[The Sims 2] Stephen Singleton, the Lonely Shopkeep

I finally finished my Lonely Shopkeep challenge! Took long enough. Stephen finally kicked the bucket and has amassed his fortune. And what a fortune it is.

$1,213,218

The rules of the challenge were:

• One Adult Sim made in CAS.


• Move the Sim into a 1x3 lot.


• This sim may never marry or ask anyone to move in. This sim is also not allwed to get pregnant or to adopt a child. He/she must stay single until the day he/she dies.


• "Aging off" may not be used.


• No money cheat code and/or object of any kind may be used and that includes ALL aspiration rewards.


• This sim may not earn money for having a job, from painting, busking or from any other way a sim can earn money by.


• No custom objects of any kind may be used, and that includes walls and floors... basically anything that can give you an advantage by being cheaper or giving perks. When in doubt, assume that it's not allowed.


• This sim is not allowed to hire any kind of help, like maid, gardener, repairman or staff for the store. This also includes the Servo and any other robots.


• The sim may not buy additional community lots or businesses, he/she may only have what he/she builds on her own lot.


• The ten business perks your sim can earn by running his/hers shop, is of course fair game. How you spend those ten business perks is up to you and is a part of the OFB strategy and for this challenge.

The Challenge.

• The object of the challenge is, to have this sim build his own combined home/shop on the 1x3 lot he started out with, and then make a living running a business of some kind.


• You may start any kind of business you like and can afford. You may expand and/or change type of business as the years roll by for your sim, as long as you stay on the lot you started out with.


• When the sim dies, his/her total worth is what we compete with. This is the total of the Cash in their account and the Lot Value of their lot.

You can view my gallery from this challenge here.