Apocalypse Challenge Discussion Thread

Thank you, @Tiipii. I'm glad you found this thread helpful and I hope you will continue posting to it. I've been spending most of my time on other games recently but I will be posting more on the Ellsworths when I get back to them. I do intend to complete the Apocalypse challenge.

You can write skill books if your Sim has completed the Renaissance Sim aspiration, which gives you the Professorial trait. You can only write low-level skill books as far as I could tell but this is the only time I've written any so I might be wrong. I only wrote one set. I might have gotten higher-level books if I'd written more of them.

I do think eSport Gamer is fairly important because it unlocks the major restriction on the computer. I rely on the computer for getting Focused and Inspired, having fun, and learning skills. eSport Gamer also unlocks the TV, the notebook computer, and the major restriction on the phone. Summer and Lyla watched a cooking channel on TV while they were mixing drinks for the Culinary career. That gave them fun and cooking skill while they were doing their daily task. Summer used the phone to make business calls as her daily task in the Management career. All of the children have used the computer for some of their child skills and aspirations, and they are now using the computer to learn Mischief (Troll teh Forums). None of that would have been possible without eSport Gamer being finished.

With the skills your founder has, I would probably choose Management, Author, or eSport Gamer. You'd have to learn more programming and video gaming for eSport Gamer but you have enough skill to get started in the career. I don't recommend Chef for your founder unless he already has level 8 in Gourmet Cooking, because there isn't any way to learn Gourmet Cooking until you finish Chef or Author. Of course, you should make your own choice and any career will be useful.

Good luck with your challenge! I look forward to hearing about it, either here or in your own thread.