I would like to have the option to have plastic surgery at the hospital. I would like to be able to edit my zoi appearance without interfering with their genetics. For example if I create a zoi with a large nose. Have him/her get plastic surgery to reduce the size of the nose but their offsprings still have a big change of getting that big nose.
I would like the option to modify my zoi face and body at the hospital and have to paid some type of fee to do it.
Another life simulation game had the option to do the editing of your character yourself for a higher fee or have the option for the game to do it randomly at a lower fee and if you chose the cheapest option everything could go wrong.
But I will be happy with just a simple option to modify your zoi face and body at the hospital and have to pay a fee.
I like the idea for sure. In the short-term, the option to get plastic surgery for a fee at the hospital could enable us to adjust the body of the zoi. I can’t remember if the normal edit appearance lets us do that, or if it’s possible with the customzoi cheat. But it would be an interesting option to get plastic surgery for face or body at the hospital for a fee.
As for the genetics component…
The first thing is the improved genetics system the devs are planning for this year’s development. Right now, the current genetics simulation has some flaws. It can give great results, but it all depends on the parents. The mother can pass hidden hideous features to her sons, and the father can do the same to his daughters. It has to do with the gender-swapped version of the parent’s skull.
When they get the improved genetics system, hopefully we’ll have recessive genes, and then the devs could do something with storing the genetic face vs. the modified face.
Yeah, I agree, adding this option would make it possible without cheats. It would also be interesting for it to fail or not. Like we edit the Zoi to what we want but depending on what tier you pick like cheap or expensive your Zoi could have a good surgery or botched.
We have the option for zois to choose the level of lawyer (if they need one), so if plastic surgery at the hospital became a feature, selecting a surgeon would be awesome! They already have some cool features for the hospitals that are in the game, such as volunteering, donating blood, etc.
All of this has me thinking it could be so fun if expanded to a small feature in the game that requires 5 to 6 steps, based on the zoi’s choices and finances. (Zois living where there is no hospital will travel via taxi to a hospital out of town.)
This is what I imagine:
The zoi needs to research plastic surgery on the computer. We can imagine that covers researching both the procedure and the available surgeons.
(Optional) The zoi schedules a pre-exam at the hospital with a selected surgeon. There’s a fee for this, so it’s optional, and perhaps the zoi could visit three available surgeons. The optional exam adds a positive percentage to the chance of the desired outcome, along with the surgeon chosen, the “luck” element of karma the devs have planned, and the success of Step 5.
The zoi schedules the surgery with the doctor they chose/can afford. They go to the hospital for a few hours.
Following the surgery, the zoi needs to recover the rest of the day and the entire day afterward. A unique interaction on the bed for “bed rest” could enable a zoi to stay in bed and read books, use a tablet and/or a computer, listen to music, play handheld video games, and watch tv (if one is in view of the bed). If they don’t spend enough time in bed, it will reduce the success of the surgery by a percentage per hour out of bed.
The day after the prescribed bed rest, the zoi goes for their final hospital visit to have the bandages removed and find out if the surgery succeeded (the zoi now looks exactly how the player edited their zoi and press Continue), or it was botched.
If it’s botched, it would be great if a zoi got a scar or scars on the part(s) of the body that were edited. These wouldn’t be face/body paint and could only be removed via a “Corrective Surgery” that would be done by the most expensive surgeon (even if that’s the one the player originally selected), and it would remove the scars completely but costs 50% of the original procedure based on the expensive surgeon’s cost. However, if the zoi can’t afford it and needs to get their corrective surgery later, there won’t be a discount.
It would also be interesting to add Zoi’s reactions to the surgery and preferences. Like one Zoi is completely against it and reacts negatively and criticizes it. While another may love it and ask where they can also get it done. As well as neutral Zoi who could be swayed to either side after some time.
It would also be so funny if a Zoi turned out botched and Zoi’s reacted to them on the street. Or maybe if your Zoi is a doctor they could offer to help them fix it. Especially since they’re already adding reactions that would be a fun reaction to play with.
I feel the same could be done for a good surgery too where Zoi’s just seem to pay more attention to your Zoi, or maybe more Zoi’s flirt/are attracted to them romantically or platonically depending on their preferences.
