According to her own admission, SimGuruLyndsay is a “hoarder” when it comes to early data and concept art from The Sims. In a series of tweets today, Lyndsay shared some fun facts and early development concepts.
@HenryG19881 @TheSims here's a super old game loop from Makin' Magic. Wow! I think this was early design. pic.twitter.com/Q4ydIDjOUK
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
@smagofcl here's a really early design of magic dueling. brainstorm notes! pic.twitter.com/wMdBW2QCHN
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
@smagofcl this was what typical button states on TS2 looked like. A nice clean file. MOST of them looked crazy. pic.twitter.com/w387Rbj3P8
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
This was one of my favorite TS2 bugs. For awhile your Sims' memories kept tagging the wrong items. pic.twitter.com/pe8m0nV6py
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
@TheSimScraper This is a super early TS2 concept, exploring types of houses. I love how organic it is! pic.twitter.com/XFZaPlw3XH
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
.@TheSimplyNando For TS2 @SimGuruLakshmi and I worked on a design more like TS3 Generations. We dropped it and made FreeTime instead.
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
@maaikesww here's a cute poodle skirt from TS2 Nightlife pic.twitter.com/9IjpEnzQfn
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
@Sathos_voice Here's a few objects we considered in TS3 EP7. This is how we often pick our objects. pic.twitter.com/x3ns8GVgdJ
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
@PattonKieran here's the oldest sketches of Mrs. Crumplebottom I can find! pic.twitter.com/AfiajgpuMW
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
@TheSimCommunity this was how I tracked the graves on Olive Specter's lot. I think the #s were her relationships. pic.twitter.com/tvKFrfWFNe
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
@SimGuruLyndsay and another unfortunate engagement. pic.twitter.com/E8M9D0oovt
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
@TheSimsBoi this kooky outfit! pic.twitter.com/4Eo9JvZouS
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
@smagofcl here's some super early TS2 UI, much more similar to TS1. (and testing out angles apparently) pic.twitter.com/9o6dEcvTbP
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
Another fun fact – we refer to walls & floors as "waffles" when we abbreviate them. It started on TS2 where w/f could mean wants/fears.
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
@bafendo PT9 was a good technician. pic.twitter.com/4vh6h8wV1i
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
@maaikesww @SimGuruLakshmi like all this stuff? (this is a super old mind map, we still make stuff like this) pic.twitter.com/FtmVYqH9br
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 23, 2015
OMG!! SimGuruGrant from 9 years ago…. wow. pic.twitter.com/KS6gNlQizz
— Lyndsay Pearson (@SimGuruLyndsay) September 22, 2015
