Extended Not So Berry Progress:

As many of you know, I’m updating my Extended Not So Berry and my Timeline Adventure … at the same time. Probably not the best way to go about it, but that’s okay… it’s how I’m doing it anyway. I fully expect the ENSB to be finished first, because it takes less time to update overall.

>> Currently, the ENSB is FULLY updated and ready to play through generation 15! <<

By the end of today’s Co-Working on Twitch (https://twitch.tv/illusorythrall if you wanna join the fun!), I hope to have it complete through Generation 20 and ready for the next ten to be added.

If you’re interested in seeing the progress, check out this page: All Packs ENSB 2.0 – Generations 11-20.

Now. For Timeline Adventure…

This one is a far more complex and difficult challenge to update. It takes a TON of behind the scenes work to put this challenge together and is by far and away the most complex challenge to update that I have. But, as you know, it’s also my “baby.” It’s the challenge I love the most out of ALL of my challenges. It’s the one that I love to play, the one I think about constantly, and am always coming up with new ideas for. Hence, it goes to the top of my priority list no matter what anyone else’s priorities are.

Currently: the Main page, and the first page of Generations (Gens 1-5) are both completely done. After getting the ENSB to Gen 20, my NEXT priority is to get Gens 6-10 completed for Timeline and ready to play. Hopefully, I’ll be able to start making inroads on that task today, too! In any case, keep an eye on the main page, the changelog at the bottom will tell you when generations are ready to be played.

For those of you who are planning to start the Timeline Adventure soon (I know there’s a whole bunch of us – including me – planning on starting a brand-new playthrough to go with the new 2.0 rules…

>> The first five generations are absolutely ready to play at this time!! <<

If you are playing, and you get to a point where I haven’t updated yet, you have two choices:

1. Pause playing until I update
2. Continue play with the next generation from Version 1.0 (which is still viable, and on the website).
   • Be aware, should you choose this … you will be missing some more added generations and better storylines that ARE coming in the next couple of weeks. (And yes, that’s definite!)

Final note: I have been informed of some … er… Creator Network news that I cannot share (yet – August 26th cannot come soon enough!!) that WILL be affecting the currently planned Timeline Generation set-up. At this time, the plan is to add a gen in before the planned gen 9 with the coming stuff (so, in other words, you are STILL safe to start play, because hopefully you won’t be all the way to that gen before said upcoming stuff comes out. (… if you’re wondering about this affecting NSB, it will, but I add generations for ENSB at the END of the challenge, not by where in history they fit the best…)

Other Challenges:

Yes, they’re on the list!! Currently my priority is these two really big challenges. Then my priority list is as follows: (in order)

• Misery2Mansions (update/finishing Gens 5-10)
• SuperSim Spreadsheet update
• Save file Spreadsheet update
• Cheat sheet update
• Mermaid Legacy re-write/update
  • (Will be called the “Family Tides Legacy” and will also include a version with mods!)
• Master Simmer update
• Hard Mode Decades update
• Lunar Lineage Update
• Apartment Switch Update
• Refresh 100DayCreativity
• Refresh Build-A-Pack
• Refresh Flipping Lots
• Refresh/Rewrite Winchester House
• REDO my Plants Reference Sheet
• Update Interactive Asylum/Write solo mode for it

On a Collab front, I have three “Challenge”-ing projects underway: (not including the Tracker partnership with Calendula Petals)

• “Dance With Death” Challenge (will be a shorter challenge, dealing with the Chased by Death trait)
• A Faerie Legacy Challenge (will hopefully be around 10 generations like a typical Legacy)
• A Vampire Legacy Challenge (will also be a 10-gen challenge but will include the other occults and have LOTS of Drama!)

Also, I have ideas and plans for SEVERAL coming challenges that I will be working on AFTER the updates are complete! This list is NOT in order and will obviously depend heavily on inspiration and levels of creativity at any given time.

• “SuperSim Plus Challenge” – this will be a challenge that is, basically, an “upgrade” on the SuperSim idea. For this, you will be tasked with doing EVERYTHING in the game (except perhaps the 100-gen legacy achieve. lol). With ONE SIM. Is it possible? Heck, I guess we’ll see!!! (Planning a YT playthrough for this one)
• “Old West Decades Challenge Add-On” – I want to write an update for my Hard Mode Decades challenge that starts in 1850 instead of 1890 and revolves around the Old West… and Chestnut Ridge’s lovely styling. I think it would be SUPER fun! (Also planning a YT playthrough for this one)
• “Thrall’s Build-A-World Challenge” – yep, this one has already been updated by some other folks. But to be honest, I love the idea of this challenge, and I’ve already got a massive planning document for this huge challenge in the works. Because I haz ideas. And they don’t necessarily mesh with the idea other creators have had.
• “An ImPACKtful Journey” – I don’t know whether to really call this one a challenge. Remember those Choose-Your-Own Adventure (CYOA) stories from when you were little? For those of us who are older, remember those text-based Adventure games? Well, this is going to be in that same spirit. I want it to FEEL fully like you are reading a story, instead of just playing a challenge. There will be a web component, and you will be deciding the path of your characters, every playthrough will be different. You’ll read a bit of story, make some choices, then be given some (smallish) goals for your Sims. Once you’ve checked those goals off, you return to the web story and keep going. For those of you interested, here’s a non-interactive version of the beginning of the story:

• A Sims Medieval Challenge – based on trying to finish the game, basically. Not necessarily with one family.
• A Spellcaster Legacy
• A Ghost-focused challenge/ Legacy
• A PlantSim Legacy – (This one will require mods, because Sims 4 PlantSims are not a permanent life state.)
• A Servo Challenge
• An Alien Challenge
• A “Sims Scenarios” Challenge – possibly even complete with a base-game, ready-to-play save file!!
• I also have an idea floating around for a challenge based on ALL the occults – and the way they interact in the game.

Beyond that, I also have some changes coming to the website – mainly, I will be making every attempt to fix all of the Stories pages so they’re readable. Currently, the ONLY one that is fully readable is “Adventures With Jaz”. Fixing will happen sooner rather than later on some of the others, as some are going to be coming to either my Youtube Channel – or to my Twitch channel! YES!!! THAT MEANS my STORYTELLING is COMING to TWITCH! So… stay tuned for that. Another thing on my list is to finally flesh out my Tools & Tricks section – starting with finishing the guides for Collectibles in Sims 4.

So… yes. Lots to do. Wish me luck!