Career Ladder story-template

Kim Kardashian Hollywood could be the prototype for a whole class of more-or-less realistic simulation games in which the player tries to reach a goal over an extended period, usually a lifetime.

Fame, prizes, money, power... all these quests share similar frameworks in which fellow humans can be manipulated to move 'upwards'.

We can see the framework in biographies, and represent individual variations using standard properties (cf WikiData)

earliest awareness of goal: saw PERSON via MEDIA

teachers

contests
rivals

social ladder
levels

gatekeepers to charm

skills to master

dues/bribes to pay

signs of advancement/decline

role-models
rivals
teachers
utensils
books
purchases

acceptance/rejection by communities