I am addicted to a game. More specifically, The Sims FreePlay.

The Sims FreePlay app, available on iOS and Android, is a free app that I’ve become addicted to. Within your own Sim world, you have the opportunity to build up to 31 homes of all shapes and sizes along with bustling businesses and professions. As your Sim Town grows, so do the amount of people that can live within your town.

There is no true objective to the game, but it is great fun to try to make your own Sim Town as great as possible.

Each Sim has needs that must be met such as food, using the bathroom, sleeping, cleanliness, other Sim interaction, and overall happiness. Each of these personal Sim feelings and needs are completed through different activities within their homes and town. For example, Sims can eat leftovers at their refrigerator, watch television, or sleep in their beds.

Adult Sims are able to have jobs and plant crops, which earns money for you to spend on building houses and furnishing your buildings. Sims are able to fall in love, become friends or enemies, and even move in together and start a family. Once a family is started, you control when your Sim baby ages into a toddler, preteen, teen and eventually an adult! A Sim can eventually even become elderly.

Tanya McKinney, a senior, also plays The Sims FreePlay. She says she plays the game to give her something to look forward to. She has created a family similar to her own, where her sister lives in the same town as her and she gets to see her frequently. Her whole town is based on her life.

Loren Ritter, also a senior, used to play The Sims FreePlay, but had to delete the game because it took up too much storage. Although she no longer plays, her goal was to get to the level where she could buy pets. She gave up before reaching that point.

Sims FreePlay is a free game, although there are options to spend real money in the game which help you advance faster with challenges and levels.

Now, you may be wondering… how does a person get addicted to a simple game like this? Honestly, I don’t have an answer, but I love every aspect of the game. I especially love the building, rearranging of homes and switching up the life of my Sim families.

Overall, it’s a great game that is simple enough for children of young ages, but can be complex enough for adults.