LifeSim: Breeding Edition

Author’s Note: This story is a fun commission reward for one of my awesome patrons. My take on this concept is doubtless inspired by the many other excellent simulation-based stories out there. Since this was a commission, the story featured in this chapter (and the immediate sequels) is written entirely by me, but going forward this will likely be a joint venture with Quiver, who was kind enough to act as a game mechanic consultant and editor of this first entry due to their experience with the game genre in question. Quiver is a co-creator of this series, so any future installments/spinoffs within the LifeSim universe could be authored by either or both of us.

LifeSim: Breeding Expansion

by Fidget

Chapter 1

Kenneth was living the suburban dream. He had a happy marriage, got along great with his neighbors, and, aside from the occasional spat with his HOA, loved his neighborhood.

He had many of the qualities of the stereotypical nerd, though he had been more drawn toward the accounting side of things than the computers side. Even so, he still enjoyed the casual computer game from time to time, and simulation games had always been a favorite of his for the deep management mechanics they provided.

So, when he came across a game he’d never heard of called LifeSim on sale one day, it was a no-brainer to give it a try. Once he was on the sale page, he saw that the game had a ton of expansions, all sold separately, of course. He initially intended to just buy the base game, but while scrolling down the list of DLC one particular entry jumped out at him: the Breeding Expansion. He’d enjoyed playing genetic scientist in similar games in the past, so he decided to add the Breeding Expansion to his cart as well, completed his purchase, and began the installation.

A few minutes later the words Welcome to LifeSim: Breeding Expansion! flashed across his screen, alongside an isometric picture of a generic suburban neighborhood. The game that shows you first-hand just how much fun making babies can be. Warning: this is the Breeding Expansion, so all of the women in your neighborhood have been made hyper-fertile for easier breeding.

Kenneth chuckled a bit to himself at the message. It made sense that the women in this expansion would be more likely to get pregnant than in the base game, but he wasn’t sure that it was a change that warranted an actual warning.

Either way, he got to work designing his avatar. It was easy enough to create a character with a reasonable approximation of his own features, and then he moved on to choosing character traits for his digital double. Even though it was the Breeding Expansion, Kenneth was still surprised to see just how many characteristics and traits had to do with romance, sex, and reproduction. He decided to go all in on the “romancing” traits to make his character a true ladies’ man, checking the boxes for “Super Charisma”, “Smooth Talker”, “Alluring Voice”, “Sensual Touch”, “Arousing Musk”, “Animal Magnetism”, and a few others. There, that should be more than enough to get his lucky avatar all of the action he’d ever want.

Kenneth himself had never been especially popular, and though he’d had his share of girlfriends before meeting his wife Becca, he still had a bit of a fantasy of being one of those super-popular jocks, spreading their wild oats with all the popular girls and cheerleaders.

His avatar would need a much more understanding wife than his own for what he had in mind, so once he was finished making as close an approximation of his cute blonde partner as he could, he gave her the “Likes to Watch” and “Spread the Love” traits so she’d be fine with his avatar having free reign in their neighborhood.

When he finally felt satisfied with himself and his wife, he decided it would take far too long to customize each person in his large subdivision, so he just clicked “Auto-populate neighborhood” instead. After a few minutes of loading screens filled with gameplay tips about how to find an appropriate mate for his avatar and how to plan for children, Kenneth finally got to see his digital neighborhood for the first time, and was surprised to find that it was a remarkably accurate copy of his own. Huh, must use GPS data or something, he thought to himself, making a note to disable any location tracking in the program at some point in the future.

He spent a few minutes doing random chores around the house getting used to the game’s controls, grinning a bit as his wife’s avatar visibly swooned whenever he walked into a room she was in, complete with little hearts popping up above her head. Not even Becca is safe from my new animal magnetism, he thought smugly to himself. Shortly thereafter, his and his wife’s avatars were summoned to a neighbor’s house for a party, and after a flirty dress-up session, headed next door.

Kenneth snickered a bit when he saw that his avatar’s irresistibly high charisma was making all of the women at the party swoon as well. They had the same hearts above their head when he was near them that his wife did, always laughed at his jokes, and he could see their “Arousal” meters increase each time his character interacted with them. It didn’t take long for most of the girls at the party to be turned on enough to initiate “boinkboink”, the game’s ridiculous euphemism for sex, and Kenneth found that that willingness extended to the married women as well. It is the Breeding Expansion, after all, he thought to himself, trying to choose which of his neighbors his avatar would merge his digital DNA with first.

One brunette that looked surprisingly like his neighbor Linda was working a bit harder for his avatar’s affection than the other women, clearly overwhelmed by his charms, but then Kenneth was surprised to see his avatar suddenly accompanying her to her bedroom, entirely without his input. Well, with how hyper-charismatic he’d made his avatar, he could imagine how tempting it must be to have all of those attractive women practically throwing themselves at him, so he couldn’t fault his avatar too much for giving in to the temptations of the flesh.

The two immediately began making out as soon as they reached the bedroom, and it wasn’t long before they moved on to the bed to consummate their programmed attraction to each other.