ivorywitchsims

[ivorywitchsims]

THE STORY-MODE BUILD CHALLENGE

A couple of days ago, while wanting to create a starter home, I had trouble deciding what kind of starter home it would be. I decided to go into CAS and create a sim first, since I always move a sim into an empty lot and use their remaining funds for the build when creating starter homes anyway (a good tip for those struggling to stay within budget when building).

An idea struck, why not use story mode and let that give me ideas for the build? And hence, a challenge was born.

So... what is it about? Quite simple really...

In this challenge, your goal is to create a starter home customised for a sim (or household) you’ve created using the story mode in CAS. Your funds and theme of the build depends entirely on what career, aspiration, personality and skills that the story mode assigned your sim.

For example: When I created this challenge I had been assigned a sim that had the traits good, romantic, and snob, the aspiration was to become a nerd brain, she worked in the astronaut career, and had some skills in logic, rocket science, and cooking. The build would therefore be customised to this, and it had to include a rocket launching pad.

Another example (the one in the picture) is a Modern Bachelor Starter, built in Windenburg for a hotheaded secret agent who hates children, wants to be leader of the pack, and loves music. He started with some skills in logic, and DJ mixing, and had above average starting funds.

Quite straightforward don’t you think?

RULES:

Use Story Mode in CAS to create your sim. Multiple sims are allowed, but they have to be created with story mode. Remember to dress them in something that suits them, you can change their gender and appearance however you like (bonus points if you come up with a backstory for them).

Move them into an empty lot (or bulldoze a lot), do NOT use any money cheats (that includes freerealestate), both the lot and the house should be included in the budget you were given.

Start building, try to make sure you have all the items you need for their career and for building the skills they were given from the start. For example, if they have the guitar skill, they need a guitar so they can play.

You may use the items you have in the family inventory, that they’ve gotten from their careers.

For another level of difficulty: try limiting yourself to using only a selection of packs (which make sense for the sim that was created)

When you have finished your build, upload it to the gallery (preferably with information about the traits/career/skills the sim had) using the hashtag #storymodebuildchallenge

I’d love to see what you create!

Good Luck!

/Ivory Witch