<s>
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Carnival	I-Application
was	O
a	O
casual	O
games	O
series	O
created	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Carnival	I-Application
had	O
two	O
separate	O
product	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
of	O
crowd-sourced	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
studio	O
that	O
created	O
The	O
Sims	O
and	O
SimCity	B-Application
,	O
SimsCarnival.com	O
was	O
an	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
centered	O
on	O
playing	O
,	O
creating	O
and	O
sharing	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
vibrant	O
ecosystem	O
of	O
players	O
and	O
creators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
was	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
game	O
creation	O
tools	O
,	O
audio	O
and	O
graphic	O
asset	O
packs	O
,	O
a	O
YouTube-style	O
website	O
with	O
leaderboard	O
and	O
other	O
social	O
features	O
,	O
plenty	O
of	O
first-party	O
games	O
,	O
ongoing	O
content	O
releases	O
,	O
community	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
countless	O
user-generated	O
games	O
across	O
many	O
genres	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
sports	O
,	O
puzzles	O
,	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
racing	O
games	O
,	O
tower	B-Application
defense	I-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
Angry	B-Application
Birds	I-Application
games	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wizard	O
led	O
players	O
through	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
game	O
step-by-step	O
with	O
intuitive	O
options	O
designed	O
to	O
help	O
them	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
game	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
make	O
their	O
own	O
Tower	B-Application
Defense	I-Application
game	I-Application
)	O
with	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
game	O
genres	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
inception	O
in	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
SimsCarnival.com	O
has	O
built	O
an	O
active	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
where	O
nearly	O
1	O
in	O
4	O
visitors	O
during	O
Closed	O
Beta	O
have	O
created	O
and	O
published	O
their	O
own	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
in	O
beta	O
,	O
I	O
hopped	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Carnival	I-Application
website	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
people	O
have	O
created.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Snap	B-Application
City	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
based	O
spin-off	O
of	O
SimCity	B-Application
released	O
on	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapCity	B-Application
is	O
not	O
an	O
on-line	O
game	O
but	O
single-player	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
the	O
software	O
bundle	O
The	O
SimCity	B-Application
Box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
by	O
placing	O
residential	O
,	O
commercial	O
,	O
and	O
industrial	O
zones	O
,	O
which	O
consist	O
of	O
tiles	O
that	O
fall	O
like	O
in	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
onto	O
flat	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kevin	O
VanOrd	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
4.5/10	O
and	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Tetris	B-Device
and	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
[	O
the	O
game ]	O
is	O
easy	O
to	O
play	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
hard	O
to	O
wrap	O
your	O
head	O
around.	O
"	O
</s>
