Bringing The Sims Community and Life Sim Games together!
It’s been quite a journey working on this project for 13 years now. The Sims Community website started on this day, May 21st in 2013, just several short days after The Sims 4 was first announced to the world.
13 years ago I would’ve never predicted the trajectory of where this website would be today. Or where the franchise we started things from would end up eventually. But I still think the website and its current focus are headed towards the best direction possible.
With major Expansion and other Pack releases out of the question for The Sims 4, we’re headed towards the new territory of covering information and rumors about the next Sims Base game installment. Along with other Sims Franchise Roadmap projects set for 2026 and beyond, we’re always dedicated to reporting on the news and information on The Sims Franchise. Whether it’s good or bad.
With new Life Sim game releases like Paralives, Tomodachi Life and InZOI updates, I always found it natural to cover multiple game releases that could be related to The Sims in a way.
For example, Tomodachi Life and its sister release Animal Crossing from Nintendo both have inspired EA and Maxis to create a dedicated MySims Franchise. The idea first came from Animal Crossing, after which EA saw opportunity in making a seperate spin-off with multiple releases on Nintendo’s gaming platforms. With rumored information on MySims getting a brand new installment, talking about other games that inspired Sims releases and making coverage for them feels natural and right.
We keep our readers informed on what the competition is up to > the readers find out that there is a different standard / feature expectations for certain Life Sim game > their opinion impacts feedback on what they want from The Sims in the future. This arrow of thinking and approach doesn’t always connect with every reader, because let’s be honest, some of us are here just for the information we need.
Some of it can also drive great inspiration and talking points to drive positive change. I’ve seen The Sims Team take major overhaul to their Discord communications after InZOI stepped up their directory and ways of sharing feedback through this platform. There’s many examples and game features (such as curved walls) that were first showcased in Paralives and then later introduced in The Sims 4 as a Base Game Update.
We’ve reported about many attempts of Life Simulation games during 13 years of the Sims Community web platform. I even remember the good old “Project Vie” timeless classic from 2017 that only drew attention to how badly we needed healthy competition.
None of them felt promising like the latest attempts that we’re covering now. And if anything, we know for certain that it’ll inspire great change and feature improvements for the franchise where this all started from. But also inspire the competition to get more creative with competing features.
As the website name suggests – this is Sims Community. Not The Sims Community. And we’ll always follow the road and paths that our readers take next. Whether it’s towards The Sims or other Life Sim(s).
Very grateful for the last 13 years of Sims Community and I’m looking forward to where this project is headed next!
P.S. – I’ve heard all the feedback related to website loading and delivery across select browsers. I’m happy to say that big works are already underway in changing how we deliver content with a new frontend infrastructure currently in development.
All the work you see on this website co-exists along with a dedicated team of authors, designers, code developers and talented people that make this project a whole. Very grateful to each and every member as we move to new chapters!
Jovan 💜
