#challenge setup

[basementlineage]

🧱 The Cage Must Be Built

Before he can descend, something must contain him. The lot is not just where your Founder lives, it's where he is tested, forged, and broken. Every wall is a limit. Every object, a reward.

This guide walks you through preparing the lot for The Basement Lineage. Start with nothing. Build only what the phases allow. Let the walls close in.

🧱 Lot Details

Lot Type: Residential

Lot Size: 30x20 is recommended (but any size works)

Lot Traits: Optional. You may choose discomfort-enhancing traits if desired.

🔨 The Basement: 1x1 Box

Your Founder begins in a 1x1 tile basement. Nothing more.

Setup Requirements:

1x1 square, below ground

Concrete walls, no flooring or wallpaper

No lighting

No doors, stairs, or ladders

Absolutely no objects inside

The tile must remain completely empty until objects are earned through phase progression.

This is where the challenge truly begins, in silence, darkness, and complete deprivation.

🚪 The Upstairs Shell

You may build an unfurnished shell structure above ground.

This is not the final house your Sim will live in. It is a placeholder, a ghost structure that will eventually be bulldozed.

Shell Guidelines:

Build only basic walls or layout

No décor, furniture, or functional objects

No stairs or door access to/from the basement

This space may not be entered or used until explicitly allowed by a phase

Once upstairs access is granted, you must bulldoze this shell and begin anew

Think of it as scaffolding, something the Sim sees above, but cannot touch. A lie. A taunt. A shape of something better, but not for him. Not yet.

🕯️ Once Prepared

Lock your Founder into the 1x1 basement

Confirm that no objects, furniture, or cheats are present

Save your build

Prepare yourself

Phase 1 begins with nothing. Not even a bed. Not even hope. Just the tile. The dark. And the weight of what’s coming.