Sims details:
•The initial version starts at 1989, called “Micropolis”
•Designed by Will Wright
•Creating maps
•Developed different versions-Home Computer, Online, Phone Game, etc.
•The most updated version: The SIMS 3-Expansion packs: World Adventures, University, Nighlife, Open For Business, etc
How To Play Sims
- Create a “sim” (CAS, the character represent the player
- Control the action of the “sim” - working, building house, entertainment, etc
- Create a world (CAW, control the neighbors and town around the “sim”)
Videogame like Sims is a art from?
Is it videogame like film to be a art form?
Compare with film,
- According to Ernest W. Adams
Films has established a cult of personality around the director
Games may need to do the same around the game designer
Reference: Ernest W. Adams, “Will Computer Games Ever Be a Legitimate Art Form”. In Clarke and Mitchell (eds), Videogames and Art,255-264
ΕΎ“Fact Sheet: Video Games”, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Documentary Zone, http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/gamerrevolution_factsheet.html [accessed 12/9/2007] - Video games like Sims also have narrative and personality around the maker.
Like Sims, created by designer Will Wrigh - A game of ‘Digital dollhouse’
- Create a reality that you can change
- Who you want to be(outlook, character, career) and live the way you want to live Create your story in the games
In this radio, we can watch that we can be a creater in the Sims. We can create your own life in Sims.
Sims - create your own experience:
When you start the game, you can choose to be a young people or adult.
In the game, you will become old.
If you don’t want to be old, you can drink the magic medicine to become younger.
Fall in love
Interact with others
•as Sims 3 is a online
Videogame.
Unexpected accident
fire accident
Die in the swimming pool
No exit
Everyone play Sims that they can create their different life.
build and design own city without any required goalsThey can create their art work
ARTS created in SIMS
Sim (Character) Designing
Male or Female
Age
Facefacial features
hair style
hair color
Clothes types(eg:colour,pattern,texture)
for example, it is a Christmas wearing
Town Planning
Different style of planning
House Designing
Virtual sculpture, mold Design with creativity
Represent different style
Art works of the player
This radio say that a girl's mother and father is divored. Although her father go away,she miss her father. She affarid to love anyone. She can't have boy friend because she worry that she will look like her mother and father relationship.
Tt is a interesting radio that people are possible to use the Sims character to create their art work!
Conclude:
Sims is a tool for creating art.
Everyone is designer!