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Kieran Isgin

YouTuber recreates iconic Love Island villa in The Sims

A YouTuber has recreated the iconic Love Island villa in The Sims, with extra attention to detail by building the famous fire pit and beach hut.

Stephanie Archibald, who goes by the username Steph0Sims, spent around 15 hours creating a spectacular replica of the Majorcan property. She even went out of her way to build a virtual Hideway - where couples on the show go for a private night together.

The gaming content creator, who posts on TikTok, Instagram, YouTUbe and Twitter, said: "Playing The Sims, especially when you let them go wild and do their own thing, literally feels like watching a reality TV show play out right before your eyes.

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"You never know what they’re going to do next and that’s the fun of watching reality TV." Previously, Love Island contestants stayed in a villa on the outskirts of Ses Salines in Majorca.

However, producers found a new villa this year in Sant Llorenc des Cardassar. Steph added: "Love Island didn’t release any floorplans of the new villa, so I had to work it out as I went along, based on the size of rooms and furniture.

Steph0Sims on YouTube spent 15 hours creating the immaculate replica of the villa (Stephanie Archibald / SWNS)

"Every single object had to be placed individually, including all the strip lights on the floor, so I ended up with 15 hours of recorded footage." Speaking about The Sims and Love Island, she added: "Watching Ekin-Su and literally whatever man she is coupled up with sneak around the villa kissing and try to not get caught by other Sims is the only thing I care about.

"Ekin-Su is the main character. Ekin-Sim coming soon."

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