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Life & fun · November 4, 2022

MakePlace – An Interior Design Simulator

MakePlace is a PC app that lets you drag-and-drop furniture and edit floorplans. The goal is to make interior design easy and fun, like playing with Lego. It started off as an app to simulate housing in an MMORPG, since the furniture system there was atrocious. I'm now trying to adapt it as a simulator for general interior design. Like many 3D design software, there are a bunch of tools and controls, and first-time users may feel somewhat lost. So I've made a starting tutorial to help ease users into the controls. Do you think the tutorial works well? Let me know what else can be improved!

MakePlace – An Interior Design Simulator launched on November 4, 2022 with 21 votes, #1,147 of 3,471 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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MakePlace is a PC application for interior design that uses drag-and-drop controls to let users arrange furniture and edit floorplans. Originally developed as a housing simulator for an MMORPG, it has been adapted as a general design tool. The software includes multiple tools and controls typical of 3D design applications, so it features an introductory tutorial to guide new users through its interface and capabilities.

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A free interior design tool that makes decorating easy. Create your dream home in the sandbox mode, or compete against other designers in the Design League!

You can use this widget-maker to generate a bit of HTML that can be embedded in your website to easily allow customers to purchase this game onfrom store.steampowered.com

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