Apocasylum!
Posted: August 28th, 2016, 8:57 pm
Because I am clearly insane, I came up with an idea for a Sims 2 Apocasylum.
The apocalypse has been going for three generations, now. At the Founder's household, the following restrictions have been lifted:
Natural Science (founder)
Artist (founder's spouse)
Athletic (1st generation heir)
Criminal (1st generation spouse)
Culinary (1st generation spare)
Medical (2nd generation heir)
Military (2nd generation heir's spouse)
Science (2nd generation spare - Unlocked one aspirational reward of your choice)
The third generation's heir, was taken by the powers that be! They have collected a bunch of the neighborhood "zombies" and placed them into an asylum, with the spare placed in charge. Unfortunately, during the housing transfer, said spare lost all his memories and skills, and is starting out as much of a blank slate as the inmates! At least he can control his own actions, however.
He has been told that he will be set free to live with his family once again (and lift his restriction!), only if he manages to reach his own lifetime want, whatever that may be. He'll have to hurry before it's too late. Will the apocalypse fail, if the heir can't follow through and return in time to continue the family's goal of lifting the apocalypse? Will the heir have to give up his position as heir, and let the spare continue the line? Is there even a spare to take over, if the heir fails? Oh, no!
Even if you only have University installed, there are still plenty of restrictions, including Politics, to make building a workable asylum difficult. With the added asylum rules, it should make for a very interesting spin on things.
Note: Medical allows for a hot tub, in case the LTW is to woohoo lots of people. But with Gaming still in place, that's going to be VERY challenging. With Music, Dance, and Entertainment in force, the TV and radio are not allowed (since any autonomous dancing, or watching any channel other than news/weather or Yummy would all have to be canceled, and you can't control the inmates to do that). You can have a shower or bath, but ONLY ONE. With Show Business not lifted, you can't do dating LTWs, such as 50 First Dates or 50 Dream Dates. If you really, truly, want to do those LTWs, then replace either the Founder's or Founder's spouse's lifts, since they are the only ones with college degrees to allow a Show Business lift. Will you replace Artist or Natural Science?
If your founder rolls an unfulfillable LTW (such as marrying off 6 children or having 3 children graduate, or having a golden anniversary, or raising 20 puppies or kittens, all of which are impossible with the asylum/apocalypse restrictions in place), you can choose to have the ReNuYu SensoOrb as the Science aspirational unlock, and allow your founder to use it to change aspirations as many times as necessary to get a fulfillable LTW. If his LTW is fulfillable, you might want to get energizers or thinking caps, instead, or even noodle soothers or money trees! Your choice.
For those who want the joys of playing an apocalypse challenge, without the months of time it takes to finish one, this mini-challenge should be fun. As for the medal, it would be the same as any asylum. The apocalypse restrictions are more or less to establish a theme, and add a bit more interest to the basic asylum challenge.
The apocalypse has been going for three generations, now. At the Founder's household, the following restrictions have been lifted:
Natural Science (founder)
Artist (founder's spouse)
Athletic (1st generation heir)
Criminal (1st generation spouse)
Culinary (1st generation spare)
Medical (2nd generation heir)
Military (2nd generation heir's spouse)
Science (2nd generation spare - Unlocked one aspirational reward of your choice)
The third generation's heir, was taken by the powers that be! They have collected a bunch of the neighborhood "zombies" and placed them into an asylum, with the spare placed in charge. Unfortunately, during the housing transfer, said spare lost all his memories and skills, and is starting out as much of a blank slate as the inmates! At least he can control his own actions, however.
He has been told that he will be set free to live with his family once again (and lift his restriction!), only if he manages to reach his own lifetime want, whatever that may be. He'll have to hurry before it's too late. Will the apocalypse fail, if the heir can't follow through and return in time to continue the family's goal of lifting the apocalypse? Will the heir have to give up his position as heir, and let the spare continue the line? Is there even a spare to take over, if the heir fails? Oh, no!
Even if you only have University installed, there are still plenty of restrictions, including Politics, to make building a workable asylum difficult. With the added asylum rules, it should make for a very interesting spin on things.
Note: Medical allows for a hot tub, in case the LTW is to woohoo lots of people. But with Gaming still in place, that's going to be VERY challenging. With Music, Dance, and Entertainment in force, the TV and radio are not allowed (since any autonomous dancing, or watching any channel other than news/weather or Yummy would all have to be canceled, and you can't control the inmates to do that). You can have a shower or bath, but ONLY ONE. With Show Business not lifted, you can't do dating LTWs, such as 50 First Dates or 50 Dream Dates. If you really, truly, want to do those LTWs, then replace either the Founder's or Founder's spouse's lifts, since they are the only ones with college degrees to allow a Show Business lift. Will you replace Artist or Natural Science?
If your founder rolls an unfulfillable LTW (such as marrying off 6 children or having 3 children graduate, or having a golden anniversary, or raising 20 puppies or kittens, all of which are impossible with the asylum/apocalypse restrictions in place), you can choose to have the ReNuYu SensoOrb as the Science aspirational unlock, and allow your founder to use it to change aspirations as many times as necessary to get a fulfillable LTW. If his LTW is fulfillable, you might want to get energizers or thinking caps, instead, or even noodle soothers or money trees! Your choice.
For those who want the joys of playing an apocalypse challenge, without the months of time it takes to finish one, this mini-challenge should be fun. As for the medal, it would be the same as any asylum. The apocalypse restrictions are more or less to establish a theme, and add a bit more interest to the basic asylum challenge.