Story and Narrative Research for OldSunset

Good morning guys! I'm here once again to continue the research! And today we're going to talk a little about OldSunset Lore and what my vision for the future is.

When I started the map, I had the purpose of reproducing the Beta version of Sunset Valley, as well as reconstructing the lore from some point BEFORE Laura's kidnapping in Bela Vista. So that way, we could play with all the Sims we've loved so much for years.

Very recently, I partially started breeding the ancestors of the Solteirus family, Caixão and Caliente. My vision was: To create ALL ancestors in All age groups to capture every single moment of their lives, this of course included editing each of their costumes and justifying their way of acting and dressing based on life experiences, traits and history. In a short time, this level of complexity proved to be much more of a challenge against time than in favor of finishing the map. I needed to go back.

This week while I was going to the market I started thinking about the stories I want to tell in OldSunset. More than once, I've been suggested to tell my own stories, and since OldSunset is already far from the original idea, growing and expanding to house lots from all the expansions, completely unique regions, and completely different lots than any generation of The Sims could introduce ourselves, I started to wonder, if it didn't make sense too, to tell my own stories. Obviously mimicking some classics we already know.

And allied to that, I had the idea to present some Challenges to the players.

Let me give you an example: Sim A is the son of two rock stars who passed away and left their fortune to their teenage son. Due to lack of knowledge and good management Sim A has aged and lost everything, having to resort to his innate talent to rebuild his life. He is seen with some frequency performing in bars, community lots, almost always in exchange for handouts.

The player's challenge in this core is to be able to buy back the mansion of the "rock stars" (name tentative while the family is not identified) with the money earned through urban performances throughout OldSunset.

Of course, this is just a very superficial and small sample of the idea I had, because I intend to continue expanding the narrative through the parents' memories. And in some cases, these parents/grandparents may have come from another world (which will be developed throughout the build of OldSunset (as we did with Pleasantview) but for screen capture purposes, becoming a main project when OldSunset is released officially).

The question I would like to ask in this post is: Are you willing to give up the stories you already know to dive into a universe of new stories that can be just as interesting?