SPORE

Spore Stuff

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:51:11 GMT

I know it's the big hoopla to post your critters and giggle over the 3 remaining weeks...

But behind all that bullshit (excuse my french), there's a really great story of them releasing the inspiration prototypes:

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

Check it out...

Mechwarrior Creations!

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:02:46 GMT

http://www.spore.com/view/profile/SINIBYTE

New Mech Series

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:05:11 GMT

http://www.spore.com/view/profile/SINIBYTE

An intro sort of & hi :)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:04:50 GMT

Hi everybody :)

I came across this community on Spore and thought after reading it it just might be helpful to me.

A friend of mine who plays WoW found spore and showed me the advertising for it and thought perhaps I could try it.

I have epilepsy....born with it and at 43yrs old going on 44 this august I have come from before computers into games like pong and spaceinvaders into now where as of two weeks ago I got a Macbook Pro. I have never been able to play ANY video games due to the flashy lights and flicker speeds of the games causing ills with the epilepsy :( I have difficulties going to the movies too so there ya go. Many epielptics can't take it and while some play the games it is always humorous to hear they have issues stil but try to ignore it or get around it...I have mastered the art of controlling the epilepsy and like it controlled so yeah....no video/computer games ever. too big a risk.

UNTIL NOW.

Spore is slow enough and simple visually in the creature creator enough that I am able to relax...play with the visuals and actually enjoy it :)

I downloaded a trial of spore creature creator.
I fell in love.
I went to the store and BOUGHT creature creator.
I am not a 'gamer' so it was an experience in 'secret purchases hidden' which being a schol teacher of the deaf left me mildly irritated and yet highly amused as I have had to confiscate my share of handheld computer games over the years to be picked up by many a parent.

I am too excited for words to be able to finally possibly try playing a video-type game.

I adore the creature creator and am having a ball.

It is also totally new to me so I am a baby on a big learning curve to come.

MY BIG QUESTION:

I wanted to pre-order the game to come out on Sept. 7, but have wondered if it is for Mac as well.

The advertising front page of the spore website says now....changed....in that little left-hand box at bottom of pic.....Win/Mac yet on the EA site it still says only with PC.

I know there is a Mac version coming out.

Is this it and can I actually pre-order it now????

Or is the 'galaxy' thing version where I should be?

Or is that different????

Patiance please....I am just a babe in a big SPORE world :)

Thanks for whatever help I get.

My third creature so far:
http://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=ast-500003487660%3Asast-500003487660

Creatures and Montage

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:12:12 GMT

http://www.spore.com/view/profile/SINIBYTE

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:24:47 GMT

There seems to be a Galactic Edition of spore.
Has Making of spore dvd video, how to build a better beign dvd video by national geographic channel, art of spore hardback mini book, fold out spore poster, and premium 100 page galactic handbook.
price tag at $79.99 seems pretty steep though, I find...

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M ???

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:23:18 GMT

Has anyone been able to use the creature creator with a NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M graphics card?

Because my "old" MacBook can't run it, I'm in the market for a gaming laptop now (don't attack me with "get a desktop!", it's out of the question for many reasons) and want something that's cheap but with good RAM and video so I can designate the laptop for games only.

Thanks.

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:50:18 GMT

this is fun~

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:20:38 GMT

I'm not the best modeller and whatnot, but I tried it out :P Here's a quick video~

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:36:40 GMT

Just Playing Around

Creature Editor

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:59:52 GMT

So, the editor is had the demo and paid version, right? The version you have to buy is 10 bucks. The version you have to buy is included with the game. Does this mean you spend 10 dollars for something you're going to have to pay for again or will you get 10 dollars off the full game's purchase price.

It seems incredibly dick of EA to make you pay for something you'll be paying for later. It's not like there's new content that you can only get in the paid version.

I'm going to do some more research (in case the answer is really obvious), but if anyone knows and could save me some time that'd be great. If anyone knows the reasoning behind the decision (other than to make even more money), I'd be curious to know that as well.

Some pics

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:09:07 GMT

Here's some winners I made:

if you click on the purple one, I made a quick vid you can download.

Can't wait to see everybody elses.

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:40:49 GMT

idk, am i the only who wants to wait til the whole game comes out before messing around with the creature editor? i just feel its gonna be weird having the game 'incomplete'...

id rather have the full package once and for all. maybe ill download the free version just to check it out, but just leave it at that...

For you kids still waiting

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:51:00 GMT

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53076

Those are the requirements for Spore, for those of you who're prepping to play the Creature Creator next week.

I have no problem running on high on my system, with occasional slowdown in the Creature phase with too many critters on the screen:
Core2Duo E6600
4G DDR2-800 (5-5-5-12)
GeForce 8800 GTS 640M

Yay!!

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:29:56 GMT

Only one more week until we get the Spore Creature Creator! I already paid for the full version, and hopefully I will get a discount on the final price from GameStop :) If not, who cares! It's going to be freaking awesome x.x

The official SPORE website has gotten a major overhaul as well. You can now check out the Sporepedia in its baby stages :)

You can't join until you have the Creature Creator or the actual game.

Also, check out the new videos on YouTube!

"Science of Spore"

Sun, 25 May 2008 00:18:09 GMT

Found this on "RockPaperShotgun" which occassionally gets a good news clip.

http://www.wegame.com/static/flash/player2.swf?tag=SPORE_Science_Exclusive_new_video

Enjoy kiddos. Also enjoy the ultra fun "checks on internet every 5 days to see if you're using a stolen copy" copy protection they've decided to implement. The previous versions used to keep you from burning CDs/DVDs at all.

Sat, 24 May 2008 20:45:33 GMT

so, what's your plan for Spore?
What type of creature, or buildings, or whatnot.
Me, i don't know yet, but i do know one thing... once i hit space age, I'll explore the galaxy and destroy everything in my path. Only my solar system will remain! >_>
...wonder if i can make a star go supernova...

Copy Protection HOOO!

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:55:10 GMT

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52547

Just a little extreme for my tastes to be honest... and I pay for all my games.

Wow, I wasn't expecting this

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:07:33 GMT

The creature editor is coming out early, but you have to pay for the full version of it. I didn't really think you'd need to purchase the creature editor, isn't it coming with the game anyways? I guess it's the free demo for me then. June 17th though!

The most recent newsletter has a new video too (at least I think so, I haven't seen it yet).

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:25:40 GMT

http://www.spore.com/screenshots.php?movieID=8&play=hi

new "behind the scenes" look at spore video :)
Got it from the newsletter.

Lucky!

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:37:39 GMT

http://pc.ign.com/articles/860/860462p1.html

They get to PLAY Spore. Lucky people...

Release Date

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:33:45 GMT

Well if you guys haven't heard yet, the release date for SPORE is

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

And they're planning to release a creature editor (sorry about that) ia few months before that

It's finally (I hope) official

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:24:41 GMT

The press release is here.

I was hoping for Spring, but as long as they release it this year (and don't push it back again) I'll still be happy.

Hmmm

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:10:24 GMT

So apparently the release date is "before the holidays" according to this article.

Last estimate was 'spring', so before the holidays sounds like they pushed it back again.

Oh well, if it's in the fall I'll have a new computer so all the better to play it on.

For all those Mac users out there...

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:01:14 GMT

Spore comes to Mac!

"...But now, "sim everything" has another meaning for the company: EA is set to announce Tuesday it will release Spore later this year simultaneously for PCs and Macs..."

Unfortunately, no new release date information.