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Spore Creature Creator

OS

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Hey, all!

I thought we might as well have a thread for Spore Creatures, and with the release of the Creature Creator tomorrow, I figured it might as well be set up now.

For those who don't know (all three of you), the Spore CC is the main Creature Editor form the Game, only separated so that we (the people) may create millions of Critters and Crawlers and Creatures to be used in the game when it launches in September. The tool contains all of the body parts that will be in the game, as well as a Test Drive mode to see how your creatures will act in certain situations. The really cool part: you can take pictures and make videos that upload directly to YouTube. You can also make Animated Avatars!

There are two versions: the roughly 10 USD (5€) Full Version, and the Free Trial, which only contains 25% of the default content.

Several people have already gotten their hands on a demo (I don't know about full versions), and, if you go to www.spore.com, you will see what happened: almost 14,000 creatures have already been made. I didn't realize they were being pumped out so fast, but...

As soon as I get the program running, I will post my first creature.
 

OS

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I'm waiting to download the demo from the site. According to my PC, Satellite TV, Watch, and Alarm Clock, it is currently the 17th, but the site says 'Come Back the 17th.'

Ah, well. Assuming I get my money tomorrow, I might not need the demo. I just thought it would be fun.

The closest thing I've gotten to Using It is watching almost every video I could find on the editor. I just can't wait any more. If I don't have the damn thing by Saturday I think I'm going to...cry acid marshmallows.

Anyways, what kinds of creatures will/have you create(d)? I've seen Dinosaurs, a Human, Jar Jar, a Car-Creature (Caracreature in Sporepedia), Demons (bipedal winged and horned), and what I call Limbogons (Any of a species whose notable physical features includes long branching limbs, usually with three or more segments, branching into two or more separate ends).

I want to make the Mulefa from His Dark Materials. Daimond-bike-people FTW!
 
I've made an insectoid type creature with powerful hid legs and spiderlike front legs. The neck was somewhat elongated and it had rather large pincer mandibles, insect eyes of course and there were spikes that crested the top of the head down the back of the neck. It also has a thick carapace on the back, and two 'sickle-like' blades on the back of the back legs.
 
OS":24k8ciju said:
I'm waiting to download the demo from the site. According to my PC, Satellite TV, Watch, and Alarm Clock, it is currently the 17th, but the site says 'Come Back the 17th.'

Ah, well. Assuming I get my money tomorrow, I might not need the demo. I just thought it would be fun.

The closest thing I've gotten to Using It is watching almost every video I could find on the editor. I just can't wait any more. If I don't have the damn thing by Saturday I think I'm going to...cry acid marshmallows.

Anyways, what kinds of creatures will/have you create(d)? I've seen Dinosaurs, a Human, Jar Jar, a Car-Creature (Caracreature in Sporepedia), Demons (bipedal winged and horned), and what I call Limbogons (Any of a species whose notable physical features includes long branching limbs, usually with three or more segments, branching into two or more separate ends).

I want to make the Mulefa from His Dark Materials. Daimond-bike-people FTW!

Yea, I know, I was just like, hey!  It is the 17th already, hurry up and release the god damn demo!  You read His Dark Materials?
 

OS

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It's my favorite series (I won't say Trilogy because there are rumors about a fourth book, not to mention the short (~45 page) Lyra's Oxford). I've read each book at least three times.

Other creatures from HDM I could try to recreate:

Angels, in both forms ('Humanoid' and 'Architectural')
Maybe the Spectres, though I have no idea how I would go about doing that...
The Seagulls form the Mulefa's world (their name escapes me atm. I want to say Tuolapi).

Well, I'm really looking forward to this more and more. ... ... *sigh
 
OS":138nzoj6 said:
It's my favorite series (I won't say Trilogy because there are rumors about a fourth book, not to mention the short (~45 page) Lyra's Oxford). I've read each book at least three times.

Other creatures from HDM I could try to recreate:

Angels, in both forms ('Humanoid' and 'Architectural')
Maybe the Spectres, though I have no idea how I would go about doing that...
The Seagulls form the Mulefa's world (their name escapes me atm. I want to say Tuolapi).

Well, I'm really looking forward to this more and more. ... ... *sigh

They were called the Tulapi, but yeah, making the Mulefa would be pretty rad. Honestly, I wanna create humans in Spore, just to grossly misuse this brilliant engine.
 
I thought of this the second my friend told me of this game:

Well, I had been sketching an advanced breed of Were-Wolf Chicken hybrids (yes.  Were-Chickens.) and decided that I would SO make Were-Chickens in Spore.  The army would take over the Spore Universe...  yes...  they would rise to power...
 

OS

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AH! I want to make Chimeras, FMA style.

I guess I was close on the Seagull-Monsters' name.

Someone already made a Human. It looks like a Caveman.

Look at www.spore.com/sporepedia. There are so many creatures already out there, it isn't friggin' funny. I mean, I've seen monkeys, 'dragons', and even Cthulthu! But what really pisses me off is the lack of seriousness when naming creatures. Some are cool, but several are just ridiculous names that I am going to have to ban from my game. Just because of their names. Such names include:

Battletoad, the Ape-like Sea Monster that lloks alot like a Scooby Doo Lake Monster.
Elder Thang, a purple ugly-ass monster with fairy wings.
ChiChiChiChia, a chiapet. Not much else to say.

In fact, looking at Sporepedia again, I see that the amount of creatures since I checked it a few hours ago has increased by ~300 creatures. Damn.

One interesting creature: Office Assistant. I don't like the name, but it's a friggin' Paper Clip Creature!

EDIT: I think they are updating the site now; I'm getting an error when trying to access the page. Or maybe it's just wishful thinking?
 
OS":3eeqe30e said:
AH! I want to make Chimeras, FMA style.

I guess I was close on the Seagull-Monsters' name.

Someone already made a Human. It looks like a Caveman.

Look at www.spore.com/sporepedia. There are so many creatures already out there, it isn't friggin' funny. I mean, I've seen monkeys, 'dragons', and even Cthulthu! But what really pisses me off is the lack of seriousness when naming creatures. Some are cool, but several are just ridiculous names that I am going to have to ban from my game. Just because of their names. Such names include:

Battletoad, the Ape-like Sea Monster that lloks alot like a Scooby Doo Lake Monster.
Elder Thang, a purple ugly-ass monster with fairy wings.
ChiChiChiChia, a chiapet. Not much else to say.

In fact, looking at Sporepedia again, I see that the amount of creatures since I checked it a few hours ago has increased by ~300 creatures. Damn.

One interesting creature: Office Assistant. I don't like the name, but it's a friggin' Paper Clip Creature!

Wrong chimera buddy, think Mother 3  :shock:
 

OS

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Earthbound rules! I do not believe I have had the honor of playing Mother 3. Shame.

As I editted my post above to say, I am getting an Internal Server Error on the Trial Download Page. Maybe they are finally setting up the download?

EDIT: Nope. My Internets Suck. They no want me to has Trial. They lies.

EDIT 2: Try typing in www.spore.com/trial/creaturecreator. Their 404 Page is pretty cool.
 
Crud someone beat me to it, lol...
Hopefully I'll be getting this today, or maybe the release date means that they're releasing the game the day after...>_>
Well whatever, I'll get it eventually
 

mawk

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OS":gja7oxs0 said:
Earthbound rules! I do not believe I have had the honor of playing Mother 3. Shame.
The Red Chimera
That's the second order of business, and then...
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And so on and so forth.

I will fill the world with Chimeras!
 

OS

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I've got the trial now, and I must say, I am very disappointed. They only let me have Carnivore mouths...:(

In all seriousness, it works really well on my PC, and I have made three beautiful little freaks.

I'll edit this post when I get back from WalMart. Mom's taking me to get the full version! XD. Peace!

Overjoyed Sillyman

EDIT: AHHHH! It isn't out at WalMart until the 19th. Ah, well.
 
The creature creator is probably the most versatile character creator of any game I've ever used. You can essentially do anything you want with it, aside from very specific crafting.

Two thumbs up for Maxis.
 

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