The Sims' Unseen Design Notebooks - Revealing Gaming's History

In this exclusive Game Informer video, The Strong Museum of Play's director Jon-Paul Dyson and archivist Julia Novakovic page through legendary game designer Will Wright's notes and sketches showing the earliest glimpses into the creation of the gaming juggernaut The Sims from Maxis.

[@nosnaj]

This is sacred writing for game designers

[@JackSawyerIsTheBest]

Fascinating, thank you for showing these

[@marc8750]

Sims has evolved so much over the years. Especially with the mods and the internet (not the excessive expansions).

[@H8BitHero]

I had no idea this was s thing you guys do and I can't believe it! I love seeing design docs!

[@TheMoviePlanet]

Jon-Paul Dyson's sound seems to be better in this upload. Is this why the video was taken down and reuploaded?

[@gabzpot]

This is great.

[@Dicker296]

¿why youtubers and writers of articles have scans of the notebooks? ¿where can those be consulted or downloaded?

[@jacebeleren3]

Norm needs to get in with these people

[@ajojoreference2307]

Deja Vu.

[@brynwhitehead1731]

Quaint.

[@JoeNeutrino]

Thousands of dollars for each sound effect?!

[@SteeleGolem]

Yeah, I wonder if he meant KB of memory. Maybe that's low? It could also be some weird business-speak opportunity cost perspective. I would not pay that much money for toilet sounds, anyway.

[@MBM1117727]

Yeah it's KB

[@philnone1004]

No footage of that 1993 prototype? You guys are so lame! lol