This challenge consists of several parts and is quite involved. Click the links below to see the complete details.
Doomsday Challenge Part I: Countdown by MistyDW
Note: There is a YouTube channel under the name of XStarSimmerX The playlist contains 45 videos where she plays this challenge to it’s completion.
– Doomsday Challenge {Completed}
Some of you may be aware of my “Doomsday Colony” challenge. This is the prequel and I am excited to bring it to you. Without further ado, here we go!
6:45 PM: It’s a warm summer evening in the town of Moonlight Falls. On your way home from work, you pass Sam’s Market Diner and decide to stop in for a quick bite. Twenty minutes later, a friendly waitress drops off a steaming plate of Goopy Carbonara at your table. As you shovel the first forkful into your mouth, the diner’s television changes from a sporting event to a late breaking news bulletin:
“This is Bob Newbie reporting to you live with late-breaking news right here in Sunset Valley. A few moments, ago, Dr. Morgana Wolff, Chief of Staff at Sacred Spleen Memorial Hospital, held a press conference regarding the discovery of a life threatening virus. Over the past 24 hours, twelve cases of this virus were reported at the emergency room. If you experience nausea or fever, report to your local emergency facility immediately. Until further notice, the town of Sunset Valley is considered quarantined and police officials are not letting anyone in or out.”
Doomsday Challenge Part II: Isolation by MistyDW
Note: There is a YouTube channel under the name of XStarSimmerX The playlist contains 45 videos where she plays this challenge to it’s completion.
– Doomsday Challenge {Completed}
This challenge is designed to be played immediately after DOOMSDAY CHALLENGE PT 1: COUNTDOWN but may be played independently if you so choose.
You sigh deeply as you stretch behind your massive desk. The sign on the door reads your name and “DIRECTOR OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE”, in other words, director of a crew of one assistant trying to separate the wheat from the chaff of what Is left of human civilization. Still, if you succeed in isolating the right character traits and keeping the virus under control in your Unit, you’ll be well rewarded. It’s a big risk, both personally and professionally, but worth it.
Overhead you hear the beating of helicopter blades and from your office window, you spot a black and gold chopper cutting the night sky. The letters ISOCORP etched on the side, your employer. The plan has gone into action. Thousands of flyers will be dropped across every city. You thumb a copy in your in-box that reads:
“Do you hide in fear every day struggling desperately to hold onto life? Do you wonder when the T-12 virus or violent crime will steal a loved one away from you? Your government and Iso-Corp, a world leader in biological research, are here to help in your time of need. Colony Isolation Units (CIUs) are ready to accept you and your family. You will be fed, provided private living quarters, and protected if you possess the strength of character and level of ability that we are looking for. The government is preparing colonization in an area unaffected by the virus where you and your loved ones can return sanity to your life. Be one of the first to take a bold step in this next chapter of human survival. CIU transport vessels will begin arrival at your local general store tomorrow at 8:00 AM.”
GOALS: You have been given 7 days to evaluate each sim that you bring in to your Unit. You cannot look at their traits and skills (more on that under NEW SUBJECTS). The goal is to use physical and psychological testing to determine who is (and is not) fit for the Colony (described under the TRAITS section). If you choose to submit someone to the colony only to find out they were actually insane, colony admissions may find out and you will take penalties to your income (and eventually lose the challenge if you keep sending them poor specimens). Your unit is open for 60 days (essentially the period of time your sim is a young adult/adult). If you make it to the 60th day without being fired or complete meltdown (from poorly managing your Unit and the random event table) and your Unit has at least $50,000 in the bank, than you have won the challenge!
Doomsday Challenge Part III: Colony by MistyDW
Note: There is a YouTube channel under the name of XStarSimmerX The playlist contains 45 videos where she plays this challenge to it’s completion.
– Doomsday Challenge {Completed}
The world is not what it once was. Bustling cities are now barren of sim existence. A tragic virus has devastated the planet reducing the population to near extinction. No one knows the source of the deadly virus; however, some speculate biological warfare or a scientific research experiment gone terribly wrong. The majority; however, blame the supernatural sims whose rampant arrival seems to coincide, as if they released the blight in their merciless wake. Mass hysteria and crime threaten to destroy the fragile life that remains.
In the name of “saving sim-kind”, a group of government officials, scientists, and powerful businessmen have come together to create “the colony”, a solitary sanctuary in a world gone mad. Here’s the catch, only the best and brightest contributors get to be a member. Survival of the fittest is at a whole new level, social elitism. Welcome to a world where average just isn’t good enough and producing a child that isn’t a protégé is considered polluting the bloodline. Good luck!
Doomsday Challenge Part IV: Devastation by MistyDW
The website link for this challenge on wix.com is no longer available. I wasn’t able to find the complete rules anywhere, including the wayback machine.
Note: There is a YouTube channel under the name of XStarSimmerX The playlist contains 45 videos where she plays this challenge to it’s completion.
– Doomsday Challenge {Completed} MistyDW is MistyDW41 on YouTube and did not record these videos.
I compiled MistyDW’s posts about this part of the challenge and have written a blog on my site to make it easier for others to see without having to read through three full pages of posts. It can be found here: Notes on Doomsday Challenge Part IV by MistyDW
A description of the two options for gameplay in part iv of the challenge:
Day 23: House Day!!
(Savior): With 3 houses under your belt, you’re pretty proud of the progress you’ve made and the service you’ve been able to provide to the community. You’ve been meeting with a 4th prospective house. They’ve been hesitant to agree to join you in fear of what might happen. Late one evening, from a comfortable seat on your front porch, you notice an orange glow in the night sky. Fire! You grab what men you can muster and head out. The house you have been pursuing is on fire. You instruct your crew to set up a water bucket line to put out the fire when a women runs from the blaze screaming that her young child is still inside. You may either run inside and save the child putting your own life at risk or continue trying to put out the flames and not risk it. Decide now!
(Crime Lord) It’s time for a real show of who has the power in this town. One of your enemies has been very vocal against you, going so far as to rally others to root out your organization. This can NOT go unpunished. You order a raid on his house and instruct that no adult men are to be left alive. Women and children will be assigned to your other houses as servants to reward your followers. Once the house is vacant, you can assign it to one of your adult children and increase your area of influence. No one screws with you and gets away with it!!
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