Spore

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Spore
Developer	Maxis
Publisher	Electronic Arts (EA)
Series	Roughly related to Sim City
Engine	Engine Unknown Uses Procedural Generation
Version	Not Yet Released
Released	September 5, 2008 (EU), September 7, 2008 (NA)
Genre	First Person Shooter
Ratings	Not Yet Rated.
Game Platforms	Windows, Macintosh OS X, Nintendo DS, Mobile Phones
Media Forms	Unknown; probably DVD
Required Devices	Keyboard, Mouse, input devices of respective platforms
Reviews	None

Spore is a simulation computer game designed by Will Wright that is currently in development by Maxis to be published by EA Games. It is currently hailed for its remarkable and innovative technology of game design, as well as the expansive range of sci-fi game play. At the basic level, Spore is an evolution game where the player creates and guides a creature from a molecular level to an interstellar race. This is achieved by first giving the player control over a lone creature (designed by the player him/herself) until the creature begins a tribe of his own, at which point a tribal real-time strategy aspect is incorporated into the game by war with other tribes. The player then begins molding and guiding his creature's society into a space-faring civilization, where the player and his creatures begin to colonize other planets and eventually control a galactic empire.

The lead innovative aspect of Spore is the procedural generation of content within the game, the sandox that the game is can be as large, varied, and detailed as it needs to be without the help of a large team of mappers, developers and designers. The users create and share the environment.

Contents 1 Gameplay 1.1 Features 1.2 Phases 1.2.1 Creation 1.2.2 Cell 1.2.3 Creature 1.2.4 Tribalism 1.2.5 Civilization 1.2.6 Space 1.2.7 End Game 1.3 Creature Creation 1.4 Editors 2 Controversy 2.1 Digital Rights Media 3 Images 4 System Requirements 5 References

Gameplay

Features

Phases

Creation

In the beginning of the game, a meteor is seen plummeting towards an uninhabited planet. The meteor crashes into the ocean and falls to the bottom. Upon impact, the meteor splits open to reveal a geode formation and a small organism crawls out. This begins the next phase of gameplay.

Cell

Creature

Tribalism

Civilization

Space

End Game

Creature Creation

Editors

Controversy

The game is still unreleased and has so far not brought up any significant controversies, there seems to be more of expectations that anything else.

Digital Rights Media

The developers of Spore originally planned to use an extensive security system to protect the game from piracy ^[2] , the users would have to authenticate their product every 10 days, after complaints and general opposition, the idea was given up for a simpler and accepted system from Securom.

Images

Some of these images may be concept art, while others may be true in-game content. Due to the user created aspect of this game, the list of creatures made and ultimately the images related to this article can be ever expanding. The following images contain creatures that are named and created by the developers and fans.

Big Foot

Blorthog

Borge

Borkabor

System Requirements

Windows XP:

• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 512 MB RAM
• A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• At least 6 GB of hard drive space

Windows Vista:

• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 768 MB RAM
• A 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• At least 6 GB of hard drive space

Mac:

• Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
• Intel Core Duo Processor
• 1024 MB RAM
• ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
• At least 4.7GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for creations.
• This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac).

References

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