"West Indian Story" is based in Trinidad and follows two families. The first is the Rooplals, an East-Indian based family who has just moved into a new neighbourhood to start anew after the patriarch's sexual harassment charges. The family is unstable with a crumbling marriage between Shobha and Lalchand and three dissatisfied children. Devika and Artee are twins and though they have totally different personalities, they have a rapport. Devika hates most of her generation. Artee is promiscuous but not happy about it. The eldest, Avinash, is a racist and has a severe anger problem.
The second family is the Lewises, an African-based family with a matriarch, Whitnee, whom has made many mistakes in her life. She has unsuccessfully tried to secure two married men by getting impregnated and ended up with three children. Ricky, the eldest, is good-hearted and sensitive, but has his priorities in the wrong place. He is also a hopeless romantic. The middle child is Shinelle, who is quiet about her problems. She wants to study hard but feels as if she lacks role models. The youngest is Bobby, whom has mild retardation and is barely cared for at all. Rounding off the family is Margarita, Whitnee's mother who moved in after her husband died. She has been behaving oddly lately.
The episodes are told in a "webcomic"-esque format with screencaps taken from the gameplay and dialogue and thought bubbles added in. The project is mainly made for fun and is not meant to encourage or perpetuate any stereotypes. The Sims is one of my favourite game series and I think it's interesting to see how these little people react without any intervention once you set their personality traits in place! Of course, for the sake of having interesting scenarios, I do intervene from time to time.
Hope you guys enjoy!
If you wish to get started, this is the first episode:
EPISODE ONE: MEET THE ROOPLALS
