Just a little idea (part-time jobs)
This is just a little idea that has been swimming around in my head for quite a while and I figured, why not share it. Or maybe it is two ideas... anyhow.
As a simmer I don't really want my sims to have a career. Mostly because it becomes me staring at the screen until they come home. And active careers isn't always what I want either. Instead I often give them a creative pursuit. On the other hand cash can run a bit low for my simmers. Especially in the beginning. So this is the idea I had.
Part-time jobs/one-time gigs in a way similar to volunteering but with only one sim. The player would be able to choose from a few different activities that each pay a small amount of money (babysitting, moving stuff, help out at an event and so on). Higher skills increases the pay somewhat but it not a career so there is no ladder to climb. Each assignment last for a few hours and to work again the sim will have to do a new assignment. While teens are able to work part-time it often interferes with school work, I think it would be nice if they could be included and able to do an assignment as well.
Since it would work similar to the volunteering it wouldn't require any new animation and wouldn't require all that much coding to implement. Of course, it is only an idea.
I did mention that it might be two ideas... so, here goes. As I mentioned I prefer my sims to have creative pursuit over a career. But it is a bit boring to have them labelled as unemployed. So my thought is that it would be nice if it was possible to simply register a sim as a free-lancer or being self-employed. Again, no career ladder, no accomplishments and in this case no salary. Really, just a label other than unemployed.
As a simmer I don't really want my sims to have a career. Mostly because it becomes me staring at the screen until they come home. And active careers isn't always what I want either. Instead I often give them a creative pursuit. On the other hand cash can run a bit low for my simmers. Especially in the beginning. So this is the idea I had.
Part-time jobs/one-time gigs in a way similar to volunteering but with only one sim. The player would be able to choose from a few different activities that each pay a small amount of money (babysitting, moving stuff, help out at an event and so on). Higher skills increases the pay somewhat but it not a career so there is no ladder to climb. Each assignment last for a few hours and to work again the sim will have to do a new assignment. While teens are able to work part-time it often interferes with school work, I think it would be nice if they could be included and able to do an assignment as well.
Since it would work similar to the volunteering it wouldn't require any new animation and wouldn't require all that much coding to implement. Of course, it is only an idea.
I did mention that it might be two ideas... so, here goes. As I mentioned I prefer my sims to have creative pursuit over a career. But it is a bit boring to have them labelled as unemployed. So my thought is that it would be nice if it was possible to simply register a sim as a free-lancer or being self-employed. Again, no career ladder, no accomplishments and in this case no salary. Really, just a label other than unemployed.
