What kind of gameplay have you invented in TS4?

I don't play rotationally because I tend to get hyper-focused on achieving whatever I'm aiming for with one household. I am going to try to play more rotationally, however. That taxation idea sounds fun. I've never gotten absurdly high bills in any of my households (not even the rich ones!), but I'll try it.

Since I've figured out how to work the population controls in MC Command, I like to tamper around with that. One generation will pass with few births in my game and the next, I will allow a "baby boom". For some reason, I get a laugh out of seeing how much my town can populate and the families can really get complicated (forget family trees; I need a map!).

I play rotationally, one family per time. I give all my sims a different job, and some no job. I try to use all the jobs, I try to use all the clubs now that we have them for different sims. I also try all the traits with them. So, I have played all of them. I like to put opposite traits together in a household, so there is some conflict. I have had families of all generations and all configurations, fat, thin, etc.
I use a chart to keep track of my families and their traits and jobs and houses. Some families I cheat and give them lots of money, others I let them earn it and others I spend all of it so they have basically not much and then I make them live in the tent, and grow their own food.
I have started playing a "monk" community and I am having fun with that. They grow their own food and some have a job in the business career right now to earn money, but eventually I hope that I can make them self-supportive. I have a group of males of different ages living in a big house that I revised to have lots of bedrooms and a huge kitchen and study areas, and a "community area with television and couches. I still play them by rotation, and when I get back to this group there are many surprises.

I don't think I've invented anything. I've tried styles that others have invented like the rags to riches with Minecraft element. I am trying to do stories inspired by Twilight Zone episodes. I'm pretty much doing a trial and error of seeing how my existing styles work with the Sims 4 still.

I did do a survivor deviant household and found out it takes a long time to kills Sims. So far, only four of the eight household members survived. So I still have some trials for the remaining Sims to endure. Two died by fire and one drowned and one starved to death.

I do rotational but its the same family just the kids that have families and they are all spread out in the neighborhoods.

I randomly select traits for a lot of sims. I had a slob, hot headed, romantic sim awhile ago that actually turned out to be a lot of fun. I wouldn't normally use those traits, (especially not on a sim that was important to me), but I learned long ago that the less perfect my sim is, the more fun they seem to be.

I'll also purposefully start fires in a house if I'm getting bored of the decor and let most of it burn down. It's an immersive and fun way to redecorate and maybe knock off a sim or two on occasion. ;)

Except for the first, my rules probably count as Story/Challenge, but here it goes anyways:

- Fertile Saturday (in my legacy save only)
Every week at saturday I check which of the unplayed housed sims have developed romances, pair them up and create a child for couples in the adult range. I may move sims from the gallery, CAS or the homeless bin into houses.
The maximum number of sims to move in/get born is determined by the empty slots. Slots can be generated by the legacy household only: 1 slot per gold party and 1 slot whenever a houshold member reaches level 6 in Charisma (this mechanic I borrowed from the Settler Challenge by Aislynne). This is suitable for smaller towns only. If your world grows, you may want to roll a die and add the result to the available slots each week.

- Penalty system
Every misbehaviour results in a penalty point. This includes brawls in public, mouthy mailmen, playing the guitar in the library, trashcan kicking and so on. Reaching top level in the Criminal Career or Secret Agent (Villain branch) also results in a penalty point.
Four points translate to transfer to the prison household for 3 days or more, depending on the crime.

- University EP substitute
YA sims get moved to a college household for one week. Strictly studying, little leisure.
Bachelor degree is achieved when a sim has amassed all the skilled needed for the basic tiers of a career of their choosing. Bachelor degree is the prequestite to buy career oriented reward traits.
If they amassed all the skills to max out a specialized branch of a career, they get awarded doctor degree. Doctors may not only buy the reward traits, but I explicitely allow myself to cheat on their behalf to my heart's content. But mostly this title is just used for roleplaying purpose, like writing "Gunther is the principal of Newcrest community college" in the household bios.

In place of college I used military service for a long time, but then the government changed (see below)

- Periodic elections via GT
Every political party gets created as a club. Every club has the same rules and may use a hangout specifically prepared for the campaign for 24 hours. The party with the most unspent club points wins.
The catch: Before the campaign start, you write down at least 2 laws and one venue for every party that the party promises to introduce. You have adher to the outcome.

One system I sometimes do in big household is that I take turns on which sim I focus on. I'm not allowed to switch to another sim until I've granted one of their wishes. Usually they wish for pretty simple stuff, but it's a nice way of getting to know them and you can have several rounds. It's fun to see what the sims are up to when you get back to them.

Sometimes when my sims start fires I watch and wait if anyone is smart enough to put it out. Otherwise... one sim less. Okay I wouldn't do this to my favourites, but I play a lot of families so there are some spare sims. Two sims have died this way.

I also have some rules for my rotational play which vary from one family to another. My escort sims get "kaching" every time they woohoo with someone new... In my mafia family the heir must be girl and their bodyguards come from a certain bloodline... Few houses live without electronic appliances... that kind of stuff.

"SweetieKaye;14494425" wrote:
I don't play rotationally because I tend to get hyper-focused on achieving whatever I'm aiming for with one household. I am going to try to play more rotationally, however. That taxation idea sounds fun. I've never gotten absurdly high bills in any of my households (not even the rich ones!), but I'll try it.

Since I've figured out how to work the population controls in MC Command, I like to tamper around with that. One generation will pass with few births in my game and the next, I will allow a "baby boom". For some reason, I get a laugh out of seeing how much my town can populate and the families can really get complicated (forget family trees; I need a map!).

Yes I find rotational play gives you more scope for different stories and different sims. It won't let you get bored.
Try the taxation thing it is so fun.

"jimmysnan;14494459" wrote:
I play rotationally, one family per time. I give all my sims a different job, and some no job. I try to use all the jobs, I try to use all the clubs now that we have them for different sims. I also try all the traits with them. So, I have played all of them. I like to put opposite traits together in a household, so there is some conflict. I have had families of all generations and all configurations, fat, thin, etc.
I use a chart to keep track of my families and their traits and jobs and houses. Some families I cheat and give them lots of money, others I let them earn it and others I spend all of it so they have basically not much and then I make them live in the tent, and grow their own food.
I have started playing a "monk" community and I am having fun with that. They grow their own food and some have a job in the business career right now to earn money, but eventually I hope that I can make them self-supportive. I have a group of males of different ages living in a big house that I revised to have lots of bedrooms and a huge kitchen and study areas, and a "community area with television and couches. I still play them by rotation, and when I get back to this group there are many surprises.

I do the same too. give different traits to different sims. I have even added some custom traits to spice things up.

"Scobre;14494468" wrote:
I don't think I've invented anything. I've tried styles that others have invented like the rags to riches with Minecraft element. I am trying to do stories inspired by Twilight Zone episodes. I'm pretty much doing a trial and error of seeing how my existing styles work with the Sims 4 still.

I did do a survivor deviant household and found out it takes a long time to kills Sims. So far, only four of the eight household members survived. So I still have some trials for the remaining Sims to endure. Two died by fire and one drowned and one starved to death.

I love Twilight Zone a lot. How does it work when you apply it on sims?
So basically you are playing the last survivor :)