TSR Challenge: Renovator's Delight

Owen Munny is the target sim of the Renovator's Delight challenge from The Sims Resource website. It's much easier to share photos and blog about the game than it used to be, so I figured I'll try and blog about the challenges here. I spend a lot of time playing them so why not lol

This challenge involves taking a crappy, fixer-upper home and renovating it while earning maximum fishing and gardening skill points, as well as earning a perfect score for the target sim's garden.

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When you spray your plants too much, you get a plant sim!


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Owen and his wife, Lakia, are expecting... will it be a baby plant sim?

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Lakia post-baby... and no, it wasn't a plant sim, but adorable Makinda Munny. Here you see Lakia trying to work off the baby belly.

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Bad thing about plant sims is that instead of sleep, they need sunlight... otherwise. they go into failure mode and run outside and collapse. It was either that or Owen was distraught because the maid stole their prize bathroom drapes when they couldn't pay her wages for the day!

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"I don't care about your baby belly! I love you!" Owen expresses his gratitude for Lakia sticking by him to help renovate their home.

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Owen soaking up some rays so he can get back to fishing and gardening.

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Plant sims are great because they can also talk to the trees, which makes the trees happy and boosts your garden score :-)

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Owen, little Makinda (off to the left) and plant sim baby Shoh-me (creeping up on the right) all watch Lakia step over the hill into old age.

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Shoh-me Munny just sprouted into an adult, while Owen, and Lakia and Makinda (in their private school and work clothes) look on.

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Like father, like son... Lakia looks on while the boys play chess.

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I found a better way for the boys to get their sunlight rather than by lying on the sidewalk.

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Owen and Lakia invited their friends over for Makinda Munny's transition into being a teenager.

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Gardening completely wore out Owen and Shoh-me in the middle of the night and the sun doesn't rise until 7 a.m. in Strangetown.

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A garden this side definitely needs the aid of a gardener to get top marks!

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Even with a $100 tip that doesn't mean said gardener is interested in fraternizing with her employer's son... epic fail!

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After Makinda moved out and headed to La Strange University, Lakia, Owen and Shoh-me found they had a lot of time to sit around and well, just talk...

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Even with the extensive landscaping, the head of the Strangetown Garden Club still wasn't satisfied with the Munny's efforts... So Owen went back to work, planting lots of vegetables and fruits, such as, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes and strawberries.

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After a hard day's gardening, the boys decide to lay out and stargaze... saving their energy until it can be replenished by the sun.

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Finally, success! After days of trying, their hard work paid off... the head of the Garden Club was impressed by the new additions and gave the Munnys a perfect score — and a wishing well as a reward.

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Sprawling gardens... view from the front.

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Sprawling gardens, with 9 fruit trees and a variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as their very own fishing hole.

6 comments:

stadium_arcadium said...

So cool! I never had a plant sim :O I'm gonna try that! Plus, I've been having troubles with the tsr challenges and haven't been able to play it yet :(:( so sad

slybabyk said...

Thank you! I think these were my second and third plant sims. The sunlight need part is annoying but for gardening challenges the fact they can "talk to" the trees and up their health is very handy!

stadium_arcadium said...

Cool! Never tried planting either :P So...if they don't have light, they die?

slybabyk said...

Most of my planting came from working through the TSR challenges :) And they don't die, they just collapse until the sun comes up. Normally they run out and fall down by the mailbox lol

Wolfsim68 said...

I love what you've done with the house. Thanks for sharing the pics!

slybabyk said...

@Wolfsim68 Thanks! I really enjoyed doing this particular challenge :)