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📺 Let's start exploring the facts about The Sims and The Sims 2 development from the recent stream with Will Wright
On the stream, Will Wright gave some interesting facts about the development of the original The Sims:
The Goths family came from experimenting with test characters and is based on the Addams Family.
The game used characters with distinctive traits to test mechanics, such as Darren and Samantha from Bewitched, or Edith from All in the Family.
"When we were doing the original Sims, we put in a few test characters... We had Darren and Samantha from Bewitched, Edith from All in the Family, and then we did the Addams Family, which kind of evolved into the Goths." (00:50:20 - 01:16:38)
Samantha from Bewitched
Samantha is the main character of the television series Bewitched.
Bewitched is a cult American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 17, 1964 to March 25, 1972. The series, created by Saul Saxon, tells the story of the unusual family life of a witch who decided to live as an ordinary housewife and her philandering husband.
The main character is Samantha Stephen, a kind and charming witch who falls in love with a mortal man, Darrin Stevens. After her marriage, Samantha decides to give up magic to live a normal family life, but her abilities and the interference of her eccentric relatives, especially her witch mother Endora, often become the source of comical situations and conflicts.
Each episode reveals how Samantha tries to combine her magical abilities with everyday problems, from dealing with neighbors to interacting with her husband's co-workers.
Samantha, whom Will Wright mentions, can be found in The Sims Steering Committee (1998), a prototype for The Sims.
In levels 2 and 3 she is the central character, and in level 4 she is a member of the family. In Level 2, Samantha shares a room with a female character named Mercedes.
She was also one of the first characters created for The Sims.
This article describes an early stages of development of The Sims, including its original title "Jefferson", the formation of the key development team, changes to the user interface and the introduction of the first characters, and the difficulties Maxis faced in trying to convince Electronic Arts of the value of the project. Written by LUCPIX a researcher of the development history of the first installment of The Sims. It mentions all those characters mentioned by Will Wright on the stream.
Interestingly, in The Sims 2: Apartment Life, Samantha Cordial lives in Belladonna Cove and is ready to become a good witch. She has the ultimate good witch in her friends.
Darren
Darren was also one of the first characters The Sims created for testing.
There are two characters named Darren in The Sims 2:
Darren Dreamer:
Darren Wood, one of the pre-made gardener from Strangetown:
Edith from All in the Family
Edith is the wife of Archie Bunker from All in the Family.
All in the Family (1971-1979) was an iconic American sitcom created by Norman Lear. It revolutionized television with its bold approach to social issues. The series is adapted from the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part and tells the story of the lives of the Banker family living in a working-class neighborhood in New York City.
The main character is Archie Bunker, the conservative, grouchy head of the family who often expresses outdated views on politics, race and society. He is contrasted with other characters, including his wife, daughter, and son-in-law, which sets the stage for satirical and insightful discussions of social issues.
Edith was the first character created for The Sims.
Edith's concept art:
The character, Edith, won the hearts of Maxis, to the point where they renamed the development tools after her.
Here are all the characters:
All the works from which these characters were drawn are iconic American TV series that, despite their different styles and genres, addressed important social and political issues.
The Addams Family (1964–1966) used the eccentric yet loving Addams family to satirize the standards of "normalcy" in American society, emphasizing the importance of embracing differences and authenticity. The Addamses, while living in luxury, rejected consumerism, upheld family values, and demonstrated an alternative approach to happiness.
Bewitched (1964–1972) employed the story of a marriage between a witch and an ordinary man as a metaphor for intercultural relationships facing societal prejudice. The show also tackled feminist issues, portraying a woman with immense power who chooses a traditional role while maintaining her individuality and independence.
All in the Family (1971–1979) boldly and satirically explored racism, sexism, and political divisions in 1970s American society. Through the character of conservative Archie Bunker, the series depicted generational conflicts and addressed issues such as gender equality, LGBTQ+ rights, and anti-war sentiments amidst the backdrop of the Vietnam War.
Thus, the characters used for testing and development in The Sims were not chosen by chance. Their prototypes from these iconic American series not only had vivid and recognizable traits but also reflected profound social and cultural themes that remained relevant for decades.
These series not only influenced popular culture but also inspired Maxis developers to create characters capable of conveying the complexity and diversity of human relationships. Through these figures, The Sims inherited the ability to subtly mirror societal realities, bringing the spirit of experimentation, humor, and social reflection into the game’s universe.
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#sims 2#ts2#the sims 2#sims2#the sims#sims 1#sims#ts1#Will Wright#game development#test characters#adams family#bewitched#all in the family#edith#edith bunker#archie bunker#darren dreamer#samantha cordial
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whatever *tezuka-styles your deltarune cast*
#this was really REALLY fun actually and the happiest ive been with my art in weeks#deltarune#kris dreemurr#ralsei#susie deltarune#noelle holiday#lancer deltarune#berdly#spamton#osamu tezuka#art tag#great way also to test how much ive absorbed/learned from staring at tezuka's art for the past four months#the answer is a lot#i wonder if people will be able to pick out which specific characters i used as reference and mashed together to design these
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drew some drones that do the murder
the full lineup:
#murder drones#uzi doorman#serial designation n#serial designation v#serial designation j#murder drones doll#i never drew them before but after the finale i got inspired to test them out in my style#planned on doing one character#then i blanked out and ended up with five#not sure how that happened
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the first time she said Chell's name was probably for something stupid like this (the sort-of-sequel to this)(edit: added some closeups cause i like how glados' internals looked :3c)
#My art#chelldos#Chell#GLaDOS#android glados#Nsft#Suggestive#we love to edge our robots here folks#heavily out of character here because glados would never say please#...........or would she#wireplay#robotfucker#the fine print says:#''test euphoria emergency output''#''systems overload''#and ''do not press unless in case of boredom''
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i’m up to iii 9. love the green girls 🧪🍀
#my art#next day reblog#illustration#fan art#art#my art!#my artwork#character design#inanimate insanity#ii test tube#ii clover#inanimate insanity invitational#object shows#ii fanart#ii humanized
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THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS - Caine Expressions!!
kofi🦷|| Freakshow Caine by @hootbon
Haha i know how to draw Caine and you don't~ hehehe
and Freakshow Caine :3c He canonically isn't very expressive as he is sort of like a broken unhinged jaw that won't return... but I've been wanting to play with squash and stretch with him for quite a while now X3c
#the amazing digital circus#caine#the amazing digital circus caine#tadc caine#art#character reference#expression sheet#expression tests#tadc#tadc fanart#the amazing digital circus fanart
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Thinking about the fact that, to pull Gale from the stone and get him in the game at all, you have to decide to try to touch an extremely dangerous looking swirling mass of unstable magic. Something that is, objectively, a terrible idea
Like, the options it gives you are to either touch the sigil or leave, and if you leave you just... don't get Gale in the party
You have to take the risk. You have to let your curiosity override your common sense. You have to look at this unstable, possibly dangerous malfunctioning magic sigil and go "...Ok, but what if I poke it?"
In short, to get Gale in your party, you have to do exactly what he would in that situation, and indulge in a moment of reckless curiosity. And I just think that's delightful
#meta#gale dekarios#gale of waterdeep#i'm positive this has all been said before but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯#on a meta-gaming level of course it's just a matter of committing to the bit#the equivalent of that time in an actual dnd game when i said ''idk guys this sounds like a plot hook. we should probably go check it out''#but on a watsonian/character level? objectively not a great choice safety-wise#my husband for instance completely missed gale at first because he went ''...i'm not touching that thing it seems dangerous''#and idk. i just kinda love that for him. perfect introduction. nice little litmus test for if you can handle his chaos lol
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Casually Touching You
Whenever you were around Bakugou’s general vicinity, he couldn’t help but automatically put his hands on you.
His hands found your waist to guide you around the room.
His hands found your hair to flick something away from it.
His hands covered your ears when you almost overheard Kirishima and the boys outing Bakugou’s feelings for you.
The boy moved in orbit around you. You were his personal supply of stomach butterflies and the boy built an addiction to it.
Thus, the Bakusquad christened you with a very special nickname: ‘Bakumagnet’.
(Wanted to try writing shorter drabbles for a change because I have a lot of long chapters in the works. Also note to self this post breaks in the tags)
#testing this tag#bnha bakugou#x y/n#reader x character#bakugo katsuki x reader#bakugo x reader#bakugo x you#bakugou katsuki x reader#bakugou x reader#bakugou x y/n#bakugou katuski x reader#bakugou x you#katsuki bakugo x reader#katsuki bakugo x y/n#katsuki bakugou x reader#katsuki x y/n#katsuki x reader#katsuki x you#x you#x reader#mha fanfiction#mha x reader#mha bakugou#mha#bnha x reader#bnha fanfiction#bnha#my hero academia x reader#bakugou katsuki#fanfiction
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dads and the pet they didnt want
#limbus company#yi sang lcb#outis lcb#scribbles#i love that theyre always lide side-by-side in a lot of their ids. its really really cute#i wonder if she actuslly likes him but is allergic to being nice to any of the other sinners nc she has to stay in Militant Mode#yi sang is extremely reliable. im sure hes the kind of guy she would love to have as a second in command were he less. frail?#i think she likes ishmael too even if they butt heads on techniques#same with ryoshu. i wonder if she likes them a little bit. just a bit.#shes gonna get home and brag about them to her wife and theyre all gonna be like '???'#doing sm more sketches testing out sm new assets etc etc etc#i rlly need to draw outis more shes got the kind of design i would make and shes super funny#shes like rodion where ppl are rlly sleeping on them as characters
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robutt, guts out
#facing the sun#liza#l-001#robots#solarpunk#lesbian#original character#my comic#posting literally to test tumblr#this is olldddd concept art of her but p sure i stuck to this design
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making my murder cannibal soup (im being hunted for sport and havent slept in six days)
#the locked tomb#harrow the ninth#harrowhark nonagesimus#i kinda didnt get how her exoskeleton is supposed to look#everyone just draws her like in gtn…..is it how its supposed to be#anyway#im still sooo artblocked its a test of character#art#my art
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"She's Gone"
This bad boy was started on the third of November, and finished on the seventh. In total, there are thirty panels (all of which were drawn separately).
A good chunk of N's dialogue near the end came to me after I did some improv to figure out what he should say. I have since dubbed it "N's Failure Monologue."
#murder drones#murder drones n#murder drones tessa#murder drones uzi#tessa james elliott#serial designation n#uzi doorman#the absolutesolver#BOY let me tell ya there was some movie magic pulled in areas#even though i told myself to keep it simple... despite knowing how well that worked when i made crash test#ah well. i go overboard so you guys can enjoy the end result#and hopefully not dock off points for my inability to draw characters holding swords. i tried SO HARD#ALSO JUST SAW THE BEGINNING OF THE END TEASER THING BEFORE POSTING THIS#OH MY GOD MY HEART IS DOING THINGS TO ME AND I'M NOT SURE THIS IS HELPING#YES THAT IS THE ONLY TEASER I WILL EVER WATCH BECAUSE IT WAS UNAVOIDABLE ANYWAY (it’s in glitchx 2023)#solveruzi au#zeisty’s heavy hitters#zeisty’s comic stuff
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Making Incorrect H:SR Quotes Until I Run Out of (hopefully) Original Ideas - Pt. 6
[Pt. 1] [Pt. 2] [Pt. 3] [Pt. 4] [Pt. 5]
#hsr#honkai star rail#hsr incorrect quotes#hsr textpost#hsr memes#honkai star rail memes#hsr meme#honkai star rail meme#boothill#hsr boothill#argenti#hsr argenti#sunday#hsr sunday#aventurine#hsr aventurine#black swan#hsr black swan#argenhill#boothill x argenti#i love their 'guns n' roses' ship name a whole lot but im not trying to unintentionally put this in the actual band's tag lmao#i dont have a good concise title for this one its just like. 50% Boothill and 50% my other fav hsr men. thats it thats the theme#also. dont fuckign come at me like 'but the 6th one isn't accurate! he wasn't born in a test tube!!' listen. i know.#he was found abandoned in the snow or smthn idk i haven't dug into his lore leaks yet but i Know. the first half isnt all that accurate#but the overall vibes of it are funny enough to me that i had to make it anyways. let's all just learn to suspend our disbelief a bit#for the sake of laughs. also also. hopefully it goes w/o saying but if something ever lacks a source it's bc i found it like that#i always leave the op's handles even if they dont fit the characters but sometimes the posts i find have already had them cropped out#which irks me bc i Try to be a stickler for giving credit. but anyways. enough overthinking the making of these silly memes#also. some of these are prob a bit more accurate only if you've seen some of Boothill's voiceline and message leaks but eh its fine
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this shit is so funny
#emmrichs lichdom is antithetical to his character and is objectively the wrong choice#i’m not even sure how he passed the lich test because saving manfred is indicative of how he can’t handle lichdom because of the whole#outliving everyone he loves#and based on in game interactions and other notes the way emmrich reacts to losing manfred is regret#and there’s a note somewhere where a companion notices crying coming from emmrichs room#like how did he not fail the test like hezenkoss had because deep down he is still afraid of death#it’s now not his own death but now everyone around hims death#anyways#this game needs more bad endings and angst#let them suffer i want a TRUE bad ending#dav spoilers#spoilers#emmrich spoilers#dragon age the veilguard spoilers#datv#emmrich volkarin#dragon age: the veilguard#lucanis#lucanis dellamorte#also i feel like lucanis’s reaction is less ‘wtf’ and more sad because he also knows this sort of thing isn’t going to make emmrich#not afraid of death
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i haven't touched awakening modding almost at all mostly bc i don't have any major ideas. but i thought of one
#took 10x longer than it should have bc citra just straight up refused to register any mods for awakening#still haven't actually gotten it working i just tested it by swapping the sd card between my 3ds and my computer anytime i changed something#fortunately everything went off w o a hitch that would be hell otherwise#fire emblem#fire emblem awakening#zelda cdi#morshu#mod#fe:a#would it be disingenuous to tag this as rtvs. i know morshu first and foremost as an rtvs character
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