Welcome to Aurora Shores!

I see you have found my new blog!  Yay!  Feel free to browse, read, and comment - I love it when members engage!

If you're reading this, you probably already know why you're here and what the blog is about, but just in case you're still clueless...

Aurora Shores is a blog based on the Build a City Challenge for the Sims 2, an effort to make a fully sustainable and economically responsible city while progressing through historical eras with as much accuracy as I can stand (lol).  I use an alternate set of rules for the BACC, as well as a few custom tweaks, and will undoubtedly tweak more as I go along to make the challenge more difficult in some aspects and easier for myself in others.  My goal is to have Aurora Shores survive into the modern day, and to use historical-themed custom content along the way.

I'm still not sure which way I'm going to lean as of yet; probably more story-driven.  I will post pictures and updates as I play, with background information and insight into the characters and how they think, what they want, and reveal plots for them as I go.  As of right now, Mondays are dedicated to a gameplay series (where I explore the rules, guidelines, and methods I use in my playstyle), Fridays are dedicated for family and profile posts and dates, while I plan on introducing actual story-driven posts on Wednesdays.

When I play the Sims, it's based on my sim's wants and desires.  That is to say, if they roll a want to have a baby, even if it's not something I would have chosen to do, I take that cue and make it happen.  In addition to this, I utilize an RoS (Randomized Scenarios) to add interest, flavor, plots and additional goals for my sims.  All my sims are played in rounds, which means all the families are played for the same amount of time in a specific order until none are left; when one round ends, a new set of RoS objectives are generated and the round begins again!

Keep in mind that the settings on my current laptop are set to low.  It's an old laptop and overheats if used too extensively with higher settings.  So no, don't expect awesome shots - but I promise to do the best I can!

Feedback is valuable, and I would love for you to share your opinion!  I hope to make this blog an enjoyable read for all future fans of TS2 and BACC!