Homemaking: Build & Decorate

A cozy sandbox about making a home. No timers and no tasks: just an empty lot, light from the window and an evening that is in no hurry.

The home you see in your head

Start with an empty lot and draw the house the way you have always pictured it: rooms, doors, windows, arches, wide panoramic openings. Paper the walls, lay the floors, hang the curtains and fill every room, from the sofa to the cup on the shelf, with a thousand pieces to choose from. Repaint anything, turn it, stretch it and put it exactly where you want it. There is no budget, and nobody will tell you a sofa does not belong in the kitchen.

Step inside

When the house is ready, walk right in. Open a door, wander from room to room, look out of the window and see the place through the eyes of whoever lives there. Photo mode keeps the moment, and the timelapse shows how it all began, from an empty lot to a warm evening, with a scrub bar and a free camera.

Light that lives

The day goes round the clock. In the morning the sun crawls across the floorboards, at noon the rooms fill with light, and at dusk the lamps come on and the house turns warm. Stop time at your favorite hour or let it flow on its own.

Get it rated

Send a finished home to be rated. Usually within a day it comes back with a score out of 100 and notes on five criteria: a complete home, atmosphere, composition, style and idea. One beautiful room will not carry an empty house, because the whole home counts. And if you would rather build just for yourself, simply keep it.

Neighbors, clubs and tournaments

When you start the game, an unexplored home is waiting behind the main menu. Step inside, look around and rate what you see. Join the clubs of creators you follow, fill your showcase with your best homes and enter club tournaments, each with its own brief, deadline and jury. Then the homes do the talking.