Sunday, January 1, 2006
Education and School
I've been planning to do this post for some time now, and I finally completely figured out what I wanted to say, so it's time I put this out here.
SimsVille Up Hill Elementary School
Prinicipal: Marie Gerrits
Teachers: Elisa de Leeuw and Magda Kievits
Kids from the ages of 4 to 11
* general gradework
* skills
* hidden skills
Simmeria High School
Principal: Hans Mokara
Teacher: Melissa Mertens
Kids from the ages of 12 to 17
* general gradework
* skills
* hidden skills
* badges
SimsVille University
A variety of majors spread over different faculties.
More on my university in this post. (post will be added later)
Sims vs. Real Life
Since my schoolsystem is based on the schoolsystem wed have here in Belgium, I though I'd first explain how the system is here. Later I'll explain how I based my game on it.
In real life school start the 1st of September and ends the 30th of June. There is a 2 week Christmas Holiday at the end of the year, and a 2 week Easter Holiday around Easter (of course!).
We also have a fall break in November and Spring break in March, but with a duration of 1 week. July and August are the Summer holiday.
I don't think it's a really difficult system, but then again I grew up with it.
For my sims it was a little bit harder to put in practice, since I do my age-transitions in January. That's why I adjusted my real life-system to fit my sims.
A schoolyear in SimsVille start the second week of January and ends the 3rd week of December. This way my sims still have a 2 week Christmasbreak. They have 1 week off in March, Spring break, 2 weeks off in April, Easter holiday, 2 months of in July and August, Summer break, and 1 week of in November, Fall break.
This way my sims are home during the summer, and my age-transitions can still be in January without making it too complicated for me.
I hope it's not too complicated for everyone else.
Studying, skilling, crafting, ...
When I play my households, my sims only study skills or badges whe, they roll the want to do so. When I play my schools my sims study whatever I want the study, whether it's creativity or fire safety, crafting toys, ... they don't have to roll the want.
I'm not saying that I let them study something everytime I play one of my school, I'm just saying that when I play one of my school it's up to me, and not up to my sims to decide if the study something.
The Schools
There are 3 schools in SimsVille and Simmeria; SimsVille Up Hill Elementary School, located in SimsVille Up Hill, and Simmeria High School, located in Simmeria. There is also a university, SVU, SimsVille University, also located in Simmeria.
Prinicipal: Marie Gerrits
Teachers: Elisa de Leeuw and Magda Kievits
Kids from the ages of 4 to 11
* general gradework
* skills
* hidden skills
Principal: Hans Mokara
Teacher: Melissa Mertens
Kids from the ages of 12 to 17
* general gradework
* skills
* hidden skills
* badges
A variety of majors spread over different faculties.
More on my university in this post. (post will be added later)
Careers, majors and post-graduate education
As most of the real great things in my game, this one isn't by me. As most of those idea, all of this also comes from Carla over at Sullivan sims!
I never liked that with the Maxis-system your sims could become a doctor without having to go to univerity, but to work in the paranormal career you needed a college degree. So when I came across Carla's system I immidiatly wanted to use it in my game.
Sims who do not attend college
at all are free to enter the following careers and progress all the way
to the top (custom careers are marked with an asterisk*): Adventurer,
Artist, Athletic, Auto Mechanics*, Bartending*, Catering*,Cleaning*,
Construction*, Convenience Store*, Criminal, Culinary, Dance,
Entertainment, Events Planner*, Factory*, Fashion Design*, Figure
Skater*, Fire Service*, Gamer, Gardening*, Hairdresser*, Law
Enforcement, Modeling*, Military, Music, Paranormal, Pest Control*,
Photography*, Pizza Delivery*, Post Office*, Repair*, Show Business,
Slacker, Taxi Driving*, Writing*.
If a Sim wants to enter any other career, they'll first need a four year
degree at the very least. Details on what each career requires are as
follows:
Architecture
Degree required: Art, History, Mathematics or Physics. To progress to
Draftsman (Level 6), the Sim must enrol in a 2 year Master's degree in
architecture. To complete the course, the Sim needs to write two novels,
create four sketches on the drafting table and work alongside a
practising architect. Total tuition is $8000.
Business
Degree required: Any.
Counseling Psychology*
Degree required: Psychology. To progress to School Counselor (Level 4),
the Sim must enrol in a 2 year Master's degree in psychology. To
complete the course, the Sim needs to write two novels, learn Couples
Counseling and Anger Management and work alongside a registered
psychologist. Total tuition is $16,000.
Education
Degree required: Any. During the Sim's final year of university, they
will work at either Sullivan Primary or Sullivan High as a student
teacher. To progress to University Lecturer (Level 7), the Sim must
enrol in a 2 year Master's degree in education. To complete the course,
the Sim needs to write two novels. Total tuition is $8000.
Game Development*
Degree required: Any.
Graphic Design*
Degree required: Art.
Intelligence
Degree required: Economics, History, Mathematics, Political Science or Psychology.
Interior Design*
Degree required: Art
Journalism
Degree required: Art, Drama, Economics, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science or Psychology.
Law
Degree required: Drama, Economics, History, Literature, Philosophy,
Political Science or Psychology. To progress to Personal Injury Attorney
(Level 6), the Sim must enrol in law school. Over the four years, the
Sim will write four novels and work alongside a practising lawyer. Total
tuition is $16,000.
Libraries*
Degree required: Art, Drama, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science or Psychology.
Medicine
Degree required: Biology, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology. To
progress to Resident, the Sim must enrol in medical school. During the
first three years of med school, the Sim will write three novels and
observe practising doctors at the hospital. The final year of medical
school will be spent as an Intern. Interns can practise medicine, but
only while supervised by a qualified doctor. Total tuition is $32,000.
Natural Science
Degree required: Biology, Mathematics, Physics.
Oceanography
Degree required: Biology, Mathematics, Physics.
Politics
Degree required: Drama, Economics, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science or Psychology.
Science
Degree required: Biology, Physics or Psychology. To progress to Project
Leader (Level 5), the Sim must enrol in a four year doctorate degree in
science. To complete the course, the Sim must write four novels. Total
tuition is $16,000.
Social Worker*
Degree required: Political Science, Psychology.
Veterinarian*
Degree required: Biology, Mathematics, Physics.
Adult education
Another idea I borrowed from Carla, to make sure every sim gets the same opportunities, if if he/she was born as a townie without a degree.
Every sim in SimsVille is allowed to follow a cours and get a degree if he/she wasn't able to go to univeristy. It's a correspondance course with SimsVille University. The tuition fee is §10.000.
To complete their degree, the Sim will use Monique's computer
to write 14 term papers on 7 different subjects - in other words, 14
different articles on the 7 different skills. They earn some money from
these articles, which I consider the equivalent of the grant money YA
students get for their grades at uni.
Once they've handed in all 14 term papers, I'll use the Lot Debugger to
decide on a major for them and grant them a degree. Now, for all intents
and purposes, they are a graduate and entitled to all of the benefits a
four year degree grants you in Sullivan. If the Sim wants to get to the
top of the career in Architecture, Education, Science, Medicine or Law,
they'll need to complete the post-graduate degree, just like any Sim
who attended university right out of high school.
Aging, rounds and rotations
I think you all already know how I do these kind og things, but I thought it would be a good idea to write a post about to put in the sidebar.
** Note that most of that things said here aren't my own! I take a lot of idea's from other bloggers. My main inspirations are Carla from Sullivan Sims and Maisie from Millwood. **
** Note that most of that things said here aren't my own! I take a lot of idea's from other bloggers. My main inspirations are Carla from Sullivan Sims and Maisie from Millwood. **
Aging
Even though I play with aging off, and age up my sims manually, I've made my age stages default, to make it easier for my to keep all of my sims in sync.
Babies, age 0, 1 day
Toddlers, ages 1-3, 3 days
Children, ages 4-11, 8 days
Teens, ages 12-17, 6 days
YA, ages 18-21, 4 days
Adults, ages 18-59, 42 days (if a sim goes to college this is adjusted to 38 days)
Elders, ages, 60-...
Rounds and rotations
I play my game in rounds. Every round represents 2 years, so my sims age 2 years each round. Since I have so many families I'm able to play with months. I try to make sure every family is played in a different season every round.
Starting round 13, I play every household for one whole week, I know this might seem like a long period, but I just think it's easier this way. This way every family has a complete week and a weekend each round.
I keep track of my sims' birthmonth, and I make sure they age into toddlers in that month. However I don't do their other birthdays in their birthmonths, this is to make it easier for me. Instead I have a huge birthday-post every January, celeberating every one's birthday from the following year.
Feel free to ask question if you have any!
I play my game in rounds. Every round represents 2 years, so my sims age 2 years each round. Since I have so many families I'm able to play with months. I try to make sure every family is played in a different season every round.
Starting round 13, I play every household for one whole week, I know this might seem like a long period, but I just think it's easier this way. This way every family has a complete week and a weekend each round.
I keep track of my sims' birthmonth, and I make sure they age into toddlers in that month. However I don't do their other birthdays in their birthmonths, this is to make it easier for me. Instead I have a huge birthday-post every January, celeberating every one's birthday from the following year.
Feel free to ask question if you have any!
Choosing a Career
I used to give my sims any job I wanted them to have, whether or not is was suited for that sim. I also used to give them the job of their LTW, wich sometimes really didn't fit that specific sim. I tried giving them the the job they rolled, but since I don't think an art-degree is suitable if you want to be a doctor, I had to start looking for another way to give my sims jobs.
And so I found this amazing system for choosing careers that Apple Valley created for Maxis careerd, and that Sullivan sims adjusted for custom careers, and I love it! I've been using it ever since, and it's been a great help.
I use the exact same system those amazing bloggers created, with some really minor adjustments. I use it for my teens, young adults and new adults. This means that sims who already had jobs before I started using this system, might not be in the right career for them, but I'm not going to change every sims' career.
As said this list is merely a copy/paste-job from the others, but I wanted it all on one page.
Adventurer
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, weather
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Optional Degree: Literatur
Architecture
Personality: Serious
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Environment
Hobbies: Arts and crafts, tinkering
Required Degree: Architecture, mathemtics, history, physics
Artist
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Pleasure, family
Interests: Culture, Entertainment, Fashion
Hobbies: Arts & Crafts
Optional Degree: Art
Athletic
Personality: Active, outgoing
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Sports
Hobbies: Sports, fitness
Optional Degree: Sport
Author
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family, knowledge
Interests: Culture, entertainment, school
Hobbies: Film and literature
Degree: None
Auto Mechanics
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family, popularity
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: Tinkering
Degree: None
Ballerina
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment
Hobbies: Fitness, sports, music and dance
Optional Degree: Performing arts, dance
Bartending
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity, pleasure, romance
Interests: Food, entertainment, culture
Hobbies: Cuisine
Degree: None
Broadcast Journalism
Personality: Outgoing, active
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Jourlism, literature, drama
Business
Personality: Serious, outgoing
Aspiration: Fortune, family
Interests: Money, work
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Economics
Catering
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Popularity, pleasure
Interests: Food, entertainment
Hobbies: Cuisine
Degree: None
Cleaning
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Family
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Construction
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Environment, work
Hobbies: Tinkering
Optional Degree: Mathemetics, physics, mathematics
Convinience Store
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Pleasure
Interests: Food, toys
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Counseling Psychology
Personality: Nice, serious
Aspiration: Family, knowledge
Interests: Health
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Psychology
Criminal
Personality: Active, mean
Aspiration: Fortune
Interests: Crime, money
Hobbies: Fitness
Degree: None
Cullinary
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Food
Hobbies: Cuisine
Optional Degree: Cullinary arts
Dance
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment
Hobbies: Fitness, sports, music and dance
Optional Degree: Performing arts, dance
Education
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Knowledge, family
Interests: School, toys
Hobbies: Science
Required Degree: Education, literature, mathematics
Entertainment
Personality: Active, outgoing
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment
Hobbies: Music and dance, film and literature
Optional Degree: Drama, performing arts
Estate Agent
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Fortune, family
Interests: Environment
Hobbies: n/a
Optinal Degree: Intirior design
Events Planner
Personality: Neat, playful, outgoing, active
Aspiration: Popularity, fortune, pleasure, romance
Interests: Culture, entertainment, food
Hobbies: Cuisine
Optional Degree: Cullinary arts
Fashion Designer
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Popularity, fortune, pleasure, romance
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Arts and crafts
Optional Degree: Fashion
Figure Skater
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Sports, fashion, culture
Hobbies: Sports, fitness
Optional Degree: Sports
Fire Service
Personality: Active, nice
Aspiration: Family, romance, popularity
Interests: Crime, work, health, weather
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Degree: None
Game Development
Personality: Playful, shy
Aspiration: Knowledge, pleasure
Interests: Toys, entertainment, work
Hobbies: Games, science, tinkering
Required Degree: Any
Gamer
Personality: Playful
Aspiration: Pleasure
Interests: Toys
Hobbies: Games
Degree: None
Gardening
Personality: Neat, active
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Environment, weather
Hobbies: Nature
Degree: None
Graphic Design
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Entertainment, culture, fasion
Hobbies: Arts and crafts, science
Required Degree: Art
Hairdresser
Personality: Neat, outgoing
Aspiration: Family, pleasure, popularity
Interests: Fashion
Hobbies: Arts and Crafts
Degree: None
Intellegence
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Work, travel
Hobbies: Film and literature, tinkering, science
Required Degree: Biology, mathematics, physics
Interior Design
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Popularity, fortune, pleasure
Interests: Fashion, environment
Hobbies: Arts and crafts
Required Degree: Art, mathematics, interior desing
Journalism
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Travel, weather, work
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Literature, journalism
Law
Personality: Outgoing, serious
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Crime
Hobbies: Film and literature
Required Degree: Law, economics
Law Enforcement
Personality: Active, serious
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Crime
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Degree: None
Libraries
Personality: Shy, serious
Aspiration: Family, knowledge
Interests: Culture, work, school
Hobbies: Film and literature, science
Optional Degree: Any
Medicine
Personality: Serious, neat
Aspiration: Fortune, knowledge
Interests: Health
Hobbies: Fitness
Required Degree: Biology, physics
Military
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Work
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Degree: None
Modeling
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Pleasure, romance, popularity
Interests: Fashion, entertainment
Hobbies: n/a
Optional Degree: Fashion
Music (classical/hip hop/jazz/pop)
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Music and dance
Optional Degree: Music
Natural Science
Personality: Neat, serious
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Animals, Environment, weather
Hobbies: Science, tinkering, nature
Required Degree: Biology, mathematics
Oceanography
Personality: Active, serious
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Animals, environment, weather
Hobbies: Fitness, nature, science
Required Degree: Biology
Paranormal
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Paranormal, sci-fi
Hobbies: Science, tinkering
Degree: None
Pest Control
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Animals
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Photography
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Fortune, romance, popularity, pleasure
Interests: Entertainment, culture, fashion
Hobbies: Arts and crafts
Degree: None
Pizza Delivery
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Pleasure, popularity
Interests: Food
Hobbies: Cuisine
Degree: None
Politics
Personality: Outgoing, serious
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Politics
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Political science
Post Office
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Weather, animals
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Publishing
Personality: Outoging
Aspiration: Fortune
Interests: Entertainment, work
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional degree: Journalism, literature
Repair
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Work, toys
Hobbies: Tinkering
Degree: None
Rock Star
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Music and dance
Optional Degree: Music
Science
Personality: Neat, serious
Aspiration: Knoweldge
Interests: Animals, environment, weather
Hobbies: Science, tinkering, nature
Required Degree: Physics
Show Business
Personality: Outgoing, Active
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Drama
Slacker
Personality: Outgoing, playful
Aspiration: Pleasure
Interests: Travel, toys
Hobbies: Film and literature, games
Degree: None
Social Worker
Personality: Nice
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Crime, school, health
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Political science, psychology
Taxi Driving
Personality: Outgoing, lazy
Aspiration: Family, popularity, pleasure
Interests: Travel, politics, weather
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
TV Personality
Personality: Outgoing, active
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Journalism, literature, drama
Veterinarian
Personality: Nice
Aspiration: Knowledge, family
Interests: Animals
Hobbies: Science, Nature
Required Degree: Biology, mathematics, physics
Writing
Personality: Shy
Aspiration: Knowledge, family
Interests: Entertainment, culture
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Literature
And so I found this amazing system for choosing careers that Apple Valley created for Maxis careerd, and that Sullivan sims adjusted for custom careers, and I love it! I've been using it ever since, and it's been a great help.
I use the exact same system those amazing bloggers created, with some really minor adjustments. I use it for my teens, young adults and new adults. This means that sims who already had jobs before I started using this system, might not be in the right career for them, but I'm not going to change every sims' career.
As said this list is merely a copy/paste-job from the others, but I wanted it all on one page.
Adventurer
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, weather
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Optional Degree: Literatur
Architecture
Personality: Serious
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Environment
Hobbies: Arts and crafts, tinkering
Required Degree: Architecture, mathemtics, history, physics
Artist
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Pleasure, family
Interests: Culture, Entertainment, Fashion
Hobbies: Arts & Crafts
Optional Degree: Art
Athletic
Personality: Active, outgoing
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Sports
Hobbies: Sports, fitness
Optional Degree: Sport
Author
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family, knowledge
Interests: Culture, entertainment, school
Hobbies: Film and literature
Degree: None
Auto Mechanics
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family, popularity
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: Tinkering
Degree: None
Ballerina
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment
Hobbies: Fitness, sports, music and dance
Optional Degree: Performing arts, dance
Bartending
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity, pleasure, romance
Interests: Food, entertainment, culture
Hobbies: Cuisine
Degree: None
Broadcast Journalism
Personality: Outgoing, active
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Jourlism, literature, drama
Business
Personality: Serious, outgoing
Aspiration: Fortune, family
Interests: Money, work
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Economics
Catering
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Popularity, pleasure
Interests: Food, entertainment
Hobbies: Cuisine
Degree: None
Cleaning
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Family
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Construction
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Environment, work
Hobbies: Tinkering
Optional Degree: Mathemetics, physics, mathematics
Convinience Store
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Pleasure
Interests: Food, toys
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Counseling Psychology
Personality: Nice, serious
Aspiration: Family, knowledge
Interests: Health
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Psychology
Criminal
Personality: Active, mean
Aspiration: Fortune
Interests: Crime, money
Hobbies: Fitness
Degree: None
Cullinary
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Food
Hobbies: Cuisine
Optional Degree: Cullinary arts
Dance
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment
Hobbies: Fitness, sports, music and dance
Optional Degree: Performing arts, dance
Education
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Knowledge, family
Interests: School, toys
Hobbies: Science
Required Degree: Education, literature, mathematics
Entertainment
Personality: Active, outgoing
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment
Hobbies: Music and dance, film and literature
Optional Degree: Drama, performing arts
Estate Agent
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Fortune, family
Interests: Environment
Hobbies: n/a
Optinal Degree: Intirior design
Events Planner
Personality: Neat, playful, outgoing, active
Aspiration: Popularity, fortune, pleasure, romance
Interests: Culture, entertainment, food
Hobbies: Cuisine
Optional Degree: Cullinary arts
Fashion Designer
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Popularity, fortune, pleasure, romance
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Arts and crafts
Optional Degree: Fashion
Figure Skater
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Sports, fashion, culture
Hobbies: Sports, fitness
Optional Degree: Sports
Fire Service
Personality: Active, nice
Aspiration: Family, romance, popularity
Interests: Crime, work, health, weather
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Degree: None
Game Development
Personality: Playful, shy
Aspiration: Knowledge, pleasure
Interests: Toys, entertainment, work
Hobbies: Games, science, tinkering
Required Degree: Any
Gamer
Personality: Playful
Aspiration: Pleasure
Interests: Toys
Hobbies: Games
Degree: None
Gardening
Personality: Neat, active
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Environment, weather
Hobbies: Nature
Degree: None
Graphic Design
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Entertainment, culture, fasion
Hobbies: Arts and crafts, science
Required Degree: Art
Hairdresser
Personality: Neat, outgoing
Aspiration: Family, pleasure, popularity
Interests: Fashion
Hobbies: Arts and Crafts
Degree: None
Intellegence
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Work, travel
Hobbies: Film and literature, tinkering, science
Required Degree: Biology, mathematics, physics
Interior Design
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Popularity, fortune, pleasure
Interests: Fashion, environment
Hobbies: Arts and crafts
Required Degree: Art, mathematics, interior desing
Journalism
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Travel, weather, work
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Literature, journalism
Law
Personality: Outgoing, serious
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Crime
Hobbies: Film and literature
Required Degree: Law, economics
Law Enforcement
Personality: Active, serious
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Crime
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Degree: None
Libraries
Personality: Shy, serious
Aspiration: Family, knowledge
Interests: Culture, work, school
Hobbies: Film and literature, science
Optional Degree: Any
Medicine
Personality: Serious, neat
Aspiration: Fortune, knowledge
Interests: Health
Hobbies: Fitness
Required Degree: Biology, physics
Military
Personality: Active
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Work
Hobbies: Fitness, sports
Degree: None
Modeling
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Pleasure, romance, popularity
Interests: Fashion, entertainment
Hobbies: n/a
Optional Degree: Fashion
Music (classical/hip hop/jazz/pop)
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Music and dance
Optional Degree: Music
Natural Science
Personality: Neat, serious
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Animals, Environment, weather
Hobbies: Science, tinkering, nature
Required Degree: Biology, mathematics
Oceanography
Personality: Active, serious
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Animals, environment, weather
Hobbies: Fitness, nature, science
Required Degree: Biology
Paranormal
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Knowledge
Interests: Paranormal, sci-fi
Hobbies: Science, tinkering
Degree: None
Pest Control
Personality: Neat
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Animals
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Photography
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Fortune, romance, popularity, pleasure
Interests: Entertainment, culture, fashion
Hobbies: Arts and crafts
Degree: None
Pizza Delivery
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Pleasure, popularity
Interests: Food
Hobbies: Cuisine
Degree: None
Politics
Personality: Outgoing, serious
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Politics
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Political science
Post Office
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Weather, animals
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
Publishing
Personality: Outoging
Aspiration: Fortune
Interests: Entertainment, work
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional degree: Journalism, literature
Repair
Personality: n/a
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Work, toys
Hobbies: Tinkering
Degree: None
Rock Star
Personality: Outgoing
Aspiration: Popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Music and dance
Optional Degree: Music
Science
Personality: Neat, serious
Aspiration: Knoweldge
Interests: Animals, environment, weather
Hobbies: Science, tinkering, nature
Required Degree: Physics
Show Business
Personality: Outgoing, Active
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: Culture, entertainment, fashion
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Drama
Slacker
Personality: Outgoing, playful
Aspiration: Pleasure
Interests: Travel, toys
Hobbies: Film and literature, games
Degree: None
Social Worker
Personality: Nice
Aspiration: Family
Interests: Crime, school, health
Hobbies: n/a
Required Degree: Political science, psychology
Taxi Driving
Personality: Outgoing, lazy
Aspiration: Family, popularity, pleasure
Interests: Travel, politics, weather
Hobbies: n/a
Degree: None
TV Personality
Personality: Outgoing, active
Aspiration: Fortune, popularity
Interests: n/a
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Journalism, literature, drama
Veterinarian
Personality: Nice
Aspiration: Knowledge, family
Interests: Animals
Hobbies: Science, Nature
Required Degree: Biology, mathematics, physics
Writing
Personality: Shy
Aspiration: Knowledge, family
Interests: Entertainment, culture
Hobbies: Film and literature
Optional Degree: Literature
SimsVille Families
Some time ago Maisie started with a family information-page for each playable family. I liked the idea of giving some backgroundinformation of the families, but didn't want to write a full page for each of my families.
Instead I decided to create a page similar to the one of my playable NPC page, where I give some information of each family.
This list is alphabetical, and the 1st family is always the one that gets number 1 behind their name, like Fen and Goofy Mishoen are the Mishoen 1 family, and Marc, Nuan and Tika are the Mishoen 2 family.
Uni-households and combined roommate families are not included in the list.
The Belio Family
Bram and Ling moved to SimsVille when their daughter, Jo, was only a toddler. They moved here together with Ling's brother and sister, Quan and Yin, to raise their kids away from the big city. When Jo was 10 years old, the family expanded with the birth of their twin boys, Steven and Stephan.Jo wasn't an easy teen, but eventually made it to college, and married Jack Penninkmeijer in April 2021. In 2022 Jo and Jack had their son, Eli, giving Bram and Ling their first grandchild.
Steven also made it to collge, but his twin-brother didn't. Stephan however did move out to try and make it on his own.
Soon after moving to SimsVille, Bram opened Belio's Bunk, a toy store, in SimsVille, while Ling started out as a housewife. When the kids got older she got a job in housekeeping.
Despite the succes of the store, the family never was able to buy their own house, and are still renting a house in SimsVille.
The Burrie-Mertens Family
Melissa Mertens is one of the oldest daughters of Mia and Ludo Mertens (read more of their backstory here). She and Mario met at college, after he just broke up with his girlfriend, Magda Sels. Even though they had been dating for some time, they lived with roommated right after college.In 2025 they bought a house in Simmeria.
The de Leeuw Family:
The de Leeuw-Lillig Family
Larissa de Leeuw married Johnny Young when he first moved to SimsVille. They had one daughter together, Elisa, and Johnny also had a daughter from a previous marriage, Mairi, but she never lived with them, since she was almost 18 by the time Johnny and Larissa got married. Seeing Johnny was quite a bit older than Larissa he died when Elisa was only a teen. Larissa raised their dautgher on her own. She found love again in Berend Lillig when Elisa was already at college.Berend Lillig is the former boyfriend of Ella (Rai) Roque. They moved in together rather quickly, and have one daughter together, Madeleine. Despite living with Ella, Berend kept looking around and couldn't resist temtation in the form of Emily Robins. He broke up with Ella, and moved in with Emily. This was never Emily's plan, and the couple couldn't make it work, so they broke up as well. Not long after their break-up Berend met Larissa, and started dating her.
They have been together for several years now, but still aren't married. They live in a rental house in Simmeria, but spend all their free time in their cabin in The Ardens, preferably with their children and grandchildren.
The Draper Family
Jason Draper moved to SimsVille with his sister, Mia, and their grandparents, Eve and Jonas, after their mother, Marie died. He went to college and lived alone for a while after graduation. Jason had many girlfriends back then, one of them being Kristianne Spits. Who broke off their relationship after finding out she was pregnant, and didn't see Jason as a fit father. She never told him about the pregnancy, nor does he know about their twins, Anabel and Anthony.After his break-up with Kristianne, he went back to the girl he went to college with, Ada van Straten. They ended up buying a house in Simmeria, they have 1 son, Lucas, and Jason opened his business, Cup Of Cake.
Ada and Jason broke up in 2022, because they both knew they wanted different things from life. Ada wanted to get married and have more children, which wasn't something Jason wanted. Jason got the business and Ada got the house. Jason lived in an apartment for some timen, but after selling his business he was able to buy a small house. Lucas lives 3 days week with his dad.
The Gerrits Family
Marie Gerrits met Sya Mishoen when Sya was still in college. After Sya's graduation the couple moved in with Sya's parents, but they didn't stay there long. Sya and Marie wanted their own place. Even though Marie was working at SimsVillle Up Hill Elementary School, the couple decided to move to Simmeria to be closer to the hospital where Sya was (and still is) working.The couple got married in 2018. They both wanted kids, and so they contacted Sya's best friend, Marcus Young, and asked him to be a donnor for them. Marie was the first one to get pregnant, and in 2021 their family got expanded with Felix. 2 years later later Sya gave birth to their twins, Caleb and Keira.
The Gradonni Family:
The Heaven Family:
The Min Family
Quan and Chu came to SimsVille together with his sisters and their families. Their daughter Anna was only 2 when they moved. Quan kept his job as a gamedesigner, but was able to move to office to Simmeria. Chu started her political career in SimsVille, aspiring the position of mayor one day. She hasn't yet reached that goal, but she hopes to get there with the elections of 2026.Chu and Quan already had Anna when they moved to SimsVille, but when Anna was 6, they expanded their family with a son, Benny. When they were 54 and 53, Quan and Chu decided to adopt a child, something no one in their families ever expected them to do. They got through, and in 2024 they welcomed another son into their family, Florian. By that time both Anna and Benny had moved out.
Anna surprised them all by getting pregnant unexpectedly at college when she was only 19. Followed by another unexpected pregnany a year later. After college she opened her own bookstore at SVU and got married to the father of her children, when she was already expecting their 3rd child.
The Mishoen Family
Lin-Mei and Gruns were one of the first ones to move to SimsVille all those years ago. Gruns and Lin-Mei opened their own gym. After their death Fen took over, but despite liking fitness, Fen eventually sold the place to focus more on a stable career.Gruns and Lin-Mei's 2 daughters, Nuan and Fen, decided to move with their parents. Nuan was already married to Marc by that time, and the couple already had a daughter of their own, Tika.
Fen, on the other hand, was kind of a wild one. She decided to stay with her parents, when her sister and her family moved to the house next door. Soon after moving to SimsVille Fen met Gunnar Roque, and she started seeing him. When she got pregnant, she hoped Gunnar would choose her over his girlfriend, but he stayed with his collegesweetheart, Frieda. Fen gave bith to their son by herself. She always resented him for ruining things for her and his father, and she was never able to to forgive him, even though she did know it really wasn't Nio's fault. Nio was mostly raised by his grandparents.
A few months after Nio's birth, Fen met Goofy, and not long after their first meeting, Goofy moved in. Even though Fen never had a lot of attention for Nio, Goofy always had time to spend with Nio. It seemed like Goofy was the one for Fen, because after a few years Goofy and Fen got married. And despite her bad relationship with Nio, Fen gave in to Goofy's pleads for a child of his own, and they had Tina.
Nio moved out as soon as he could. He didn't go to college, and married his older girlfriend Stella, who he later has 3 kids with.
Tina kind of took after her mother, and got pregnant at 19, from a guy who left town when he heard he would become a father.
Despite not being the best mom, Fen is a devoted grandmother to her 4 grandchildren. She and Goofy try to spend as much time with them as possible, and even moved to Simmeria, because both the kids live there, to be closer to their grandchildren. They take them out on trips and arrange sleep-overs.
Fen's relationship with her son is better now, although it will never be perfect.
The Mishoen Family
Marc and Nuan came to SimsVille when Nuan's parents decided to move there. By the time they movedto SimsVille theit daughter, Tika, was a toddler, and they thought it would be nice to raise her in a calm neighborhood.Marc had a college degree history and decided to go work for a law firm in downtown Simmeria. Nuan opened her own salon, 'My Salon', in SimsVille.
When Tika was 8, Marc and Nuan decided to have another child, and Sya was born. Despite the age difference and the differences in their characters, Tika and Sya always had a pretty good bond.
Unlike her older sister, Sya went to college and got a degree in mathematics. After college she met her wife, Marie and they moved in together in Simmeria, later adding 3 children to their household.
Tika didn't go to college. She had been helping her mother in the salon since she was old enough, and so she decided to stay and help instead of going to college, so she could one day take over the salon. Tika met Xiang when he was still going to college. He finished his studies when they were dating, and they got married in 2012. Nine months later they welcomed their first son, Lewis to their family. Later adding Johua and Michael as well. The family kept living with Tika's parens, which was just next to Xiang's parents, and so their sons grew up with their grandparents.
In 2024 Tika and Xiang broke up. After having some minor troubles, Xiang said he couldn't deal anymore and left, he immidiatly filed for divorce as well, which left Tika heartbroken. Their sons now live part time with Tika and part time with Xiang.
The Mokara Family:
The Penninkmeijer Family:
The Penninkmeijer Family:
The Rai Family:
The Roque Family:
When their eldest unexpectedly got pregnant at 19, they welcommed her boyfriend, Yuan Zang, in their house as well, along with their 2 grandsons, George and Charles.
There have been some moments when Nio and Gunnar tried to get a relationship, but neither of them are very comitted in making it work.
Ella's big love has always been Gunnar, but he was always more interested in other girls, and he seemed to have found love with Frieda. Since Frieda was Ella's best friend, Ella never acted on her love for Gunnar, and instead tried to find love somewhere else. She thought she found it in Berend Lillig, and for a while they were pretty happy together, especially when their daughter, Madeleine, was born. But soon they drifted apart and they broke up because Berend was seeing other women as well. Ella also started her own business, Rai Arts, a shop specialised in art and hand crafted pots and vases. When Maddie was older she joined her mother in the shop.
Not long after Frieda's death in 2021, Gunnar met with Ella again, and one thing lead to another. In November 2022 they decided to get married very fast, and they left for a trip around the world.
After finding out the Gunnar's eldest daughter gets married, and that Ella's daughter is expecting her first child in 2026, the couple decides to move back to Simmeria to be around their families a little bit more. They now live in a small house in Simmeria, where Gunnar plans to open a musicstore, while Ella still works at Rai Arts with her daughter.
The Savage Family:
The Snijders Family:
The Terrrano Family:
The Tora Family:
The Verbon Family:
The Wagtmans Family:
The Warner Family:
The Young-Roque Family
Marcus Young's father was one of the sims who first moved to SimsVille. Louis came here with his son, Johnny and granddaughter, Mairi. Louis married Jessica, who was much younger than him, and they had one son together, Marcus. Since there was a huge age difference between Marcus and his older brother, they never had much contact. Nor did he have much contact with his oldest niece. He still has contact with his youngest niece, but they aren't that close.After the death of his father, Jessica raised their only son. When Marcus was almost 18, his mother died, he was left on his own. And he followed his dream of becomming a famous basketballplayer. He lived with Ingrid Carette for a while, a girl who was 10 years older then him. They broke up because they both wanted other things in life. After than he dated Johanna (Belio) Penninkmeijer for a few months, but they broke up when she met Jack Penninkmeijer.
After that Marcus stayed sinlge for some years, before meeting Eleanora Roque, who is 13 years younger. Eleanora moved in with him in 2024, when she was still in college.
Depsite wanting children, Marcus didn't hesitate when his best friend, Sya Gerrits, and her partner, Marie Gerrits, asked him to be a donor for their children (Felix, Caleb and Keira).
Eleanora Roque is the youngest daughter of Gunnar and Frieda Roque. She started dating Benny Min when she was still in high school, and their relationship continued when they both went to college. In the mean time she also met Marcus, and started dating him. Her break-up with Benny wasn't easy, especially since they had to live in the same dorm for the rest of the schoolyear. After moving to a different dorm the next year with her 2 friends, she eventually decided to move in with Marcus in Simmeria.
The Zang Family:
The Zang Family:
The Zang Family:
The Zanobi Family:
The Zanobi Family:
SimsVille Yellow Pages
Business type: Pet Store
Owner: Dimitri Zanobi
Employees: None
Location: SimsVille
Business type: Toy store
Owner: Bram Belio
Employees: Stephan Belio
Location: SimsVille
Brems' Car Dealership
Business type: Car dealership
Owner: David Brems
Employees: None
Location: Simmeria
Book Corner
Business type: Bookstore
Owner: Anna Min
Employees: None
Location: Simmeria (SVU)
Food à la Draper
Business type: Retail (pre-cooked meals)
Owner: Jason Draper
Employees: None
Location: Simmeria
Garden Barn
Business type: Outdoor plants and supplies
Owner: Reinout Krielman
Employees: None
Location: South SimsVille
Business type: Farmer's Market
Owner: Kürt Gradonni
Employees: Mia Mertens, Reinout Krielman
Location: South SimsVille
Gunnar's tunesBusiness type: Music store
Owner: Gunnar Roque
Employees: None
Location: Simmeria
H&M Simmeria
Business type: Clothing store
Owner: Hélène Landgraab
Employees: None
Location: Simmeria
Business type: Clothing store
Owner: Hélène Landgraab
Employees: None
Location: SimsVille
H&M South SimsVille
Business type: Clothing store
Owner: Hélène Landgraab
Employees: None
Location: South SimsVille
My Salon
Business type: Salon
Owner: Tika Mishoen
Employees: Françoise Roque
Location: SimsVille
Landgraab Architects
Business type: Achitect office
Owner: Max Landgraab
Employees: Abby Gradonni, Mairi Wagtmans
Location: Simmeria
Business type: Retail (pottery)
Owner: Madeleine Rai
Employees: Ella Rai
Location: SimsVille
Simmeria High School
Business type: School
Owner: Hans Gradonni (principal)
Employees: Melissa Mertens
Location: Simmeria
Business type: School
Owner: Marie Gerrits
Employees: Elisa de Leeuw, Magda Sels
Location: SimsVille
Small beginnings
Business type: Babysupply store
Owner: Harriët Ooms
Employees: None
Location: Simmeria
Tao Technology
Business type: Retail (electronics)
Owner: Xun Zang
Employees: Tao Zang
Location: SimsVille
Toy Soldier
Business type: Toy store
Owner: Kristianne Spits
Employees: None
Location: Simmeria
Business type: restaurant
Owner: Sophie Zanobi (host)
Employees: Emma Zanobi (chef), Julian Zanobi (waiter)
Location: SimsVille
Student Index
Student enrolment for the school year 2025
SimsVille Up Hill Elementary School
Pre-School
Kevin Ooms
Vera Lamberts
Claire Tora
Stephanie Penninkmeijer
Nicholas Penninkmeijer
Eli Penninkmeijer
Olivia Warner
Kindergarden
Jill Forman
Elisabeth Penninkmeijer
Margaret Penninkmeijer
Felix Gerrits
Zoey Mishoen
Brent de Leeuw
Marcus Zang
Grade 1
Oscar Lamberts
Wylco Terrano
Carl Zang
Tessa Zang
Julie Warner
Grade 2
Alex Zang
Brian Gradonni
Owen Tora
Grade 3
Michael Mishoen
Sayda Terrano
Anthony Verbon
Bailey Ooms
Grade 4
Joshua Mishoen
Charles Roque
Nathan Forman
Emily Spits
Grade 5
Bethany Alenis
Mona Zang
Nora Zang
Grade 6
Enya Terrano
George Roque
Grade 7
Grade 8
Kevin Ooms
Vera Lamberts
Claire Tora
Stephanie Penninkmeijer
Nicholas Penninkmeijer
Eli Penninkmeijer
Olivia Warner
Kindergarden
Jill Forman
Elisabeth Penninkmeijer
Margaret Penninkmeijer
Felix Gerrits
Zoey Mishoen
Brent de Leeuw
Marcus Zang
Grade 1
Oscar Lamberts
Wylco Terrano
Carl Zang
Tessa Zang
Julie Warner
Grade 2
Alex Zang
Brian Gradonni
Owen Tora
Grade 3
Michael Mishoen
Sayda Terrano
Anthony Verbon
Bailey Ooms
Grade 4
Joshua Mishoen
Charles Roque
Nathan Forman
Emily Spits
Grade 5
Bethany Alenis
Mona Zang
Nora Zang
Grade 6
Enya Terrano
George Roque
Simmeria High School
Grade 7
Peter Spits
Ross ZangGrade 8
Anabel Spits
Anthony Spits
Zenzi Verbon
Grade 9
Malcolm Landgraab
Grade12Play Schedule 2024 - 2025
Here goes Round 14's play schedule! Round 14 starts in January 2026 and will end in December 2027. This shedule can be adapted as I play, this means when I feel it's necessary or just when I feel like changing something :)
Clicking on the householdname will bring you to that family's update from last round.
Pregnancy update for Laura Heaven and Ada Grey
Young 1
MARCH 2026
Draper 1
JULY 2026
SVU A - Lars, Morgan, Marlys, Steven
Collins-Zanobi 1 - Finn, Emma
Mokara-Min-Willis 1 - Melina, Benny, Joan
JANUARY 2027
Clicking on the householdname will bring you to that family's update from last round.
JANUARY 2026
Birthdays:
Birthdays:
Pregnancy update for Madeleine Rai
Ellen de Leeuw turns 1
Kevin Ooms, Vera Lamberts, Claire Tora, Stephanie Penninkmeijer, Nicholas Penninkmeijer, Eli Penninkmeijer and Olivia Warner turn 4
Lucas Drapers, Ross Zang and Peter Spits turn 12
Stephan Belio, Steven Belio and Marlys Zanobi turn 18
Melina Mokara and Matthew Zanobi graduate.
Zanobi 1
Roque 2
FEBRUARY 2026
Pregnancy update for Madeleine Rai
Ellen de Leeuw turns 1
Kevin Ooms, Vera Lamberts, Claire Tora, Stephanie Penninkmeijer, Nicholas Penninkmeijer, Eli Penninkmeijer and Olivia Warner turn 4
Lucas Drapers, Ross Zang and Peter Spits turn 12
Stephan Belio, Steven Belio and Marlys Zanobi turn 18
Melina Mokara and Matthew Zanobi graduate.
Zanobi 1
Roque 2
FEBRUARY 2026
Pregnancy update for Laura Heaven and Ada Grey
Young 1
MARCH 2026
Birthdays:
JUNE 2026
Birthdays:
Emma Zanobi is dueDraper 1
JULY 2026
SVU A - Lars, Morgan, Marlys, Steven
Collins-Zanobi 1 - Finn, Emma
Mokara-Min-Willis 1 - Melina, Benny, Joan
JANUARY 2027
Birthdays:
Cédric Forman, Daniel Forman, Dean Zang, Noémi Roque, Caleb Gerrits, Keira Gerrits, Julia Benson and Liam Benson turn 4
George Roque and Enya Terrano turn 12
Benny Min, Eleanora Roque and Lars Mertens graduate
de Leeuw-Lillig 1
Cédric Forman, Daniel Forman, Dean Zang, Noémi Roque, Caleb Gerrits, Keira Gerrits, Julia Benson and Liam Benson turn 4
George Roque and Enya Terrano turn 12
Benny Min, Eleanora Roque and Lars Mertens graduate
de Leeuw-Lillig 1
JULY 2027
SEPTEMBER 2027
NOVEMBER 2027
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