Spore

[deadpool]

Spore is a multi-genre "massively single-player online game" developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. It allows a player to control the evolution of a species from its beginnings as a unicellular organism, through development as an intelligent and social creature, to interstellar exploration as a spacefaring culture.

I just got it today. After playing it for awhile I realised something. It is awesome. For those of you who are gamers or whatever, i'd highly suggest this game. Its like a cross between The Sims, Civilization & Black & White. Its simply amazing.

It gets a 5/5 on the deadpool scale of approval.

[iwanttobelieve]

Sounds awesome.

Can you evolve into a intergalactic Yowie?

[Kirsty]

I was wondering what it was about when some idiot posted it up as art on deviant but being to lazy to do a search....lol

I might look into that though not usually my thing game wise, I need a change

[deadpool]

I don't think you can add hair, but yes - I am in the process of making myself a Yowie. I will show you how he goes as he progresses.

[Kirsty]

Can you make your own texture maps in it? or does it work on a texture generator? otherwise you could at least fashion yourself some hair skins

[deadpool]

Texture maps?! Texture generators?! Wow. You know your stuff.

It comes pre-packaged with "skins" for your animal but no fur as such. I'm onto it though

There are ways to do real-time short hair fur, but I can see how they would be tricky to implement in Spore. Long shaggy fur and hair would not be doable without intracharacter collision detection, which Spore doesn't have.

Damnit - but you CAN paint on fur. Good enough?

[Kirsty]

Well if you need help let me know, painting hair is one thing I know I can do lol (and no I didn't paint the hair in my av so please don't think that c**p is my work )

[deadpool]

Well if you need help let me know, painting hair is one thing I know I can do lol (and no I didn't paint the hair in my av so please don't think that c**p is my work )

i might take you up on that if need be

[deadpool]

Since this is an off the topic forum - I thought if people don't mind, I might keep everyone up to date on my, as iwantobelieve said, an "intergalactic Yowie".

Something to do, and to keep people amused I guess.

Yes, sometimes I have alot of spare time..

[Kirsty]

Yes, sometimes I have alot of spare time..

Yeah I know that feeling, that's when strange stuff gets doodled in CS
I would love to see some pics of it and see how your intergalactic yowie grows/morphs/evolves Did you get it a furr coat yet or is it a hairless yowie?

[deadpool]

Well, here's what it looked like (ahh, the cell stage, its wonderful how it doesn't really matter what it looks like):


Here's what it looks like now (slowly getting there):


And here's what its going to look like (once I get to that stage of evolution):

[Kirsty]

Well the end result looks close enough for a game generated figure you did well with your spored yowie lol I'm guessing not many others if any are making their own BF/Yeti/Yowie

[deadpool]

The final stage I got from the creature creator (all parts unlocked) - i'm doing it the hard way though & finding all those parts myself in game.

[Kirsty]

Oooohhh! Well good luck on that, should keep you entertained for a bit

Yay for cheat codes!

[deadpool]

Hahaha, no cheat codes involved. The creature creator is just something to mess about with in game. Nothing to do with the game-play itself as such.

Its like in Sim City or something how you can design your own buildings or whatever on the side.

[Stainmaster]

if you want to get the feel of it you can download the trial creature creator its not the full game but lets you make creatures up and yes this is a 5/5 game(make that world) its more than a game

http://eu.spore.com/whatisspore/creaturecreator.cfm