[Total Heckler]

I just found out about this game. I was blown away by how complex this game is going to be. Check it out.

Spore is a computer and video game designed by Will Wright that simulates the complete history and future of life. The game was first revealed and demonstrated to the public during a speech on procedural generation at the 2005 Game Developers Conference. It is currently being developed by Maxis and is scheduled to be published by Electronic Arts in June 2007.

Spore is, at first glance, a 'teleological evolution' game: the player molds and guides a species across many generations, growing it from a single-celled organism into a more complex animal, until the species becomes intelligent. At this point the player begins molding and guiding this species' society, progressing towards a spacefaring civilization. Spore's main innovation portends to be Wright's use of procedural generation for many of the components of the game, providing vast scope and open-endedness. Wright said "I didn't want to make players feel like Luke Skywalker or Frodo Baggins. I wanted them to be like George Lucas or J.R.R. Tolkien."

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SPORE

Here is a video of the gameplay (Its pretty long so only watch this if you have a half hour or so)

Discuss.

 

[robdamanii]

Dude, that looks REALLY fvcking cool.

 

[kinghami3]

So it's nano-pets that kill things?

 

[blue]

My dad used to work for Maxis.

 

[Total Heckler]

Used to? That sucks.

Be sure to watch that video. You will be shocked how in depth everything is.

 

[blue]

Used to? That sucks.

Be sure to watch that video. You will be shocked how in depth everything is.

Nah, he hated it. Helped produce Sim City 2000 and 3000, and some weird tube game that was supposed to be revolutionary. Then he quit, as he hated coding video games. He's more into embedded software and the like. And then Maxis got bought by EA. Ahaha.

 

[dump]

spore is cool... the us video game industry... not so much.

 

[binary visions]

I've been watching this game development for a while and it sounds pretty kickass. It's about the only new game I'm excited to try playing.

 

[dump]

I've been watching this game development for a while and it sounds pretty kickass. It's about the only new game I'm excited to try playing.

agreed.

 

[bjanga]

This and supreme commander