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Out of the need for reinventing his life practically from scratch, Wright adquires a new perspective on the logistics of architecture as he would, for instance, engage with brand new items and see how and why they would be placed at certain areas of his new home, and how they affected the environment as a whole.

His lost belongings, in the face of the ruins, didn't seem to be as relevant as the wellbeing from those around him

Towards the Firestorm's stabilization, Wright takes the commonly-accepted (net) connections between the ownership of goods and happiness as a false promise.

The event would, as an unpredictable outcome, work as a silver lining by giving Wright a big picture upon previously-unconsidered insights on materialism and notions of architecture:

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Part of Will's belongings that survived the disaster included SimAnt's code and conceptual notebooks, which prevented his projects to be permanently lost.

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His former Oakland house had the same disastrous fate as many other 3800 residences that had been fatally dilapidated by the well-known Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm of 1991, 'that occurred on the hillsides of northern Oakland, California, and southeastern Berkeley over the weekend of October 19вЂ“20, 1991, before being brought under full control on October 23'. As SimAnt was still a dream, its developing phases did coincide to another unexpected event that would change Will Wright's life forever. The unexpected success of SimCity (Mac OS Classic) - Maxis' initiation project into a then-deserted dimension of Simulation games that pursued creativity - made the idea of creation of new games under the company's Sim branch extremely desired and inviting, hence the consequent development of SimAnt (Mac OS Classic) and SimEarth: The Living Planet (SNES), SimCity's seminal spin-offs. Will Wright (and his daughter Cassidy) at the home that, eventually, became the basis of The Sims' idea. Why do we need X or Y or Z? Why do we think something will make me happier?' I started to wonder about all the things we have and how we purchased them for a reason. It was happening so fast and it was out of control. I called 911 and they said everything was under control. 'The wind was coming from the east which was unusual, and there was a lot of smoke. May 13-15 - The Sims was shown off at E3 1999.Jun-July - Maxis is accquired by video game developer EA.Early 1997 - Development was moved to PC, retitled as 'Project Dollhouse'.

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Early 1995 - Development on The Sims begins, then known as 'GORF' and 'Project X', for Mac OS Classic.6.1.1 The Sims Steering Committee Video.3.2 The Experimental Domestic Simulator.3.1 Conception II: Obsessions & Inspirations.

2.1 Conception I: Oakland-Berkeley Firestorm.