Lots of Building, little playing
Aug. 17th, 2004 11:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickMade the Clock Shop, designed the Lathrop family, and turned the upstairs room into a fascimile of the 1985 garage. Partly. Changing it around gave them a little more cash. Mom and Dad needed to look up places to live, though, so I didn't get to actually play for very long. Tomorrow.
-D: What's the Lathrop family for?-
I've refined the story line. It's about a particular grandfather clock now. You've had this clock your whole life. In fact, you even got it as a present from your own maternal grandparents -- the Lathrops! (Although I personally don't call them that in my own universes, I'm just going for a name Backies will know.) You give it back when you move back to the future, and they give it to your parents when they marry.
-D: *grin* Sounds interesting.-
Yup. Problem is, when you sell your house and move to the new one, you didn't get your clock, and it got sold by the new owners. Marty tracks it down for you as a special "welcome home" present.
-M: Awwww. That's cute.-
-D: Another "power of friendship" story, I see.-
*giggle* I like those!
I tried a trick with the adult Lathrops -- if you initially make the adults as children, then edit them, they come with a random set of skills. The father, Everett, didn't have any logic skills, but that was easily fixed. I rosebudded a little again -- not much, just enough to afford beds, a bathroom, a kitchen, and some fun stuff. No rosebudding in SimGod though -- not that I'd need to. I rosebudded myself for the house, and I'm making most of my other money by fame. Chris Brown Jr. is living within his means and is taking in a steady B-movie actor's salary. And the Browns are independently wealthy, of course.
-VD: You cheated a little with us.-
Hey, I find it easy to sell the bunnies. And the blackboard -- think of it as a glorified easel. Least I'm not using the typewriter, there's a cheat object! Useful for the Clock family though. So far Marty's the only one with a job. I'm waiting for Science and Education to come up. Again. In the meantime Clara and Doc will paint, do formula, and write papers.
This is the latest I've been up on the computer in a while. I gotta go to bed.
-D: What's the Lathrop family for?-
I've refined the story line. It's about a particular grandfather clock now. You've had this clock your whole life. In fact, you even got it as a present from your own maternal grandparents -- the Lathrops! (Although I personally don't call them that in my own universes, I'm just going for a name Backies will know.) You give it back when you move back to the future, and they give it to your parents when they marry.
-D: *grin* Sounds interesting.-
Yup. Problem is, when you sell your house and move to the new one, you didn't get your clock, and it got sold by the new owners. Marty tracks it down for you as a special "welcome home" present.
-M: Awwww. That's cute.-
-D: Another "power of friendship" story, I see.-
*giggle* I like those!
I tried a trick with the adult Lathrops -- if you initially make the adults as children, then edit them, they come with a random set of skills. The father, Everett, didn't have any logic skills, but that was easily fixed. I rosebudded a little again -- not much, just enough to afford beds, a bathroom, a kitchen, and some fun stuff. No rosebudding in SimGod though -- not that I'd need to. I rosebudded myself for the house, and I'm making most of my other money by fame. Chris Brown Jr. is living within his means and is taking in a steady B-movie actor's salary. And the Browns are independently wealthy, of course.
-VD: You cheated a little with us.-
Hey, I find it easy to sell the bunnies. And the blackboard -- think of it as a glorified easel. Least I'm not using the typewriter, there's a cheat object! Useful for the Clock family though. So far Marty's the only one with a job. I'm waiting for Science and Education to come up. Again. In the meantime Clara and Doc will paint, do formula, and write papers.
This is the latest I've been up on the computer in a while. I gotta go to bed.
