I very much enjoyed doing the 100 baby challenge a while back. I did however battle a bit with the idea of all the different men being used to have the babies. I am very much a family person in real life and in my gameplay. So last night I thought of a new challenge to do, similar but a few more rules and more family orientated. I know it will not be as much fun genetic wise, because you will have the same two parents throughout the challenge, but it will still be interesting. This one will be easier and go quicker as well, so it does not drag out for months even years for some players. So here are the rules.
You need a freshly made couple, one must be able to fall pregnant and one must be able to make another sim pregnant. They need to have a married relationship from the start.
No money cheats, only make money with crafts at home for eg painting. No one is allowed to get a job. No lot traits that will let you have twins or the use of any of the lifetime point traits and rewards. If you have spa day, no fertility massages, if you get twins it must be the game giving you them. No tv or radio to enhance chances of twins. No cheats except for resetsim when required due to sim crashing or stuck.
Here is the aging up rules (easy to make this fun)
Babies can age up after 3 days (duration of pregnancy) (one baby at a time unless game gives you twins)
Infants can be aged up once they complete the milestones in the spoiler screenshot below.
Toddlers age up when they have three skill points in each skill.
Children age up when they are top student with A
Teens age up when they are top student with A
Once a young adult your kids can stay for a while and help out if they want too, or move out immediately.
Main rule to make this work. Play with Aging off. Infants, toddlers, kids, and teens get aged up with cake only. Most important rule. Please have fun, if the above rules are too hard, then adjust it for yourself if you want too.
I am excited to share my adventures with you while doing this challenge. Please feel free to join in if you want to attempt it with me. I am going to load my game now and start, happy simming to you all <3
Going to have them wait until the toddlers get all of their skills maxed to age them, though, instead of just 3. And I may occasionally do something like all child aspirations at times - I'd likely hold off on more kids for a bit to do that, though, and space some out. Maybe even do a few runs where I have them aim for specific character traits as well - the ones they earn from doing things (or not doing things).
I am going to be blogging my story, but I'll share a couple of pictures here.
My founding couple, SM and Korea Idol. SM is the male, Korea is the female.
https://imgur.com/89V9OCF.png
Their house at is currently:
https://imgur.com/VpaY0ss.png
Korea is currently pregnant with their first child!
@Seera1024 Welcome to our thread :) Lovely to meet SM and Korea and congratulations to Korea for being pregnant :) I did my original 100 baby challenge with all the aspirations and so on and full skills for toddlers, found it became to stressfull and took too long, that is why I adjusted it a bit this time round ;)
@Dinkus83 Sounds like you and Seera is going to play it similar to how I did the first one, I hope you guys share your stories and progression here, I am going to stick to the easier rules, so it can go quicker than the last time LOL.
@all Ann is pregnant, Debby has completed all her required skill points, but I am just waiting for Carly to get that A then I will age them all up, she has a B and I just purchased some earbuds to keep her fun up at school so she can work harder to do better in faster time. I completely forgot about that little trick LOL. All the other kids are ready for aging up though, I want to try and keep to one child at each life stage type <3
@mcrudd I won't always do all child aspirations per child, just maybe once every so often. They just have to complete the one that they landed on when they aged to child. As for toddler traits, I've been given tips and tricks for how to raise those quickly so it doesn't take too long. I can handle doing it for twins on normal life span.
I'm going to try for not too much overlap in kids, but I'm not going to sweat it too much. Especially since I'm not having to juggle finding the next baby daddy on top of it.
Well, first baby Idol is born (again for the third time, hoping this 3rd attempt is the charm). And she had a boy name U-Know. Who is now a toddler and Korea is pregnant again.
U-Know: https://imgur.com/hwoIsrO.png
For more details on traits and how the family is doing see this post on my catch-all Sims blog as I'm a perpetual challenge starter and to avoid having a slew of abandoned blogs, all challenges start on this blog: https://sjdavis1024.wordpress.com/2022/06/05/100-idol-debuts-chapter-1-hug/
A link to my blog in general is: https://sjdavis1024.wordpress.com Keep in mind that it is a catch-all blog and has stories crossing multiple Sims games (though currently only Sims 2 and Sims 4 are active there).
@mcrudd I didn’t get a chance to finish the last one though, so I haven’t done nearly the number of skill-ups and aspirations that you have ;) Mostly though it’s just my personal thing to have the kids skilled up so that they get the bonus traits. I just have a hard time making myself not do it.
In the Archer household, Aliyah aged up to toddler and baby Brynnlee was born the next day. They’ve expanded their house a bit to fit the toddler things, but it still qualifies as a tiny house, so Aliyah’s toddler skills are going crazy fast. She was potty trained within a day! They’ll add on to the house again soon though, so she’ll likely be the only kid to benefit from that bonus.
Hi All! I have been lurking and play-testing, and have decided to dive into this. I have already played one sim week, to catch up with everyone. I have attempted the 100 Baby Challenge before, but never made it past Gen. 1 because I get rather upset when my sims die. So, playing with aging off (or long lifespan), with the same couple appealed to me.
I decided to do this challenge Rags to Riches Extreme style, starting with 0 simoleons, living off-the-grid, not being able to sell from inventory (can sell from selling table, plopsy or self-publish), simoleons earned from own skills (no jobs), and only be able to travel to other worlds or friend's houses, if invited. They are also starting with a "blueprint" for a Tiny Living Residential Home on their lot. Starting in Summer on the Via Romanza lot in the Terra Amarosa neighborhood. Baby names and skills will be randomized (doing A-Z names first). Babies will be aged up when they are Good Friends with both parents.
1. AYDEN - Geek, Dog Lover, Clumsy. Friend of the World Aspiration, Entertainment Career. 2. BRAYLON - Cheerful, Creative, Childish. World Famous Celebrity Aspiration, Actor Career 3. CLARE - Music Lover, Romantic, Self-Absorbed. Leader of the Pack Aspiration, Business Career. 4. DILLAN (TWIN) - Mean, Jealous, Romantic, Serial Romantic Aspiration, Actor Career. 6. DEREK (TWIN) - Good, Bro, Loves Outdoors, Bodybuilder Aspiration, Athlete Career (Engaged to Greta Laurent) 7. ELISSA - Child of the Ocean, Green Fiend, Beach Life Aspiration 8. FARIS (TRIPLET) 9. FELIX (TRIPLET) 10. FIONA (TRIPLET) 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
CHAPTER 1 - ZACH AND KACI HOBBS - FAMILY 100 BABY CHALLENGE
Zach has the glutton, loves outdoors and loves music traits and his Aspiration is The Curator. Kaci has the erratic, vegetarian and Family-oriented traits and her Aspiration is Lady of the Knits. They met on a school exchange program in Tartosa and had their first kiss at the Lover's Tree.
They were in love and got married "in the heat of the moment" at the Romance Festival in San Myshuno. For their honeymoon, they backpacked through Europe and went back to Tartosa, the place they first fell in love. After selling everything they owned, they looked for a plot of land, and found a perfect property overlooking the sea. The land was near a small picnic area and there were some great fishing spots on the boardwalk. It was a short walk to the beach at Hideaway Falls, which had a public restroom and some lounge chairs. After heading to city hall, and plunking down their simoleons, they bought the land, and were ready to start their life together, and hopefully begin a family soon.
The first few days were tough, but they met many sims. Zach fished, and was lucky to be mentored by Ekram Elderberry. While Zach fished, Kaci sang for tips at the boardwalk (although most sims just watched and didn't give any tips), and Kaci also harvested lily and tomato plants around Tartosa. Their new neighbors, Mateo and Lucia Markovic, brought them some fruitcake, which lasted them several days. They were also fortunate that a sim had grilled some frank and beans at the picnic area; which Kaci ate, even though this was against her vegetarian principles.
Luck was with them and they were invited to a dance party at the Von Haunt Estate in Windenburg. While there, Zach earned $90 simoleons in tips from singing and Kaci was able to harvest some plants from the Von Haunt Estate gardens (lemon, cherry, basil, sage, parsley, basil, bluebell, blackberry). They were so happy that they "tried for baby" in a woohoo bush on the grounds. They decided to spend $15 simoleons on a pregnancy test, and they found out that Kaci was expecting. Zach was kind of surprised at first, but they were both thrilled that they would soon have a family.
As the days passed, they continued to fish, harvest and sing for tips. Zach fished 3 apples and 3 dragonfruit plants, which they planted. They were both tired and their hygiene needs were always low.
One day it got so bad, that they headed into the Celebrazioni d'Amour, a local lounge, to use the public restroom there, which had showers. Things really took off, and while there, Zach sang for tips and Kaci tried her hand at the guitar. Pretty soon, they had enough simoleons for a selling table.
https://i.postimg.cc/FzL2tSSc/at-teh-lounge.png
Kaci was almost in her third trimester, but they still had no house. Kaci and Zach started selling items at a yard sale at 300% mark-up right away. While Kaci tended the yard sale, Zach fished, and made some great catches, and also fished 4 voodoo dolls and a cowplant berry. Everything Zach caught, they sold, with the exception of the cowplant berry, which they planted.
They got a call from their friends, the Markovics to come to their house and they had a nice visit, especially being able to use the sink to wash up, and Lucia even made some food. The whole backyard was set up for a wedding, and Zach and Kaci had their first slow dance together.
Zach asked Mateo if he could use their computer, and he hacked some simoleons, and also wrote a children's book. They had a wonderful time and headed home.
The next morning, Kaci went into labor and they rushed to the local hospital to have the baby. Their firstborn, a boy, who they named Ayden, which means "little fire". Congratulations!
Once Kaci, Zach and Baby Ayden returned home, they realized they needed to get a house built. They couldn't really "live off the lawn" with the cold weather coming soon.
With a few calls, they were able to afford a small house, which seemed to be built overnight. Zach even got a small royalty check for the book he wrote.
@mcrudd All your girls have dark hair so far. I wonder how long it will take for the blond to get a win in the genetics lol
@SoulGal7 I've come to really enjoy to rags to riches gameplay, but I've never tried the extreme version. May have to give that a go one day. Your family looks like they're off to a good start! They've got a bigger house than mine already lol
@all I've got some time at home today, so I'll be working on getting some shots uploaded to share later after I get some housework done :)
Eva did some exploring and gathering while Dean tried his hand at fishing. She'd finished wandering the whole neighborhood and all he'd caught was an apple! They bumped into Johnny Zest at the lake, and he told them about a spot near his house in Oasis Springs that is better for beginning fishermen. They decided to go ahead and check it out, as it would give Eva a chance to see what kinds of shops were around to sell some things that she'd found too. https://i.imgur.com/6rdohu5.jpg
They grabbed some hot dogs to grill before heading back to Newcrest to check out the park and have some dinner. https://i.imgur.com/dRTY6nw.jpg
The one thing that didn't occur to them was to check the weather report for their new town. It started pouring down rain and ruined Eva's laptop long before she remembered that it was still just sitting back at home, unprotected. https://i.imgur.com/aH20PPy.jpg
I have more pics to share to catch up their story, but I figured this would be a good start and at least y'all know what they look like now :smiley:
@SoulGal7 welcome to our little thread <3 So happy you are joining in. Love that you are doing it rags to riches style as well, that will be so challenging. Welcome to Zach, Kaci and little Ayden :) Might I add that you are a very good story teller, makes your challenge sound so much more interesting. I am just a challenge player, short little captions when sims age up LOL
@Dinkus83 I wonder about the hair colours too, I have had blue and green eyes so far, but the dark hair dominant as is the fact that they are all girls so far LOL. Lovely to officially meet Eva and Dean <3 Oh noes about the laptop in the rain.
@all, I slammed my finger in the door last night so it hurts to use the mouse, I am typing all of this with one finger from my left hand. I am not sure when I will play again, I did try but could not do it for too long. Might just rest up my finger today :)
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