u/kevboi917

I’m building the ultimate life sim and want the family system to go way beyond just “spouse + kids.”

I’m thinking about stuff like:

• Heirs / succession
  • Choose a golden child, split inheritance unevenly, create rivalries over who takes over the family business or legacy.
• Parenting systems
  • Kids remember how you raised them: strict, absent, supportive, controlling. That shapes who they become as adults.
• Inheritance / wealth
  • Wills, debt, family property, surprise affairs / second families, contested estates after death.
• Sibling / family politics
  • Favoritism, grudges, alliances, meddling parents, jealous siblings, in-laws causing chaos.
• Messy modern families
  • Divorce, remarriage, stepkids, half-siblings, adoption, estrangement, reconnecting later in life.
• Long-term consequences
  • Things you do in your 20s affecting how your adult kids or spouse see you decades later.

What would make this feel truly alive over multiple generations?

Would love ideas, especially weird/fresh ones. Comment below.