Welcome back! I’m doing my very first asylum challenge, despite the fact that it’s been around for a very long time. I’m using the rule set linked to here:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/966349/the-sims-4-asylum-challenge-updated-sept-2019

Here’s a shot of all my sims before they moved into their asylum house. I’m using my sim self as my one controllable sim (and the only human). Everyone else: 2 vampires, 2 ghosts, 1 mermaid, 1 spell-caster, 1 alien. The playable ghost idea didn’t really work out (more on that later) and I ended up changing them to humans later on.

I had an awesome time with this challenge! I was frustrating at times for sure, but overall I got to play in ways I normally don’t, see some new things, and feel a great sense of accomplishment!

Here’s the house! I downloaded it from the gallery and modified a few things.

Here’s the downstairs kitchen/living/dining area. I’m using hard mode. I chose to have a computer, easel, chess table, and pool (for the mermaid). Bookshelves don’t count as skill objects so I threw one in, and a fireplace for funzies. My four seats are the two dining chairs and the log loveseat.

Here’s the upstairs: 4 incredibly sad bedrooms, a toilet, a shower, and a mirror.

I got the spookiest pool I could find off the gallery and started in fall.

Lot traits: Haunted, Cursed, Creepy Crawlies

Planned aspirations for my sim: Painter Extraordinaire, Nerd Brain, Computer Whiz, Renaissance Sim

Let’s get this party started!

Fire #1 happened almost immediately when someone tried to cook something. I wasted so much money in the beginning replacing the stove that I eventually just stopped. I think the cursed lot trait does a little too good of a job!

The mermaid is constantly drawn to the water, even in cold weather. I got the “so and so is freezing to death!” notification many, many times.

Fire #2. I knew I was asking for this with the fireplace, but it happened so many times!

Fire #3.

Just wanted to document the fact that these sims love to hang out naked!

Vlad barged his way in but didn’t bite anyone.

Fire #4. The beginnings of the Worst Harvestfest Ever. I was determined to make a grand meal and call everyone to it so they could at least have a little bit of holiday cheer, but no…..

Fire #5

Fire #6 and….

…I give up!

I’m currently working on the painting aspiration and once I stopped replacing the stove, I saved up enough for a bed upgrade. Hurray!

Seriously, is it the erratic trait or what?

Death #1. It was only a matter of time after all…

Got rid of the loveseat in favor of another dining chair

And deleted one of the crappy beds.

Eventually I saved up for a better computer to get my fun need up faster.

Fire #7

Winterfest! Father Winter gave me a couch, which I can’t use, so I sold it.

Eventually I was able to afford two even better bed upgrades!

The haunted lot trait didn’t do anything until there were some (non-playable) ghosts around. Then they were haunting me every night!

Fridge upgrade! Also I’ve never had a sim poisoned before, must be the cursed lot trait.

Got ourselves a thermostat!

Here I’m angry because the alien, who has literally been in her alien form this entire time, didn’t tell me she was an alien (?)

I wanted to get one of these at the start but forgot, so I got one now! I still haven’t seen the rodent fever death.

Bathroom upgrade!

Odd glitch…

Death #2. Vampire #1 succumbed to the poison.

Sink upgrade!

Random trash plant inside the house

Fire #8

Fire #9. Which led quickly to…

Death #3

Well hello there

Death #4. Frankly I’m surprised he lasted this long, I was constantly getting the “so and so is burning in the sun!” notification. Had never seen this death before, cool!

An alien abduction! Too bad it was me and not one of the male residents, I would have loved to have a little green bundle of joy!

The shower was broken so everyone headed outside to shower in the rain

Had to buy a rocket ship for the Nerd Brain aspiration, so here we go!

Death #5. The pool claims its second victim. Is it me or did they change this animation? I feel like it used to be more morbid….

Crashed the rocket ship numerous times because I didn’t want to upgrade it

What a cool ghost!

Fire #10. Coming back from the grave to cause more trouble, I see.

Fire #11. There was a fire literally every time anyone cooked anything, even though by this point I had a few cooking skill points.

At this point, seeing that the only two residents still alive were the playable ghosts, I realized that they can’t die again. Having playable ghosts felt a little cheat-y, so I made them human.

Death #6. The pool was a mistake, you guys.

Fire #12. At this point I realized that she was trying to warm herself up after having frozen to death.

Oh no, my last resident!

Fires #13-15 looked exactly like this

Death #7 and Fire #16. Father Winter gave me a nice stove, so I took that as a sign and installed it. That’s it, all my residents are dead. Not sure if this means I failed the challenge? I continued onward alone (almost finished all four aspirations anyway)

As my last career for Renaissance Sim I became a secret agent and got a sweet desk upgrade.

And that’s it, we’re done! I finally made it out of the asylum, but at what cost??

Here’s my final total score:

+50: per aspiration completed. X 4 = 200

+1: per skill point any of the 8 Sims have at the end. Only living Sims count. X 67 = 67

+1: per 1000 Satisfaction points every Sim has. Only living Sims count. X 21 = 21

-20: per Sim that died. X 7 = -140

-20: per fire which has occurred. X 16 = -320

-10: per day when the power and water is shut off. (E.g. Power and Water shut off for 2 days =-20 points) X 0 = 0

TOTAL = -172 (womp womp lol)

I had a really great time doing this challenge! It was so different than how I normally play the game. And I loved doing the spooky variant with all the occults! I’m thinking about making this an October tradition for myself. Maybe I can even get a positive score! Changes for next year:

1. Lot traits: Cursed is just too good at it’s job, made the challenge much too difficult. Haunted doesn’t do much unless there are graves already on the lot, so definitely spook it up next time! Creepy Crawlies was more of a nuisance than anything else. Use Haunted again, but two change the others. I don’t usually play with lot traits at all, so this is a fun way to explore the negative ones!
2. Occults: Still use every occult lifestate available (maybe by next year there will be more!) but no playable ghosts. They can’t die and they kept leaving the lot without permission.
3. Death traps: The fireplace and the pool led to many fires and deaths. This could have been compounded because of the cursed lot trait, but consider whether you want them or not. Do put in a rodent cage though!

Welcome! This Easter season, I decided to try my hand at the Boolprop Easter Egg Challenge (check it out here: https://www.boolprop.net/viewtopic.php?f=254&t=5170)! I named my founder April Cottontail and tried to keep everything as bunny/spring themed as possible. I rolled a three on the die, so April will be having three babies.
April was a fresh CAS sim (+20)

That bunny suit is her every outfit, yes even swimwear (this will come up again later lol). I moved her onto the Umbrage Manor lot (+25)

I downloaded and modified a small house for her to live in. To start off I took pictures of all the Easter Egg items I bought in the beginning for points:

Beebox and Guardians of the Gnomelaxy (+20)

Schmapple microwave and coffee maker (+10)

Wall full of stars and I have the high ground stool (+20)

Wolf Pytt gaming table (+10)

Henry Puff and Teen Idol posters (+20)
I decided to play for points here. I started with a female sim (as opposed to a male named Peter Cottontail which would have made more sense) so that I could more easily have babies with and marry different Easter Egg sims. My initial targets were Mortimer Goth, Geoffrey Landgraab, and Don Lothario. The welcome wagon arrived and…

Score! Target #1 acquired. He even stayed after the party to enjoy some fruit cake with April.

Mortimer left before any romance could occur, but I made some good progress on their relationship bar. I got April a job in the tech guru career so she can do both the programming and video game Easter Eggs. Before her first day of work, I had her start painting.

And here we have the only Easter Egg painting I managed to get (not for lack of trying), the social bunny (+10)

Mortimer asked to come over a few days later

And we get started with the baby making. Nothing sexier than that bunny suit, am I right?

The third trimester looks a little funny in the suit

And we have a girl! I named her Jemima Cottontail for Jemima Puddleduck from the Peter Rabbit books. Points for her Easter Egg baby daddy (+10)

Then, the toilet broke so I moved it onto the lawn to create a big enough puddle for me to change to be shaped like a duck (+10)

Then I had April join the Paragons

And the Renegades

That’s gotta be uncomfortable! She made friends with Soibhan and got her to step down as leader of the Paragons. Renegades will have to come later because…

Jemima became a toddler!

I guess this is what would happen if you always wore a bunny suit

April caught the season premiere of Game of Llamas (+10)

And started working on the weather machine

Meanwhile, Jemima became a child and aged up with the Topnotch Toddler trait!

I made a holiday called Bunny Day on the last day of spring to be Easter but also sort of Christmas/New Years since it will only ever be spring for this family. Traditions are egg hunting, flower bunny, grand meal, cleaning, and resolutions. Here is our first flower bunny visit!

April went over to the Landgraab house with the intention of meeting Geoffrey, but realized that Malcolm was a young adult already and decided to go for him instead. Here is the pair at the Romance Festival

Of course I didn’t realize Mortimer was nearby when they had their first kiss…he was not too happy lol. It doesn’t matter as I wasn’t planning to do anything else with Mortimer anyway, but it was awkward.

April made use of the weather machine to change it back to spring as soon as it became summer (+15)

April got pregnant by Malcolm and in the meantime went for her third target, Don Lothario. My plan was to marry Don and have him father April’s third child.

Don moved in, I put him in the scientist career and started him working on the rocketship for the alien tv station and space bunny Easter Eggs.

April went into labor and had a boy named Peter Cottontail (finally lol) (+10)

And then a girl named Flopsy (one of Peter’s sisters in the books).

That’s right, twins! So I missed out on 10 points for only having two Easter Egg baby daddies, but at least I got exactly three babies, so, meh? Time was flying by at this point and the twins became toddlers

Don struggled with the rocketship, crashing on at least one occasion

April maxed the programming skill and managed to hack a supercomputer! (+15)

Jemima became a teen with a killer randomized outfit

There, that’s better

And April and Don got married! (+25)

Of course I invited both of her exes to the wedding. While I wasn’t controlling her April flirted with Malcolm, which upset Don greatly. I had to have him calm down in the mirror so he didn’t die of anger.

The twins aged up into children with the Happy Toddler trait

Don finally reached the point where he could make the satellite dish in the scientist career

And when he got home from work that day he watched some alien tv and promptly quit his job (+30)

At this point April maxed the tech guru career and I built the pre styled room to go with it because they needed more space anyway (+25)

This was evidently April’s Renegade outfit?

Or maybe it’s this? April seen here making friends with Max to try to get his spot as leader

He’s proving a harder nut to crack than Soibhan.

Then April became an elder which I kept forgetting because she wears a bunny suit

I had April take some medicine when she wasn’t sick, but she was too focused to actually get dazed from it (+10)

Jemima got together with Charlie Bheeda

And April finally managed to persuade Max to let her lead the Renegades! (+40)

Jemima aged up into a young adult as Flopsy did her homework. I never bothered to change her clothes.

April had the Collector aspiration and she found a Hyponofrog! I named him Bongo (any Futurama fans?) (+15)
I tried to complete the postcard collection but I was one short in the end 😦

After spending most of his life in that rocketship, Don finally met the giant space bunny! (+40)

A few more tv Easter Eggs: Sims of the Dead and Diamonds are for Sims (+20)

Here’s a shot of everyone wearing their Star Wars outifts! And Jemima wearing a random one as I ran out of Star Wars lol (+10)

Another year past, another visit with the flower bunny

The twins became teenagers

And Don became an elder.

Would it even be the sims if there weren’t any fires?

Earl Grey, Hot (+10)

And April finally met Grim in her old age. I had Don plea for her life to get more time but he was unsuccessful.

More things for points that don’t have pictures:
Video Game Maddness (+45)
Easter Egg books (+25)
12,000 aspiration points (+480)
$100,000 (+40)
Blogging the challenge (+10)

For a grand total of 1,030 points!

I had a lot of fun doing this challenge! I didn’t know of many of these references in the game before I started. I also played with the hamster for the first time in an effort to get all the postcards. This was a great quick challenge that I highly recommend!