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621. Chat Transcript

Written on Friday 5 December 2003 at 09:15 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Last night's chat with Will Wright, creator of The Sims and SimCity, has been very busy, and many questions were answered. One of them, which was asked a few times, is when CaSIE is going to be released. As reported that's been delayed until January. Here are some other random quotes from the chat:

Q: What inspired you ot create the sims?
A: The simulation dynamics we developed for SimAnt and the writings of Christopher Alexander (A Pattern Language).
Q: Hi Will what is your favorite Sim Game?
A: It's still the original Sims (SimEarth a close second).
Q: Why do you like robots?
A: I think robots teach us more about humans than about technology. They are in essence attempts to model human abilities and when we try to build them we learn how amazing we really are.
Q: Have you ever made any families that just accidentally happen to resemble any of your workers? If so I hope you haven't drowned them :-p
A: No comment

You can read the entire chat at this page. Enjoy the read.

622. SimDay

Written on Thursday 4 December 2003 at 22:34 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

This week's SimDay is pretty big. Besides the chat and the release of Bustin' Out on the GBA (with the press release now showing the right picture), there's the announcement of a chat at WorldSims next Saturday at 12pm (8pm in Britain, 9pm in Europe). It will be about The Sims 2 University, and I'll be attending as well. More from TS2U is another interview, this time with Chris from SimSational. You can read it right here. Just two more things left: one is the next part of the Designer Diary at GameSpot. This time, it's Lucy Bradshaw and Tim LeTourneau talking about the Neighborhood. There's some new info in it, for instance that for their relationship, it matters how close friends live. Here's another new bit:

"A really cool new feature is that after you've built a house, you can pick it up and move it to another lot. If you want to fix up your lonely bachelor with the cute girl (who's a few blocks away) more quickly, well, now you can just pick up his house and make them next-door neighbors."

The fifth part of this diary comes with several screenshots, including 4 of Riverside Neighborhood. You can now also see boats and a rainbow. As if that's not enough, there's a new trailer for GameSpot members (Free registration is required), which shows the fly-through option, through Riverside Neighborhood. You can read the diary here, see the screenshots here and download the trailer here. Finally, this SimDay comes with two new track pieces for the fun house that comes in Makin' Magic. Download both tracks (1.4 Mb in total) from Get Cool Stuff.

623. New Poll

Written on Thursday 4 December 2003 at 01:16 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

As usual, we add a new poll every week. Last week we asked you where your Sims work, and it turned out that most... don't. Nearly 63% of the Sims 'rosebud' their way through life. Are Sims really that lazy, or are you so lazy? Amongst the working Sims, it seems that a dull office is the most popular place, which got 9% (24) of the 254 votes. The rest of the results is at this page. The new poll is about Christmas, which is less than 3 weeks away now. Will your Sims get any presents from you, or not? Vote on the right, or at this page. All the results of old polls, including the one about Christmas last year, can be found in the archive.

624. Tim LeTourneau Interview

Written on Thursday 4 December 2003 at 01:10 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The British magazine PCZone has had an interview with Tim LeTourneau, senior producer of The Sims 2. Of course the topic of the interview is The Sims 2, but also the reason of the success of The Sims:

"At Maxis we feel the key reason The Sims is so popular with both male and female gamers is because people can easily identify and relate with the Sims and their environment. Players become sucked into this alternative sand box reality, its gameplay based on the key desires we all have in our every day lives. However in the Sims world things are very quirky and fun, we don't have to live with consequence of our actions, good or bad in quite the same way!"

That's only a (very) small bit of the whole article. If you want to read it completely, click here to see it.

625. Bustin' Out (GBA) Released

Written on Wednesday 3 December 2003 at 13:05 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

The Sims Bustin' Out for the GameBoy Advance has been released, and the first review has already popped up: IGN Pocket has posted it, and given the game an 8 out of 10 score. Here's their final conclusion:

"The Game Boy Advance version of The Sims: Bustin' Out isn't quite as extravagant as the upcoming console games because of the standard limitations of the Game Boy platform. But as comparatively limited as the GBA version is, it's still a well-designed, casual game, and it definitely fits the bill for an on-the-go version of one of the most popular game franchises around."

The whole preview can be read here. Some new screenshots of the game can be found at GameSpot: click here to see those. You can read the press release about the game shipping at the official site, on this page to be precise. Note that the box shot shown there currently is wrong (The Sims Deluxe instead of the GBA box).

626. The Handlers Update

Written on Sunday 30 November 2003 at 01:29 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

I'm currently working hard on both The Add-on Handler and the Neighborhood Handler, to make them Makin' Magic compaible. Although the Neighborhood Handler won't contain any new features, the Add-on Handler will and I've had a bit of trouble with it, and other things like the Sims 2 University and the special have also taken up quite a lot of my time. Hence there's a delay of approximately 2 weeks before I'll release new versions of both programs. Until then, both programs will still work properly, except... Read More!

627. CaSIE in the Special

Written on Thursday 27 November 2003 at 01:30 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

After skipping a day, I updated the special a few minutes ago, this time with information about CaSIE. If you want to know what you can expect from the tool that will be released in less than a month (in English first, other languages will follow later, but when is unknown), you should definitely read this article. Instead of pictures from EA Headquarters and Maxis people, I've included some (old) screenshots of CaSIE (which was still known as (SA)CAS until a few weeks ago). If you look at these shots again now, you'll notice how the interface has changed over the course of time. But that's not the most important thing - that's creating the actual Sim of course. More about that can be read on page 9 of the special.

628. New Poll

Written on Thursday 27 November 2003 at 01:25 by ChEeTaH - 1 comment.

Just like last week, we've added a new poll again for this one. The question is: "Where do most of your Sims work?". You can tell us easily, just choose your option on the right, or click here. Last week we wondered how your Sims usually pay whatever they buy. The results where slightly surprising: most Sims carry around a lot of cash, as it got 58% of the votes. Other popular paying methods are the credit card (14%), sending money by mail (13%), and online wallets (11%). The least popular is the bank transfer: just 4% of the Sims usually pay with that. This survey has been taken by The Sims Zone under 176 Sims from all over SimEarth. Representative enough, isn't it?

629. Bustin' Out GBA: Earlier than expected

Written on Monday 24 November 2003 at 01:04 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

With the official site opening up a new section for Bustin' Out, Maxis has also posted the final release dates for Bustin' Out on the consoles. The GBA and PS2 versions will come a bit earlier than expected: 2 December this year, instead of 16 December like on the X-Box and GameCube. In Europe all the versions will be released at the same time. And instead of being later than the US (as usual), Europe is a bit earlier on the last 2 consoles. The game will be released at 12 December 2003 - on all platforms. The GBA version has also gone gold already, while the other editions should follow soon. The same site has also posted a new fansite kit for Bustin' Out, which you can download from this page. If you want to read the complete press release about Bustin' Out going gold on the GBA, click here. Thanks to both ToTheGame and SimsZone.de.

630. Be In Control part I posted

Written on Saturday 22 November 2003 at 17:28 by ChEeTaH - 0 comments.

Yesterday I was late, today I'm early with posting the next part of the special about The Sims 2 University. This time it discusses the live mode. As there are so many changes since The Sims 1, I've already filled a page and I'm still not finished. Part 2 will follow later, probably tomorrow. If you feel like reading this part already, then have a go. If you rather read the whole special again: No problem. And if you don't want to read it at all: No problem either, just ignore it. The special is still far from finished and there is a lot more to write about besides part 2 of "Be In Control". In later articles I will discuss the technology behind The Sims, containing some general changes, Maxis Fansite hosting, and of course CaSIE and object creation. Come back here every day to see something new again. Enjoy the parts that have been written so far right here!