And here's my first monstrosity. I'd use the black backdrop but my little lizard is mainly black

Called it the Spined Raptor.

lol, i must say that you guys have a much better creative mind then i do. Love how people make these different creatures with such a limited SCC.


where? i looked around at the forum and couldnt find one.


just remove all the "object and /object with those < > surrunding them



the code should look like this




Dont get me wrong im not against sexual stuff in games, just that, that one made me feel bad for some reason. I hope it wont just download alot of creatures from the spore database to fill out the universe, and when i visit every planet ill see penises and vaginas all over the place.
That just doesn't feel appropriate to me. Sure a image of it can be funny but not in the game itself, and if i wanna see that stuff ill go somewhere else

The editor really shows the limitation of the engine (doesn't really create many 'custom' animations) and the lack of creativity the devolopers had. You're more or less limited to things that exist or a morph of two animals.

Holes in the design.

My biggest gripe is poor handling of tails and weapon objects. I'll be damned if I can get it to attack with weapons if they aren't on an actual hand possessing arm. Bloody irritating that, not a lot of point in having a mace on a tail when it's just there for looks. Maybe the game will use them differently, but if it's like the creature creator is this is a major letdown. In RL we have stegosaurus, scorpions, porcupines, but dangerous tails in spore require a hand?

The more icky, but less depressing due to insignificant game play ramifications, body shaping. I don't want to make a lardass, I want to make a giant scorpion with a spiked tail(yeah... the tail is a problem too) and a wide, flat body with them little insect legs sticking out. Ok, so I haven't got any insect legs either, but I can't make a wide body to start with. Nature isn't round dammit!

Flight doesn't appear to be in, too bad. I'd love to make a weak ass flier that dive bombed it's victims and flew back to safety.

It's an amazingly simple editor, EA can burn in hell, but the developers deserve every dime they make and then some. Short of serious flaws or a DRM issue more severe than the asinine three activations, I'll be getting the game. If they fix the editors shortfalls I might even buy the full version of it. Pissing away money to get something quicker isn't one of my strong points though.

Weapons aren't fluff, they do actually affect damage (watch the stats).

also, this is a plains stalker, it is made of ownage and win

and out pops more! straight from the pooper!

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why could spore have not stayed like this,

The video above is a video of spore as it stodd being demoed in 2005...

It looks so much better than the current game. MAybe its just me and the poor picture quality of the video. But the game looks so much more scientific and realistic. But now it just looks like a big cartoon

Two words: Electronic Arts

They've gone a long way since their Amiga days.

Crisme: That was a very happy creation

Heres my most recent one. Finally managed to discover that you can add limbs to the joints of those you've already place, making some interesting creatures:

While browsing through this I just figured out something...

Back in 2005 when Spore was JUST being introduced at GDC 2005, Will Wright was talking about the inevitable rise of production costs of making games. So... instead of having content created for the user, the user creates the content.

This led me to thinking.... So the jobs of content creation has essentially been outsourced. Not only that, we have to PAY $10 just for the privilege of creating content, rather than E.A. paying us for content provided for their game.

Uh-huh....

I don't fault them for delays. Making games isn't exactly an easy thing to do, so I don't blame them.

I do however, hold their feet to the fire with regards to another issue, and that's DRM. But that's straying a bit off topic.

It's kinda bittersweet that I like playing with the creature creator, I love the creature creator, but I'm sad that I won't be buying Spore.

Some people like to destroy for their fun. Others prefer to create.

Anyway, since the Sporepedia is up, I've been browsing through that as well as their forums. Interesting stuff.

Also, if you want the CC in stores, you'll have to get it from the new SimCity game. Right now, the full version seems to be direct download only.