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⏳ Lifepath

Unlike Lifestyles (which track current actions), Lifepaths would be a permanent "Social DNA" forged by the environment a sim grows up in.

Similar to Character Values, from Teen to Young Adult, the game would define the Lifepath based on three factors :

• World Type (3 entries): Urban (Street kid), Suburban, or Rural (Countryside kid)
• Financial Status (3 entries): Struggling (Rags), Comfortable, or Affluent (Riches).
• Home (5 entries): Lot Size (From Tiny Home to 64x64) or Dynamic (Nomad).

World Type and Financial Status (at day 1) would define 9 Lifepath and Home would define 5 Location Preferences (For example a sim who grew up in 64x64 lot will feel claustrophobic in a Tiny Home). This system includes a primary and secondary lifepath as the origin and the direction choice.

In CAS instead of selecting the lifepath, the players could set these 3 factors (World of Origin, Childhood Financial Status and Childhood Home)

Rags-to-Riches would feel different, as New Money these sims will remember that they started with nothing. 

In addition to Lifepath, I would add :

• Traits :
  • Traditionalist Trait: Refuse to leave the origin. Stuck in the primary Lifepath (Born and died as a Street Kid)
  • Shape-Shifter Trait: Need to change,  ability to adapt quickly. Born as a Nomad but became a Corpo.
• Lifepath perks/skills
• Evolution Reward Traits : Capturing the progression. For example Rags-To-Riches proves the ability to succeed financially but the opposite is a financial disaster. Evolving from Street kid to Countryside shows the desire to escape the city, evolving from Countryside to Nomad shows the desire of freedom and exploration.
• Nomad Careers : Giving a valid reason to move out. Triggering Nomad lifepath. For example Circus career.

The idea is :

• Use the environment as a memory of the origin
• Create a specific dynamic between sims. For example new social interactions between Old Money sim and "Rags-to-Riches" sim.
• Define different ways to see the world : For example Street kid is more aware about fashion and trends than Countryside kid who is more aware about local traditions and local food.