So @NRowe started a discussion about exploring all of the game play in the Sims. @elanorbreton suggested going in alphabetical order and this gave me an idea for a legacy challenge. What if each gener...
This version of the challenge has only been updated through Crystal Creations. Since it's difficult to update posts that were transferred from the old forums, I set up a new thread here. As of right now, the new version of the challenge includes game play from Lovestruck.
This stage of the challenge focuses on the parents of the A Gen founder, as they support the founder through all of the objectives for infancy through the teen years. I'm going to restate the A Gen objectives here, but leaving out objectives related to packs I don't own, as well as objectives/categories that don't apply until she reaches young adulthood:
Toddler-Angelic Trait. Child-Artistic Prodigy aspiration Teen-Argumentative Trait Final traits-Pick three: Art Lover, Active, Adventurous, Ambitious Likes- Acting, Alternative Music, Art Deco and Queen Anne Decor Dislikes-None Teen + Skills- Acting, Archeology Teen+ Aspirations- Angling Ace, Archeology Scholar Collections- Aliens, Ancient Omiscan Artifacts Aspiration Rewards-Always Welcome, Antiseptic
Because I don't own Growing Together, I created the founder as a toddler to start out with. Anelise Letterman is an Angelic darling. Her father, Albert Letterman is working hard to help her achieve the happy toddler trait because of all the skills she has to learn later on. This is slower for her as an Angelic toddler than it would be if she had most other traits, because the Angelic trait doesn't come with any learning advantages.
Soon she's ready to start elementary school! As an Art Lover, she hopes to become an Artistic Prodigy. One of her favorite pass times is drawing at her activity table, then her father puts her drawings up by his video editing station. He has a channel where he posts cute videos of her. His dad channel actually brings in more income than his wife does slaving away at Rainy Day Entertainment. This time in the public eye will prepare Anelise for her future as a champion athlete turned space explorer turned movie star (her adult life is basically Space Jam).
It's not too soon to work on her Argumentative trait. For Talk Like a Pirate Day, Anelise heads to the playground across the street and accuses everyone of being scurvy villains, until I realized that this is actually related to manners, not conflict resolution. So I have her argue with everyone about music instead. Getting conflict resolution down can be pretty slow going. Later on, when she's made some progress as an Artistic Prodigy, I spend some of her aspiration points on the Always Welcome trait. I was testing this out in the home of her playground enemy, Leo Bheeda, when they got into a fight. That's when her conflict resolution really started to drop.
The time comes for Anelise to age up to a teen. Her parents celebrate by taking her on vacation to Selvadorada. This is perfect because, in addition appreciating Omiscan art, Anelise now has the Adventurous trait. She invites her art loving friend Taku along. The next morning, Albert takes Anelise fishing, something they never have a chance to do in Del Sol Valley. The tranquility of the moment causes her to day dream about becoming an Angling Ace.
Later that day, Anelise drags Taku out to the Bellomisia Trail Head. He may share her love of art, but not her sense of adventure. After a bit, he heads back to the villa, leaving her to hack her way through the jungle on her own. She finally finds a place to dig for artifacts. This is when she realizes that she wants to be an Archeology Scholar.
When she returns home, she develops some new likes. Her interest in historic art has lead her to appreciate historic interior design, particularly the Art Deco and Queen Anne styles. Albert and Zenith have been doing well money-wise and they give her the budget to design an Art Deco-Queen Anne fusion bed room. It turned out better than I thought it would. Later, she visits Taku's house for movie night. The powerful performances inspire her with a love of acting.
She's also starting to develop career goals. A stop at an ice skating rink has her struggling to stay upright, but at the same time, thinking about how exciting a career as an athlete would be. She decides to go for it. She meets with a trainer named Kate Horn who thinks she has potential and Anelise decides to commit to her training.
She hasn't forgotten about her aspirations, though. She still takes time now and then for fishing. She also spends every weekend vacationing in Selvadorada. Setting up a third excavation site in the jungle completes one of her Archeology Scholar objectives, giving her enough points to purchase the Antiseptic trait. I'm not sure I've ever even used this reward trait, but I have to admit it's very useful for a sim who spends a lot of time working out and digging in the dirt.
The Neighborhood Brawl is the perfect opportunity to decrease conflict resolution values. Anelise and Duane Talla get into a fight at the gym, putting her in line for the Argumentative trait.
Still working away at the Archeology Scholar aspiration, Anelise joins the Avant Guardes in hopes of getting some style tips for writing her book on Archeology. She finally completes the aspiration by regaling family friend Maria with an archeology lecture.
The time has come for Anelise to age up to young adult. She now has the Ambitious and Argumentative traits. She must leave home to live in the Arts Quarter.
