“The whole relationship design and implementation…is heterosexist and monosexist,” the documents said. Maxis had weathered a controversy related allegations of homophobia at the company after it released SimCopter and fired a gay programmer for including an LGBTQ easter egg. The documents also cover one of The Sims earliest controversies-the inclusion of same-sex relationships. To nail Simlish, the team tried several different languages, even bringing in native Ukrainian and Estonian speakers before settling on “Charlie Brown speak.” One of the drafts includes handwritten notes.
The documents cover four different iterations of The Sims design documents from August and October of 1998.
