Re: Owned Businesses Idea
If you have a pack that lets you own a business that's not a vet clinic, maybe you could have one that's also a bowling alley? Like a restaurant that is basically a bowling alley snack bar...
I imagine it would be harder to run a spa, though, since I think you need the lot type for the spa NPCs to show up. You could try, though, with a gift shop and hiring a yoga instructor, or having another household member being the yoga instructor. If you have Get Together, you could have a Yoga Club that meets there... Kind of kludgy but maybe it would come close? A bowling alley would be easier because it's not its own lot type...
I love creative business ideas!
Right now I have:
Caleb Vatore in my game is kind of the Paranormal Stuff "Oddity Collector," in that I've bought a lot of paranormal stuff out of debug and sell it in his store. I pretend that my mediums are selling things to him, LOL. His store is still kind of In Progress as he built it for $2K and we're putting the profits into the store, but when it's built up I might put it on the gallery. (I was kind of inspired by Petey Plays It's video.) He also sells vampire tomes, vampire pack knickknacks, plasma packs, and has the Ultimate Vampire Cure chillin' in a bakery case. 😉 He might branch out into werewolf items, too, when the pack comes out. Also his gardener wife grows dragonfruit and sells that as well; TBH that's where a lot of the money comes from. 😉 What he doesn't have is spellcaster stuff, because...
My witches own a magic shop that has all the potions, all the tomes, and most non-fish ingredients... and a dish of ambrosia chillin' in a display case. They also sell dragonfruit, cowplant berries, and the odd fizzy juice. (Again, her wife is a gardener, lol.) There's a lot more Stuff for Witches, and potions don't sell for much but I've had my muggle Sims go buy them.
I also have a Flower Shop that's waiting for my future florist to graduate university (it was built by LilSimsie) and might give my chef a bakery. She owns a restaurant in another save; maybe she'll have both if she can afford it...
Also, I gave Paddywack's Emporium to the S-K-L family, so they run that and Alice sometimes sells her paintings there. I also made Dennis Kim a high level investor, on the verge of retiring, and Vivian Lewis retired from the culinary field.
So... what kind of shop should an alien have? I've been considering letting my alien open a business, but am not sure what we'd sell. Alien Stuff, I guess? She's in the military and is the Hero of Strangerville, but I don't really want her to duplicate the Curio Shop because that just doesn't seem fun. :D
