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title: Dress-up and space decoration
summary: >-
  Players combine appearance and surroundings to suit their own idea, without a
  single required model.
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  - 'Toys, imagination and everyday scenes'
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    title: 'Toca Boca World: characters, homes and self-directed stories'
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  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Dressing and decorating
    description: >-
      Players combine appearance and surroundings to suit their own idea,
      without a single required model.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/general-pro-gymnast-05.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: Pro Gymnast Simulator
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        Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed
        screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY
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      caption: The appearance editor offers clothing and color choices
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          label: Clothing and color settings share a panel
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          label: The character previews the selected combination
    tips:
      - >-
        Preserve independent combinations without requiring a single correct
        model.
    examples:
      - title: Pro Gymnast Simulator
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/1214520/'
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provenance: >-
  Play-focused selection adapted from the original children-education taxonomy,
  with original editorial additions dated 2026-10-20. Developer sources support
  specific examples, not the entire classification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/children
---
# Dress-up and space decoration

id: children--dress-decorate
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/children--dress-decorate
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/children--dress-decorate/

Players combine appearance and surroundings to suit their own idea, without a single required model.

## At a glance

![The appearance editor offers clothing and color choices](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/general-pro-gymnast-05.webp)

[Pro Gymnast Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1214520/) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed screenshot from Steam; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. Clothing and color settings share a panel
2. The character previews the selected combination

- Preserve independent combinations without requiring a single correct model.

- [Pro Gymnast Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1214520/)

## How it works

Players combine appearance and surroundings to suit their own idea, without a single required model.

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="dress-decorate-variants"></a>

- Combine clothes and accessories <a id="dress-decorate-1"></a>
- Change a character’s hairstyle and details <a id="dress-decorate-2"></a>
- Arrange furniture in a room <a id="dress-decorate-3"></a>
- Choose object colors and patterns <a id="dress-decorate-4"></a>
- Decorate a space for an invented scene <a id="dress-decorate-5"></a>
- Create several looks for one role <a id="dress-decorate-6"></a>
- Move a character between self-designed rooms <a id="dress-decorate-7"></a>
- Save and revisit self-created arrangements <a id="dress-decorate-8"></a>

## Design example

Hypothetical dollhouse: furnish a room for an invented character and act out a housewarming.

## Context and limits

An action map for children’s digital, board, active and mixed games. An instructional goal is optional: children can invent stories, explore toys, compete or enjoy play itself. Select age suitability, reading demands, controls and pace separately; different implementations can suit different ages. Learning tasks and instructional support have their own reference.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Play-focused selection adapted from the original children-education taxonomy, with original editorial additions dated 2026-10-20. Developer sources support specific examples, not the entire classification.

- [Toca Boca World: characters, homes and self-directed stories](https://www.tocaboca.com/toca-boca-world) (id: source-4ed514cf071a579d)
- [Pro Gymnast Simulator](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1214520/) (id: source-6a17b16b835e6f3c)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors