New Spore Prototype - TidePool (and for Mac users, the Creature Creator patch!) Today’s Spore Day features a new prototype called Tide Pool.* Tide Pool represents our first steps down the path toward synthesizing our ideas into a playable game. Tide Pool set the stage for the later, more recognizably Spore-like prototypes SPUG and GonzagoGL. Tide Pool combines a forest fire simulator from BIOME with the terrain and water simulation from WaterBoy and the flocking system from Crowd in a fire fighting mini game. You can grab the prototype from the official site.* Mac users, if you are still using the Creature Creator, then you should now be able to update your game.* The official Spore site made this announcement and when you start the game, it should prompt you to update.* Follow the directions and your game will receive its patch.