Game guide:Get a Life mode walkthrough

The Get a Life mode is installed in the console version of The Sims. It gives you different objectives to accomplish, which unlock various items in the Buy area of the free play mode.

In this mode, you play one Sim (whom you create), and move through various missions and houses. Your Sim will live with other characters during this time. While you can control these other characters, some of them don't do skill-boosting activities, and they rarely clean or cook.

Dream House

The Get a Life mode begins after the player has created a character. The character is found in a nice house with a hot tub in the middle. All of a sudden, a character of the opposite sex appears, and kisses the player's character. The Sim is called Randy Hottie if your Sim is female, and Roxy Hottie if your Sim is male. Both are ethnic Sims. S/he then gets into the hot tub and asks the player's character to join him/her.

• If the character gets in, the character suddenly hears a woman's voice saying "stop daydreaming".

• If the character doesn't get in, she/he says, "You never joined me in the hot tub, I'm out of here!".

Money from Mom

Money from Mom begins after the player's character wakes up from his or her daydream. The Sim is actually living in their mom's house and wants to move out.

When the Sim has completed everything and gotten a job, Mom will say that she has found a house for them to rent, and the Sim can finally move out.

Goals and rewards

Goals:

• Borrow §800 from Mom.
• Make a dinner without starting a fire.
• Fix the television.
• Get a job.
• Pay the bills.

The "Pay the bills" goal only occurs if the Sim remains in the house for more than 3 days.

Rewards:

Goal	Reward
Borrow §800 from Mom.	The Museum Two-Player Game
Make a dinner without starting a fire.	Aromamaster Whifferpuff Gold
Fix the television.	Vanity
Finish in under 24 hours.	Beejaphone Guitar

Reality Bites

The Sim has moved to a new house for the time being. Nobody's living with them. The thing is, the house is a mess. Everything's broken, there is trash everywhere, and the toilet's clogged.

A new character, either Mimi (if the character is female) or Dudley (if the character is male), will come over and say that the character can stay in the house for free if they clean the house and fix all the stuff.

While living here, the Sim will encounter two neighbors: Pierre and Pauline Peacock.

After the Sim has accomplished all of their goals, they move in with Dudley/Mimi and become roommates.

Goals and rewards

Goals:

• Clean up the place.
• Fix the broken stuff.
• Upgrade the house.
• Get promoted to career level two.
• Get promoted to career level three.

Rewards:

Goal	Reward
Clean up the place.	Maid is unlocked
Fix the broken stuff.	Repairman is unlocked
Upgrade your abode.	Electronic Insect Control System
Get promoted to career level two.	Cooler
Get promoted to career level three.	Teppanyaki Table
Move out.	The Frat House Two-Player Game
Finish the level in four days.	Coat of Arms

Party Animals

The Sim has moved into another house, which Dudley/Mimi already lives in. It's time to throw a party!

Once the Sim completes all the goals, they can move out with a person at the party. Some of those people are Carlos, Layla, Leon, Zara, Betty, and Bingo Roomies.

Goals and rewards

Goals:

• Get promoted to career level four.
• Get promoted to career level five.
• Upgrade your home.
• Throw a party.
• Move out with someone else.

Rewards:

Goal	Reward
Get promoted to level four.	Strip Poker Table
Get promoted to level five.	Libidinex Spa
Upgrade abode.	Tree Swing
Finish in eight days.	Head in Curio Jar

Hot to Trot

The person the Sim is living with at this point is only temporary, as it's time to find a person to marry. In this mission, the Sim must be promoted another two levels, and must throw another party. At this party, the character has to find someone of the opposite sex and try to "score" with them. When they do, they get married and move in with him/her.

Goals and rewards

Goals:

• Get promoted to career level six.
• Get promoted to career level seven.
• Upgrade your home.
• Throw a party.
• Score with a party guest.

Rewards:

Goal	Reward
Get promoted to career level six.	Sonic Shower
Get promoted to career level seven.	Artist's Block
Upgrade home.	Heart Bed
Throw a party.	Club Abhi Two-Player Game
Throw a party.	Taylor's Place Two-Player Game
Feed Bobo the Bum outside your house.	The Park Two-Player Game
Finish the level in eight days or less.	Jukebox

Who Loves Ya Baby

The Sim is now in a house with their spouse. It's time to make a family, and make sure they, and the Sim, are successful.

After the children remain in school, the family moves to another house.

Goals and rewards

Goals:

• Get promoted to career level eight.
• Get promoted to career level nine.
• Upgrade your home.
• Have two babies.
• Take care of the babies.
• Keep the kids in school.

Rewards:

Goal	Reward
Turn first baby into a kid.	Sandbox
Turn second baby into a kid.	Sprinkler
Get promoted to career level eight.	The Maid's House Two-Player Game
Get promoted to career level eight.	The Handyman Two-Player Game
Get promoted to career level nine.	Two Swimming Pools
Feed Bobo the Bum outside your house.	The Park Two-Player Game
Finish the level in eight days or less.	Bearskin Rug

The Last Simoleon

The family moves into Malcolm Landgraab's mansion, the exact same one from the dream at the beginning of the game. Now that the Sim has completed almost everything, there are only a few more things left to do.

Once the goals for this mission are completed, the storyline itself is completed.

Goals and rewards

Goals:

• Get promoted to career level ten.
• Send kids to prep school.
• Save §20,000 for a yacht.
• Throw a party.

Rewards:

Goal	Reward
Get promoted to career level 10.	The Park Two-Player Game
Send both kids to prep school.	Major Domo (Monkey Butler)
Finish this level in eight days.	Rhino Trophy