Case study

Project Dollhouse: reconstructing The Sims Online in C#

Project Dollhouse reconstructs The Sims Online in C# with client and server components that use an installed copy of the game. The codebase includes readers for original DBPF, FAR and IFF resources alongside game screens, entities and server code.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 124
Last commit: 2026-10-26
Language: C#

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A The Sims Online installation is required.
Prerequisites: Docker is required for the documented server startup.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{project-dollhouse-case,
  title = {{Project Dollhouse: reconstructing The Sims Online in C\#}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Afr0Games/Project-Dollhouse}},
  url = {https://github.com/Afr0Games/Project-Dollhouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-dollhouse-case/}}
}

Plain text

Project Dollhouse: reconstructing The Sims Online in C#. https://github.com/Afr0Games/Project-Dollhouse (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/project-dollhouse-case/

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README.md GitHub · Afr0Games/Project-Dollhouse · Revision 25c9d1e