Back at university again

 Here is the next chapter, where Oliver Freddy and Inge return to university for their 6th semester..

Chapter 6.1 - January 2024 - The nerd, the loser and thank you for the fish...

Quick Summary:

 

Inge just barely gets time to set foot on the lot of their dorm before she receives a message from Jefferey Dean about missing a party invitation..

The other students occupying their dorm arrive, and Oliver Freddy quickly walks over to Liz Tarry to have some friendly chat before asking her for a sample of her DNA.. he's going to need it to maybe, hopefully, one day figure out if its possible to create human/plant hybrids.. a pretty insane idea don't you think? :P

Liz is hesitant of his question at first, but once he has taken the sample she is happy that her DNA is now in his hands.. perhaps a little to happy...

Oliver Freddy continues the science-ing to make his first successful clone of a living thing, Ansgar the Anchovy. Even though the clone looks like a goldfish at first, it will probably find its anchovy form a little later..

Inge then spends her time playing games at the Student Union, before getting another party invitation from Jefferey Dean. It's of course a swimsuit party in the middle of winter, because, well, why not.... Inge is excited about the invitation, but in spite of a couple of the guests even removing their swimsuits, Inge is left with the feeling that the party never really takes off and she starts to question if she's just not enjoying it like she used to because she's 'getting old' (even though she's only 21...).

 

PS: Somebody dies in this chapter, but it's not a very prominent character, and in some way a version of this character may just exist for all eternity anyway.. :P

Starting a new year - almost a year "to late"...

 Yeah, so I finally got a new chapter posted again, starting (but not necessarily kickstarting) the story again. So... after last years christmas party over at the Holmesen-Fredriksen household, we are now back at Ranveigs home, where her oldest son along with his girlfriend is going back for their 6th semester at university.

Chapter 18.1 - January 2024 - Family, lessons and a staircase

That's really the gist of what happens in this post.

Robert Bråge as a teenager is still undecided about his future. Does he want to go to university and study science like his brother, or does he want to live a more free lifestyle and become and author? And perhaps maybe he is ever so slightly jealous about his two year older girfriend Margrethe getting start taking drivers lessons soon this upcoming summer. ;)

Inge makes sure to spend her last day in Sunset Valley for now wisely, hanging out in the park with her youngest sister and father. 

The relationship between Oliver Freddy and Inge is as strong as ever, and Inge definately has their future mapped out... Maybe their relationship is going a little bit to strong for Ranveig still, but she has no choice but to settle with it...

..and then the kids are off again to start another semester of long hours of studying, partying and silliness..

  ;) 

 

As a 'bonus' I have added a couple of youtube videos, because I just got this idea to use Suno AI (which I have used to generate 'The Bushweeds' songs) to also make some theme songs for the Sims and the towns. First one up is Ranveig Motorsens theme:

 

 ..and second one up is the theme for the current town, Sunset Valley:

..and if you read the post that is linked to near the top, in there is also a short youtube video of Inge and Emmy in the park. :P

World Adventures - Shang Simla

 It's been a while since I've said anything on here, and I'm not yet motivated to continue the story line fully yet. Or, I am kind of motivated, but there's a little to much else going on right now to want to commit myself to story telling, so game wise I just want to mess around and do stuff that doesn't require any thinking or planning or keeping track of multiple sims story lines...

So I sent my simself to Shang Simla to meet the locals, and in doing so I thought it was kind of boring how the place didn't have a nightlife-esque hangout and how the towers on each corner of the Forbidden City were all seemingly empty.

So I built a restaraunt/bar/disco in the east tower. I left the exterior unchanged, with no advertising or other such ugly looking things to pollute the look of the historic area, so one kind of has to know it's there to figure out that there's actually something inside. ;)

This is your view after entering through the front door. Some lightweight walls have been put up to seperate the tiny restaurant area from the hallway and the stairs leading up into the tower.

The tiny restaurant. The rug is a diner. The restaurant itself only has four eating spots, the two chairs by the bar and the the ones by the table on the right. The bar is only for decoration or to serve as an eating spot.

View from inside the bar. A restroom is found behind the white door to the left (it's behind the staircase).

So where's the actual bar and the disco? Well... to find that, you have to walk around to the backside of the tower and locate an anonymous looking staircase down into the basement...

Your view from the foot of the stairs after walking down. Doesn't look like much..

..but as you turn right around the corner, youæll notice there's a pretty big bar there. Dimly lit in a comfortable flame light, just the way I like it. ;)

As you walk up to the bar and turn around, you'll notice what appears to be a dance floor and a couple of tables with dining chairs on them. Not the biggest place, but I wanted it to fit under the foundation of the tower, with the exception of the toilet and staircase area, which does extend outside of it.

The view from the dance floor reveals the location of the restrooms.

Top down view of the tiny restaurant.

Top down view of the basement. I haven't tested it yet to see if it fills with people.