Should I go against my particular playing style when creating a very in depth storyline?
Bit of a bizarre question, I guess. I'm looking for some general advice and output for how I should approach a certain story.
Apologizes in advance for any strange phrasing and/or word choice; English is not my first language. Writing paragraphs or thoughts down are particularly difficult as I seem to confuse native speakers with uncommon figurative language. :disappointed:
A few days ago, I had some free time after my final exams and jotted down some ideas for a new household in a current save. It eventually turned into a full fledged story line, and have 6-8 pages of potential sims and ideas.
I have a very different play style than the majority of simmers on here, it seems. I tend to speed up the "tedious" things like the process of naturally progressing in careers and skills if being advanced in something particular is important to a story. I'm very impatient person, I will admit. :sweat_smile: One of the major sims starts off is presumed to start off at the top of his career, as that's where the story begins, but I'm conflicted on how it should begin.. should it be gradual or sudden? I haven't played gradually in years, and while I think it would be a fantastic change in pace, I don't know how to do so.
To keep things short and comprehensible, there's two main sims involved---both males.
(I guess you could label it as Romeo and Julio, but it's very different concept at the same time.)
Sim 1 - Rebellious delinquent who had a particularly rough upbringing. Top of the criminal career do to his mother's connections, but would rather spend his days drawing on easels. Morally conflicted, and escapes the justice system that is attempting to silence his recent political protests with his magnificent art that gratifies the city's inhabitants. When protesting at City Hall about a recent law, he flees when the police start harassing innocent protesters.
When seeking asylum, he meets another political criminal.
Sim 2 - Grew up with connections to the music industry, as his parents were both successful musicians themselves. A well known musical "prodigy" whose upset with his country's polices on gay rights. Silent about his sexuality, and pretends to be happy in his arranged marriage. He assembles a large scale peaceful protest. He is arrested without a fair trial and threatened with life in prison. He flees with a very large bounty over his head, and ends up meeting sim 1.
~ I refuse to spoil any more! ~
There are a lot more sims involved in this, sure, but these are the two major ones.
How do you personally think I should go about recreating this story in my game? Should I make these sims entirely from scratch in CAS or have them go through the stages of life to really flesh out their character development? I'm afraid if I do create a background, I will get bored and resort back to other save files.
Thoughts?
Apologizes in advance for any strange phrasing and/or word choice; English is not my first language. Writing paragraphs or thoughts down are particularly difficult as I seem to confuse native speakers with uncommon figurative language. :disappointed:
A few days ago, I had some free time after my final exams and jotted down some ideas for a new household in a current save. It eventually turned into a full fledged story line, and have 6-8 pages of potential sims and ideas.
I have a very different play style than the majority of simmers on here, it seems. I tend to speed up the "tedious" things like the process of naturally progressing in careers and skills if being advanced in something particular is important to a story. I'm very impatient person, I will admit. :sweat_smile: One of the major sims starts off is presumed to start off at the top of his career, as that's where the story begins, but I'm conflicted on how it should begin.. should it be gradual or sudden? I haven't played gradually in years, and while I think it would be a fantastic change in pace, I don't know how to do so.
To keep things short and comprehensible, there's two main sims involved---both males.
(I guess you could label it as Romeo and Julio, but it's very different concept at the same time.)
Sim 1 - Rebellious delinquent who had a particularly rough upbringing. Top of the criminal career do to his mother's connections, but would rather spend his days drawing on easels. Morally conflicted, and escapes the justice system that is attempting to silence his recent political protests with his magnificent art that gratifies the city's inhabitants. When protesting at City Hall about a recent law, he flees when the police start harassing innocent protesters.
When seeking asylum, he meets another political criminal.
Sim 2 - Grew up with connections to the music industry, as his parents were both successful musicians themselves. A well known musical "prodigy" whose upset with his country's polices on gay rights. Silent about his sexuality, and pretends to be happy in his arranged marriage. He assembles a large scale peaceful protest. He is arrested without a fair trial and threatened with life in prison. He flees with a very large bounty over his head, and ends up meeting sim 1.
~ I refuse to spoil any more! ~
There are a lot more sims involved in this, sure, but these are the two major ones.
How do you personally think I should go about recreating this story in my game? Should I make these sims entirely from scratch in CAS or have them go through the stages of life to really flesh out their character development? I'm afraid if I do create a background, I will get bored and resort back to other save files.
Thoughts?
