Stories For Sims?

i have a huge list with all features (gameplay and special objects) that came with all the packs that i own. This list helps me build my storyline and don't forget anything that i have available in the game. It has helped me do more elaborate stories and actually use content that i constantly forgot about.

My current story is based on the gameplay. I'm just playing the game and whatever the Sims themselves do, I develop it into the story itself. A few ideas I nudge myself, like my Sim Andrea having her boyfriend meet her parents, or my charity organiser Ellie trying to get a loan from her actress sister. Most of the time though, I take inspiration from the game itself :)

My stories all stem from the same place, my imagination!

I’ve always even one to make stories up in my head, I even used to write but don’t anymore, so I personally find it easy for my imagination to just take me places every time I play the Sims.

There’s always an unwritten backstory to my Sims, and the townies they come across, that will spring into mind during a session. “That vendor my Sim just got a taco from... What does their life look like? Is this their only job? What is their family like?” Those are some questions I find myself asking myself as I’m playing and 9x out of ten I’ll have an answer for myself that will enhance the imagined story of my Sims.

Considering I play with autonomy on I find that also helps me too because it can lead my game sessions down different paths! It’s why I love the Sims so much, because the possibilities are really just limited by your own imagination. ?

My current game follows the events of the story I've been working on for half of a year. (Clock the banner if wish to read, PM me for a link to an uncensored version). This is a no way a continuation of the story, it's just a gameplay for sake of gameplay, but sims do follow their in-story behavior and personalities. Right now I'm looking forward to starting a shop and can't decide which one - electronics of vampiric (I've never tried to have a shop). If I'll get a few good ideas, I can certainly see myself adding a few more episodes to the story.

Obviously, in this case the whole save was created for the story, not the other way around. All based on the imagination, stubbornness and determination.

First thing you need to know is that Sims can be rather dull game, so don't expect it to be exciting 100% of the time.

Second - how will you approach story writing? Do you want to play the game, take screenshots and then create a story around that or is it the story first? This is very important because you will have completely different games depending on the answer.

Third - incorporate the world around your sim into the story. Life goes on.

Fourth - try to get as clear vision of what you trying to achieve as possible. If you don't have vision, then you will inevitably run into a snag and get bored. Basically, what do you want?

Fifth - if you're making something - don't speak to anyone about the plot if you can, because you will immediately lose all interest in continuing. Create first.

And finally, the big one - outside of a very very few mods, it will all be up to you. You have to keep the story alive and it can take a lot of time. Think about it - are you willing to actually do it? It's fun to imagine it all, but to actually make it? This can be VERY tedious.

No matter what you decide, I wish you the best :)

Use your imagination. Some people just aren’t story tellers and that’s ok too.

I have an overactive imagination. I have a few plots in my head going and im ignoring them and focusing on this one.

If you need inspiration, look into the legacy and challenges thread. Even if you dont want to do them because some find the rules restrictive and the game becomes chore-like, the challenges serve as great brainstorming points. Like.. the 100 baby challenge - what kind of sim wants to have 100 babies? Or the rags to riches challenge - why are they starting out with just rags?
Theres historical challenge, rotational gameplay, building challenges,mafia challenge. Im sure one of it will get your gears going :)

I just find myself naturally spinning stories that incorporate what the Sims do autonomously with what I want them to do.

Right now, I'm working on a 7 plots legacy - each generation I'll try to spin a story using one of Booker's 7 Basic Plots (more or less). I just wrapped Rags to Riches, next generation will be Voyage and Return as they learn Magic. I already have plans for future generations undertaking The Quest and Overcoming the Monster (there's a pack suitable for each) and Comedy will probably be a trip through University. The difficult ones will be Tragedy/The fall of the Villain and the first part of Rebirth/Redemption, because the game doesn't like it when you try to play villains. And I'm not sure where they're going to fall chronologically, either.

I mostly use my imagination/fantasy, a few details don't necessarily go on in-game, but I prefer playing through all events. When i make videos it gets different because I will need to run through a scene many times to get what I want, but even if I just imagine some event, it will be brought into the real game household's "memory", and affect how I play them later.

I think a good start is looking in the challenge gameplay forum. There are so many stories where you can get inspirations for you own story. You don't need to play the legacy for it. I think at the beginning there is a lot of trial and error, especially in the game itself.

For me the game should relax me and do not do the opposite. In one game I tried the rebuilding the world challenge with 5 couples, while it was fun at first, I quitted when all families had 4 or more toddlers, one family had 5 daughters, but the heir had to be male. The Story was in my head, but never again, I swear. On the other side, I can't see my sims dieing, when I put so much time in them.

ArcherDK has explained it very well.

My sims all have a unique story, mostly in my head; but you can see it in the gameplay. You'll need a little bit of imagination to get a beneficial experience from playing the game. I mean its basically a virtual dollhouse game. If you've ever played with dolls its essential to have imagination Lol. There are a few ways to find entertain with the game without a actual story but it'll bore you. For some, the Sims is an acquired play. I've been playing since the original game so its basically life for me :).