@SoulGal7 That's a good idea trying to gift the climbing equipment. I never thought about doing that. I hope it works out that you can. It looks a lot like the hazmat suit graphics in their personal inventory though, so I don't know if you can. Let me know if it works out for you! ?
Yes, your Sims can get a Simi from the Forest spirits, Tessa got one her first day! Do I detect a little romance starting perhaps between Kyoshi and Sakura? So cute! Is Sakura going to try to keep one of every Simi for a personal collection? I thought about doing that, but Tessa needed the funds. lol Perhaps she'll try doing that now since she's getting a decent income from her garden. Did the hot dog fill her up? One of my other Sims tried the BLT and it only filled him up half-way. The Black 5 burger however fills them up, but it costs 20 simoleans. I think the best deal is the Tri-colored Dango from a vendor for 2! How's her photography going? Is she starting to make more per photo yet?
@Hermitgirl Yay! So glad you've decided to try this out too! :)
Sure, you can aspiration hop if you like, I know SoulGal7 is doing that too, and you're right, this is more of a guide for anyone else that wants to try it, not an official challenge really. I just dreamed it up on NYE to try and have my own personal restrictions. Tessa will stick to one aspiration at a time until each is finished for that world, but you don't have to do that. :)
The aging up every three months rule is only for the challenge Sim. You can age up any children they may have as you see fit. If Tessa has children, it'll probably be when she's a YA or Adult, and I'll just time everything so they're a teen by the time the challenge is almost finished and Tessa is an elder.
The goal is to finish any aspirations for the current world you're playing in, or if it doesn't have any aspirations, you would do a base game aspiration. But, no, you don't fail if you don't complete one. My plan is to have any children Tessa may have continue the challenge and do any missed aspirations (living in that world) first before starting with the last pack released and going backwards to the first. Does that make sense?
I'm doing 14 day seasons, but it really doesn't matter which one you choose, that's your choice. I think I've confused people with the aging up after three months rule. That's in real life time, our time, not in the Sims world. So, for example, Tessa will be a Teen from January thru March and live in Mt. Komorebi in January, Evergreen Harbor in February and Glimmerbrook in March. (*Note - I switched around Glimmerbrook and Britechester so Tessa would be a YA when she lives there and can attend Uni).
April 1st, she'll age up to a Young Adult and live in Britechester, in May she'll live in Strangerville and June in Del Sol Valley.
July 1st, she'll age up to an Adult living in Brindleton Bay, August in Forgotten Hollow and in September, San Myshuno.
Finally, she'll age up to Elder on October 1st living in Windenburg. For November, she'll have a choice of three worlds to live in - Newcrest, Oasis Springs or Willow Creek. For December, Tessa will live in Sulani and after completing the Beach Life (I think that's the only aspiration?), she'll retire and just enjoy the rest of her life until the challenge ends on December 31, 2021.
That's my plan anyway. Any of those worlds could be replaced by my optional choice if we get a world with a new pack during the year.
I like challenges with set rules myself, but I understand about just using them as guides too. Sometimes I just use elements from different challenges as a guide and put together my own to play. I'm just happy anyone else has decided to try playing this too. It's all in fun so if you want to change anything or just use it for a guide, that's perfectly acceptable. This is all just as new to me as it is to you! :)
Love your Teen, Roxanne Newbury for the challenge! She's so pretty! Very smart using the Onsen for bathing and sleeping. I should've did that at first. Tessa just slept on a bench and she used funds from fishing to buy a portable shower before she needed one. Love the vendor for a quick, filling meal. Especially the Tri-colored Dango, it's only 2 simoleans! Looks like she's doing quite well so far. So true about teens only having time on the weekends to do anything, hence the reason I started out not sending Tessa to school. She's going now though.
Thanks so much to everyone posting the fishing spot location for others who have asked where it is. It took a LONG time for me to find that one fishing spot and as far as I can tell, it's the only one. Here's where it is on the world map, just in case the location is still not clear for anyone. I also added where you can find a set of Medium Rock Climbing walls in the neighborhood too.
https://i.imgur.com/NdrQP49.png
Going offline in a few to go play with Tessa and Josh again. Maybe they'll progress far enough to do the mountain climb tonight! We'll see...
Happy Simming Y'all! <3
