At your command!

[Mr.Heat]

Ask anything that comes into your mind, and i'll try to answer it right away, iv'e been following this project since i knew about it, so....go ahead!





Heat ;)

[Nightshade]

What stage is the game in? I.e. BETA, ALPHA etc.

[boines]

nearly done Will is going to show off more at e3 in may. So it should be gold later this yr we hope. Music and CC is what they need to get done..
have you heard the mp3 file? It tells you

[Mr.Heat]

What stage is the game in? I.e. BETA, ALPHA etc.


I think it's in the late Beta, i even might say it's pretty finished, cause it looked that way at GDC, and it probably needs a little bit of finishing touches and that stuff...



Heat

[Nightshade]

Dling as we speak ma'am!

[Snooty]

From an older article:
"I have no idea when this game is coming out since it's all hush hush. But I do know that he's been thinking about it since at least Spring 2003, and that it will be out for PC."

[Mr.Heat]

From an older article:
"I have no idea when this game is coming out since it's all hush hush. But I do know that he's been thinking about it since at least Spring 2003, and that it will be out for PC."


And that's why it looked so finished at GDC, it's been alot since 2003 :spin:



Heat

[Nick402]

Exactly what type of game is this? Simulation?

[Mr.Heat]

I think we might just want to create a new type called "Spore", Spore...can be simulation, can be fantasy, can be action, strategy, everything! It has all kind of aspects....




Heat

[AL13ND]

I don't think the game going to be out for a while.

[Nick402]

Do you have a general idea of what the specs will be like?

[Mr.Heat]

I don't think the game going to be out for a while.


Nothing is sure my friend, but i can risk it and say i'm pretty sure it will hit the shelves in the first quarter of 2006.

Do you have a general idea of what the specs will be like?

Not a single hint.


Heat

[XPDude]

^ Should be a strong system.. and I think the release date will be later than Q1 2006. Remember Sims 2? It has gone through 2 E3s.

[Mr.Heat]

^ Should be a strong system.. and I think the release date will be later than Q1 2006. Remember Sims 2? It has gone through 2 E3s.


I would give a guess and say it won't be too far from the System that is recommended in the sims 2....



Heat

[XPDude]

Nah, that will be tough. Look at the amount and detail and the broadness of the game. 1 bet I'll be making is that the game will come in a DVD version ONLY (unless EA has enough money to put 8 discs inside the game)

The game will definitely be MORE than 3.5GB.

[Mr.Heat]

Nah, that will be tough. Look at the amount and detail and the broadness of the game. 1 bet I'll be making is that the game will come in a DVD version ONLY (unless EA has enough money to put 8 discs inside the game)

The game will definitely be MORE than 3.5GB.


Wrong again, did you know that each creature will only take 1 KB of a space?? Did you know that each facility won't take more than 16 KB of space? ;)



Heat

[XPDude]

Whoops. I've forgotten about that important point. I'll withdraw that.

[strillor]

confused? yah!

I think Will Wright saw how much "the audience" waited for the Sims2, and I hope he'd taken back that mistake. So this time he's said it in a good time, so it wont take that long. IF he'd thought about it for that long, I think he would be very prepared for making that game. After "the Sims games" he knows what's possible and what's not.

Or maybe I'm just imaging that thing, cuz I can't wait until 2007 or around there..... I waited for Sims2 in 3years or something like that... And it was damn hard :grumpy:

"sorry for my spelling, I'm danish not english :S"

[Sim Guy]

Do u think its possible that they might delay it? (just wonderin)

[Mr.Heat]

Do u think its possible that they might delay it? (just wonderin)


Everythingis possible when your'e talking about Maxis, so yeah, delaying is a possibility, but i repeat, from what iv'e seen in GDC, It was pretty much finished, the only aspect that didn't impress the guys there was the music, which can be fixed in months...



Heat :bouncy:

[Sim Guy]

wat do u do in this game? Howcome I hear posts about creatures, I don't really get it :indifferent:

[Mr.Heat]

wat do u do in this game? Howcome I hear posts about creatures, I don't really get it :indifferent:


Short description here:

http://snootyspore.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34



Heat

[Sim Guy]

is this game for consoles or PC?

[Mr.Heat]

is this game for consoles or PC?


It's for PC.




Heat

[Nick402]

Ok....I know the expected release date is 2006, but do they know when in 2006? Early, late, middle?

[ConradSpore]

The brilliant Heat informed us it should be Q1 of 2006 ---

January to March.

But I expect it out later in 2006. I just think Maxis needs to polish the product even better than Sims 2 before they release it!

Imagine how many bugs they have to fix!

Ok, but back to the topic....

Heat, why don't you inform us what we know so far? You seem to be the expert? :)

[Mr.Heat]

Ok....I know the expected release date is 2006, but do they know when in 2006? Early, late, middle?


Early Middle...(Not 100% sure, but pretty,lol)...





Heat, why don't you inform us what we know so far? You seem to be the expert? :)

I prefer to inform you of what you don't know, just ask whatever comes in your mind and i'll be happy to answer (if i know the answer)


Heat

[Sim Guy]

will u need a really good graphic card to play this game :indifferent:

[Mr.Heat]

will u need a really good graphic card to play this game :indifferent:


I guess so, i think it will be really close to the sims 2 reqs....



Heat

[Nightshade]

will u need a really good graphic card to play this game :indifferent:


I guess so, i think it will be really close to the sims 2 reqs....



Heat

The graphics look cartoony though.. I'm wondering myself now..

[Nick402]

Can our creatures have more than one head?

[Mr.Heat]

Can our creatures have more than one head?



More than 50...




Heat

[Nick402]

Can our creatures have more than one head?



More than 50...




Heat

Really? Does that mean with all those yes they can detect enemies more?

[Mr.Heat]

Really? Does that mean with all those yes they can detect enemies more?



Never said something about using them :laughing2:




Heat

[Aphid]

Do u think its possible that they might delay it? (just wonderin)

They'll delay it. And if they don't, they'll at least be delaying it for Eurabians/Asia-Pacificans. Probably.

Anywho my question: Do you think they'll be making Expansion Packs for it?

[Nightshade]

Do u think its possible that they might delay it? (just wonderin)

They'll delay it. And if they don't, they'll at least be delaying it for Eurabians/Asia-Pacificans. Probably.

Anywho my question: Do you think they'll be making Expansion Packs for it?

With Maxis being the designer I think you could take a swing at it and hit a grand slam... (if your a little slow the answer is yes..)

[Mr.Heat]

Do you think they'll be making Expansion Packs for it?


They Will be making Eps for spore, that's for sure, but let me tell you onw thing that i think is right :spin: : The Eps won't be that nessecery since the game is unlimited..The only things that can be added in the EPs is custom content, which can be downloaded easily and legaly from the EA server, the only monopoly with the EPs is when they decide to add AI (Artefical Intellegence) maybe :indifferent:



Heat

[ConradSpore]

Will there be a cost involved in downloading/sharing custom content?

[Mr.Heat]

Will there be a cost involved in downloading/sharing custom content?


No, Since youll probably download something like 500 Creatures without noticing....lol....No fee is taken for downloading these things....

But certain sites might start using the gamers and offering them "special packs" and let them pay :grumpy:

Heat

[HCantu99]

I'm curious abut the technology side of Spore.

I was just wondering if anyone has any information concerning whether the downloading/uploading "method" to be used with Spore (which seems like a pretty central thing to the game) will be as unique and different as the game itself is. I ask this because I only just became aware of another method of file sharing, which is entirely new to me, that maximizes transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file you need and downloading these separate pieces simultaneously from people who already have them.

I've also just discovered certain University websites about research into something called procedural programming and a person's website, apparently about his designing a real-time procedural universe - or at least his efforts in that direction - making surfaces of planets, etc. This is all really new to me and exciting, but for all I know, this could be old news. I admit I don't know much about software technology.

And finally, I've only just recently discovered this apparently huge underground community of people making really tiny programs combining 3D graphics animation and music in 64K size "demos". All this seems like pretty useful stuff for a game like Spore.

Large objects taking minimal hard disk space, a new procedural whatever-it-is approach, and finally a different way of file sharing for a game practically based on it.

So I was just wondering, does anyone know if there were any connections between all this new stuff and the game, or is all this old news? Because just the existence of such a game has caused me to explore the web and discover things I never knew before - but I'm not really sure how closely related any of these things are - or if they're related at all.

I'm just fascinated! :D
HCantu99

[OverlordBill]

Yeah. You're about ten years behind the true scene, and the commercialization of it. Taking your rather base comments one at a time...

You're talking of torrents, and no. Spore will definitely not need torrents. Your creatures and cultures will all be Object Oriented, so only very tiny files will have to be transferred. Most likely only maps for where the body parts are and some things about the brain.

I saw that guys site as well, too bad he was snatched up by another company. Blasted commercialism.

The demoscenes. Yeah. Those are really cool. I have to say my favorite is Sonnet, but making those 64K movies take an incredibly long time. It's all math based, and Spore will most likely be more traditional than all of that. Equations are awful to figure out.

Really, torrents are slower than downloading files off of servers unless there are about five people with a T3 connection. And that's rare. For your normal torrent file, you'll see probably 30k a second on any normal cable modem. Dial up people won't see a difference from a server download at all.

[HCantu99]

At first, I had thought that such a game - on that scale and scope - would be almost impossible to make.

But with all this technology out there (and who knows what other technology besides), it's really encouraging - not to mention that Will Wright already gave a demo of parts of it and we already have a few images of the game.

It seems like there definitely is a plan and the tools to do this and this might become a reality very soon.

Still. . . amazing! I never would have thought it possible.

Thanks for the answer! :D

Henry

[Mr.Heat]

The main problem that Spore creators faced is not the technology, it's the way it's going to function in the game, the dynamic moves of each creature, the way the servers' gonna understand the next object your'e "world" is going to need, those were some of the hurdels Wrights' fellows had to come over ;)




Heat

[K.A.L.]

I was wondering about creatures, would it be possible to create Krystal from StarFox Adventures, you know the blue fox with the puffy tail and the staff? :blush:

Also, how will I be sure on how my creature will look like the one I have in mind? I could be aiming for a mammal but end up with a lizard. :laughing2:

And can you actually create things like wepons without an expensive photoshop? It really ticked me off when in the sims 2 you needed a good photoshop to create a simple tee! :banghead: :angry:

[Mr.Heat]

I was wondering about creatures, would it be possible to create Krystal from StarFox Adventures, you know the blue fox with the puffy tail and the staff?


Blue fox, puffy tail...hmmm...seems possible when you can even put 66 beaks in one creature? ;)


how will I be sure on how my creature will look like the one I have in mind? I could be aiming for a mammal but end up with a lizard.


You can actually edit/set your creatures' look AFTER he evolved from a cell to more advanced level of his evoulotion.


And can you actually create things like wepons without an expensive photoshop? It really ticked me off when in the sims 2 you needed a good photoshop to create a simple tee!

I'm not even sure you needed photoshop to create things for the sims, there is alot of alternatives, as for your main question, i really have no idea, know that you will have the ability to create weapons with alot of built in tools, but more advanced customization will probably need a graphics editing program, like GIMP (Free! :D )



Heat

[MrErops]

I think the game will be out at Q1 or Q2 or 2006. :D

1st question---What do you think the specs of the game will be?

2nd question---How muc money do you think it will cost? (In American currency)

[Mr.Heat]

1st question---What do you think the specs of the game will be?


Probably the same as The Sims 2 specs, or abit higher, nothing too fancy..


2nd question---How much money do you think it will cost? (In American currency)

I don't really know, maybe around $40-$45 :blush:


Heat

[MrErops]

That was fast...thanks.. :D

[OverlordBill]

You're going to need a good graphics card, with Texture and Lighting support probably. Then I'd say 256 RAM, maybe less. Object Oriented Programming and all that. Processor... midrange. 2.0+ GHz. Give or take .5 GHz I'd guess.

As for a release date, the game will most likely be finished by 3rd quarter this year. Now putting it into production may take a bit of time. I'm sticking by Christmas this year, without any unexpected engine overhauls.

[MrErops]

I plan on buying a new computer soon, one that will be good. Any suggestions on what to buy? :confused:

[OverlordBill]

Well, if you were clever enough you could build your own. Next step down would be something from Alienware. And then possibly a Dell Ultimate Gaming PC or whatever it is they're calling them these days.

[MrErops]

I was thinking of buying an aleinware, is the Nivdia Gforce 6800 good or is there a better one? :D

[K.A.L.]

Can you make self rebroducting creatures? ( aka no woohoo to have a baby ;) ) I only want women in my culture, amazons. I was thinking of a ceremony for my creatures where they can choose to have a baby or not. ( I don't want any mating, and also, I can't imagine male blue foxes with fluffy tails :laughing2: )

[MrErops]

That sounds like a good idea. :D I hope they include that. :smile:

[Mr.Heat]

Can you make self rebroducting creatures? ( aka no woohoo to have a baby ;) ) I only want women in my culture, amazons. I was thinking of a ceremony for my creatures where they can choose to have a baby or not. ( I don't want any mating, and also, I can't imagine male blue foxes with fluffy tails :laughing2: )


It may be possible, i really don't know the answer for this question :smile:




Heat

[OverlordBill]

Then why are you answering?

Using the old noggin again, I can't imagine that the game would make you create a creature with a male anatomy and a female anatomy. Not to mention that that would push the game up to a Mature rating immediately. My best guess is all the creatures will look the same physically, maybe with different coloring for male and female, maybe if you click on one a menu will pop up giving you facts. As in what gender it is, how old the creature is, that sort of thing.

I've already heard that your creatures can reproduce through eggs and live birth, so possibly asexual too. At the lowest stages of life, asexual reproduction is a must. But for more complex organisms asexual reproduction weakens the gene pool, making the species susceptible to disease. So since it seems Spore will follow biological rules of the real world (or so I've read), I think it more likely your creatures won't just wake up pregnant one day.

[MrErops]

*starts to clap* Nice info, nice info. :D

[K.A.L.]

Dude, I meant that they could stand on a special platform to have a kid. DUH! :rolleyes:

Most games come out either october-november (for christmas) or febuary-march (in time for the end of the financial year), so if it is not ready for christmas or spring then we will all have to wait another year.

[Night Angel]

Can you make a planet made of gems? I saw the Will's planet and I really don't want my planet looking like earth.

[OverlordBill]

If the entire planet were made of diamonds, why would they have any worth? All the planets will be made up of dirt, I can be reasonably sure of stating. The face of the planet, namely craters, oceans and forests will undoubtedly be generated by the computer, and I'm sure with higher levels of technology you can terraform it to look even more different.

Black and White 2 is supposed to start with islands that already have a shape, but with different miracles you can make volcanoes that spew lava and stay there when the animation is done. We'll most likely see something to that effect with Spore, just at a less detailed scale where every drop of lava isn't accounted for.

[MrErops]

I am gonna go with OverlordBill on this one. :smile:

[Night Angel]

I think it would be pretty! And also my foxes could mine the planet to make homes, clothes, funiture, jewlery ( obviously), and many more things. And once they mine out their planet, they can conquer a new gem planet. :D

[MrErops]

Um, I don't think the game will get that much into detail. :smile: But then again I could be wrong. :confused:

[master genesis]

i am a little bit worried that someone will create a race that is uber powerful and it would be loaded into the database causing everyone else to have to deal with it. Like a creature that is parasitic that hunts other races, in other words can there be a uber powerful race of choas and destruction? :weeping: :devil:

[leech10]

No matter what creature is made, it will has some weakness in it, so there wouldn't some super powerful creature out there.

[master genesis]

thanks leech just a bit worried but if there was one my three legged monkeys could beatum :laughing2:

[Mr.Heat]

i am a little bit worried that someone will create a race that is uber powerful and it would be loaded into the database causing everyone else to have to deal with it. Like a creature that is parasitic that hunts other races, in other words can there be a uber powerful race of choas and destruction? :weeping: :devil:


Well, that's not logical, the game is supposed to download charecter that the player can beat somehow, and won't download Huge monsters that will kill your cell....so....calm down :silly:



Heat

[master genesis]

Thanks Heat :laughing2:

[I LOVE THEE NOT!]

right since I read on here that fire and pike rack effect how they behave are there anymore objects that can infulence behaviour and can you buy more then just one and make a combo? :confused:

[Mr.Heat]

right since I read on here that fire and pike rack effect how they behave are there anymore objects that can infulence behaviour and can you buy more then just one and make a combo? :confused:

Hmmm...that's a tricky question, but i beilive that the more you advance in the game, the more combos and objects you can buy.


:bouncy:
Heat

[I LOVE THEE NOT!]

are there any more things you can use to infuance your creations? :shy:

[Mr.Heat]

are there any more things you can use to infuance your creations? :shy:


Hmmm, as far as i know....there are two dimensions/fields you can influence your creatures with:


*Startegy, Intellegnece and thinking--> where your strategy, communication with other tribes, war behaviour affects your creatures behaviour.

*Objects, Facilities, and body type--> all of those materialistic things that affects your creature quailities and personality.


But those are just assumptions that are based of what i've heard from sources, they might be wrong, but...who knows? :silly:


Heat

[Mullvalen]

I heard they maybe should add clothes to the higer steps. But then again your creature has its special dance :spin: and own design for buildings and veichels. And the personalöity can be uniqe for your race though.

[strillor]

just wondering.... could their be disasters.. like in Sim City, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, HUGE forest-fires??? :indifferent: I don't want that..

will there even be rain-weather??? :spin:

[El Cid]

just wondering.... could their be disasters.. like in Sim City, earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis, HUGE forest-fires??? :indifferent: I don't want that..

will there even be rain-weather??? :spin:

I guess you could turn disasters off or on like in the former Sim Cities. And later, with your UFO, I hope you can inflict those on other planets! For terraforming purposes.

[Astrodog]

You can make volcanoes.

[K.Kraden]

You can make volcanoes.

Is she for real?

[Astrodog]

No,I live in skippy time fairy land. [/sarcasm]

It'd be cool if you could make some other things like that. But I'll probably just get the Genesis device as soon as possible and use that to teraform all my planets.

[El Cid]

As soon as possible? Like when you are finished going through all stadiums of evolution, dominating your entire planet and actually gaining enough research points to get a UFO and then gaining more research points to get the genesis device? Yeah that'll only take you like, an hour.

[Astrodog]

...Yes.

[Spore Fan]

Can you have a planet entirely made up of your creations?
Can other races mentaly evolve faster than you?
Can you compete with underwater races if you live on land?

[Mr.Heat]

Can you have a planet entirely made up of your creations?

The thing is that we still don't know if your own created creatures would have the ability to compete (fight) with eachother, we don't even know if you can create 2 species and control only one...so that is uncertain yet.

Can other races mentaly evolve faster than you?

Of course, the world (or let's say: the planet) was never even.

Can you compete with underwater races if you live on land?


Uncertain.sorry


Hope i helped a little bit
Heat

[OverlordBill]

Wrong, wrong and a 100% chance of wrong, Heat.

Will Wright has said you could have zoo planets made entirely of creatures you yourself put there. Now, that is at the interstellar phase so who knows about before it, but the answer still fits the question.

If you would remember Heat, once you reach the tribal and city stages all the other intelligent creatures on the planet are the same species as you. There will be no smarter species on the planet at any other point in the game. Once you gain the ability to travel to other planets, you'll find creatures of other species with intelligence at or below your own level. You've already maxed out your brain after all.

This reaches back into the last question. As you progress normally, the only intelligent species on the planet will be your species. It will either live on the land or in the water. If it can live amphibiously then you'll obviously be able to attack the other amphibious cities. It's been said in the GDC video, and with Gaming Steve if I remember correctly, that once you travel to other planets you will find creatures that live on land or in the water. That sounds to me like an assurance you'll be able to attack them. I don't think the presence or absence of water will be a barrier to a species capable of interstellar travel.

I know I helped a lot.

[Mr.Heat]

:rolleyes:


If no creatures will be mentally more advanced than you, then where is the competetion factor here? why should you even care to advance when you know that you're going to be the smartest and the strongest anyway....

Some competetion has to be put in this game after all.



Heat

[El Cid]

Weren't there two different species in the city stage in the video? The ones Will made and some species with "militaristic" buildings that then attacked his city. Correct me if I am wrong.

[K.Kraden]

The competition factor is among bigger and stronger opponents in the evolution stage, and among bigger and stronger nations in the tribal/civilization stage.

Whether a 20 foot tall creature that is trying to eat you is intelligent or not, is not an important factor. Whether or not the country next to you that is trying to nuke you to the next life is the same species as you is also unimportant. The important thing is, they're still trying to kill you regardless of their (or your) intelligence level, offering plenty of competition.

If you want interracial wars, just home brew some new creatures and pit some of your planets against them, or find someone on some other planet to beat up on.

[OverlordBill]

:rolleyes:


If no creatures will be mentally more advanced than you, then where is the competetion factor here? why should you even care to advance when you know that you're going to be the smartest and the strongest anyway....

Some competetion has to be put in this game after all.



Heat

Congratulations on totally missing what's been said.

[Astrodog]

Dude...you did NOT look at the GDC video...the guys on Will's planet in the industrial city were Tripods...

[El Cid]

Dude, I DID look at the GDC video, they were just so small I didn't recognize them. Sorry for not looking 20 times to make sure :(

[Hazath]

it only take 18 views before it's blatently obvious, you did watch it 18 times, right? Honestly, who doesn't have 18 hours to watch that video multiple times?

[Astrodog]

It only took me one, and I wasn't wearing my glasses!

[Mr.Heat]

:rolleyes:


If no creatures will be mentally more advanced than you, then where is the competetion factor here? why should you even care to advance when you know that you're going to be the smartest and the strongest anyway....

Some competetion has to be put in this game after all.



Heat

Congratulations on totally missing what's been said.


Congratulations on going off-topic.




Heat

[leech10]

*black on topic*

Will there be moons around some planets that you could colonize or explore?

Will you be able to find other UFOs out in solar systems?

[Astrodog]

You will be the only Civilization that has a UFO.

[K.Kraden]

No, you will be the FIRST civilization that has a UFO. The other races will evolve and grow simultaneously with yours, but there are certain landmark achievements that they will not cross until the player does. Other races very well may have UFO's and the capability to attack you, but they will not have them before you and they will not pre-emptively attack you, unless certain prerequisites are met (such as you being a warlike race, or you attacking them or one of their allies).

This way, the game cannot be frustrating from your creature in the evolution stage being obliterated by some higher tech race.

If only people would watch the movie and listen to the podcasts... all of this is covered by that...

[Astrodog]

I think the moons would be kinda fun.

[Mr.Heat]

No, you will be the FIRST civilization that has a UFO. The other races will evolve and grow simultaneously with yours, but there are certain landmark achievements that they will not cross until the player does. Other races very well may have UFO's and the capability to attack you, but they will not have them before you and they will not pre-emptively attack you, unless certain prerequisites are met (such as you being a warlike race, or you attacking them or one of their allies).

This way, the game cannot be frustrating from your creature in the evolution stage being obliterated by some higher tech race.


This may appear as a stubborn attitude, but i'm still finding it hard to understand why such a strategic game like Spore would be empty of by what i understand from what you're explaining Serious competetion between "you" and the "computer".



If only people would watch the movie and listen to the podcasts... all of this is covered by that...

If only people would watch the movie and listen to the podcasts, they would never need to ask anything, nor discuss anything, they would know everything...just like you do ;)



Heat

[K.Kraden]

This may appear as a stubborn attitude, but i'm still finding it hard to understand why such a strategic game like Spore would be empty of by what i understand from what you're explaining Serious competetion between "you" and the "computer".

If only people would watch the movie and listen to the podcasts, they would never need to ask anything, nor discuss anything, they would know everything...just like you do ;)

Basically, from what I understand, based on your actions in the game you decide how hard the computer is. The computer will match your attitude and actions depending on how aggressive you are towards the game. If you play nice and slow, the computer will also play nice and slow. However, once you give the computer the 'go ahead' by randomly attacking a few alien races and obliterating them, the next races you come across will be far more aggressive. The game scales itself to you.

Lets say you want a really big war game experience. During the evolution and tribal stages you would teach your creatures to be very aggressive and violent, and shape them into warmongers. Then, by the time you reach the city, UFO, and beyond stages, the game will start throwing more combat at you. If you are having an easy time with your opponents, the game will throw bigger and bigger challenges at you until you are right at the 'sweet spot' of gaming where you are almost to your limit, but not so far that the game is unwinnable. Lots of games have used adjustable difficulty, such as Black and White and Max Payne. (Note, Will Wright talked about this later in the GDC movie but he didn't touch on it too deeply so there is a chance I'm wrong, but I'm pretty certain that the AI will adjust itself to be exactly where you want it to be, in your case, a horde of pissed off alien races.)

I also didn't mean to imply that I know everything about the game, I'm just saying that some of these questions have been asked or discussed many times in many different places. And I really didn't mean to steal your thunder, Heat. Sorry. :D

[Mr.Heat]

Ohhh, i see what you mean now, thanks for the explanation :D





Heat

[I LOVE THEE NOT!]

ok sorry for the massive bump but I have a new question.

will our alines have the ability to say breed super fast,go super slow(egg to adult-hood) or go moderatley quick? or will all breeding go at the same rates?

[Mr.Heat]

will our alines have the ability to say breed super fast,go super slow(egg to adult-hood) or go moderatley quick? or will all breeding go at the same rates?


Very interesting question, thanks for bringing that up..


Well, my simple answer is that i have no idea, i really have no idea, there's so much to ask but not a lot available for us to read about =\ .

I'm pretty sure of one thing, and it's that the smaller your creature is, the less it will take it's offsprings to develop, which is pretty obvious

[I LOVE THEE NOT!]

ok thanks heat for answering.

ok my next question will we get leaders of our race sort of like a tribe leader and can we get generals on the battle feild like if your prepareing for a very long attack on a well defended planet you want to take over and can we give our warriors armour?

[Mr.Heat]

will we get leaders of our race sort of like a tribe leader and can we get generals on the battle feild

Hmm, not sure but it is likely that a tribe will have leader, but i'm not sure about battle generals.


can we give our warriors armour?

Confirmed.



Heat

[shock]

nearly done Will is going to show off more at e3 in may. So it should be gold later this yr we hope. Music and CC is what they need to get done..
have you heard the mp3 file? It tells you

:shocked: that was fast

[I LOVE THEE NOT!]

will some of the races be more agressive and attack us just randomly even if we haven't attacked them or there allies but we are in the UFO stage?

[K.Kraden]

Not to steal heat's thunder, but yes.

There are two factors that determine the aggressiveness of other races: The first one is how aggressive you are. If you kill and maim a lot of races, the new ones you meet will be more inclined to attack you. Secondly, will be the other race's natural disposition towards violence. Some races are naturally more aggressive than others. From what I understand, the way a race acts depends on how their creator played the game.

Remember, every creature in the spore galaxy is created by someone, and their personality depends on how their creator played them. If someone plays a race very violently, then when you meet that race in the game, they will be violent as well (from what I understand).

[Mr.Heat]

Not to steal heat's thunder

Nobody's looking for thunder, we're looking for answers and if you got them, feel free to post them =)



Heat

[I LOVE THEE NOT!]

ok might be a stupid one but say I create my aliens and I make them red in the wild could they say turn a diff colour? Like say they breed,layed eggs and the egg produced a black dragon for example can this happen?

[Mr.Heat]

ok might be a stupid one but say I create my aliens and I make them red in the wild could they say turn a diff colour? Like say they breed,layed eggs and the egg produced a black dragon for example can this happen?


Very possible, genes & DNA will probably play a role in the breeding proccess.



Heat

[shock]

ok might be a stupid one but say I create my aliens and I make them red in the wild could they say turn a diff colour? Like say they breed,layed eggs and the egg produced a black dragon for example can this happen?


Very possible, genes & DNA will probably play a role in the breeding proccess.



Heat

consiering chaing genes is you have breed things

[K.Kraden]

I was under the impression that all of your creatures have the same 'genes', that is, they all have the same traits that you edit into them in the creature editor menu.

[Flank57]

Not to barge in or anything, but quick question. When evolving the brain, does your creature go straight from a solitary hunter to a tribe, or can we have a middle ground? .....a pride/pack if you will

[shock]

Not to barge in or anything, but quick question. When evolving the brain, does your creature go straight from a solitary hunter to a tribe, or can we have a middle ground? .....a pride/pack if you will

no idea on my part

[Mr.Heat]

Not to barge in or anything, but quick question. When evolving the brain, does your creature go straight from a solitary hunter to a tribe, or can we have a middle ground? .....a pride/pack if you will

no idea on my part

Shock, this is not the first time i see you doing this, if you have no positive contribution to make to the thread, please do not post at all.

The first rule says:

If someone asks a question, you may say yes or no if you know the answer.
If you do not know the answer then do not respond saying "i dont know" or something similar.
If someone has already correctly answered a question, there is no need for you to answer it aswell.


Now back on topic, please.
Heat

[shock]

if this qesution has already been call, i want to say im sorry ahead of time.

during the "RISK" part of spore, do you actully control the units or do they just attack automaticlly like in the video?

[BioCat]

I heard your creatures can be Aquatic or Landwalkers, but can they be amphibious?

[strillor]

if this qesution has already been call, i want to say im sorry ahead of time.

during the "RISK" part of spore, do you actully control the units or do they just attack automaticlly like in the video?

I'm pretty sure you control them. I think Will Wright said that in the video.

I heard your creatures can be Aquatic or Landwalkers, but can they be amphibious?

you mean be in both worlds right?
I think your cities can only be on either landground or in the water. not both. but maybe your creatures can hunt in the ocean like penguins or turtles :D

[BioCat]

I liked the water hunters idea :spin: .
I also wonder if your craetures can metamorphosis like toads or butterflys. Any idea?

[gg2112]

Maybe, BioCat, nothing's for sure... I'm guessing (but not really hoping) that in the early stages of our creatures we'll be able to choose what type of creature we are making; for example, an amphibian, or a mammal, or an insect, you know.

Or maybe it'll all be based on the parts we choose for our creatures, like fins and skin and legs and things. Maybe if they seem like a butterfly, they'll automatically go into some kind of a metamorphasis stage. I don't know.

We'll wait and see...

[BioCat]

From what I heard and saw I think there will be much more freedom. We won't have to choose what type of creatures we are creating, and the way we make it will have effect on it's abilties. I also wonder what about inner processes like breathing and breeding and whether or not we can change or improve them but I guess that's too much for one game :spin: .

[munch]

Exactly what type of game is this? Simulation?
simulation, stragedgy, what Will said was, umm "Civilization"

[master genesis]

Ahhh, but these arn't humans and there "is" space travel.

[I LOVE THEE NOT!]

question about the health bar...

how dose it raise how dose it lower and what affects it? :confused:

[Mr.Heat]

question about the health bar...

how dose it raise how dose it lower and what affects it? :confused:


No specific answer can be found from the info gathered so far, but my common sense says that attacks & illness might get it down, while food, medications might get it up. I also beleive that it fills automatically when you're not attacked, the speed it fills back up depends on your defense abilities.


Heat

[MrErops]

I have a question about the underwater cities.

While under water, another city might be able to attack, just like on land right? And from what I have read the underground cities are in a bubble, now when attacked, would the bubble possible break, and water come flying in and drown all of your creautres? Because if you have friendly creatures who do not believe in war, in the bubble, and didn't defend themself, then there entire race would be wiped out with 1 or 2 hits.

Edit - Also I have another question, about galaxies. Has it been confirmed that there will be more than 1? :smile:

[strillor]

I have a question about the underwater cities.

While under water, another city might be able to attack, just like on land right? And from what I have read the underground cities are in a bubble, now when attacked, would the bubble possible break, and water come flying in and drown all of your creautres? Because if you have friendly creatures who do not believe in war, in the bubble, and didn't defend themself, then there entire race would be wiped out with 1 or 2 hits.

and the same in the universe colonies :o

I'm just resizing the question :spin:

[PlutonianEmpire]

will we have to wait for another year or two before the game is finally released (for the PC, anyway)?

[Mr.Heat]

About Strillor's and MrErops' questions about being attacked while inside a bubble or while inside a certain land: there must be some kind of way to these creatures to survive and defend themselves, it won't be worthy to play them if they couldn't, and Maxis surely wants you to try all the expriences.

One possible way of the many ones available is that your underwater city will have radars that will tell you if an enemy is approaching, this way you can get your forces out to prevent the enemy from wiping you out.

Again, this is just a potential way...it's not confirmed, but if we look at the strategic logic in such games, each "faction", or each population in this case must have a way to defend and attack.


Edit - Also I have another question, about galaxies. Has it been confirmed that there will be more than 1? :smile:

Confirmed? no. Likely to be? i don't know honestly.

will we have to wait for another year or two before the game is finally released (for the PC, anyway)?

I remember myself talking full of confidence about how Spore was going to be released back in 2005, and i've been wrong, very wrong. Before Wright decides to spit some clues, i will not take another bet in this issue :silly:

Heat

[Mason11987]

Edit - Also I have another question, about galaxies. Has it been confirmed that there will be more than 1? :smile:

Confirmed? no. Likely to be? i don't know honestly.

There will be only 1, will stated it in the gaming steve interview. There is no need for more then 1 since there will be quote "more places then someone could visit in a lifetime" (Wright)



will we have to wait for another year or two before the game is finally released (for the PC, anyway)?

I remember myself talking full of confidence about how Spore was going to be released back in 2005, and i've been wrong, very wrong. Before Wright decides to spit some clues, i will not take another bet in this issue :silly:

Heat

Signs point to early 2007, I'd LOVE late 2006, but the wired article released in april suggests that it would be early 2007 that it's coming out, and the only evidence we had earlier that it would hit in Fall '06 was the gaming steve interview in following E3 '05. At GDC '05 the game that was shown wasn't necessarily close to being done, it wasn't continuous, he used a kind of save state to go from section to section in his presentation (look at the creature close enough, the tribal ones isn't EXACTLY the one in the creature one, same with after water transform and the first steps on the beach (even though it SEEMS it is right after, it's not the same creature).