ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PLAY THE SIMS
Island Paradise
- Create a home of “islands” with every required item only being obtainable after a swim to it.
Tower of Insanity
- Build a home as tall and narrow as possible.
- The very top level must have a double bed.
- The very bottom level may have 1 fridge, 1 sink, 1 toilet, and 1 shower.
- All floors in between must be nothing but spiral staircases.
Tortured Artists
- Build a cute home in suburbia with a basement.
- Outfit said basement with the basic amenities.
- Place 4 easels in basement.
- Move in family and arrange for 4 roommates in the basement.
- Delete door to basement, locking artists in residence.
- Profit from their paintings.
Rags to Riches
- Buy a plot of land. Outfit it with a dumpster and park bench. Fill it with trees and rocks.
- Any remaining money should purchase fish which you then throw into the ocean.
- Spend all day digging through garbage and selling items you find.
- Only wash up at parks and public restrooms. Food can only come from wild vegetables and fruits.
- When you have 5,000, you may build a house.
Psych Ward
- Create family of 6 Sims. Each Sim must have traits for 'evil, insane, hates outdoors, loner' or any others that are relevant. Chose one Sim to be “you.”
- Build a home with:
- 5 beds
- 4 chairs
- 5 toilets
- 1 shower
- Decorate the ward as minimally as possible. keep as much of a hospital ambiance as possible.
- Never “select” or activate any other Sim - you may only control your chosen Sim.
- As Sims die, delete one bed and toilet.
- If your Sim is the last one alive, destroy the psych ward and build them a nice cabin where they can attempt to rehabilitate themselves.
Haunted Mansion
- Build a 4 system death house with drowning room, burning room, electrocution room, and starvation room.
- Build a massive graveyard in the backyard.
- Invite Sims over for parties. As they arrive, break them off into rooms.
- When Sims die, move their headstones to the graveyard.
- When the graveyard is full, tear down the death house and build large, Gothic style mansion.
- Enjoy your new ghost roommates.
Black Widow
- Marry your Sim off.
- Bring in 4 rounds of paychecks.
- Murder Sim spouse.
- Repeat.
Home Wrecker
- See how many relationships your Sim can break up.
Population Us
- Adopt nothing but male children.
- When they are old enough, betroth them and get their Sim girlfriends and have them impregnante their girlriends/wives.
- Kick couple out.
- Repeat.
Wicked Stepmother
- Create Sim with traits that include evil and hating children.
- Build a home with one bedroom and two couches.
- Adopt two children.
- Free slave labor!
Everyone's Least Favorite Family
- Create Sim family with malicious traits.
- Wreck havoc on town using said Sim family.
Who's Your Daddy
- Impregnate as many women as possible.
Baby Mama
- Create female Sim.
- Become pregnant by as many men as possible.
Hotel California
- Build a large mansion. Each wall should be floor to ceiling windows.
- Befriend all Sims in town.
- Throw a party and invite everyone over.
- Once everyone has arrived, remove the front door.
Sweatshop
- Make a group of roommates composed of adults and young adults. No relationships.
- Build a large home. Open up the lower level so that the second floor looks down into it. Attach a staircase to the outside of the house, leading to the second floor.
- Once one Sim has gone upstairs, remove the staircase.
- Furnish the lower half of the house with computers and easels.
- Downstairs Sims must all be creative loners who hate the outdoors. Have them spend the rest of their lives making money for the genius upstairs.