
All architectural features and furnishings customizable in the Build and Buy modes follow a square tile system in which items must be placed on a tile. Once a lot is purchased, a house can be built or remodeled in Build mode, and/or purchase or move furniture in the Buy mode. These funds can be used to purchase a small house or vacant lot on the Neighborhood screen. When the game begins, each family will start off with §121,000 (regardless of its number of members). While gameplay occurs in the game's Live mode, the player may enter Build mode or Buy mode to pause time and renovate the house or lot. The tombstone will appear where the sim died, unless the player decides to move it to another place, or just delete it. If the relative loses, the dead sim will remain dead and his/her tombstone will appear. If a relative of the dead sim wins against him in Rock, paper, scissors, the dead sim will be revived. If the player owns the Livin' Large expansion pack, a Grim Reaper will appear after the death of a sim. burning to death in a fire, drowning in a pool, starving, or dying from disease). All sims, however, can die from various causes (e.g. This means children and adults remain in their life stage indefinitely. While babies spawn into children, children and adults never age. There are three life stages in The Sims: infant, child and adult. The only true intended objective of the game is to direct and organize the Sims' time to help them reach personal goals, such as job promotions and relationships. This has helped the game successfully attract casual gamers. Instead of objectives, the player is encouraged to make his or her own choices and engage in the interactive environment with non-player characters.

1.2 Neighborhood screen, Build and Buy modes.

It is a simulation of the daily activities of one or more virtual persons ("Sims") in a suburban household near SimCity. Its development was led by game designer Will Wright, also known for developing SimCity. The Sims is a strategic life-simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts.
