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[Create On!] Spore Creature Creator Thread

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  • DarkCrawlerDarkCrawler Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/893/893782p1.html

    Article about Wright's speech at Comic Con, describing city and space parts.

    ...Is that the Predator in the Gamespot video there? o_O

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!

    ahem.

    Was fooling around today and ended up making a bunch of Zelda monsters.

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    The Octorok is hilarious in motion.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I have made some awesome creatures lately

    Perhaps I will share them with you

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    This guy is hilarious. The game gave me the perfect body to create a big, stupid, flightless bird, and I did it. It is hilarious in motion, and the furtive eyes make it look depressed all the time

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    This guy...I don't even know. He's kind of cute in a horrifying way

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    This guy is my first attempt to create a bird in the creature creator. I think it turned out well enough, but I wish the wings would actually move, you know?

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    This guy was a collaboration between a friend and I. I really liked the way the two mouths turned out, and the grass camouflage adds a unique touch I think

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    Another collaboration. Bipeds are hard to do in this game and still make them look good and animate well. This guy ain't bad though

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    I honestly don't know. I guess I wanted to make a duck? The antlers just sort of appeared. I was pretty tired at the time

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I spent my day off watching the first three Alien movies. Woo for being lazy! Went to the Sporepedia, found not one really good Xenomorph, and decided I should try and fix that. Turns out it's pretty damned hard.

    I couldn't really decide on a particular version, so I went with a mix of all four "generations" of the ol' bug.
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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Also, holy shit I've somehow missed a full page of awesomeness.

    Figgy, your squig is ridiculously good. Holy shit.

    Olivaw, both of your goofy blue birds are hilarious.

    I can't watch the Gamespy video, as it keeps cutting off like five seconds in for some reason. Anyone have a different link?

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  • Vincent GraysonVincent Grayson Frederick, MDRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    You know, that Spore trailer at the end of Wright's presentation really seems like the kind of thing that might actually get the "Yay God!" types interested as well.

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  • darunia106darunia106 J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    You know, that Spore trailer at the end of Wright's presentation really seems like the kind of thing that might actually get the "Yay God!" types interested as well.

    I know it got me interested. :P

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  • UtsanomikoUtsanomiko Bros before Does Rollin' in the thlayRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That reminds me, a bit of an E32008 video featuring quite a bit of Tribal mode, along with a bit more details on the menus and evolution history than we've seen before:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwHb-ny9ICE&channel=mysporepage

    I haven't been too expectant of a lot of depth or details in the strategy stages of Spore, but I wish they'd actually talk about them to the same degree as Space or Creature. Even freaking Cell gets scrutinized for four or five minutes every time a dev gets interviewed.

    We get it; the first two stages are where you move around and eat things until you can use the editor, now how about explaining how you earn and equip tribal tools, what kinds you can get, and how tribal transitions into civilization? I wonder if they even notice they're neglecting it.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yeah, I do really want to know more about the Tribal and Civilization stages of the game

    I hope they have the same level of depth as the others

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I picked up the complete creature creator today free with the saturday paper and... wow! I can't wait to try out the real thing! :D

    I've only made a few, but you can check out my creations here.

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  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Has anyone posted this abomination yet?:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdUR4HCs8Tc
    It's better if you watch it on youtube's site, rather than embedded, the annotations just make it pure gold.

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  • DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Zilla360 wrote: »
    Has anyone posted this abomination yet?:
    It's better if you watch it on youtube's site, rather than embedded, the annotations just make it pure gold.

    Definitely an abomination.

    Guilty Pleasure!

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  • SwashbucklerXXSwashbucklerXX Swashbucklin' Canuck Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I keep reading this thread; I should contribute. I've mostly been doing interpretations of classic mythical creatures so far, although I do have one ill-fated attempt to re-create my cat. I've done my best to make creatures that look good in motion and don't clip too too much.

    Here's a few; the rest are here.

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Hey, my friend showed me how to download other people's creatures from the spore website a while back, but I can't remember how exactly you do it. Can anyone remind me?

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  • UtsanomikoUtsanomiko Bros before Does Rollin' in the thlayRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    You download and move the small creature .gif images into your Documents' spore Creature folder.

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Right click and save the image of the creature

    The end

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  • FlayFlay Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Thanks for that. :)

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  • OhtsamOhtsam Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
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    My first creation with the full version

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE

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  • DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Bitstream wrote: »
    WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE

    Recently? Not much. But Will Wright has made a masterpiece.

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Following up on the Zelda theme from before:

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    DODONGO DISLIKES SMOKE.
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    Bomb goes where?

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    Also, I just realized that the save image uses the lighting from the current background when you save. Groovy.

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  • tbloxhamtbloxham Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I really really hope the space mode is the sandbox mode I really want the game to be. Like, OK, you guys have high tech guns n stuff, but what if you were on a planet with these devouring death beasts, or, will this T-Rex survive on this planet with shallow seas everywhere and so forth. The editors look kinda fun, but I just really want to play with the ecosystem tools and see what crazy ecologies I can make. Looking at the stuff going on in the background of the tribe video fills me with hope that fun stuff will be possible. I also wish they would show some fighting, and cruel creatures. Here he is with these robots and he gets out the didgeredoos? Give them axes and go massacre those green losers. We've seen the happy tribe creatures lots of times, I want to see what options I have if I want my creatures to be brutal.

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  • UtsanomikoUtsanomiko Bros before Does Rollin' in the thlayRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    tbloxham wrote: »
    I really really hope the space mode is the sandbox mode I really want the game to be. Like, OK, you guys have high tech guns n stuff, but what if you were on a planet with these devouring death beasts, or, will this T-Rex survive on this planet with shallow seas everywhere and so forth. The editors look kinda fun, but I just really want to play with the ecosystem tools and see what crazy ecologies I can make. Looking at the stuff going on in the background of the tribe video fills me with hope that fun stuff will be possible. I also wish they would show some fighting, and cruel creatures. Here he is with these robots and he gets out the didgeredoos? Give them axes and go massacre those green losers. We've seen the happy tribe creatures lots of times, I want to see what options I have if I want my creatures to be brutal.

    Well for Tribal stage, there's quite a bit of combat demonstrated in this preview:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoyRz8vG9Mw

    As for Civilization and Space, just check out, like, just about any video that features off those stages. One of the first things they showed off with space was the ability to gather lifeforms and transplant them onto other worlds, as well as extensive terraforming tools for air and temperature. They also have mentioned during all of development that space will provide means to access all the previous editors and look back at those stages with more 'sandbox' control. I'm confident there'll be plenty of ways to putter around in space.

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  • LockeColeLockeCole Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Dunno if anyone has seen these yet:

    http://www.spore.com/comm/prototypes

    I'm at work so I haven't tried them out, but they seem to be some internal prototypes that the spore team used to get an idea on how certain parts of the game might work. Seems interesting.

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    LockeCole wrote: »
    Dunno if anyone has seen these yet:

    http://www.spore.com/comm/prototypes

    I'm at work so I haven't tried them out, but they seem to be some internal prototypes that the spore team used to get an idea on how certain parts of the game might work. Seems interesting.

    They're certainly interesting from a design and programming standpoint, but I'm not sure how they'll play with people looking for fun minigames or sneak-peeks at parts of Spore proper.

    ParticleMan, if you're into math or physics, is pretty goddamn hypnotic. It's a nifty little gravity/particle interaction simulator with enough tweakability to be a giant timesink. Biome I haven't played with, but Cell Culture is a pretty if confusing social-math sim that mainly seems to render a multicolor disco ball. City Maze is the most traditionally-game-y one of the bunch, but it's very shallow and a bit buggy.

    Overall it's neat that Maxis are releasing these, but those looking for content will be disappointed.

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  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Damn, this comes out in like 3 weeks.

    *Glee*

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I know I just realized that today. I'm excited.

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  • joshua1joshua1 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Spore is released on my birthday. My 21st birthday.... its going to be fantastic

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  • KiTAKiTA Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    joshua1 wrote: »
    Spore is released on my birthday. My 21st birthday.... its going to be fantastic

    I expect screenshots AND photographs.

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  • LockeColeLockeCole Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Spore has gone gold! Wish I wasn't going on vacation to Florida the week this comes out. :P

    News Link

    I was unaware of the Galactic Edition extras, they seem pretty spiffy.

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  • goc_singoc_sin Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    LockeCole wrote: »
    Spore has gone gold!

    I just saw that... Woot! :lol:

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  • DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    So, has anyone else thoroughly enjoyed the prototypes they keep releasing on spore.com? The galaxy/terraforming/colony prototype is TONS of fun... you can even make friends (or foes) with aliens, and end up in a neverending loop of, you kill them, they attack one of your planets. I haven't quite managed to make friends with a race yet... i can get the bar all the way to the right, but not quite touching. Unless that's just a rating of how friendly they are... shrug, it's not very well documented, but carrying species from one planet to terraform another is tons of fun.

    Also Spug is entertaining... every time you kill and eat another creature you get to 'level up' your creature and put one point in one of several categories... you can build a nest to regen health... and you have to eat to keep your energy up. (resting helps that too)

    Avoid the red guys... they're fast, and they will gang up on you and beat the crap out of you.

    I managed to have one guy last 2 days with 4 kills.

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  • TwistedFateTwistedFate Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Okay, guys, listen up. You may think the the Galactic Edition's extras aren't worth an extra $30, right? Well, get your asses to Best Buy.com NOW and plop down your $59.99 for the Galactic Edition. That's right. For whatever reason, BestBuy is selling the Galactic Edition for only $10 more than the standard edition as opposed to Amazon's price of $79.99. Get on it, boys and girls.

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    !

    I am so there this weekend.

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  • SamiSami Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Why did I wait so long to download the trial version? Mistake mistake mistake.

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    This is Princess, my first creature. She's big and dumb and ugly-- but you're not going to be the one to tell her that, are you?

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  • LockeColeLockeCole Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    1up is running creature contests for prizes (including a ZPrints figure of your creature) until the launch of spore.

    First contest - Too cute to live.

    Linky

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  • DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    LockeCole wrote: »
    1up is running creature contests for prizes (including a ZPrints figure of your creature) until the launch of spore.

    First contest - Too cute to live.

    Linky

    Too cute to live? Like... it's so cute everyone is going to eat it? Or it's so cute it couldn't possibly survive on its own? Or, it's so cute it will just implode from cuteness?

    I'm going to try making something that would make you throw up in your mouth it's so cute. But I definately wouldn't want a ZPrint of the thing... ugh.

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  • BitstreamBitstream Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I imagine it'll be a standard gift-certificate like they do with WoW prints - you'd be able to cash it in for the creature of your choice.

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  • DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Bitstream wrote: »
    I imagine it'll be a standard gift-certificate like they do with WoW prints - you'd be able to cash it in for the creature of your choice.

    Sweet hotness. Who'd want a sickeningly cute animal on their desk? Well, perhaps my daughter.

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  • Phoenix-DPhoenix-D Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Bestbuy.com is running the $60 Galactic Edition too.

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