Wednesday, November 18, 2009

presentation:Is Sims an art work?

Case study: Sims


















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
    ž“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!

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