#TS4 Hell House Challenge

[fizzytoo]

#ts4 #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #postcard legacy challenge #YEAH BABIE #rosa absolutely losing her mind is me as hell #adrien having a conversation with rosa and the second he saw her eyes soften and the area grow quiet his heart #felt like it was going to jump out his chest. then he heard how gentle rua’s voice was coaxing him to turn around #rua’s hands were trembling but his resolve was absolute #adrien couldn’t have said yes any faster. then he was pulling at rua’s arms trying to drag him off the ground. nearly dropping the ring box #and when they kissed adrien could feel rua’s trembling hand against his face and the sigh of relief he breathed into his mouth #mmhm it was all planned 🤞🏽 rua had it in the bag. he organized adrien's parent's trip and bought the rings on the dl #did he almost tell on himself? maybe. but adrien never found out so it's a win #adrien was gonna propose but rua beat him to the punch. he's hiding the ring at rua's parents house 😭 #imma have him give it to him still hehehehe #postcard: gen3 #queue #sim: adrien herrera #sim: rua kamealoha #sim: rosa han

[lil-gingerbread-sims]

💀 Welcome Ghouls to the Hell House 💀

[Hell House Challenge by @bakersimmer | Check the rules]

The Hell House, a haunted house cursed with challenges, opens its doors to seven sims, for seven days. Which one of them will survive the deadly week? We'll see...

The Haunted House: Mean Vibe, Private Dwelling, Cursed, Off-The-Grid, Spooky, Filthy, Gremlins, Creepy Crawlies

The Events:

The Witch Hour (Every day at 3.00 a.m.) -> The Sim with the least amount of skills is executed.

Full Sun (From day 2, at 12.00 p.m.) -> A random Sim is chosen to get a new skill and help with their needs.

Full Moon (From day 2, at 12.00 a.m.) -> A random Sim is chosen to get a new skill and help with their needs.

#hell house challenge #ts4 #the sims 4 #simblr #ts4 screenshots #ts4 gameplay #ts4 challenge #the sims 4 screenshots #the sims 4 gameplay #the sims 4 challenge

[webbymom]

Picking it back up at the bookstore...

I ranted too long to make sense of the last post's title, which referenced going to the bookstore.

Yes. The bookstore in Sunset Valley in THE SIMS 3.

I was so disillusioned by TS4's newest and brightest crap that I said to myself, "What the hell! Let's open TS3 and see what I can do there!"

Oh. My. Goodness.

Dudes. Do you know they have a COLOUR WHEEL?? For like, EVERYTHING???

And do you remember that sims can literally travel down a street and go to the bookstore WITH NO LOADING SCREENS?

And do you remember CARS???? * faints *

Seriously, while the game takes longer to load on the front end, while EA has lost the fact that I do actually own some more worlds and store stuff than what they give me credit for, and while I don't have ALL the stuff I DO still "own" turned on to keep "performance" specs up (not even sure that's needed on this machine, but what-evs)...

This. Game. Is. Fabulous.

And it's HARDER. I have a much harder time keeping ONE SIM fully up on all their needs than I do in TS4. And I LIKE that. Seriously, TS4 is so easy. It's too easy to make money, too easy to keep everyone happy all the time, too easy to advance at work...

Maybe I'm just a freakin' good player and other folks may find it harder in TS4, for whatever reason. I mean, I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I've been playing "perfect lives" sims since the day TS2 came out... so there's that. ;) They don't call me "The Controller" for nuthin'!!!

But honestly, I found this more challenging. I decided to create a single sim, get them into a house they could afford at first, get them a career, and make it to the top of that career (it was a life wish to become CEO... which I did. :) ). Let's call her Rita - since that's her name. ;)

Oh, the things that broke and clogged and rotted! Oh, the horrible (but funny!) bad passes that Thornton Wolfe (the boss!) made to my poor sim! Oh, the fun in the park on days off of work, and the meetings Rita had to squish into times when she was not working and also not dying - just for that one... last... promotion...

It was fun. I even re-built Rita's house, and bought her some better stuff and let her learn handiness and a bit of fishing and painting...

I could pick an outfit - shirt with sweater-vest and belt, skirt, and shoes - and COLOUR COORDINATE them! I could make her doors match her windows and her walls coordinate with the carpet and the sheets match the bedspread...

I know it's been a few years since I've played, so I'm a bit rusty, BUT - - - I found it more challenging to keep one single sim going and really happy in TS3 than raising an entire family (mom, dad, 2 kids) in TS4. So there's that.

Sure, the sims walk around like they have sticks up their butts (a long-time pet peeve of mine re: the TS3 sims LOL) and the UI is old-fashioned and the build-mode tools are SO much less than what we have now in TS4. But to be honest, I found the UI to be direct, precise, and intuitive. While I re-built her a house and was AGHAST that I could not lower the roof more than "X" amount, I really didn't care, because it was the GAMEPLAY that was really engaging me again.

Rita made it to the top of her career (apparently, Level 8 was the top back then!) which was yesterday in my time. I'm going to start another sim off in Sunset Valley with a new goal. Maybe even make a couple! Kick it up a notch, look after TWO sims and get them to the top of their careers as fast as I can, or their lifetime wishes fulfilled or whatever. Maybe they will be Rita's neighbours! Wouldn't that be cool? Since there are no loading screens?????

Sims 5 needs to be better. With offerings coming our way like "Life by You" and "Paralives", they seriously have to up their game at EA with this genre. I'm rather doubtful that I will buy ANY more EA kits, packs, or EP's for TS4. I will dip back into my currently-working family now and then to keep them going and make a few more TS4 memories, but they have strung this thing out far too long and it's at the point where they will lose players to the boredom and mediocrity that they are currently asking money for. It's time to move on to the new and better stuff.

As for me, I'm moving back to old and better stuff and finding the joy there once again. My TS3 adventures will continue while I wait the rest out. I have pre-ordered Life by You, and I'm following the progress of Paralives. I'm dabbling pretty much daily in Disney Dreamlight Valley, and I have tons of those crazy little casual games that keep me entertained when my brain is too taxed to decide what to do next with my little sims' live. ;) Sad to say, I don't need or want TS4 to be part of my evening entertainment on a daily basis anymore.

Nothing has been as funny or quirky as TS2 since TS2. Nothing has been as open - both in world terms and in creative/pattern/colour terms - as TS3 since TS3. TS4 started on a flat note (no pools and no toddlers) and has tried to play catch-up ever since. NINE YEARS of catching up. And I'm feeling, sorry to say, that they've not actually succeeded in catching up.

Honestly, I'm just not that invested anymore. I'm hoping that new games will bring back that old TS2 "oh-my-gosh-this-is-so-cool-and-fun" thing for me, but I will wait and see. Maybe I'm just done with life simulation games. But maybe - just maybe - Rod Humble/Paradox or Alex/Paralives People will surprise me. Maybe they have something up their sleeves that will delight life sim fans all over again.

Remember that crazy gold helmet you could get in TS2 to wear when you learned stuff to make you learn faster? But if you used it too long, it could make you die?

Yeah. Quirks like that. Silly things that make no real sense, but give you a laugh - or even a game-based panic-attack where you have to quit without saving... that's the kind of thing I want. I don't need reality TV in a sims game. I need more of a "are you kidding me, you want to do WHAT right now???" kind of a game. Something that gives me a laugh, lets me be creative when I feel the urge, lets me escape from some of the harsher realities of life, and lets me control virtual little people to the Nth degree, because I can't do that in real life and doing it in virtuality is OK.😛

That's it. That's all I have to say about it for the moment. If I get the urge again, I'll be sure to post. Ha! Love to all!

[cookies-sims]

Starting another legacy because I probably have undiagnosed ADHD and get easily bored/frustrated by TS4 at times AND easily distracted by the creativity and coolness that these creators make with custom saves and what not (which inspires the hell out of me to keep playing), but to not rag on any further, here's my founder, "Harry Redditch" for Harry's House Legacy Challenge :wink: (if you get it, you get it... lol)

#harry's house album #harry's house #sims 4 legacy challenge #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy #ts4 screenshots #ts4 stories #sims 4 stories #sims 4 harry's house #harry's house legacy challenge #Harry's House Legacy #sims 4 harry's house legacy challenge #ts4 #sims 4 #s4

[rebouks]

Gideon Woodward for @nova-plays Hell House

Gideon's become rather bored as of late... Watching others suffer as he waits for his own inevitable victory sounds too deliciously entertaining to pass up.

Cheerful

Evil

Self-Absorbed

#ts4 #simblr #ts4 hell house challenge #ian's hell house entry #hell house challenge #extra

[elisabettasims]

Attention please! I want your sims for my Hell House. Yes, I shamelessly stole the idea from @simmancy ‘s random thoughts so all credits go to them for putting the idea in my head. 

What is a Sims Hell House? @bakersimmer wrote a post about it, linked above. The rules are really loose and flexible (my kind of challenge). A group of sims moves into a haunted house. To survive, they have to build random skills that I’ll chose each day. The sim with the lowest level in that skill at the end of the day must die.

So the deets:

Sims must be in full costume (meaning their faces must be obscured). You only have to set the every day outfit, I can copy the costume over to the rest (but you can do it if you want to).

Face reveals will happen after an elimination. 

CC is welcome and I own all packs, supernatural sims are welcome.

No skills. All skills must be set to zero.

Any traits are acceptable. Negative traits might be more fun, however. :D 

Any gender is acceptable (yes, including gender non-conforming/non-binary sims).

Young adult through elder ages only, please. I won’t commit cartoon violence against teens or children.

Sexual orientation doesn’t matter but do include that info for my reference so I can make sure their preferences are set accordingly in case the contestants decide to hook up.

There are two circumstances in which I’ll be controlling your sims. Their intros, and if they glitch or get stuck somewhere and need teleported out. (edit: I will probably have to control them to kill them and POSSIBLY to get them started on a skill.)

Important note: IF YOUR SIM LOSES, THEY WILL DIE. I wanted to fully stress that point so there’s no misunderstanding. There will be only one survivor (and Annika).

Also important: Accidental deaths may happen outside of the elimination death. 

A full bio isn’t required but I would love to hear about your sims when you submit them. Public posts with your submission are welcome!

I doubt I’ll get more than 8 sims but, if I do, I want to use them all. I’ll announce how I’ll handle that if and when the time comes.

I’d like all the tray files for the sims by November 13 so that gives everyone some time to put their sims together. 

If you have any questions, send me an ask. Please reblog this when you see it even if you don’t want to enter? You don’t have to be following me to enter a sim but I’d love to have you!

#Sims 4 #ts4 #the sims 4 #OC Annika #Annika's Hell House #Annika Soren #Sims 4 Casting Call #I want your sims #simmancy #bakersimmer #death cw #sim death cw #TS4 Hell House Challenge #TS4 Hell House

[that1nova]

Hello, babies. I heard from a little birdie that "Hell Houses" are all the rage right now. I cannot for the life of me fathom why, but who am I to judge? And apparently, my producers think that I would make a great host for such an event. I mean, I'll take the payday.

So, what is a "Hell House," you ask? Well, the rules are simple: build skills to survive. Of course, it won't be easy.

No, you'll spend your days here, in the remnants of what was once Straud Manor. The manor has long been gone, of course, and the "house" built in its place many years ago was abandoned shortly after construction. Too many ghosts, they say. Spooky!

You'll be allowed to sleep and shower inside. Skill building challenges will also be held inside. There's no heating or air conditioning, though. This simply gets your heads out of the rain. Well, for the most part. I've been told the walls leak, and if you're not careful you may find yourself falling in the mysterious slime that coats the floors. Honestly, this place is disgusting. There are only two shower heads in the small bathroom. There are no toilets. You'll have to figure that out on your own, and good luck to you. I saw a couple of bushes around, maybe you could sneak in one of those? You'll also have to get used to the other contestants seeing you naked, if you've any hope of showering. After all, if you've got it, flaunt it, I always say.

Most of your days will be spent out here, on the grounds. It's spring now, so the days are getting warmer. But as you can see, snow is still falling around me. All the food you'll have access to lies in the two coolers behind me. Enjoy your tasty, cold oatmeal, I guess?

There are surprises, too. Scattered through the grounds, what will you find? Nothing good, I promise you that.

And remember... each morning at 6am, someone will die. Challenges will begin every day at noon. But don't worry! We'll be merciful, and give you a day to "settle in" to your surroundings.

Of course, I won't be slumming through the next few weeks. Could you imagine? What if I broke a nail down there? Ugh, just kill me right then! No, above your heads, I'll be in my apartment. I'll have access to everything I could desire... Aside from my hunnies, of course. They'll be safe at home with Evie. Instead, all to myself I'll have a comfortable bed, TV, video games, and a large jacuzzi tub. I also have a full kitchen. And did I mention it's climate controlled? Well, it is.

Feeling jealous, sweeties? Don't worry too much. Whoever comes in first place each challenge will be allowed just two hours in my apartment, left to their own devices. How will you spend your time, should you earn this honor?

So, what do you say, lovelies? We'll be bringing just seven human sims into their own personal hell. You can wear all the custom content you'd like, be it alpha or maxis match. Only thing is, you can only come in wearing one outfit. Make sure all your "outfit categories" are the same outfit. Everyone will start at zero, which means no skills when you walk in the doors of Hell House. If you have any questions, please forward them to my producer. I'm going to be busy amping myself up for the smell I've heard happens during these challenges...

Applicants have until January 12th.

I look forward to meeting you all.

#hell house #ts4 #ts4 hell house challenge #ian keating #ts4 gameplay #ts4 challenge #please submit some sims! #I know I've been quiet for awhile #but this looks like a lot of fun! #ian's hell house

[simmancy]

RIP MACY LOVETT ( @samssims​ )

The first victim of the hell house.... She couldn’t learn enough violin to remain, and then her suit simply got too hot :/

Macy will have a lovely rebirth, most likely as one of my gen 4 heir’s friends :)

#ts4 #ts4 gameplay #ts4 bachelorette challenge #love among the stars #love among the stars r2 #ts4 hell house challenge

[bakersimmer]

The Hell House Challenge

Seven sims move to a haunted house

No one should have any skills

To live, they have to build skills

The one who has the least amount of a specific skill at the end of the day must die

Random events to amp up the fun

Give your lot all the worst traits (creepy crawlies, gremlins, etc)

Have full autonomy enabled

Make your contestants do some mundane things to gain skills.

Don't give them anything comfortable. No cooking. Only fast food and snacks. Let them sleep in a tent or on an air mattress

Use randomizer. This way, everything is based purely on chance

Your sims will be stressed, and they will whine a lot. Only the strongest (or luckiest) one will survive

This game has many things that could kill your sims. Explore

Each dawn, the least skilled contestant will die. Obviously, you have to do the dirty work 😬

#ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #simself #HHC #Hell House Challenge #ts4 challenge

[fizzytoo]

couch cuddles and coffee go best with rainy days

+ this unfortunate scared little puppy

#ts4 #ts4 gameplay #sims 4 gameplay #postcard legacy challenge #sim: adrien herrera #sim: rua kamealoha #sim: amaya kamealoha #they may look calm and content here but right before getting ama in the bath she ran around the house in her little muddy boots tracking #dirt n mud EVERYWHERE #captain cleared right out of the way and hid under the bed #did you know that toddler can’t play in puddles ??? OR play in the rain ??? what the hell ea where’s the fun and whimsy of childhood ?????? #also rua’s changed into adrien’s top after coming in from the rain :3 theyre in each other’s closests constantly #closets* #postcard: gen3 #queue

[lil-gingerbread-sims]

💀 Aftermath 💀

[Info | Cast]

To celebrate their transformation, Szinta threw a party, inviting every werewolf they knew and their neighbors. This is the moment to impress them all and be accepted.

And, well, Szinta got very close to one of their guest, Clémence, who turned out to be their fated mate.

So, in the following days, the two of them hang out together and a romantic relationship bloomed.

But life has a werewolf is still complicated, as you need only one full moon to destroy your relationship with your neighbors. But, yeah, that was Szinta wants.

#hell house challenge #hell house aftermath #ts4 #the sims 4 #simblr #ts4 screenshots #ts4 gameplay #ts4 challenge #the sims 4 screenshots #the sims 4 gameplay #the sims 4 challenge #my sims #szinta rain

[liwia-sims]

Neil Varley for @nova-plays’ Hell House

Name: Neil Varley

Age: Adult

Gender: Cis man

Traits: Self-Assured, Freegan, Loner

Aspiration: Outdoor Enthusiast

Likes: Handiness, Fishing

Dislikes: Video Gaming, Programming

Having been self-reliant for most of his adult life, Neil is confident in his survival skills. The real challenge for him will be living with 6 other people. 

#Ian's Hell House #hell house challenge #ts4 #sims 4 #nova-plays #Neil Varley #my posts

[fruitpixel]

Clarissa Schilling 🦇

for @nova-plays Hell House Challenge!

Mean | Evil | Non-committal

"I'm not going to sit here and tell you how wonderful I am when you will clearly see that I am far more superior than anyone here."

Clarissa is desperate to become a vampire. She's hoping that her victory in this challenge will once and for all prove to Vlad that she deserves to be turned, so she can be with the man of her dreams... Caleb Vatore.

#ts4 #the sims 4 #hell house challenge #sims #sims 4 #the sims #i see that i made her noncommittal even tho shes in love with caleb thats bc she wont settle with anyone else if it's not him ok #clarissa schilling #my sims

[wlwsims4]

LOOKING FOR SIMS!

Spend some time in a lovely haunted house and die if you fail challenges - it’s easy, it’s organic, it’s free! I am looking for a total of seven unfortunate souls to compete for their lives in @bakersimmer ‘s HELL HOUSE CHALLENGE

Simply zip up your sim and upload them to simfileshare, and send me the link, then sit back and watch them suffer.

The Fine Print:

- I’m a maxis mix simmer, so unless you match my style, I might substitute hair for alpha -.berry sims preferred, but not required - if you use CC, either include it (if the creators permit that) or expect me to substitute missing pieces - I use the 5 trait mod, so I will add two

- YA and up allowed, any gender, any occult - no skills or reward traits, give ‘em to me fresh out of CAS - use negative traits, if u want excessive chaos!

SLOTS:

1 - taken @berryconfetti 2 - taken by a friend 3 - taken @grimreapergnome 4 - taken @sweetlysimss 5 - 6 -  7 - 8 - reserved for my own sim

I will make a post and tag all submitters when I’m ready to get going!

#my post #ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 #simblr #berry sweet sims #sims 4 casting call #sims 4 challenge #hell house #hellhouse #sims 4 hell house challenge #sims wanted

[bumblingbunny]

DJ Harmony for @elisabettasims‘s Hell House

When M-DJ Harmony’s roommates kicked her out, they told her they’d found the perfect new place for her to move. They didn’t tell her it was a hell house.

DJ Harmony: I didn’t think I was that bad of a roommate.

Still, she’s always up for a challenge, even the life-on-the-line kind. So here she is, happily skipping to her almost certain death with a smile plastered across her face...

DJ Harmony: It’s not like I have a choice in the matter - this helmet only comes with one setting.

Gender: Female, She/Her

Sexuality: Pan

Aspiration: Chief of Mischief

Traits: Mean, Cheerful, Erratic

#ts4 #elisabettasims #hell house contestant #she absolutely was the worst roommate #and is definitely here for the chaos :D #I'm excited to see this challenge in action!

[elisabettasims]

Eli went to check the trash can, complained about the smell, then was swarmed by flies. Guess they thought he was trash, too. (Okay, okay, so I had a hard time coming up with a joke for that death!).

I love him. I actually have an idea in mind for him in something I’m working on with Annika. Hopefully, I can get around to doing it but I imagine he’ll find spots in some of my other saves, too. 

@fataleromeo

There’s one final post after this one.

#fataleromeo #TS4 #The Sims 4 #Sims 4 #Annika's Hell House #TS4 Hell House Challenge #TS4 Hell House #death cw #sim death cw