Feeling uninspired with your sims and looking for some strategic gameplay? Well I came up with this idea in the shower a few nights ago because being a daycare teacher has poisoned my mind with various songs to remember the days of the week! And now I present to you my first ever attempt at creating a sims challenge! (Go easy on me)
Welcome to the Days of the Week Challenge! A seven generation challenge where every sim is inspired by a different day of the week.
Standard Rules:
- Absolutely no money cheats, build your sims from the ground up!
- Keep the lifespan on Normal.
- You must complete each heir’s aspiration, careers aren’t necessary unless stated otherwise.
- If you miss something, just keep going! Have fun with it!
- Feel free to tweak this as you see fit (i.e. If there’s a trait or career you don’t have in your game, substitute for what best fits)
- If you actually play this challenge, I wanna see your posts so please tag them with #dotwchallenge!
Generation One: Sunday
Sunday’s are all about relaxing and quality time with loved ones and that’s exactly what you’re all about! All you want out of life is to be surrounded by family and good food! It’s your job to grow your family and cooking skills to the max.
- Traits: Foodie, Lazy, & Family Orientated
- Aspiration: Big Happy Family
- Career: No Career
Rules:
- You can’t have a job or open any business. You can make money by skills at home (ideally gardening) or relying off of other household members.
- Throw a dinner party at home every Sunday.
- Have four or more kids (with the same sim).
- Master the Cooking, Gourmet Cooking, and Baking Skills.
Generation Two: Monday
Your family has always seemed to just take it easy but you’re different from the rest. You want to be successful and more importantly, filthy rich! If there was a workaholic trait you would have it, above everything your career and income come first.
- Traits: Ambitious, Materialistic, Snob
- Aspiration: Fabulously Wealthy
- Career: Business or Politician (Politician Branch)
Rules:
- Don’t have a significant other/spouse or have children until you’re an Adult.
- Reach level ten in your career.
- Master the Charisma and Logic Skills.
- Have low relationships with your children.
Generation Three: Tuesday
You’ve grown up in what most would consider very fortunate circumstances but you really can’t stand the lifestyle your parents lead. You’re all about wellness and sustainable living, nothing excites you more than living off the land and becoming one with nature.
- Traits: Athletic, Loves the Outdoors, Vegetarian
- Aspiration: Freelance Botanist
- Career: Athlete or No Career
Rules:
- Only use fresh ingredients from your garden in cooking.
- Must have ONLY 3 children, your second child MUST be the heir.
- Complete the Crystals and Elements collections.
Generation Four: Wednesday
Everybody loves Hump Day! Growing up as the middle child you didn’t get the attention you would have liked and because of that you seek attention from wherever you can get it. If woohoo was a skill you would have maxed it by now, some would call you a flake by the way you go from career to career as fast as you switch partners.
- Traits: Romantic, Non-Committal, Creative
- Aspiration: Serial Romantic
- Career: Play a few days/weeks through them all.
Rules:
- Can’t go past level 4 in any career.
- Have children with multiple different sims but never marry.
- Must woohoo every Wednesday.
- Must woohoo to death as an elder.
Generation Five: Thursday
You’ve lived an interesting life to say the least, growing up with a single parent and a revolving door of lovers took a toll on you. You’ve always found solace in your writing though…and a bottle of juice. Your favorite day of the week has always been Thursday, mainly because of the Thirsty Thursday specials at your favorite bar.
- Traits: Bookworm, Gloomy, Loner
- Aspiration: Best-Selling Author
- Career: Writer (Author Branch)
Rules:
- Live at home until the former heir’s death.
- Spend most of your free time at a bar.
- Master the Mixology and Writing Skills.
- Have high relationships with only mixologists.
Generation Six: Friday
You got into your parent’s juice cabinet a little too early in life and it’s been a party ever since. Around town everyone turns to you for the best parties and you take pride in your reputation. You live everyday like it’s the start of the weekend and really don’t see the repercussions in any of your decisions.
- Traits: Outgoing, Jealous (or Dance Machine), Self-Assured
- Aspiration: Party Animal
- Career: Social Media (Internet Personality)
Rules:
- Must eat cereal every Friday morning.
- Master the Dancing, DJ, and Video Gaming Skills.
- Must have twins. (If you don’t have them after the 5th try, then cheat)
Generation Seven: Saturday
Fun and games is all you and your twin have ever cared about. The two pranksters! But you’ve always had a more mischievous and darker side of pranking than your twin but you try to keep that part of you hidden as best as you can.
- Traits: Goofball, Evil, Genius
- Aspiration: Chief of Mischief
- Career: No Career
Rules:
- Must make all your money by hacking.
- Live with your twin your entire life.
- Master the Programming, Mischief, and Comedy Skills.
- Must die by hysteria as an elder.
HAPPY SIMMING! - Sandra
Do you like the rainbow? Do you like the idea of playing with berry Sims but hate berry Sims? Do you want to mess around with aspects of the game you’ve never used before? Boy, do I have the challenge for you!
Welcome to the Not So Berry Legacy Challenge, a ten generation legacy with a focus on bright colors and new experiences.
Basic Rules:
- Each heir must represent the color of the generation (i.e. hair, makeup, clothing), but brightly colored skin is not necessary (these aren’t actually berry Sims, that’s the joke). Of course, this is optional but a big portion of the fun.
- The colors of the spouses don’t matter as they aren’t part of the challenge. Unless otherwise stated you can do whatever you please with them.
- Money cheats can be used, but not excessively. Suggestion: use freerealestate for your first home, but no cheats afterward.
- You may live wherever you please unless something is specified in the rules of a generation.
- Every generation is supposed to complete both the career and aspiration of the heir unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- Keep the lifespan on normal.
- If you play this challenge and want to share it with us, go ahead and post with #notsoberry so we can see!
My good friend @alwaysimming and I kind of created this challenge on accident, but I think it turned out pretty great. We wanted to make something that forced us to play with parts of the game we’ve never explored before. Hopefully you’ll have fun too. You can follow our gameplay on @mintiphresh and @lea-fey (pronounced “minty fresh” and “leafy”)!