Wright has new projects "in the wings"

By Johnny Minkley Published 11 August, 2008

"Very short term" titles mooted.

Having spent the last eight years creating Spore, Will Wright is now eyeing a range of new projects to sink his teeth into, some of which could be "very short term".

The Sims creator's evolution epic releases on 5th September after a gruelling development effort, and while his studio, Maxis, will continue to build upon and expand the Spore brand, Wright has revealed that he has a number of new ideas already underway.

"There are a lot of other projects waiting in the wings that I've been doing early research on that, when Spore ships, I'm going to sit back, take a deep breath, and look at these projects and consider which ones to dive into," he told Eurogamer, in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview published today.

After the huge success of Spore Creature Creator - a standalone toolset that allows users to create their own alien penis monsters for inclusion in the full release - Wright admitted that he was tempted by smaller-scale offerings in the future.

"There's a lot to be said for backroom garage development, ground-up social stuff as well," he said. "I kind of like the idea of having a range of projects, some of them very short term, maybe one very long term - it's nice to have things a little out of cycle."

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