--- created_at: '2017-08-13T10:38:45.000Z' title: The Sims Game Design Documents (1997) url: http://donhopkins.com/home/TheSimsDesignDocuments/ author: doppp points: 282 story_text: comment_text: num_comments: 18 story_id: story_title: story_url: parent_id: created_at_i: 1502620725 _tags: - story - author_doppp - story_15002379 objectID: '15002379' --- [Source](http://donhopkins.com/home/TheSimsDesignDocuments/ "Permalink to Index of /home/TheSimsDesignDocuments") # Index of /home/TheSimsDesignDocuments # Index of /home/TheSimsDesignDocuments | ----- | | ![\[ICO\]][1] | [Name][2] | [Last modified][3] | [Size][4] | [Description][5] | | * * * | | | | | | ![\[PARENTDIR\]][6] | [Parent Directory][7] |   | \- |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [3DPeopleQuestion.pdf][9] | 2012-12-20 11:41 | 215K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [AnimationClassBreakdown.pdf][10] | 2012-12-20 13:07 | 48K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [AnimationDocumentation.pdf][11] | 2012-12-20 11:27 | 156K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [ArtDepartmentPostMortum.pdf][12] | 2012-12-20 11:21 | 106K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [BrainstormProblemListForArtTeam.pdf][13] | 2012-12-20 11:23 | 57K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch00-TableOfContents.pdf][14] | 2012-12-20 11:55 | 64K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch01-Goals.pdf][15] | 2012-12-20 11:54 | 67K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch02-World.pdf][16] | 2012-12-20 11:52 | 416K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch03-Objects.pdf][17] | 2012-12-20 11:53 | 1.5M |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch04-People.pdf][18] | 2012-12-20 11:53 | 460K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch05-PetsAndPests.pdf][19] | 2012-12-20 11:54 | 57K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch06-Simulator.pdf][20] | 2012-12-20 11:55 | 70K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch08-Framework.pdf][21] | 2012-12-20 11:54 | 81K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch09-Architecture.pdf][22] | 2012-12-20 11:57 | 836K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch10-Graphics.pdf][23] | 2012-12-20 11:56 | 832K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch11-Movement.pdf][24] | 2012-12-20 11:53 | 759K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [Ch12-CharacterAnim.pdf][25] | 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2012-12-20 11:38 | 114K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [JeffersonGameDescription.pdf][52] | 2012-12-20 11:36 | 75K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [JeffersonSpectrumOfChallenge.pdf][53] | 2012-12-20 11:45 | 118K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [JeffersonTools.pdf][54] | 2012-12-20 13:09 | 61K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [MasterIDAndSubIndexOverview.pdf][55] | 2012-12-20 11:38 | 137K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [MaxisSimRules.pdf][56] | 2012-12-20 11:26 | 60K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [MooseHead.pdf][57] | 2012-12-20 11:26 | 65K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [NotesFromMaxisNewPencilPostmortem.pdf][58] | 2012-12-20 11:28 | 92K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [ObjectFileFormat.pdf][59] | 2012-12-20 11:29 | 132K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [ObjectIFFFileFormat.pdf][60] | 2012-12-20 11:30 | 130K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [ObjectList.pdf][61] | 2012-12-20 11:30 | 105K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [ObjectMakingProcedure.pdf][62] | 2012-12-20 11:30 | 69K |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | [ProgrammingObjectsInTheSimsV3.pdf][63] | 2012-12-20 11:31 | 2.4M |   | | ![\[ \]][8] | 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