This is not really a review, but rather a description of Maxis’ Spore: Creature Creator. CC is a small test of Spore, the next game from Will Wright – the creator of the SimCity and the Sims. Spore is about creating your own organism and personally directing its evolution from a single-cell to a space conquering species. The game features an open-ended gameplay and a lot of customization – you’ll be able to create your own buildings when your creature will be culturally developed enough, you’ll create your own vehicles and what is most important you’ll design your very own species to evolve.
You can save this little bastard and use him in your CC.
Spore: Creature Creator is the tool that will also be included in the final version of the game.
First you’ll have to shape the body of your creature by changing the length and shape of the spine, and the amount of flesh the creature will have on it. After that you just drag and drop on your creature all the body parts you want it to have. You can choose from different kinds of heads, limbs, feet and hands (talons, claws, hoofs, etc.) and all kinds of strange details (these include “weapons”, wings, hair and stuff I can’t explain :-) ). Care for a two-headed, six-limbed pig-mosquito with a body in a shape of a carrot. No problem. Want to make a deer with wings and a huge ass. Done. Interested in playing through Spore with a devilish Wiimote or 360 controller… you can do that as well.
The creator gives as lot of freedom in creating your creatures, but doesn’t let you do much more. You can “paint” your creature with different textures and take it for a spin on a small arena in three environments. You can check how your pet would act in different moods, and record a short video or make an animated avatar, but that’s it.
Same with this one.
What’s really cool about CC (apart from making a creature that looks like a couple having sex… no I’m not kidding) is the community. On the Spore website you have access to the sporepedia where you can check out all the creatures people made.
What’s even cooler is that you can take those creatures and edit them in your CC.
You do that by saving a picture from sporepedia on you PC and then just dragging it to your creator. It’s ingenious! You get a 3D model from a 2D .png file.
You can even take the creatures I’ve posted here.
There is a demo of the creator on the official web page, but I really encourage you to get the full version - it’s cheap and it’s a lot of fun. And with a bit of skill and patience maybe you’ll make some really sick shit.
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