of love and war

futurebird · 2019-04-05 02:01:04

People complain from time to time about only being able to be uncles, how fathers don't really matter and I mostly brushed this talk off as social stuff like that isn't my idea of "escape" and part of a game is escape. That kind of interaction is stressful and makes me feel awkward not as bad as in real life (I'm married mind you and ... old, I'm just really introverted) But, I'm facing the fact that most of the reasons I reject talk about marriage, sex, dad etc. is my hang up and just not wanting that to complicate a game I like.

But, why do men go to war? Fearing for their families if we are talking Trojan era. What is the most common kind of violence... domestic.

Now, I'm not saying we need to change that much. But a father mechanic, marry a dude to increase fertility and kids get his last name or don't and have kids anyway with yum could help make family units a thing.

I hate playing as a dude because I always feel like an extraneous dongle, and the babies want nothing to do with me. And maybe even things like IVF so women in their 40s can have a kid still for late game.

Any way reproductive tech is still tech. Think about how you would feel being born as an IVF baby to a women in a big empty city, how needed you would be.

Also, the fatherhood thing could only work with different last names. Talk about a reason to find a new town. And a reason for "trade" -- people would want to move out and find new blood. Maybe it isn't marriage just agreeing to have a kid together making a dude who show up in a town with low pop from a different family super welcome.

I remember in one game my daughter's son was a griefer. We all knew it. And someone was going to kill him. As his grandma I asked him to come clean but his mother was very angry, I had to calm her down to stop a sting of murders. Someone else killed my grandson and it did bother me a little because he had his good moments. My daughter resented me for not protecting him more and stoping her from "avenging" his death by killing a perfectly reasonable cousin who was probably right about him needing to go. One of my more memorable lives. That "my child" dynamic is less important with boys though. They can't get you a long line. But if he could marry? be a father? the conflict would have been even more tense for me.

jasonrohrer · 2019-04-05 04:04:42

Yes, I have been thinking about this more. I may find a way to make it work eventually.

Thaulos · 2019-04-05 10:49:39

Spawn an Adam as second and a child as third.

Have them auto marry.

Females at 14 and males at 14 could /marry eachother and have children without any further interaction.

Add /divorse and female becomes infertile until she marries again.

Could allow people to control how their fertilities and give a meaning of building a fsmily to the father.

Last edited by Thaulos (2019-04-05 10:50:35)

breezeknight · 2019-04-05 11:10:55

some option for having babies if infertile = YES

sex related inclusions, even marriage = NO

as unrealistic this makes the game
sex related features are even more explosive than violence
even The Sims steared away from this as they launched back then The Sims Online
it melted down as a porn platform, because multiplayer
related features included would probably make the griefing & killing going on now blush
people wishing for this are naive, sorry

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Last edited by breezeknight (2019-04-05 11:11:31)

MultiLife · 2019-04-05 14:53:42

Even if it was just a test, I'd love to try out Adams and fathers. I think it'd be awesome to see a baby and notice it's actually my kid. Would have a reason to say hi!

I don't need marriage, but fathers and Adams would be so cool!
I'll be your rock, my family! *muscle flex*

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