I made this piece because I like to imagine myself as some sort of demonic entity that playfully torments normies, on the “wagie farm” spiritual plane. You can see that my character (painting on the left) is the same as the one I made on the Monstersim creator below.

The goal of a monstersim is to reap wagies spiritual energy by tormenting them. As such, I can either shapeshift and appear either as a normie to them, or an animal, or an invisible essence, or show them my true form to spook them out. I would obviously do it in moments where they are intoxicated or in bed, so that hey would think it was “just a nightmare”.

As you can tell, this piece is obviously inspired by the Sims 1 (even if I prefer sims 2, but I love the isometric charm of sims 1). This is because normies aren’t aware of the simulation that is the wagie farm plan, only demonic entities are. The sim look-a-like format is insightful, because it implies that you are both the omniscient player and the controlled character. It’s a good metaphor of what a demonic entity could be : the emanation of a greater, shapeless, indeterminate malicious spirtual force (the player), that manifest itself into an entity (the character).

My character / demonic entity would be some kind of vampiric werecat. A lot of entities would be similar to what we know as vampires. Other common entities in this world would be mischievous house gnomes, computer viruses, and possessed objects. Think about your shelf of cluttered sanrio kawaii shit suddently getting alive and fucking with you. It can sound insane but this is my way to cope with wagie life. In this strange fantasy I am the indefinite entity, the demons and the normies at the same time. It’s a fun reflection of my life in a twisted, fantasmogoric way.

I hope my ramblings made sense. I will definitely develop the monstersim project in the future, as a kind of cross-media experiment : there will be artworks, sims 2 mods, and sims 2 machinimas. My inspiration on this topic is endless, since, like you, I have to cope with the corporate hellscape that is modern life.

If you wish to experiment with the monstersim universe, here is the png template of the monstersim interface :