Spore Creature Creator unleashed News

18 June, 2008

In case you missed it, the Spore Creature Creator has been released and you can fetch it from the Internet right now.

It broke free from its cage yesterday, and can be caught either in a limited (25 per cent of full being) form for free, or complete for GBP 4.99.

As suggested by the name, the Creature Creator lets you put eyes and ears and mouths and noses, and legs and arms and bodies, together to make a monster.

Once you're happy with your species you can test drive it and watch it bumble about, taking pictures or capturing footage and using integrated support to share it on YouTube.

And when you are proud of your creation you can upload it to the Sporepedia, which is an enormous community hub housing monsters from all around the world. Just right-click and save one, then drag that small file into your Creature Creator to make it appear. Easy.

The site also has lots of tutorials to help you along and suggest better ways to make beasts that work.

"Today is the day we begin to see Spore come to life," said Lucy Bradshaw, boss at Maxis and overseer to Spore.

"We're excited to see what players will do with the powerful and intuitive creativity tools we've put into the Spore Creature Creator. Our team will be excitedly keeping an eye on the Sporepedia to check out creations made by players from around the world."

Spore is due for full release on 5th September.

You can look out for much more on the Spore Creature Creator soon, including an in-depth look at the paid-for version as well as a chat with Lucy Bradshaw about the game.

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Ginger

18/06/08 @ 10:11

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and already there are dozens of cock monsters about

Bloodkult

18/06/08 @ 10:14

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The creator is already the best thing in gaming ever!

I'm betting the final game will be a complete revelation.

Brogan

18/06/08 @ 10:46

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great, as if work wasn't enough of a chore after the stella and bukkas last night now i know this will be waiting to be downloaded when i get back home. Think i can feel my back going again.

Rirekon

18/06/08 @ 10:48

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I'm assuming this is only through EA's stupid one-payment-one-download service?

Bloodkult

18/06/08 @ 10:50

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According to Game it'll be available to buy in the shop for a fiver on Friday!

I'm well getting the boxed version.

Umbala

18/06/08 @ 10:56

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I think this is one of the rare games where "Time to Dick" has been on the negative side.

Rirekon

18/06/08 @ 11:01

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@ Bloodkult; I'm going to guess that it'll be just like the expansion for Battlefield 2142 - a download code in a box >:-(

Bloodkult

18/06/08 @ 11:10

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Really!?

That's pants! I might as well just wait for the full game to come out then.

tvcasualty

18/06/08 @ 11:41

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I pre-ordered it from the EA Store only to discover it was PC only, not Mac, so I guess I'll be waiting for the boxed version to come out and giving my download code to someone else. Thanks EA!

kestral

18/06/08 @ 12:27

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when you buy it do you get a discount on the full game?

Wendelius

18/06/08 @ 12:31

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Pre-order the game and the full editor is free in UK: http://www.strategyinformer.com/news/135...

Yeevle

18/06/08 @ 13:54

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Don't really see the point to be honest. I am really looking forward to Spore once it is released but, piddling about with just the creature editor doesn't really make much sense to me. It's just a bit of fun I suppose.

Christ I come across as a miserable git don't I.

bushwod

18/06/08 @ 14:12

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@Yeevle Yes! :-)

Downloaded it last night, it's great fun. Already had a crack at making on of those bugs form Starship Troopers: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2Q3hcvCtc

If you buy the creature creator you get the fiver off of the final game (presumably you have to buy it from EA store).

Also here's a hint. Go as if your about to buy it then close you window before entering your details. I don't know if it works every time but a pop-up appeared and offered me 20% off not to leave (ok, so that's only 50p but a saving is a saving right).

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Downloaded it last night, it's great fun. Already had a crack at making on of those bugs form Starship Troopers: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pu2Q3hcvCtc

:D That's really good!

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18/06/08 @ 14:45

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@kestral

Yeah, the �4.99 gets taken off the price of the full game. So if you plan on buying Spore anyway, you may as well get this now. It's a lot of fun making creatures, can't wait for the full game to be released.

My only complaint is with the EA download manager, the whole system in a complete joke.

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