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Life’s Stories Challenge

“Life imposes things on you that you can’t control, but you still have the choice of how you’re going to live through this.” — Celine Dion

Life is an imperfect story composed of unexpected hurdles, amazing opportunities, bittersweet goodbyes, wholesome moments, and... less than wholesome moments. The challenge combines the unpredictable roads in life with the gameplay elements in the sims that I either love, want to explore, or would never do in my own family save and never had the reason to try. It explores these features through storytelling and, yes, sometimes even flawed sims. Are you ready to live through life’s stories?

GENERATION ONE: FAUX PHILANTHROPISTS

As a child, you grew up in a wealthy, well-known, and highly respected family. Your mother is a famous musician and your father a well-off businessman. Your family went to every charity event, every gala, and you grew up admiring your parents' Philanthropist lifestyle. You looked up to them so much you even started teaching guitar to the local kids. However, after taking up an internship at your father’s organization, you discover things aren’t as they seem, and your family has been profiting from some super shady activity within the family's charity organization! When you get home, you confront your parents, who tell you to brush it under the rug; when you resist, they throw you out, leaving you with nothing but the clothes on your back, your memories, and your guitar. Will you be able to survive on your own?

SET UP:

Traits: Self-Assured, Music Lover, & Freegan

Aspiration: Musical Genius

Career: None (Write songs at home)

Create the parents of your founder sim (Must have a bad relationship with your parents).

You may also create siblings for your founder, but this is not required.

Start on an empty lot, a guitar and zero simoleons to your name. 

You may decorate the lot with free debug items but nothing that can help with needs or skills, only decorative items .

If you have the pack, you may also grab a fire pit (as the sim has fond memories of going camping with his family).

RULES:

You can only make money via your guitar or singing (writing/publishing songs, singing for tips, etc.).

You must max the guitar and singing skills.

You must complete the musical genius aspiration.

You can not have any sim move in before you reach the following requirements:

Reach level 10 of the guitar skill.

Have at least 7,000 in the bank.

Have a house of at least 32 tiles with every basic necessity (toilet, bed, kitchen).

                                                               OR

Reach aged Adult (NOT YOUNG ADULT!).

Once you have 10,000 in the bank, you must start giving money to charity at least once a week. If you get a call to donate and you have enough money, YOU MUST DONATE in addition to your usual weekly donation!

GENERATION TWO: LIFE OF THE PARTY

Ugh, your parents always emphasized grinding and regularly working, but that just sounds… exhausting? Why do you need to do that kind of work when you can just… not? Wouldn’t it be nice to live in the lap of luxury and not have to work at all? You can just spend your days making friends, going out, playing video games, or, you know, whatever you want to do! Surely someone would pay to watch you just go about your life.

SET UP:

Traits: Lazy, Outgoing, & High Maintenance

Aspiration: Mansion Baron

Career: None

Live with the previous generation until marriage. Moving out requires a job and let’s face it… ew.

RULES:

Complete the Mansion Baron Aspiration.

Marry for money, aka a rich sim and have a mediocre relationship with them. Their friendship & romance bars should not exceed 50% fullness for any length of time, especially after marriage.

If you have any attraction mods installed, you MUST marry a sim your sim finds unattractive.

Never get a job and replace every broken item, do not repair or hire a service.

Must go to every event, accept every invitation.

LIVESTREAM and INSTA EVERYTHING.

You may also use Kawaii Stacie’s Reality Show Mod or Switch Streaming Mod if you wish to use that in addition to regular streaming.

Max the media production skill.

Must have and maintain at least seven friends, and three of them must be close friends.

Regularly go for a spa day with the besties.

Have three enemies.

When you have children, you must use a nanny/butler.

You cannot discipline any bad behavior nor encourage any good behavior.

GENERATION THREE: STRUGGLING STAR

You’ve always been your parents’ favorite child, well you think so, you didn’t hear otherwise… Well, you didn’t hear much at all actually. Your parents were very hands-off, leaving you with a butler/nanny who, let’s face it after a few generations, looks rather weird. This motivates you to get the attention you deserve. You’re the heir of a legacy challenge, darn it, and now everyone is going to see why! People will notice you when you walk by and whisper your name. Are you ready to take center stage?

SET UP:

Traits: Erratic, Snob, & Self-Absorbed

Aspiration: Master Actor/Actress

Career: Acting Career

Move into a house in Del Sol Valley.

RULES:

Have at least four spouses throughout the entirety of their life

Go to every Starlight Accolade event.

Complete the master actor/actress aspiration.

Must name any kid they have after an award (For example: Tony, Oscar, Emmy, etc.)

Own some kind of exotic animal when they become a four-star celebrity (Can grab off the Gallery).

Once they reach the middle of adulthood, they must start having BOTCHED plastic surgeries at least three throughout the remainder of their life (cas.fulleditmode in CAS).

If you see any sims you think may be related to Judith Ward, you must fight them (if nothing else than for laughs).

GENERATION FOUR: TAKING BACK CONTROL

Growing up under the roof of an Erratic and Self-Absorbed snob is a little challenging, especially when they are generally controlling of your life. Being in the spotlight because of your parents left you feeling you had to act a certain way, dress a certain way, and with everyone shouting at you about how you should exist, it left you feeling like nothing was really in your control. Should you take this job? You don’t know. Should you date this person? You don’t know! Should you get married? YOU. DON’T. KNOW. It’s going to take a while to realize that at the end of the day, you do know what is best for you!

SET UP:

Traits: Randomized (Up to 5 tries but you can't go back to a trait you skipped).

Aspiration: Renaissance Sim

Career: You’ll end up in at least three randomized careers (If you use a random number generator and it has one you already did, try again).

Use a generator like James Turner’s to choose a pack that has a world and move there. If there are multiple worlds (aka base game is chosen), you’ll need to find another way to randomize to choose.

RULES:

Complete the renaissance sim aspiration.

You must have had at least three careers throughout your lifetime.

Must quit and change your job once you’ve reached level 5 until you're an adult (NOT YOUNG ADULT).

When you’re an adult, reach the top of whatever career you end up with when the randomization ends.

Must use some randomizer for every decision (phone calls, jobs, pop-ups, etc.) until adulthood (NOT YOUNG ADULT).

Marry a slob or non-committal sim.

Have at least three children so that the oldest will become the heir.

GENERATION FIVE: PERFECT LITTLE FAMILY

You’re the oldest of your siblings and even though you love your parents, they can be ditzy when it comes to parenting, so it means you’ve had to pick up the slack. Doing homework with them, helping them with school projects, playing with them, but all this time helping to parent your siblings, you realized that you adore these moments. From the stomping of little feet to the late-night homework runs, raising your siblings has been so rewarding and you can’t wait to have kids of your own someday. You just can’t help but imagine all the fantastic memories you’ll have together.

SET UP:

Traits: Good, Foodie, & Family Oriented

Aspiration: Super Parent

Career: Can be Freelance, Stay-At-Home jobs, owning a restaurant or business

It's up to you to decide where this generation starts/where you want to move, but eventually, you’ll move to Evergreen Harbor.

RULES:

Marry a childhood friend.

Max your romance and friendship with them.

Move to Evergreen Harbor at some point before the next generation.

Go volunteering every Sunday.

Max out the parenting skill.

Have one sit-down dinner daily.

Must have at least one set of twins.

Have every child complete at least one childhood skill, one childhood aspiration, and achieve an A in school.

Be close with your grandchildren.

GENERATION SIX: LEGALLY GREEN

There’s smog everywhere! People are coughing and getting sick. Someone has to step in and stop these factories from polluting. It’s not only destroying this planet, it’s also harming this community! With the support of your parents and determination, you apply and get accepted to law school—time to put your nose to the books and get everything you can out of college. If you want to become an Eco-warrior, you’ll need to know how to hit these companies where it hurts.

SET UP:

Traits: Ambitious, Green Fiend, & Perfectionist

Aspiration: Academic

Career: Law

Should dorm at the university of their choosing but then return to somewhere in Evergreen Harbor when they are done with their degree with a lot that has off the grid and simple living traits.

RULES:

Go to university.

Complete the academic aspiration.

Max the research and debate/charisma skills.

Have a home garden where you can grow your food and eco upgrades so your house is self-sufficient.

Reach the top of the law career.

Your neighborhood must have a green footprint by the end of this generation.

Must be “married to your job.” Don’t marry or be in a relationship.

Must have only one child (can adopt).

Kawaii Stacie’s Explore Mod also has an artificial insemination option.

GENERATION SEVEN: BROKEN DREAMS

While your parent was off fighting large corporations, you stayed at your grandparents' house doing homework. Every time you looked at them you saw a happy couple, a loving family and you couldn’t help but wonder “Why can’t I have that? Why shouldn't I have that?” So like your grandparents, you married your childhood best friend, only to discover you felt absolutely nothing for them. You were gutted. You kept thinking, “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I be happy? Why can’t I have the white picket house life like my grandparents?”. You tried shoving yourself into work, but your eyes eventually started to wander…

SET UP:

Traits: Gloomy, Materialistic, & Romantic

Aspiration: Serial Romantic

Career: Any

Can live in any non-beachy location.

RULES:

Be close with your grandparents.

Marry your childhood best friend even though you don’t love them.

Have every type of woohoo available in YOUR game. (If you don’t have certain packs, do not stress, those will be exempt).

This can be with any of your romances & does not have to be with the same romantic interest. 

Complete the serial romantic aspiration.

Have a child as a result of an affair.

Max the charisma skill.

Be caught and divorce your spouse when the next heir is a teen.

GENERATION EIGHT: LESSONS LEARNED

“I won’t fall in love!” you scream. When you were a child, you were oblivious, pretending to be a  mermaid at the local pool and drawing starfish. But when everything fell apart, you couldn’t look away. Seeing what your parent had to go through, dealing with the fall out and hurt of being cheated on was terrible, but seeing how it affected the family was even worse. No, for you, love is for the stupid. You're going to grind through life and find happiness elsewhere. Though, all these long, tiring shifts at the hospital can’t help but make you wonder if things were different if you would be on the beach making sandcastles. 

SET UP:

Traits: Noncommittal, Child of the Ocean, & Loves the Outdoors

Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy

Career: Doctor

Can live in any non-beachy location but eventually you’ll move to Sulani.

RULES:

Complete the fabulously wealthy aspiration.

Reach the top of the doctor's career.

Create a doctor friend group of at least two other doctors.

Max the logic and handiness skills.

Become BFFs with a mermaid sim and (once you reach adulthood, NOT YOUNG ADULT) eventually realize you’ve fallen in love and marry them.

Once married, move to Sulani with your spouse.

GENERATION NINE: THALASSOPHILE

Being brought up in Sulani, you’ve grown to admire the landscape, beautiful waters, culture, and animals. You’ve developed quite a few friends here and the ocean seems to have been calling you from a young age, even inspiring you to take up a lifeguard job in the early part of your life. But as much as you enjoyed lifeguarding, you always felt there was more you could do. While monitoring the beaches you kept watching as apathetic, ill-mannered tourists dropped litter on the beautiful beaches. Every time it stung terribly, but that’s when you realized your true purpose… to bring Sulani back to its fullest potential and restore its beauty.

SET UP:

Traits: Animal Enthusiast, Child of the Islands, & Cheerful

Aspiration: Angling Ace

Career: LifeGuard (as a teen), Conservationist

Live in Sulani

RULES:

Clean up Sulani.

Become good friends with at least eight other sims.

Become friends with a dolphin.

Complete the angling ace aspiration.

Max the fishing, fitness, and wellness skills.

Have two pets at all times (dogs, cats, rodents, etc.)

Marry a bro sim.

Have at least three kids and have a beach day each week at one of the public beaches.

Have your spouse die (preferably from a shark attack while swimming in Sulani).

GENERATION TEN: HEALING WORDS

Since the untimely death of your parent, you’ve been left a little shaken. You’ve always had your nose in your book, even when you were supposed to be enjoying quality time on beach days. Now that they’re really gone, it feels like so much time was wasted. So many things needed to be said but it never will and every time you look at the ocean, you get a feeling of dread thinking about what happened. So you pack up your books and head off for greener pastures (literally), buying out an old farm and despite the dire state it’s in, it inspires you. The stories this place must hold! For the first time in a while, the loss doesn’t sting as much. You open up your laptop and begin to write…

SET UP:

Traits: Clumsy, Loner, & Bookworm

Aspiration: Bestselling Author

Career: None (Write books at home)

Move to a run down farm/vineyard/orchard style lot on Henford on Bagley

RULES:

Complete the best-selling author aspiration.

Achieve level 10 gardening and writing skills.

Run a farm, orchard, or vineyard.

Meet someone at the Finchwick Fair & eventually marry them.

Name your children after books, book characters, or anything literature.

Cook and farm with your whole family regularly.

Become friends with birds and rabbits.

Adopt a “fox” and a basset hound.

ARE YOU PLAYING THIS CHALLENGE?

Hey there! If you attempt this challenge, I would love to follow along! Even if you are just creating sims or lots inspired by this challenge, I would still love to see it. Please tag me on twitter/tumblr ( @littlefoxsimmer​ ), or use the hashtag #lifesstorieslegacy!

Acknowledgements & credits

I just wanted to give a brief thank you to @livingdeadgal128 for her support and feedback on this challenge! She is one of the most supportive individuals in the community, and I am very thankful for all of her support.

I also want to appreciate and acknowledge the creativity of the simming community as a whole, especially the Twitter simming community, whose kindness & creativity gave me the confidence to post it publicly. I’m constantly inspired & in awe by every single one of you. Thank you all so much!!!

Finally, I want to acknowledge the specific inspiration and give credit to the creators of pre-existing challenges I was inspired by, such as the ten generation legacy style gameplay format originally created by Pinstar and used in beloved challenges such as the Not So Berry Challenge originally created by lilsimsie and alwaysimming, the rags to riches style gameplay present in generation one inspired by the Rags to Riches challenge originally created by SimishGamer.

Continue to the next section for optional resources that may enhance your play-through of the challenge. –>

Awesome Resources *Not Required*:

Information

Woohoo Location Guide by The Sims Community

Creators

Unique animals that your sims can adopt by Pugowned

Mods

Attraction system (Wonderful Whims) by Turbodriver

MCC Command Center by Deaderpool

Reality Show Mod by Kawaii Stacie

Switch Streaming by Kawaii Stacie

Explore Mod by Kawaii Stacie  

Shorter University Degrees by Peridot

Live in business mod by littlemssam

Generators

Random pack generator by James Turner 

Google random number generator

I plan to make some lots for this challenge in the future as well, but feel free to check out my gallery. I already have a decorated Rags to Riches lot that you can use for the first generation of this challenge. You can find it here!