Shipwrecked and Single

Shipwrecked and Single is a guided game in The Sims Castaway Stories. It starts when the Queen Solomon cruise ship sets sail to Meet Your Mate, the hottest singles resort in the world. But then the ship crashes and you end up standed on a remote island. Lost and alone. Can you survive long enough to find other castaways and meet island natives?

Protagonist

Unlike any other story mode neighborhood from The Sims Stories series (that all have a set story protagonist), upon starting the Shipwrecked and Single story, there is a choice between two Sims to play through the story with: Jessica Knight and David Bennett. The player even has the option to create their own Sim.

Story

The story starts with the protagonist drifting in the ocean, being washed ashore and waking up on Castaway Beach, on a remote tropical island. The protagonist then notices the Queen Solomon's shipwreck crashed on the rocks in the distance and realises that he/she had survived a disaster. He/she finds a hatchet and a steamer trunk on the beach. He/she then gathers food and resources to survive. The protagonist calls the island Felicity Island, because nothing can go wrong on an island named Felicity.

Next morning, the protagonist notices that animals had sniffed through his/her camp and cleans up the mess. He/she then starts to build a raft, which (once completed) will be used to get back to civilization. The raft needs something to use as a rope to tie the logs together and after finding a machete, he/she cuts a way into the jungle. He/she comes across the Broken Wings and finds a map in the plane wreckage. Then after more exploring he/she will reach Simian City, meeting three orangutans; Waiata, Puna and Tiki. The protagonist finds a mysterious idol, but gets attacked by Waiata for trying to take it. After feeding the orangutans banana's, he/she may take the idol. Back at the camp, the protagonist calls the idol Spaulding and starts talking to it, probably a sign of loneliness. Later, Waiata shows up at the camp and the protagonist decides to adopt her.

Next day, the protagonist finds a gem at the Broken Wings that fits in Spaulding's missing spot. Upon placing the gem, Spaulding breathes a yellow gas, which causes the protagonist to get sick from a mysterious disease. Later, he/she comes across the Shady Lagoon and finds a medicine box in the hut, containing a cure for the disease. The hut also has some old parachute ropes laying around for him/her to use as a rope to tie the logs of the raft together. The protagonist prefers the Shady Lagoon over his/her camp at Castaway Beach and decides to move to the lagoon.

Later, the protagonist goes to explore and finds the Primeval Shrine, which looks like it has an altar designed to hold Spaulding. Upon placing Spaulding at the altar, a door opens leading the protagonist to the Barren Banks. Where he/she meets the other survivors of the Queen Solomon, who had been waiting to be rescued. These include; Hugh Bailey, Gina Gibson, Sandra Barnham, Robby Smith and Emma Langsford. After talking to all of them, the protagonist learns that they all seem useless at survival and that there is another survivor, Professor Winford Rhinehart, who had gone into the jungle to explore and gather food. The protagonist decides to go look for him and travels through The Swamp to The Boneyard, where he/she finds the Professor. Professor Rhinehart says he has been studying the island and its natives for years and helps the protagonist with his/her raft. The protagonist picks up a bone at The Boneyard and then follows Professor Rhinehart to The Crossroads, where a post is laying around that proves to be useful as a mast for the raft. The protagonist returns to Castaway Beach to secure the mast. Professor Rhinehart shows up to look at the raft and the protagonist invites him over for a meal at the Shady Lagoon to thank him for his help.

Later that day, Professor Rhinehart shows up at the Shady Lagoon with all the other survivors. The protagonist doesn't like the others much, since they are useless and disrespectful, especially Hugh Bailey. But Professor Rhinehart insists to stay nice to them, because they might need their help, but to not tell them about the raft. The protagonist agrees and invites everyone for a meal. Later that evening, Professor Rhinehart shows up again and suggests to cut long grass at the Scavenger Fields to weave a sail for the raft.

The next morning, the protagonist heads off to the Scavenger Fields and cuts the long grass with the machete. After cutting all the grass that is needed, Nanihi Manave shows up and climbs in a tree while being chased by hyenas. The protagonist throws the bone that he/she picked up at The Boneyard to distract the hyenas and save Nanihi. Who thanks the protagonist and tells him/her that she is the daughter of the native tribe's chief and to come visit the village.