Comments on: spore

spore

crunchland — Thu, 19 May 2005 22:28:14 -0800

Will Wright's SPORE site online. [note: flash] (Previously discussed here.)

By: Jon-o

Jon-o — Thu, 19 May 2005 22:48:02 -0800

when's this going to be available?

By: rolypolyman

rolypolyman — Thu, 19 May 2005 22:55:30 -0800

But will this one have Gaia?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 19 May 2005 23:07:39 -0800

After seeing the trailer for Splash Damage's upcoming Quake Wars yesterday, I find those screenshots a little disappointing. Still, sounds like an interesting game, if not in the run-around-and-commit-mayhem mode that I most enjoy. (Also, did that animation intro look very goopyesque to anyone else?)

By: AlexReynolds

AlexReynolds — Thu, 19 May 2005 23:26:22 -0800

Will it run on a Mac?

By: Silky Slim

Silky Slim — Fri, 20 May 2005 00:30:59 -0800

if only the game looked anything like that flash animation!

By: Silky Slim

Silky Slim — Fri, 20 May 2005 00:36:09 -0800

alex, it's will wright, so probably.

By: Tlogmer

Tlogmer — Fri, 20 May 2005 02:11:27 -0800

I'm still pissed off about Sid Mier's Pirates being released for the fucking XBox but not the mac. That said -- yeah, Spore probably will get an OSX release. (On another note, Spore is so amazingly cool that it's inspired me to design a computer game, despite my programming skills sucking. I don't know what I'm going to do with all these matrices.)

By: efalk

efalk — Fri, 20 May 2005 03:43:05 -0800

Stavros - Wright's games have always been less on flashy graphics and more on content. There's a semi-interesting article on him in this week's Newsweek in which it explains that Wright draws a lot from various (non-game) designers. In essence, it seemed to be: have the game work, thats more important than having it look good.

By: agregoli

agregoli — Fri, 20 May 2005 07:32:04 -0800

Wright's games lately have plenty of flashy graphics - the level of detail in the Sims 2 for example is stunning.

By: zoogleplex

zoogleplex — Fri, 20 May 2005 11:00:06 -0800

There's a nice interview over at Wired News with Will Wright about this. I think it's an interesting idea, I'll probably wind up buying it.