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Developing Simlish:
Sensing the frustration of the team, Kearin suggested that they try a different approach altogether, instead utilizing Lawlor and Kearin’s improv skills. “There's an old improv game that we used to play called Foreign Poet,” Kearin explains. “You would speak in a gibberish language and then the partner would interpret what you just said, even though what you were saying was completely made up and gibberish. That became a game. I asked whether it would be helpful at all. We were recording over existing animations or versions of the animations and so she said: 'Sure, it can't get any worse'.” Kearin and Lawlor started trying this gibberish language over simple animations - of Sims sitting or saying they were hungry - letting their emotion drive the scene and the language itself falling secondary. It was the right fit and became what we know to be Simlish. To read the full article click here: https://www.techradar.com/news/simlish-how-an-improv-game-turned-into-the-most-recognisable-language-in-gaming?fbclid=IwAR3BY5l2Ypwj1KXgS4TshAQMvAM854sLVmyXti8lCxfRgPBzm2ORro5EN6E More Sims Articles: https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/7/21126705/the-sims-simlish-language-history-20th-anniversary-game https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxn44z/sims-game-an-oral-history. https://lingopie.com/blog/simlish-the-sims-invented-language/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simlish |
