Move over, AMVs–The Sims music movies are what’s sizzling proper now and Orange County ska band Half Past Two is out to show it. Earlier right this moment, the ska ensemble launched their music video for “Curtain Call,” which was shot fully in The Sims 3.

The music video kicks off with a sim model of the band’s lead singer, Tara Hahn, driving her bicycle earlier than kicking into the upbeat, pop-punk observe. What ensues is a complete lot of Sim-ly hijinks involving trampolines, bull-riding, and the sport’s notorious Dance Sphere.

Much like another music video, this endeavor featured a director: Rae Mystic. While Mystic has shot loads of music movies utilizing extra conventional strategies (together with a few of Half Past Two’s earlier movies), filming one fully in The Sims 3 was a brand new and thrilling problem for them.

“I’ve been enjoying The Sims for the reason that first era of it and I’ve at all times needed to make a Sims music video, since I used to be a child,” Mystic stated in a press launch. “I posted on Twitter expressing my want and Half Past Two was the primary band to leap on.”

“When Rae threw out the concept of making a whole music video in The Sims, I DMed them again instantly to allow them to know we have been in,” guitarist Max Beckman added. “I utterly belief Rae’s inventive imaginative and prescient and knew they’d ship a inventive, entertaining video, regardless of by no means having labored within the medium beforehand. I additionally received to breathe a sigh of aid not having to plan a video shoot round eight members for as soon as!”

However, without having to coordinate eight folks might need been a welcome change of tempo, Mystic added that there have been nonetheless lots of processes involved–and getting the members’ corresponding sims to do precisely what they needed wasn’t at all times easy. Ultimately, the undertaking took Mystic about 13 hours to finish.

“I shot the music video like another: I constructed a set in-game, custom-made the lighting, and, after all, made positive that I made avatars for everybody within the band. Creating and ‘filming’ took about 13 hours, not together with the enhancing. It was difficult to pressure Sims to do what I needed them to do with the free story board I had written down. Tara driving the bike to start with was deliberate, Mark driving the bull was not deliberate however appeared enjoyable to throw in!”