Spore

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 5:11 pm

It's for that reason, Gambit, that I am really starting to hate commercials for games.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:59 pm

Got an email from Spore today. Release date is...

September 7, 2008

http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php?movieID=7&play=hi

TimberWolf · Post by **TimberWolf** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:11 pm

Arg, I was hoping for it to be a little sooner but I guess waiting 8 more months shouldn't hurt as we have already waited over 3 years. One bad thing is that the game comes out just before I return to college for my last Quarter for my BS in ME. I hope I can balance building a space race and my classes.

TimberWolf · Post by **TimberWolf** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:05 pm

Preview that goes through the stages and describes the final version:

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/02/ ... _preview/1

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:38 pm

Hmm, a real preview! Thanks for linky. I like.

TimberWolf · Post by **TimberWolf** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:14 pm

I've now read about 3 previews today (this morning). I can't remember which one had it, but in one of them they asked the marketing people what they are going to do in Spores future, such as expansions and so forth. The response was priceless, as they said "we don't know" because they can't simply release expansion packs of more content as the user creates that. All they can do is add more to the editors and make new editors to create something else thats not in the game.

The graphics are beautiful and they have made it so the player can start in any of the stages. But if you play from beginning to end you will earn rewards and medals that can be displayed on your Spore page and can be linked to other websites. They took hints from social sites like Facebook and Myspace so that the people can link their creations to sites they are already connected to others in.

Can't wait for the game as I can see playing it just as much or more than I play the X-series of games. Hell, I probably could loose myself in the game. It would be cool to have it on my laptop when I go to Belgium to help my brothers family move back and show off my creations to my nephew (currently 1 year old) and have him make something in the game.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:39 am

Juicy details on Spore's content sharing and Sporepedia. This looks really amazing.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/spore/853791p1.html

One thing that I liked:
Any game content item can be displayed on a "Spore card" which is a 30k jpg image. But the actual item is in there, embedded in the image, so you can import the real deal just by showing the picture to your game.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:47 pm

"insider" video makes me want to go work for Maxis.

http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php?movieID=8&play=hi

TimberWolf · Post by **TimberWolf** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:22 pm

Interesting article:
http://www.spore.com/press_040108.php

I bet its a April fools joke but interesting idea

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:27 am

If it's an April Fool's joke it is a pretty weak sell, IMO. Probably a last-minute idea kind of thing.

I do think it'd be interesting what they could do with the Sporepedia technology as applied to dating. Scary.

TimberWolf · Post by **TimberWolf** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:31 pm

Some new videos:
http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php?mo ... eid=ea1778
http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php?mo ... eid=ea1780

And a couple of new FAQ's:
http://www.spore.com/faq.php?sourceid=ea1783

Still looking forward to this games release in September

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:34 pm

Creature Creator is available for purchase, or you can download the trial version:

http://www.spore.com/trial

I'm downloading the trial now. Probably won't purchase (no GAME yet, duh...).

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:38 pm

Anyone happen to notice the Nintendo DS and Mobile versions of Spore? I have a DS, but don't game on my phone ever, but it'd be interesting to see how the gameplay translates from the PC to a handheld device. It would be neat to see if they could interface the DS versions of the game with the PC versions.. The DS has built in wi-fi, so I don't see how it's be all that difficult...

TimberWolf · Post by **TimberWolf** » Thu Jun 19, 2008 6:47 pm

They said that the different versions of Spore will not interface with each other as they are built from completely different platforms and each is concentrated on a different aspect of the game. For the DS version they built up the creature phase more and may have cut out or greatly reduced the space phase. The mobile version is even more restricted than that but I don't know much about it. So only the PC and Mac versions can interact with each other and the rest are restricted to their own kind.

Gryphon · Post by **Gryphon** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:17 am

http://www.spore.com/view/profile/Gryphen

My creatures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfIUNroZX2E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjTM9B5B6HE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQtLQIAzl9U