were to do that, it would be cool if it added some gameplay features. Sims 2 throwback, but I think it would be cool if you could do a car fixer-upper that allows a certain amount of customization. Would your Sim ever be able to actually drive the car they made? No, but it would have a garage and a driveway to display it in. It would also have the option that allows you to sell said car. Then with the pack there would be a feature that would be added to the base game: again, like in the Sims 2 you'd have animations where kids and teens enter a bus when they head off to school and the bus can then drive off and disappear. The adults meanwhile might be picked up by a taxi or a car that represents a carpool. Also, I've thought this for some time, but you sound like an exceptional cat Guardian. You get 5 more gold stars for that. I consider the upstairs apartment to be Snap's still and the kid's room is begrudgingly for Shrimp since he is a kid in comparison to her and he wants to be her friend so much.

[@Lanoira13]

I love the cafe chairs being upstairs. lol I use The Sims for story worldbuilding a lot to get an idea for spaces in my writing, and I recently was working on a pub/upstairs apartment an MC owns and works in, and since he was low on funds and focusing on his business, he just used one of the spare tables and sets of chairs from his pub that he put in storage in case it gets busy for his dinner table (so his employees could use his place for D&D night) even tho they don't really go with his apartment.

[@LadyLissa82]

I love all your builds, but this one shot to the top of my favorites list!!! I might buy the bistro kit specifically so I can download this one as is. 😻

[@MuirlySims]

We have a cat cafe in the city where I live and it's so cute to see the cats in the windows! The cats are all available to adopt and they will only let people adopt a cat if the cat recognises them and allows them to pet it!

[@isabeledwards6746]

I've just adopted a kitty called Tímon, he's 4 and he's the joy of my life xxx he came from a foster mum who couldn't keep him cuz her cat isn't very friendly, he was set to be put down 😢 he's such a cuddly baby so I'm so happy I could save him ❤🎉

[@Klausish]

I am personally happy we don't have cars in the sims, cars create so many issues in real life that I just don't want in the Sims. I like it being so pedestrian-centered.

[@rebeccawicker6207]

10:46 agree. Completely. But like instead of drivable cars for obvious reasons…. Mechanic skill and you can fix cars… then in like a decade (or whenever), we get cars in 5?!?

[@isabellhansen2864]

I love my local cat cafe! It’s so perfect, the vibes are incredible and the kitties are so cute

[@brightsalot]

Those chairs have wood frames, not metal. They’re based on real-life Bentwood chairs, a historical 19th century design by Michael Thonet (estimated to have sold 50 million chairs between 1859 and 1930).

[@katielouise210]

i can't believe it's been a year since you found the kitties in the drain!!! so glad they found a safe home with you and dan

[@cynsue1618]

I do shift click to add pets, but I always make sure that they say stray on them. Where the museum is on the island I usually change that to a animal hang out so that the strays will actually go to that place and then I can go in and adopt them.

[@juliannaburkard3500]

the little sibling to cancer pipeline was one my cat went down too lol. happy bday shrimp & sunny ☀️ 🍤

[@MrTaryns]

always remember Kayla if it makes us happy and we are not hurting anyone then we do not care what other think about things, its none of our business!!! happy kitty day!!

[@SebiHemke]

wait now im curious! what do you mean?

[@demonwithmustasche3426]

I can't believe it's already been a year since the sewer cats were found😭❤️ time sure flies by

[@grated_ivy]

The cat cafe I have been to (in Aus) had 2 seperate rooms, for eating and for cats. It worked really well! You could still see the cats while you were eating but it kept it all easier to clean. This build is super cute! ❤

[@KittyCat260]

At the cat cafés near me, the cats do just get to chill and wander round where you're eating. They can't go into the kitchen space, obviously, but once you've got your food out in the main café it's all cat friendly space.

[@pardonyourglove]

My daughter is in love with a book series called Home for Meow. It's about a girl whose family owns a cat cafe that they live above and different stories about finding homes for the cats. I'm going to show her this video because I'm sure it's her dream home.

[@danielleColeman18]

Please do your cats as “human” Sims! Please like this so Kayla can see… 😊

[@vicious.vixen_178]

Aww, this build is super cute and amazing... OOOOOH - you should do a dog cafe! Please, please, please??? For the Dog people that follow you.

[@The_music_industry_TV]

Happy birthday kittens! :)

[@CrofteriaCorner]

I literally filmed a cat café speedbuild just a few days ago and I'm almost done editing it 😅 The timing is hilarious. I love yours, it's so cute!

[@KlaraL-_-]

It´s completely fine to have a cat tree in every room and lots of cat related stuff around. It must look very homey. Don´t assume that visitors find it weird, assume they love cats just like you LOL

[@mcjordie]

Happy Gotcha Day Shrimp & Sunny!!

[@inesstaniaszek6515]

happy birthdayyy, im currently on a simsie video marathon!

[@DesireeKeperling]

Your videos have always been a safe space for me, thank you for bringing me peace during my hardest time/times , i struggle with not doing hobbies and just bed rot for long periods of time but everytime i watch another video it brings me motivation to play again! Thank you for that too 💗

[@genshin_lore_enjoyer]

4:19 you are so thoughtful cat mom 🥺🤲🏼 Its so cute

[@charlottestimson7049]

I was watching the video where you mentioned the home chef hustle wallpaper a few days ago while building in the sims, and as soon as u mentioned it, I stopped dead in my tracks and I realised I used the exact same swatch in my build. I am also guilty of using the wallpaper a million times in my builds, I try so hard to use others but it’s just the prettiest. Do you, Kayla ! Don’t listen to the haters 😂

[@pleaseenteraname4332]

Happy birthday kittens! I literally went to a cat cafe yesterday so the timing of this video is kind of perfect haha!

[@lavishgoblin]

omg the kittens are French revolutionaries, love that for them

[@NiteGamerRhayel]

No fire pit, but there is a woohoo spot. I'll take it! Cute build btw I will definitely be downloading it!

[@Imnotyouraveragebro]

Boston just got their first cat cafe and I can’t wait to go!!

[@abcdemiller5389]

This is so off topic from the cafe but they need to make a "man cave" pack so that it can be like basement/garage so it's like garage storage and stuff

[@merchantfan]

I would like to have a pinball machine and some retro looking arcade games. And we definitely still need a pool table, they can fit in great with a really classy setting or a really skeezy one depending on the model

[@kaelyn6078]

i see lots of stray cats at the cat cafe in my game! in fact most are strays. weird there’s that difference

[@annabethkvenvolden7086]

I squealed when I saw the title of this video, happy birthday sweet baby kitties ❤

[@akimi.y]

Hey Simsie, I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and here we have a Cat Cafe that is all pink hahaha It's really cute!

[@angelabrummett3695]

The shelter I work at works with a cat café and it’s awesome! They’re all healthy adult cats.

[@wyverv]

Kayla you should definitely go to a cat cafe it would totally be up your alley!!!

[@zoegranville7607]

7 mins in and I already love it. I've been to a cat cafe, it was fun. i ended up sitting with the shy cat and just quietly petting her when she let me

[@mysticdanie_9915]

You could make the apartment part a cat club hang out space, and use a club door so only the top cats or cat owners can join :D

[@design.of.reality]

happy birthday kittens ❤❤❤❤ and Snap will always be our queen

[@Mazikeen46]

As far as cars go I would be ok with the working garage door. I agree that there is no way we will be able to just be out driving in cars. I would say that it would be cool at the least to be able to have a car and garage and just have the animation of the car coming out of and into the garage when you choose to travel somewhere.

[@rebeccawicker6207]

1:05 we adopted our two babies in August from a cat cafe here in Milwaukee

[@maggie4028]

It's wild that it's been a year!! The kittens have grown so much and it's so incredible that they found you!

[@Kiara-u9l7b]

ahhhhh, july 14 is my brothers birthday (we celebrated it yesterday because we live in New Zealand) and he turned 3 🥹🌷

[@KlaraL-_-]

OMG it´s been a year already!!!! Happy birth/adoption day, Shrimp and Sunny!!! 💛🥰😺😺

[@DogLover1718]

Weird suggestion triplet house or apartment with a cat or dog each that are also triplets not identical triplets

[@avabaker-ralton5036]

“she deserves to have a fancy stove” abt a cat lmao

[@Cinnamuunn]

I love when you make cat theme builds 🐈‍⬛🐈🩷🩷🩷

[@potatopatahto]

lilsimsie video + dinner = cosy perfection🥰🥰

[@briclare]

my cats birthday was also in june/july. she would’ve been 23 this year. rest in peace Fez❤️❤️

[@pauld2810]

We were very excited when a cat café opened in our neighborhood. We booked tickets. Like you guessed, the café and the cats were in different rooms. When we were guided into the room with the cats, we were told that we couldn't pick up the cats. We couldn't call the cats over. We had to let the cats come to us. It was a warm, sunny day, and the cats were more interested in sleeping in the windows. So we sat in a room for an hour, looking at sleeping cats. It was a disappointment, unfortunately.

[@MaryGoodall]

I went to a cat café on my vacation to NYC a couple of years ago. It was really cute.

[@SimmieVee]

Omg Kayla i wish i can build like you! Im still practicing and idk if im getting better or getting worse 😅.

[@InMyMindXO]

You can in fact live in a community lot! Put down a community lot, then save it to your library but with the lot saved as a residential, then go to manage worlds, place the residential version, and now go to another household, go back to manage worlds, and now it should be marked as a business, with the lot icon and a plumbob above it. It is basegame compatible but it makes it so you can’t access your household funds because of the business fund system.

[@Alice_ingamerland]

Love the build! Happy Gotcha day to Sunny and Shrimp!

[@Vivileinchenliii]

The cats in real cat cafes also run around and walk everywhere sooo a seperate room isn´t accurate to all places!

[@imanidapenha]

Wow Snap and my mom share a birthday!

[@LiaMarieM900]

Yayyy happy birthday (kinda) kitties!!!! Love the cat cafe theme!

[@HeyJan_der_coolste]

Kayla every time I began like something you post about it First the desert luxe kit Second the Penthouse build, I renovated it one day before Third the Kit Ranking, I literally was thinking if I should buy a new kit Fourth I Am obsessed with cat 🐈 cafe ☕️ sims4 builds right now Btw I love ❤ your Videos Kayla

[@HugaMoga]

i imagine snap literally running the cafe. like you visit it and can't see anyone behind the bar and then you look closer and there's just a cat sitting there making you coffee. 😅

[@mmc6720]

its the cats apartment someone just go up there to make sure they are taken of and someone could "stay there" to take care of like sick cats or kittensq