Simlish
Simlish is a constructed language devised by game designer Will Wright for the Sims series of games developed by Electronic Arts.
| Simlish | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Will Wright |
| Date | 1996 |
| Setting and usage | The world of The Sims franchise |
| Purpose | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
Simlish written in Simlish | |
During the development of SimCopter (1996), Wright sought to avoid real-world languages, believing that players would grow to show disdain for repetitive dialogue. For the release of The Sims, Maxis recorded hundreds of voice clips with unique cadences and emotional nuance.
Simlish is featured prominently within the franchise of The Sims and its spinoff MySims series. It has since extended to various video games within the Sim series, including SimCity 4 (2003), SimCity Societies (2007), SimCity (2013), and SimCity BuildIt (2014) of the SimCity series of games. Simlish appears as a language within Spore (2008) and Firaxis Games's Sid Meier's SimGolf (2004).