Hi.
I played it on android 3 years before writing this post.
I played I do not know what sims was but it was a verry fun one.
I think it was not accesible to talkback but I did not played on my phone, so I onli taped and swiped the screen.
Sounds and descriptions from friends were so fun.

I am not certain that I have a very good understanding of how sims work beyond the fact that they are simulating something, but reading various descriptions shows me that they would definitely be my cup of tea.

Also, re post 4, I disagre. The wonderful thing about accessibility is that there are many people with many varying interests that can bring their experiences and preferences to the table in a myriad of ways. If we always waited for one project to be finished before contemplating the beginning of another, we would never get anywhere fast.
Even if a game being made accessible is not my cup of tea, I'm still going to work hard to champion it and support the need for accessibility on that front. So I say, bring on the games!

OK, so I used to play this, I've played Sims 2, 3, and 4 because I had enough vision to read the stuff on the screen, if only barely. A couple aspects of it could be made accessible, I feel, but other would be much more of a challenge. The text when you interact with something that gives you the choices on what you want to do in circles radiating outward with your Sim at the center, those I could see being made to work with a screen reader. A lot of the game is pointing and clicking though, like, say you choose to go from your house to somewhere in the town like a bar. You'll get there and you'll be on the street. You'd have to click somewhere on the inside of the bar, and then click walk or move or whatever. How would that be made accessible, as its a 3D environment. Also, you have to do things like click on people in order to do actions like start conversations, flirt, invite them to your house, stuff like that. How would that work. I mean, for people I could kind of see it, like, you could arrow through a list of named and hit enter to see the choices, then pick one, but the rest, I mean, same for objects, but that's so hmm, I don't know, but it takes the fun out of it in my opinion. The cool thing about being able to click somewhere and move there is you can stand anywhere, I don't like things where you have to be in a preset location, or select a preset thing. This is why I got out of second life. Because, while some aspects were accessible, I couldn't do enough on my own to justify my continued use of it.

I think it would get pretty overwhelming to say, throw a party at your house. You'll get Sims at your house and you'll need to entertain them. Keep in mind also that you need to manage your own needs. There's a pane at the bottom of the screen that has a few sections, left is like a status screen, it shows a little avatar of your face, your money, controls to pause, resume, and change the speed, controls to cut the walls out so you can see in your house, and to move to the upper floor and so on. It also has icons to switch to the other tabs, which when you do that completely changes the middle pane. But needs. You have needs, and there are consequences for not keeping them fulfilled. If you have the game on um... hmm, there is an option for this, its a slider if I remember called autonomy. What happens is, on the higher settings, the AI will have your sim do stuff, like make his own food if he's hungry, use the bathroom, shower and all that stuff, in which you're a sort of guide. The way it works is that you can queue up things that you want him to do, and that shows up in the top left of the screen, and they disappear when those things are done. On the extreme opposite is no autonomy. Here, you literally have to do that stuff, or suffer the consequences, he'll pee in his pants, get depressed and start crying, and all sorts of stuff. Needs include hunger, hygiene social, fun, bladder, probably others I'm forgetting. You would have to manage that.

Also, there are these clouds that pop up over your Sim's head on occasion to let you know what he's thinking or wanting. Like, a cloud with small z's that get bigger and bigger let you know he's ready for bed. You see stuff like a slice of pizza show up there, and you'll need to be able to have access to those clouds in order to try to fulfill them.

One area that's probably completely out is house building, but that's my favorite part of the game, so that kind of stinks. I had hours and hours of fun just building houses. Also, in that same regard, placing furniture and stuff will probably be hard too, I mean, to make it look OK.

Anyway, yeah I could go on and on about this stuff, so best to wrap it up here.

Wow. Thumbs  up for that post. I like how some people are able to describe things that much detailed.
I haven't thought much about how to make all that accessible, but it might be possible, but also very overwhelming. I think you need to pause the game to review all that information, or have a quick way to get the information you need. But that might take the fun out of the game. The description reminds me about Castaways.

I've already received emails providing suggestions for sim accessibility and sent them to the head producer of the game. If you'd like to add more, please e-mail [email protected].

I really really want to play Sims games! I want to create and build things! I've started building things with the RTR Map maker and I'm having some trouble with it but I kind of wish it was 3D instead of 2D. I love the idea of some sort of building game for the blind if not Sims. I want to build cities develop buildings and even paint houses!

it does use unique sounds like that. I mean, when your sim is cooking, he's not only visually on the screen stirring a pot on the stove, but you can hear the tinkle of the spoon as he does it. If he puts something in the microwave, you hear it run and see the light come on. The dishwasher makes sound. If you tell your sim to brush his or her teeth, you hear that. There are different footsteps for different floor surfaces, but yeah, I mean, its very good, in a mainstream sense, but doesn't provide the same type of feel that we have in audio games.

I mean, other than listing cases, you hear what you expect to hear, when you have your sim take the trash out ,you hear the bag coming out of the trash can, and the metallic one on the front walk near the street, you'll hear them open the lid of it, put the bag down inside, and close the lid, same thing with checking your mail. The sounds are represented pretty wel.