Spore Creature editor to be released on June 17

[nn_step]

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9928751-7.html?tag=nefd.only
with a free download version (which only has 25% of the parts) and a retail version for $9.99 that has all of the parts.
Set to be released on June 17

[Spawne32]

in in in in in!!!

[RejZoR]

Can't wait to make my own alien pet from ground up hehe

[STEvil]

$10.. hmm. May be worth it then.

[Helmore]

$10.. hmm. May be worth it then.

Hmmm yeah, although I hope it will get you a reduced price for the full game though, I hate paying twice for the same thing :rolleyes:

[STEvil]

Oh, its not the full game?

Not worth it then.

[Soulburner]

No, the $10 is for the Creature Creator.

Call it a "preview".

[Bootup05]

lol wow, at first I took this post to be about a guy coming out of jail, for creating some creature in spore that made some kid so something that got the creator in trouble :p:

[Jimmer411]

In! I cant wait!

[Papu]

no thanks. i dont like the sims , it doesnt look like i'll like this.

[krogen]

I can't wait for Spore but this? Maybe if it included a $10 coupon it would be okay but otherwise I see no reason to shell out money.

[nn_step]

I can't wait for Spore but this? Maybe if it included a $10 coupon it would be okay but otherwise I see no reason to shell out money.

there is a free download version ;)

[bhavv]

Why complain about the money when there is a free version?

I hope that the purchasable one will give a discount on the final game, like pre order bonuses.

[Helmore]

I hope that the purchasable one will give a discount on the final game, like pre order bonuses.

Me either, otherwise I wouldn't be willing to shell out money for something you'll get anyway when you buy the full game.

[SoulsCollective]

Needs moar tentacles.

Also final release date.

[cajer]

When s the offical release date of Spore? I have been looking foward to it for a couple months.

[Chewbenator]

September 7th, just a few days before my birthday! Will try the free creator and definitely buy the game.

[Decami]

When s the offical release date of Spore? I have been looking foward to it for a couple months.

you joined in on the crew late, i have been looking forward to it for a couple years, they have been working on this game forever, and delays keep coming. Thats usually the ingredients for a good game though.

[Warboy]

no thanks. i dont like the sims , it doesnt look like i'll like this.

OMG *smacks head*

Its nothing like the damn sims. Have you even sat down and watched the tech demos.

[Yakyb]

isnt the the idea behind this that we populate the world with custom creatures before the game goes Live so i bet that the free version you will be able to make the smaller creatures and the few who get the full version will be able to make the bigger creatures

(BTW i can see myself spending lots of time on this)

[Papu]

Warboy;2950491']OMG *smacks head*

Its nothing like the damn sims. Have you even sat down and watched the tech demos.

yup i sure have , its very much like the sims , create your own creatures(sims)
create their own world/universe (house) , and watch how they interact ect ect ect.
some features seem cool alright like the galaxy of other peoples worlds and creature maker , but it really is not something that interests me.
farcry 2 PLOX

edit::: btw its from the maker of the sims. just incase you didnt know :yepp:

[Warboy]

yup i sure have , its very much like the sims , create your own creatures(sims)
create their own world/universe (house) , and watch how they interact ect ect ect.
some features seem cool alright like the galaxy of other peoples worlds and creature maker , but it really is not something that interests me.
farcry 2 PLOX

edit::: btw its from the maker of the sims. just incase you didnt know :yepp:

Yes i knew that. But its a totally different concept. The way you compare it to the sims. You can compare anything like that really. That is like saying "AMD is exactly the same as intel, since they are both processors, it just makes sense."

[Papu]

Warboy;2950756']Yes i knew that. But its a totally different concept. The way you compare it to the sims. You can compare anything like that really. That is like saying "AMD is exactly the same as intel, since they are both processors, it just makes sense."

well a cpu is a cpu and it is far from a chicken nugget.
to me it seems like a game i might play for 10 or 20 mins at a friends house but i wont buy , imo it just seems pointless , like the sims , like wow and like CIV. im not saying that it wont be a good game , and that people wont like it.
it just something which doesn't interest me.

[XSAlliN]

Am I missing something, what's some fine about this DX7 game? :shrug:

Is this an alternative for Zuma? :confused:

[bhavv]

Are you seriously kidding that you people think this game is just another Sims and also that it is DX7????

OMG what blasphemy!

You cant create those Proceduraly generated creatures and landscapes without at least DX9 for starters lol.

Check the screenshots:

http://www.electronicarts.co.uk/spore/Screenshots.aspx

How on earth is that DX7?


imo it just seems pointless , like the sims , like wow and like CIV.

You.... just.... called..... CIV.... Pointless????

Stop talking about computer games thank you. If you dont like them, there isnt any need for you to post. You probably have too short an attention span to be able to enjoy a game that doesnt involve anything other then running around and shooting people in the head.

[Papu]

You.... just.... called..... CIV.... Pointless????

Stop talking about computer games thank you. If you dont like them, there isnt any need for you to post. You probably have too short an attention span to be able to enjoy a game that doesnt involve anything other then running around and shooting people in the head.

i actually have a pretty amazing attention span and i do love games so i wont stop talking about them , something about it i find boring :shrug:
maybe its the same reason i never really liked GTA.

[SmaKKed]

I tend to agree with Papu on this it does look rather boring in the same realms as WoW i would say, walk around the widerness and do nothing.

But each to his own.

[bhavv]

If you think its just walking in the wilderness, or anything like WoW you really need to read more about the game or just view the demo videos.

The game is extremely complex and blends all of the finest aspects of the strategy genre together with unique unit / character development in every game. The scope that the game covers is far more immense then anything before it. While you start off on your own little world, the game is procedurally generating an entire universe on a limitless scope, combined with the procedural creatures, meaning that everything, and anything in the whole game is entirely different and unique. I wish I could explain it better, but since I havnt played it yet, thats pretty hard to do.

[Ghostwind]

Excellent, glad my semester ends before June.

Yes and this game appears to be nothing like MMOs we have seen before.

People that are into Photoshop or 3-D modeling on Sketchup have no incentive to play WoW, very different from Spore.

[bhavv]

Is Spore an MMO?????

I thought it was single player.

http://www.xspore.com/faq.html

No, it is a single player game ;)

How many planets can I explore in the Space phase?

In 2005, Will Wright said a hundread thousand. Later, he mentioned millions of planets, and even billions of planets were mentioned at a presentation. Actually, any of these numbers might be right. The planets are procedurally generated "on the fly", so the developer team don't have make them one by one, there will be as many as needed to fit into the gameplay.


Nice XD

[bhavv]

BUMPPPPPP!!!

If you order the creature editor by the day of release, you will get the cost refunded after you buy the game:

http://eu.spore.com/whatisspore/article.cfm?id=23322

Pre-Order the Creature Creator Complete edition!

With four times as many body parts as the trial edition, the Creature Creator Complete edition has all you need to unlock your wildest imaginings.

Get the complete edition on day of release, June 17th and you can claim back the purchase price against the price of the full edition of Spore when it's released later this year.

Pre ordered XD

[Helmore]

Why can you only get a refund if you purchase that on (or around) the day of release? They should just always do some form of refund when you buy this and want to purchase the full game. Just MHO, but I think most here will agree.

[anubis]

This game will have similar impact to the original Half Life e.g it will revolutionize the genre. And PLEASE, dont compare it to Sims. Its like comparing the smallest LEGO vehicle to a custom supercar... maybe you can compare it to Civ I for the impact it will most definetly have (me having played the original Civ the best part of 1991-1992).

[bhavv]

Why can you only get a refund if you purchase that on (or around) the day of release? They should just always do some form of refund when you buy this and want to purchase the full game. Just MHO, but I think most here will agree.

Its likely a reward for the fans who have been waiting years for the game.

If you arent interested in the game, or havnt heard about it yet, then I dont think you would be interested in paying for the creature editor anyway. There is always the free one as well.

This game will have similar impact to the original Half Life e.g it will revolutionize the genre.

I actually think that it puts a whole new definition to the Genre of 'God simulations'.

Populous the Beginning was my favorite ever game in this genre, I played through it like 20+ times and never got bored. Also Civ and Total War are my favorite strategy games, this also takes a lot of Civ like aspects into the gameplay.

Then Imperium Galactica II and Freelancer are my favorite space games. The space form in Spore seems to take a similar apporach to Imperium Galactica II, but minus the huge fleets and intergalactic conquest. But if they also added this kind of stuff, the game would be too good.

Another awesome addition to the game would be an arena where you can place your creatures to fight against each other, and it would be cool if this could have been done in a way similar to Super Smash Bros.

I think I just wet myself thinking about all those possibilities XD. Im just dreaming here about what would be the perfect game, but Spore comes very very close indeed.

[XSAlliN]

This game will have similar impact to the original Half Life e.g it will revolutionize the genre.

:confused:


Still looks like an office game to me.

[anubis]

Unlike a chick-game the Sims is, this will be a true playin-god type game. And you can be the creator of race that dominates the universe :)

[Papu]

:confused:


Still looks like an office game to me.

hah , yes ..:ROTF:

[bhavv]

:confused:


Still looks like an office game to me.

If this is an office game, then you have just gone and underrated everysinge FPS game in history :down:

Half Life 2, Far Cry / Crysis, Doom series etc are office games that you can just pick up and play with no thought or depth of any kind to the game other then running around shooting things.

Spore is far greater and complex then other game you can think of. Just because it is being made by the creator of Sim City and The Sims, doesnt mean it is anything like those games.

The one thing I like the most about Spore is that it is the first game that is fully Procedurally generated. Nothing in the game is the same, or limited in any way at all, everything can be customised however you want to customise it.

[conzymaher]

If this is an office game, then you have just gone and underrated everysinge FPS game in history :down:

Half Life 2, Far Cry / Crysis, Doom series etc are office games that you can just pick up and play with no thought or depth of any kind to the game other then running around shooting things.

Spore is far greater and complex then other game you can think of. Just because it is being made by the creator of Sim City and The Sims, doesnt mean it is anything like those games.

lolol You people are silly, Spore is just another casual game thats pretty and accessible, its not going to revolutionize the world...

Also have you even played Half Life? Too busy building Doll Houses in Sims 2? Calling it a run and gun game gives you 0 credibility

[Papu]

i wonder what will be more popular , this....or sims 2.

[bhavv]

Also have you even played Half Life? Too busy building Doll Houses in Sims 2? Calling it a run and gun game gives you 0 credibility

Calling Spore a Doll House game and comparing it to the Sims gives you far more credibility loss then anything else :down:

I played Half Life 2 for about 30 minutes and was bored of running around shooting things. Couldnt really care about the story and video sequences, they dont matter to the gameplay.

I remember a friend of mine who was a hardcore Half Life 2 enthusiast and I asked him what makes it different to other games, and all he ever talked about was the Gravity Gun.

Oh wait, so instead of running around shooting things, you now run around, pick up anything you see as ammo, and shoot it.

ooooooh, wow wee!

And I dont even like The Sims either for your information, but Spore isnt anything like The Sims.

But I guess you people are too young to have ever played either Populous or Civ 1, so you just wouldnt know how this kind of game works.

[Papu]

Calling Spore a Doll House game and comparing it to the Sims gives you far more credibility loss then anything else :down:

I played Half Life 2 for about 30 minutes and was bored of running around shooting things. Couldnt really care about the story and video sequences, they dont matter to the gameplay.

I remember a friend of mine who was a hardcore Half Life 2 enthusiast and I asked him what makes it different to other games, and all he ever talked about was the Gravity Gun.

Oh wait, so instead of running around shooting things, you now run around, pick up anything you see as ammo, and shoot it.

ooooooh, wow wee!

And I dont even like The Sims either for your information, but Spore isnt anything like The Sims.
hahah you;ve just insulted probably the best Fps ever and yourself.
Hl is Much much more than just the gravity gun , theres the immersive story line episodic content and innovative puzzles

srsly tho , if you have so much time to sink into a game i wonder about you.
thanks for the sig , i looked back on this thread and chuckled ...

spore is very similar to sims , same creator , the working title was "Sim everything", and its the same basic i am god look at this world i created concept with fancy graphics and procedural generated characters and enviroments.
Sims from life to space tbh...

[bhavv]

hahah you;ve just insulted probably the best Fps ever and yourself.

spore is very similar to sims

Likewise, you have already insulted yourself and the best strategy game ever when you insulted Civ. Funny that you actually went and sigged it just so that more people can laugh at you.

No FPS game has ever been the best ever, they are all dull, boring, repetive, and worst of all, linear. There is no replayability to them, and once you have played the limited content the game has to offer, there is nothing left to do. If I want a story, I would rather watch a movie. The actuall gameplay in FPS games is far too limited, and IMO they should be kept on consoles and not on the PC.

FPS games are for the unimaginative, people, as I said before, who lack an attention span and dont like anything too complex. But we get the picture, you prefer boring FPS games games over complex, original and imaginative ones like Spore. Go and play them instead of trolling this thread.

And you dont need to sink too much time into a game to play something complex. You can play strategy games for an hour or two every few days and still enjoy them. With the FPS, you can just complete it in a few days and then leave it sat on your shelf, whereas the strategy game has a much better replayabllity.

[Sly Fox]

*snip*


I must say, no offense intended, but you seem to have a rather narrow view of FPS games and the people who play them.

I've been a PC FPS fan since I first played Doom on my cousins computer as a kid. Not to say I don't enjoy other types of games, I do. I'll play just about anything other than sports games.

However, the point is that not everyone finds every FPS to be the same boring repetitive thing and not everyone is only amused by those games for a little while. I take a little offense to what you say, since I get the vibe you're implying that FPS fans are slack jawed morons with under-developed motor skills. Playing "smart" "sexy" strategy games doesn't make for a bigger brain, just a bigger ego apparently.

I've been playing Counter-Strike since version 1.3 and I'm really not bored of it yet. I still install old FPS's and replay them to this day just because I feel like it. I actually beat Call of Duty and Half-Life in the last week.

Anyways... About that Spore, hope the creator comes out. It'd be nice to at least get a little peak at the game.

[bhavv]

I must say, no offense intended, but you seem to have a rather narrow view of FPS games and the people who play them.


Then again, my friend whose favorite game is Half Life 2, and has played it for years can still only present the Gravity Gun as the stand out factor of what makes the game so good.

My viewpoints on people that play the game come from ... people that actually play the game.

You can also trust a person like this to immediately think that Spore = The Sims just because it is made by the same developer, maybe because they dont care about any gameplay that requires anything other the running and shooting :rofl:

[conzymaher]

Likewise, you have already insulted yourself and the best strategy game ever when you insulted Civ. Funny that you actually went and sigged it just so that more people can laugh at you.

No FPS game has ever been the best ever, they are all dull, boring, repetive, and worst of all, linear. There is no replayability to them, and once you have played the limited content the game has to offer, there is nothing left to do. If I want a story, I would rather watch a movie. The actuall gameplay in FPS games is far too limited, and IMO they should be kept on consoles and not on the PC.

FPS games are for the unimaginative, people, as I said before, who lack an attention span and dont like anything too complex. But we get the picture, you prefer boring FPS games games over complex, original and imaginative ones like Spore. Go and play them instead of trolling this thread.

And you dont need to sink too much time into a game to play something complex. You can play strategy games for an hour or two every few days and still enjoy them. With the FPS, you can just complete it in a few days and then leave it sat on your shelf, whereas the strategy game has a much better replayabllity.

So you don't like Action? Or Story? or FPS? or Complexity? And you think FPS should be played on Consoles?

Right...... Im afraid you shouldn't be playing games, You should be reading fairytales or something....

[Papu]

Likewise, you have already insulted yourself and the best strategy game ever when you insulted Civ. Funny that you actually went and sigged it just so that more people can laugh at you.

No FPS game has ever been the best ever, they are all dull, boring, repetive, and worst of all, linear. There is no replayability to them, and once you have played the limited content the game has to offer, there is nothing left to do. If I want a story, I would rather watch a movie. The actuall gameplay in FPS games is far too limited, and IMO they should be kept on consoles and not on the PC.

FPS games are for the unimaginative, people, as I said before, who lack an attention span and dont like anything too complex. But we get the picture, you prefer boring FPS games games over complex, original and imaginative ones like Spore. Go and play them instead of trolling this thread.

And you dont need to sink too much time into a game to play something complex. You can play strategy games for an hour or two every few days and still enjoy them. With the FPS, you can just complete it in a few days and then leave it sat on your shelf, whereas the strategy game has a much better replayabllity.

you sir have never played fps games then. metal gear solid , half life , team fortress 2 , call of duty 4, doom , quake , ect ect ect ect
first person shooters are the main reason pc gaming exists, if fps's were boring why are there so many people buying and playing the?
seriously you just insulted a hell of a lot of people. quit while you've got a head.

[bhavv]

So you don't like Action? Or Story? or FPS? or Complexity? And you think FPS should be played on Consoles?

Action is for films, you dont need action to make a good game. Same with films actually.

Stories are also for films, when was the last time you played Poker or Chess and thought 'Hey, this totally sux because there is no action or story'. Also you can try and read a book once in a while.

Complexity? An FPS is more complex then a strategy??? :clap::clap::rofl::rofl::rofl::ROTF::ROTF::ROTF:

So the only thing left is FPS - First Person Shooter - run around and shoot things. For me, that gets boring very quickly.

[bhavv]

why are there so many people buying and playing the?
seriously you just insulted a hell of a lot of people. quit while you've got a head.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

So why are there so many people playing The Sims, Civ, and WoW then if you just think they are all pointless doll house games??

So you can come into a thread on strategy games and go ahead insulting them, but when someone insults your precious FPS, you get all whiney and tearful?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

YOU should quit this thread and stop dissing the game which you yourself dont know anything about, seriously. Go and post in the Half Life 2 thread instead of this one.

You simply havnt got the slightest clue what Spore offers, but you can crap talk about it in the Spore thread, but no wait, I cant say the same about the games you play?

LOL.

i actually have a pretty amazing attention span and i do love games so i wont stop talking about them , something about it i find boring

Spore isn't even released, and you havnt played it yet, so how do you know it is boring? I have played every major FPS on the market - Half life, Doom, Quake, (every version) Far Cry, and found them all crap and boring.

The only games that come close that I enjoyed thouroughly were Deux Ex (first one only) and Thief.

[p2501]

People this is just a news post, why do you find it necessary to bash each other about the other ones penchant for a genre and pull this thread into a bashing spree?

I wouldn't compare the game to the SIMs, the concept seems to be more like an advanced Black&White...

[bhavv]

I wouldn't compare the game to the SIMs, the concept seems to be more like an advanced Black&White...

I completely forgot about Black & White, but yes I agree to that. Spore is vastly superior to what Black & White offered though, I would say it is a combination of Populous, Civ, Sim City and Black and White, but possibly even better then all of those games combined.

[Stewartwi]

Wow what a thread this has become. It's hard for me to pick a side since I love FPS and Strat games and hell I'm even a WOW player so I guess I'm scrapping the bottom of the barrel on this one. I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion on what games they like to play be it FPS or Strat or Hello Kitty Online. I think we need a group hug and let's move on. /nod

[bhavv]

Sporepedia is working and has lots of creatures on it!

http://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=all

[p2501]

No need to pick a side, I also like FPS and strategy games at the same time which is why I see no reason to get so worked up about either one. I'm really looking forward to holding StarCraft2 in my hands. Ha, there, I said it! Off-topic ftw.

Edit: bhavv, is it just me or do most of these creatures really look like they are SCREAMING for evolution to kill them off? Their bodies seem too impractical to stay alive for more than a week in the wild...

[SoulsCollective]

Wow what a thread this has become. It's hard for me to pick a side since I love FPS and Strat games and hell I'm even a WOW player so I guess I'm scrapping the bottom of the barrel on this one. I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion on what games they like to play be it FPS or Strat or Hello Kitty Online. I think we need a group hug and let's move on. /nod

:gay:

[bhavv]

Edit: bhavv, is it just me or do most of these creatures really look like they are SCREAMING for evolution to kill them off? Their bodies seem too impractical to stay alive for more than a week in the wild...

It is a game not real life XD.

Why ask me? I'm no evolution expert.

But if you make weak creatures at the bottom of the food chain, you will just get eaten. The game creates a full ecosystem though, so you are never on top of or below the food chain, so you can still play with just a blob with a mouth and eyes if you like (like Mr. Hanky).

[chunkylover77]

BUMPPPPPP!!!

If you order the creature editor by the day of release, you will get the cost refunded after you buy the game:

http://eu.spore.com/whatisspore/article.cfm?id=23322



Pre ordered XD


It doesn't say this on the US site.

[p2501]

Why ask me? I'm no evolution expert.

Because you linked to it and I felt the need to respond after seing these gobs of arms and and eyes and feet and... it's like a zoo of disabled somethings. :shrug:

[Stewartwi]

:gay:

That was the whole point of it. ;-)

[ryanmartini]

whats spore ?

[p2501]

whats spore ?

Whats Google?

[Stewartwi]

Whats Google?

Google is the most popular search engine that indexes the greatest number of web pages. Google not only provide search engine results, but translation, news groups, news search, image search, paid ads, g mail etc.

[Stewartwi]

whats spore ?

Spore is a "massively single-player" multi-genre game under development by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. It allows a player to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and social land-walking creature, to levels of interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture. It has drawn wide attention for its massive scope, and its use of open-ended gameplay and procedural generation.

[p2501]

Spore is a "massively single-player" multi-genre game under development by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. It allows a player to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and social land-walking creature, to levels of interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture. It has drawn wide attention for its massive scope, and its use of open-ended gameplay and procedural generation.

You are such a tool. Why are you even rewarding such blatant display of laziness?

[Stewartwi]

You are such a tool. Why are you even rewarding such blatant display of laziness?

I'm at work and bored and thought it was mildly amusing. Plus where's the harm in helping someone whose lazy. Maybe he'll actually buy the game and like it now that he knows what it is. Where as before he had no interest in looking said info up because he didn't know about it.

Why am I tool for helping someone out?

[One_Hertz]

You are such a tool. Why are you even rewarding such blatant display of laziness?

to get his post count up by double posting?

[Stewartwi]

to get his post count up by double posting?

Nah I don't really care about the post count. I really did do it because I thought it was slightly amusing. I just don't see a point in being rude and calling someone a tool for posting info for someone that doesn't want to look it up for themselves.

I guess it's a youth thing though. Who knows and in the grand scheme of things who really cares. To each their own.

[p2501]

to get his post count up by double posting?

I was just about able to resist to comment on that. :)

Why am I tool for helping someone out?

In fact I like that you wanted to help out, make no mistake about that! :up:
The problem is that it was SUCH an easy task for him to open up another tab, go to google and punch in "spore". Is that asked too much? I don't think so. :shrug:

It did of course helped you a bit over your boredom at work, which I couldn't have known and so I went and falsely called you a tool.

[Stewartwi]

In fact I like that you wanted to help out, make no mistake about that! :up:
The problem is that it was SUCH an easy task for him to open up another tab, go to google and punch in "spore". Is that asked too much? I don't think so. :shrug:

It did of course helped you a bit over your boredom at work, which I couldn't have known and so I went and falsely called you a tool.

I can accept that and thank you for at least taking back the tool part. :-) Yeah I manage a self storage and the middle two weeks of the months is extremely slow.

[bhavv]

And now another mini argument commences XD

Check out this new demonstration video of the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIPbeCYS0H0

You can now take screenshots and movies, but it goes one step furthur then any other game has - You can E mail your screenshots, and upload your movies directly to Youtube through the game!!!!!!!

This is gonna be soooo awesome :p:

[nn_step]

And now another mini argument commences XD

Check out this new demonstration video of the game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIPbeCYS0H0

You can now take screenshots and movies, but it goes one step furthur then any other game has - You can E mail your screenshots, and upload your movies directly to Youtube through the game!!!!!!!

This is gonna be soooo awesome :p:

actually I believe this video better explains it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdHF52R4y4

[bhavv]

Because you linked to it and I felt the need to respond after seing these gobs of arms and and eyes and feet and... it's like a zoo of disabled somethings. :shrug:

Well, to try explain it as best as I can, the whole point is that it is meant to be creative. You can create realistic creatures if you like, for example, the Giraffe on the Sporepedia. But if you want to create some wacky, fun abominations of nature, you can also do this.

The idea, as they have said in the presentation videos, is to give the player the same level of creativity as a Pixar animator. You can litterally create anything you want, you could probably even create Shrek himself.

actually I believe this video better explains it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdHF52R4y4

WOW!!!! That has to be the first set of non - geeky software engineers I have ever seen!

But I think you maybe meant this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqYFkuV5s08&NR=1

Also check this demonstration out as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqYFkuV5s08&NR=1

I think it might have already been posted, I cant remember if it was.

[bhavv]

http://ll-012.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/012/500000012204_lrg.pnghttp://ll-012.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/012/500000012041_lrg.pnghttp://ll-011.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/011/500000011881_lrg.pnghttp://ll-010.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/010/500000010267_lrg.pnghttp://ll-010.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/010/500000010042_lrg.pnghttp://ll-009.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/009/500000009144_lrg.pnghttp://ll-009.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/009/500000009263_lrg.pnghttp://ll-009.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/009/500000009122_lrg.pnghttp://ll-008.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/008/500000008501_lrg.pnghttp://ll-007.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/007/500000007621_lrg.pnghttp://ll-006.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/006/500000006988_lrg.pnghttp://ll-005.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/005/500000005023_lrg.pnghttp://ll-004.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/004/500000004961_lrg.pnghttp://ll-004.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/004/500000004843_lrg.pnghttp://ll-004.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/004/500000004233_lrg.pnghttp://ll-004.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/004/500000004117_lrg.pnghttp://ll-010.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/010/500000010262_lrg.pnghttp://ll-009.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/009/500000009061_lrg.pnghttp://ll-012.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/012/500000012284_lrg.pnghttp://ll-012.ea.com/spore/static/thumb/500/000/012/500000012561.png

O.o ....

Pretty much gobsmacked by how much stuff you can create here. Awesomeness.

[krogen]

BUMP. Available now :) :up:

Spore Creature Editor (http://www.spore.com/getSpore#ccgetspore?sourceid=ea1913)

[chunkylover77]

Yeah I dl'ed it and it is pretty fun.

[Decami]

i dont care who you are or whether you are going to play this game or not, you will get some of the biggest laughs if you head over to the spore site and check out sporepedia. ex. http://ll-013.ea.com/spore/static/thumb/500/001/013/500001013859.png...cowbaloon LOL

[bhavv]

OMG I must download that cow baloon!

[chunkylover77]

Angry Twinkie is awesome too.

[noXqzs]

this might sound a little sick, but can we build characters and have them square off in the octagon or something?

[The[R]eaper]

just made trogdor. i wish i could make the beafy arm beafier. and i used as many consummate v's as i could. lol.

[Decami]

just made a dragonkin from WOW, this is gonna be my race in the game probably!

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[furrylemmings]

I think we needz a mudkip

[furrylemmings]

WOOT! we are in business :yepp:

http://ll-119.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/001/119/500001119544_lrg.png

[vitaminc]

Sounds very interesting but not sure how will the multi-player effect (i.e., seeing other player's universe) will play out and how the migration from stage to stage works. Sim Ants/Earth on different stages it seems to be.

Given its RTS nature, the depth will probably not be as deep as, say Civilization or Pirates. If Spore is as deep as some people speculates, it is definitely not a casual game.

BTW haven't played with the creature creator yet, but I don't fancy making barbie dolls either.

[Decami]

WOOT! we are in business :yepp:

http://ll-119.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/001/119/500001119544_lrg.png

awww so cute, pretty sweet

i can not wait to play this game and run into the extensive amount of races theres gonna be, from scary to adorable to downright hilarious!

[Decami]

Sounds very interesting but not sure how will the multi-player effect (i.e., seeing other player's universe) will play out and how the migration from stage to stage works. Sim Ants/Earth on different stages it seems to be.

Given its RTS nature, the depth will probably not be as deep as, say Civilization or Pirates. If Spore is as deep as some people speculates, it is definitely not a casual game.

there is no multiplayer, not direct, the game connects to a server and updates everyones game with everyones eco, and races, plus creates its own, as will wright said, massively single player game. It seems like you know that, but you fling around the word multiplayer and people get confused

[vitaminc]

there is no multiplayer, not direct, the game connects to a server and updates everyones game with everyones eco, and races, plus creates its own, as will wright said, massively single player game. It seems like you know that, but you fling around the word multiplayer and people get confused

Basically like showing/sharing/bragging your own Tamagotchi with classmates and friends then?

It better has very strong single player gameplay then. People get bored from single player barbie doll creator pretty fast...

[Decami]

Basically like showing/sharing/bragging your own Tamagotchi with classmates and friends then?

It better has very strong single player gameplay then. People get bored from single player barbie doll creator pretty fast...

sorta,

if you look up info on the game, and watch some vids, you would know exactly what the single player game is like. micro organism (pac-man gamplay) exit the water (3rd person, wow type gameplay) tribe (RTS style gameplay, but in a "bigger way") city building is like rts/sim city, then you move on in the universe to continue to dominate, make friends, populate and cultivate planets so on and so forth, in endless (not exaggerated) space. fighting is always rts style. (so it seems)

not only is your race fully and extensively customizable, but the buildings, the vehicles, spaceships, all work the same way as the creature editor with just as much variety and customization.

[kryptobs2000]

All I saw was that original video back a few years ago, haven't watched anything spore related since. So I downloaded this editor to check it out and I gotta ask. What happened to the procedural animations? It doesn't ruin the game for me, but this was a huge disappointment to say the least. I did a bit of research but couldn't find too much. I found out that at the last E3 (or was it the one before?) you can see in the video(s?) that they have changed it to a static animation system instead. Check out the old videos if you guys don't believe me. Notice how much more natural the creature walks and how he actually uses his claw to attack instead of some generic 'attack' animation that it has been turned into now. The video I'm talking about btw is, I think the first one, where there's a little 3 legged reptile type creature and he puts a claw on his tail.

[Decami]

All I saw was that original video back a few years ago, haven't watched anything spore related since. So I downloaded this editor to check it out and I gotta ask. What happened to the procedural animations? It doesn't ruin the game for me, but this was a huge disappointment to say the least. I did a bit of research but couldn't find too much. I found out that at the last E3 (or was it the one before?) you can see in the video(s?) that they have changed it to a static animation system instead. Check out the old videos if you guys don't believe me. Notice how much more natural the creature walks and how he actually uses his claw to attack instead of some generic 'attack' animation that it has been turned into now. The video I'm talking about btw is, I think the first one, where there's a little 3 legged reptile type creature and he puts a claw on his tail.

well the procedural animation is not getting torn from the game, that was Will Wrights biggest thing about this game, I am thinking, and this is just speculation, that they are still working on the procedural animations and didnt add this to the editor, you are right though, no matter what you make all the animations are the same, which is kinda disappointing. Makes some things you create look dumb too in some animations, I made a human, and when hes scared or laughing, it looks completely stupid, make a human type, and see waht i mean.

[Seraphiel]

I have been very skeptic about Spore being something I would like to play. But after playing around with the trial editor, and reading about the game and its intentions, I think it may well be an excellent game worth my money.

Looks very promising, and I hope the retail ends ups close to the intention and possibilities.

EDIT: Of course it was a Mudkip, I should have read the post above. Someone do a Skitty, if possible!

[vitaminc]

I have been very skeptic about Spore being something I would like to play. But after playing around with the trial editor, and reading about the game and its intentions, I think it may well be an excellent game worth my money.

Looks very promising, and I hope the retail ends ups close to the intention and possibilities.

Not sure about worth the money part, but learning more about the game certainly changes my perspective...

Originally I thought its just a different barbie doll game that let you cybersex with some alien looking creatures...

[bhavv]

Not sure about worth the money part, but learning more about the game certainly changes my perspective...

Originally I thought its just a different barbie doll game that let you cybersex with some alien looking creatures...

Please read more about the game then throwing around assumptions of what you think the game will be like.

[nn_step]

I have been very skeptic about Spore being something I would like to play. But after playing around with the trial editor, and reading about the game and its intentions, I think it may well be an excellent game worth my money.

Looks very promising, and I hope the retail ends ups close to the intention and possibilities.

EDIT: Of course it was a Mudkip, I should have read the post above. Someone do a Skitty, if possible!

this is what I could do in exactly 2 minutes
http://ll-282.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/002/282/500002282247_lrg.png
someone could probably do a :banana::banana::banana::banana:load better

[Decami]

some stuff i made recently

beholder, Naga, Dragonkin, Tryetri, Tendriam

[SafeFire]

How do you add joints to legs and arms?

I've played around with it for a bit, but I'm pretty lost as to how people give legs more joints :(

[nn_step]

How do you add joints to legs and arms?

I've played around with it for a bit, but I'm pretty lost as to how people give legs more joints :(

hold ctrl

and one tip, select a part and then press tab (for more control rings)
hold alt to copy a part

[Warboy]

Normal
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/Spore/Milkshake.png
Evaluation Step 1
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/Spore/MilkshakeE.png
Evaluation Step 2
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/Spore/MilkshakeEs2.png

Then Something for fun.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c398/Warboy/Spore/Randall.png

[Yakyb]

some stuff i made recently

beholder, Naga, Dragonkin, Tryetri, Tendriam


we have a FF fan!! never thought of doing that i may try to build Shiva when the full version is out

[krogen]

I have been very skeptic about Spore being something I would like to play. But after playing around with the trial editor, and reading about the game and its intentions, I think it may well be an excellent game worth my money.

Looks very promising, and I hope the retail ends ups close to the intention and possibilities.

EDIT: Of course it was a Mudkip, I should have read the post above. Someone do a Skitty, if possible!

I think the game will be an utter failure for those who are expecting an in-depth experience from this. The creature creation seems to be way too oversimplified even though there are stats such as damage, sneaking, and additions such as flying (ie, rpg elements). The fact that the developers decided to benefit the gamer no matter how weird his imagination will destroy the re-playability of the game and the whole idea of creating your own "supreme being".

But time will tell.

[Papu]

creature creator is pretty fun , i can imagine myself using it to create F*****'d up creatures to fill up other users worlds ... still wont buy the game because of ea's retarded DRM

[kryptobs2000]

Are you talking about the activation thing? I thought they announced they were removing that unless your talking about something else.

[Loque]

youtube is taking a beating with loads of people uploading their vids :rofl:

[Papu]

Are you talking about the activation thing? I thought they announced they were removing that unless your talking about something else.

the 3 times activation thing yes.

[Decami]

the 3 times activation thing yes.

its rumored to not be in the game, maybe announced to not be in the game, cant remember exactly.

[furrylemmings]

There was a more extreme version where it phoned home every 10 days, ITS THIS FEATURE that was removed due to pressure from the public. the 3 times activation CRAP still applies

[Papu]

its rumored to not be in the game, maybe announced to not be in the game, cant remember exactly.

nope ive been following this very closely and the Bs activation still applies , i might download it just as a F**** u to ea but i dont see myself playing it at all.:shakes:

[chunkylover77]

http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=942