Tiny Living Challenge Idea!!
Hello Simmers! So, typically as Simmers, we create a Sim or a family of Sims and move into a big, beautiful house. We all do it. Don't lie. So, I propose a new challenge for ya'll to try. It's...
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I really love this challenge as i've been playing it. I've run into some difficulty with the aspiration though.
Why the mandatory Big Happy Family aspiration? As a first generation female sim i've found its pretty impossible to complete due to the "be friends with 3 of your children" and "have 4 grandchildren" parts of the aspiration. There's a difference between something being a challenge, yet doable and something being pretty much impossible. So far this aspiration is on the impossible side due to lack of space and lack of being able to have more than two children. I've thought through some workarounds:
1. Eldest child turns to young adult and get a 5x5 lot of their own to use as bed space. However, I don't feel like this was the intention of the OP, but it was never actually specified how to furnish the lot. Can I get this clarified?
2. You play as a man, that way you can have some baby mama outside the home and befriend your other two children with her, but that leaves the "have 4 grandchildren" part still left to be done. That's only possible to do if you play with sims outside your lot, which is a lot of work honestly for just one sim to complete an aspiration.
I suggest that the aspirations should be chosen by the player or randomized. I don't believe it will alter the challenge in any way, it's still VERY hard to live in such a tiny space with no job and making money off of hobby items and gardening.
I've also found that starting out with very little or no money as I have makes this challenge more interesting too. In case someone wants to do that. :)
What do you all think? Has anyone completed the challenge yet? Did you just give up on completing the aspiration or were you able to complete it? Maybe i've overlooked a possibility and i'd like to know. Thanks!
Clarification on furnishing the 5x5 lots that are allowed to be added would be nice too. Also, is it one 5x5 lot per generation or per child? For myself i've decided the new space should be per generation but i'd like to see what the OP has to say about it.
I've already gone ahead and randomized my childs aspiration because i'm also playing this as a legacy and so i've already broken the Big Happy Family rule and technically failed the challenge, but I just wanted you all to know the problem I ran into with it and my suggestion. ^_^
Why the mandatory Big Happy Family aspiration? As a first generation female sim i've found its pretty impossible to complete due to the "be friends with 3 of your children" and "have 4 grandchildren" parts of the aspiration. There's a difference between something being a challenge, yet doable and something being pretty much impossible. So far this aspiration is on the impossible side due to lack of space and lack of being able to have more than two children. I've thought through some workarounds:
1. Eldest child turns to young adult and get a 5x5 lot of their own to use as bed space. However, I don't feel like this was the intention of the OP, but it was never actually specified how to furnish the lot. Can I get this clarified?
2. You play as a man, that way you can have some baby mama outside the home and befriend your other two children with her, but that leaves the "have 4 grandchildren" part still left to be done. That's only possible to do if you play with sims outside your lot, which is a lot of work honestly for just one sim to complete an aspiration.
I suggest that the aspirations should be chosen by the player or randomized. I don't believe it will alter the challenge in any way, it's still VERY hard to live in such a tiny space with no job and making money off of hobby items and gardening.
I've also found that starting out with very little or no money as I have makes this challenge more interesting too. In case someone wants to do that. :)
What do you all think? Has anyone completed the challenge yet? Did you just give up on completing the aspiration or were you able to complete it? Maybe i've overlooked a possibility and i'd like to know. Thanks!
Clarification on furnishing the 5x5 lots that are allowed to be added would be nice too. Also, is it one 5x5 lot per generation or per child? For myself i've decided the new space should be per generation but i'd like to see what the OP has to say about it.
I've already gone ahead and randomized my childs aspiration because i'm also playing this as a legacy and so i've already broken the Big Happy Family rule and technically failed the challenge, but I just wanted you all to know the problem I ran into with it and my suggestion. ^_^
