3 Million Lines of Code

Something to look forward to: The Sims are going online! The details can be found in Geoff Keighley's interview with Will Wright, the most interesting game designer out there.


"Wright's still as amiable as ever, but he's clearly stressed out. It's understandable. On December 17, he will launch his most ambitious game ever: The Sims Online, the massively multiplayer follow-up to The Sims, the blockbuster game that has sold more than 8 million copies and is still at the top of the charts. With a team of more than a hundred working on The Sims Online, a budget rumored to be north of $25 million, and more than 3 million lines of code to make it all work, Wright sums up his new game's scope with an apt analogy: "In many ways, building The Sims Online compared to The Sims is like the difference between building the space shuttle and a Chevrolet. It's easily 10 times more complicated than The Sims."

This article describes some of details of the creative design process and is well worth reading!