Adults with no jobs will begin to neglect caring for their home (with it showing signs of this neglect the home begins to collapse), until the family moves out. Each house contains two children, two adults, and one pet. For example, the amount of adults in the town must be balanced with the amount of jobs. Other aspects must be kept in check as well. For example, trees and ponds require water, while a commercial building will create trash that must be dealt with. The exact amount that is needed depends on the size of the town, and how many credits have been awarded. Thus, the player's role in this is to control essential supplies (water, trees, farm crops, recycling, etc). You can even chat with your friends right from the Origin application while you play. SimTown's primary objective is to merely keep everyone in the town happy. Downloads are streamlined for quick and easy installation, and you can securely purchase and play your favorite games any time and any place you want. Homes, offices, and other buildings (such as libraries and city halls) can be placed in the town, as well as roads and plants (which do nothing in improving the town). When the game begins, the player has a flat area where they can begin building a town. Instead of managing an entire city, players build and monitor a small town.
SimTown is very similar to SimCity, although the game is much smaller and simpler. SimTown was also published by Imagineer in Japan as SimCity Jr. SimTown is one of the several Sim spin-offs. The game is a construction and management simulation, very similar to SimCity (although marketed towards much younger audiences). It was developed and published by Maxis Software.