Following the success of MySims last year, it seems as if the cutesy spin-off of the popular The Sims franchise is here to stay, beginning with the upcoming MySims Kingdom. Developer Electronic Arts has revealed new screenshots of the society-building simulator, revealing more of the stuff players will be getting up to.

The Wii Remote’s motion controls, it appears, will be used in earnest to complete tasks, with characters seen piecing together cogs, building bridges, and shaking trees to collect apples.

Set in a world where players must help King Roland restore his fallen empire, MySims Kingdom looks to expand on everything that made the original MySims popular (hopefully without the extent of gem-collecting this time around).

MySims Kingdom is released for both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS this autumn.