Will Wright’s Spore Infectious
I like different games. Weird games that frustrate me because of their utter lack of cookie cutter controls/design/gameplay. A while back there was a lot of attention paid to, of all things, an upcoming EA publish called Spore.
The pet project of Sims designer Will Wright, this title boasts the potentially enormous addition of making user created content an integral part of the experience.
Via Wonderland, I came across a lengthy video demo of the game. I watched the entire 35 minutes of this video, and it appeals to the biologist in my little science-y heart, while also astounding the gamer in me. In short, I want to have this game’s babies. It is absolutely amazing how many different styles and options and behaviours that are shown in this little demo. 2D, 3D, genre-crossing, technologically sweet, and inventive, Spore is going to be fantastic. Wright has drawn in influences from classic games, and mashed them in with elements of his Sims design.
If you want a nice peek at the game, presented by the creator himself, check out this video of what Spore has to offer (this thing even has a SETI capability):
Oooooh, neat :)
That is the coolest thing ever!
You want to be even more excited, check out the full version of his speech for download at sporewiki.
http://www.sporewiki.com/2005_GDC_Presentation
Enjoy :)
Thanks for that Chris! I hope to be front and centre for Will Wright’s 2006 GDC talk. I’m down in San Jose for the conference at the moment. :)
If you could email me everything you can think of from any maxis person’s I would be INCREDIBLY appreciative and you would officially be my hero
I would give anything to go to see his GDC speech.
If you can send me ANYTHING, please do :)
Mason11987@gmail.com
could u tell me more abot spore dude