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Spore Phases
Spore is all about evolving your very own species. As such, the gameplay in Spore is divided up into several phases of Evolution:
Tide Pool Phase: As science should suggest, any species will inevitably start off as a single cell organism and the species you create in Spore is no exception. This is a two-dimensional mini-game where a player controls his or her single cell by swimming it around a pool of primordial ooze, devouring smaller organisms and avoiding the larger ones. At this stage, players can upgrade their cell with defense mechanisms such as flagella and cilia.
Creature Phase: Should you survive the hard-knock life of a single-cell organism, you'll find yourself in a three-dimensional "water world" environment. The game remains the same here as you still work on taking out the smaller less fortunate while avoiding the bad boys of the sea. Like every stage of the game, you'll be allowed to upgrade and further customize your creature. With the proper will-to-survive, you'll be dropping the fins for some legs and emerging onto land (Note: For you sea lovers, the move to land is entirely optional!) Now things are starting to get interesting. Once on land, you'll find yourself one part of a dynamic ecosystem that is inhabited by the creations of other players. While still a matter of survival of the fittest in the most simple terms, you are a much more complex creature at this point.
Tribal Phase: Let out a mighty mating call and you'll realize that you're not as alone as you've felt for so long. Soon, the R&B music will kick in and you'll be reproducing with another creature of the same species. You'll grow in complexity and before you know it find yourself just one part of a whole tribe! At this stage, a player will deal with increasingly complex creatures as well as the micromanagement of a small tribe! Now, not only will you be able to tweak your creature further with new abilities but you'll be able to customize your tribal village as well.
City Phase / Civilization Phase: As technology permits, your creatures will surpass the stage of tribal life and enter into a stage in which they are able to create thriving cities! As your creatures' brains evolve, more and more opportunities and technologies will become available. Players are given complete control over the architectural design of their cities making no two cities quite the same. At this stage, the game becomes much more diplomatic. With neighboring cities surrounding your own, you are given some choices: work with them, or bomb them to oblivion.
Space Phase: When that brain in your creatures' noggins gets large enough, you'll be given the option to create a UFO. At this stage, armed with a UFO you can cruise over the surface of your planet abducting whatever content you choose, be it another creature, plants, etc. More importantly, you can zoom way out into space where you will first realize that you're just one planet out of millions of others. Now you can interact with other planets in a multitude of different ways and make important and fun upgrades to your UFO. Keep in mind: these planets are inhabited by the creations of other real players! This stage is where the real fun begins!
Dakota2000 - May 10, 2008 11:56 PM
after the cell phase (tide pool phase) then will it evolve a little bit older like in the 35 demonstration of spore. Or after the cell phase go straight to land creatures?
WoW and Spore kid - May 07, 2008 06:34 PM
You get to pick your own planet when you start the game and then you break out of a comet thing and you go on from then....
reevesdude - Apr 30, 2008 07:01 AM
when i get game im going ti make a moon base them blow something up with valcanow
sporefann - Apr 28, 2008 11:21 PM
im cant wait to go to the space phase..."Death UFO in range in 15 minites to Alien Planet!"
sporeman100 - Apr 27, 2008 08:45 PM
hey why cant we have more phases?
reevesdude - Apr 27, 2008 10:52 AM
when i get this game im going to blow up something, then dance then have lunch
chavmaster44 - Apr 25, 2008 08:08 AM
this waiting is gonna kill me and are we still able to cultivate underwater?? or has that been scraped?
DraigonSim - Apr 05, 2008 12:36 AM
Evolotin are God? people say there can oley one. i say y not both. for one thing some thing as grate as god mad the world and avery thing on it. but the bible naver says how he made it. may be what people be leve is the god snaped he fegers and poff all was here. it says he did it all in 7 days. but it naver saied in 7 of are days are being humen. what is 7 days to god??? can 7 days to god be milliens of years to us??? may be evolotin is the way god did it and some people are to nieve to put two and two togater. that is all i have to say and for give me for any miss spalled words.
Adamdude - Apr 03, 2008 10:31 PM
I wish that we would have the water faze still cause i think its dumb that we wont get to play it when we first get spore; i mean common! water is a part of evoulition!!!!!! that defeats the perpose of spore. and i know already that they have the water faze for ds. (Also i belive in Evolotion. BUT i belive in God. I think God made evolotion) random facts :)
fableboy - Apr 03, 2008 09:26 PM
Space is going to be the best. Space will be the true endless phase.
Hawksparrow - Mar 31, 2008 12:16 PM
Creature Phase is gonna be the best. You can just play and change and change and play. But all of Spore is gonna rock. And I know this sounds a bit weird but it will be cool like designing all your own plants and stuff. You could have ones that look like letters and put them all ina row to make stuff! Sweet...
Sporemenow - Mar 21, 2008 01:39 PM
Oh and it has a cool pic of a creature with a tribal hat and civ hat and a space hat...
Sporemenow - Mar 21, 2008 11:43 AM
a cool site to check out about the phases... http://www.maclife.com/article/spore_preview?page=0%2C0
Sporemenow - Mar 21, 2008 10:51 AM
I have a question about jumping into any phase... if you wanted to just right into the space phase do you get to deside how everything looks by going thru the creators or do you pick from sporepedia, or does the game pick for you and you can alter them if you wanted...?
Teh Guest - Mar 16, 2008 05:07 PM
spore rox. no question
limbo - Mar 16, 2008 04:17 PM
spore rox. no question
DraigonSim - Mar 09, 2008 12:18 PM
Just to late you all know thay are make spore for the iPhone and it looks like its going to just as good as the computre one. but it dont make any diffrins to me be coz i dont have one but just to late people know.
lowlow2 - Feb 26, 2008 10:42 AM
so i reandomly get a random generated randomly random floating ROCK -.- oh well.. EVAPORATE!
DraigonSim - Feb 25, 2008 11:47 PM
Sry one more thing it wuild be cool if thay come out with a demo. : 0......(>;;)>
DraigonSim - Feb 25, 2008 11:45 PM
One thing i'm new to the Spore community... :) I have played WoW for 2 years and was not all that crazzy for Sims 2. But i have got to say this looks like it is going to be one of the best games of all times. HellZ ya. 2 EVAPORATEING YOU PLANET IS JUST MEEN. good work i'm loveing it>.>
space eagle - Feb 24, 2008 07:31 PM
no you dont get to make your planet. that's the only editor they had talked about that supposedly isnt being put in the game.
Crxss - Feb 24, 2008 04:34 PM
italyrox - it's supposed to have similar requirements to Sims 2. So if you can play Sims 2, this game will run on your PC.
lowlow2 - Feb 23, 2008 03:04 PM
ooh ooh a 90% water tropical jungle planet where the only way to travel from island to island is via flight, swimming or boats ^^ thats so cool! ILL EVAPORATE MY PLANET! MUHAHA
lowlow2 - Feb 23, 2008 03:01 PM
do we get to make our planet or will it be generated cause i wanna evolve on some sort of 90% water based tropical jungle planet around a gas giant :P
serg24 - Feb 22, 2008 04:20 PM
hope u dont need high graphic cards
italyrox - Feb 22, 2008 03:56 PM
PLEASE FIND INFORMATION ABOUT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PC
lowlow2 - Feb 12, 2008 04:10 PM
pushed back to september 07 2008 -.- bah humbug
OMGSPOREOMG - Jan 30, 2008 10:33 PM
Topdaryl it has not been pushed back yet... We are quite close to it coming out though!
topdaryl - Jan 23, 2008 06:52 AM
OUT AROUND SEPTEMBER
diogo21lx - Jan 21, 2008 06:28 PM
youre a bit out of date with that video, i think its one of the first videos released or something. anyway, i hope it comes out in march cause i allready lost the count of time since i'm waiting spore, i think at least 2 years and i hope they dnt delay it anymore cause i read in a game mag from where i am that the game was coming at the start of summer and not spring. god i hope the magazine is wrong
Coryay113 - Jan 21, 2008 04:53 PM
I watched a great video on youtube. They guy droped a animal from his home planet onto a moon and it exploded. Then he shot volcano things down that started building an atmosphere. Then he created a city inside a bubble. II FEEL LIKE CARTMAN WAITING FOR THE Wii. I MIGHT HaVE TO FREEZE MYSELF.
spake - Jan 20, 2008 03:15 AM
you said 'rapture farms' and any way who cares if its under water i want civilisations on moons
lowlow2 - Jan 14, 2008 04:10 PM
Ive completed Abe 1 + 2 obviously you didn't see the 'Rupture Farms?' area of my comment. On the point have they wiped out the part where youre creature goes from water - land?
spake - Jan 12, 2008 04:44 AM
its rupture farms stuppid obvously u havnt completed abe 1 or 2
spake - Jan 12, 2008 04:44 AM
its rubture farms stuppid obvously u havnt completed abe 1 or 2
Maikael - Jan 11, 2008 11:22 PM
Sorry Wrong Place Don't pay attention
Maikael - Jan 11, 2008 11:08 PM
How Much does anyone want to bet within Five Days someone will have created Ridley scott's Alien
lowlow2 - Jan 07, 2008 02:55 PM
@ Obscur : isnt rapture of the game Abe? the Rapture Farms? if you do make a city in that name with all the Abe loving power in me.. i will make it my goal to genecide youre species......... well i've been waiting for Spore a very very long time... and when it comes out i will try not to wipe anyones species away.. but if they come anywhere NEAR my sun i will ( quote Angry Gaming fag guy whatever hes called ) POP EM IN THE ****ING HEAD! but realy i will wipe out all life withing my suns areas *nod* and heck i may even blow up my own planet with my crazy inventions! ( test driving the new super boom boom gun i created that should make all life sentient, 10% chance of succes 98% chance not working 1% chance it blows my planet to bits... ) well good luck and hope you dont get wiped out too hard! ^-^
emilyt - Jan 06, 2008 01:03 PM
if you look at the FAQs on this site, youll see that Will said that underwater/flying creatures are on the brink of being cut ouy but they might appear in an expansion pack.
ppaaggee1 - Jan 06, 2008 09:26 AM
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE CREATURE SCREENSHOTS? near the end there is a screenshot of a creature with flippers and hands that are webbed and it was all blue doesn't theat tell you that there are underwater creatures to be made(my thouts is that you can breath water and air)
jammie2121 - Jan 06, 2008 02:43 AM
i think the creature, the city pahase and space phases are the best game cant wait till it comes out and i dont think you can do flying or swimming.
Obscur - Jan 03, 2008 03:45 PM
I will build an underwater paradise, and call it "Rapture"
Jellly Spore - Dec 31, 2007 07:21 PM
I heard somewhere you can have underwater cities later on in the game.
spake - Dec 29, 2007 02:02 PM
i do hope you can have underwater citys and have fish-men and stuff that would be awsome.
spake - Dec 29, 2007 02:01 PM
i do hope you can have underwater citys and have fish-men and stuff that would be awsome.
Spore Rocketeer 589 - Dec 21, 2007 03:59 PM
isn't one yet somtime in 2008 at the start i hope :D
spake - Dec 21, 2007 12:35 PM
u can have underwater city's but there in huge bubble like thingymabobs i love spore p.s. when is the official release date
TikeSpore - Dec 16, 2007 11:09 AM
I think an expansion pack could be like a bunch of new weapons, tools, and maybe the ability to have more than one village.
Carnage - Dec 09, 2007 03:59 PM
U can stay in the phrases for as long as u want ww stated
emilyt - Dec 08, 2007 12:00 PM
does anyone know how you can find your friends planets easily?
rankaratar - Dec 03, 2007 01:30 AM
I don't think they'd include another Phase and by now they know if they have those, they're only playtesting and tweaking now
valkyrie101 - Dec 02, 2007 02:54 PM
A expansion of new abilitys and parts to you creatures maybe. Maybe a new phase of some sort.
valkyrie101 - Dec 02, 2007 02:51 PM
rankaratar - Nov 30, 2007 06:18 PM
Well, knowing the Sims and its many, many, many... MANY explansion packs I can guess we will eventually see swimming and flying creatures. What else do you reckon they will put in Spore's expansion packs?
emilyt - Nov 08, 2007 09:51 PM
i believe underwater is going to be an expansion pack w.w. said it in an interview that it is most likely being cut out and put into an expansion
andrew655 - Oct 27, 2007 12:35 PM
oops typo i meant ability to go underwater +cities underwater.. as well as flying creatures
andrew655 - Oct 27, 2007 12:35 PM
oops typo i meant ability to go underwater +cities underwater.. as well as flying creatures
andrew655 - Oct 27, 2007 12:34 PM
yeah everybody i wouldnt rule out the creature phase anymore because ww has 6 more months...
Masterman619 - Oct 24, 2007 03:23 PM
You can probably name your planet. If you can't, you can make up your own name in your head.
wantsporenow! - Oct 12, 2007 05:17 PM
i think the creature phaze and the space phaze are going to be the best. but i'll probably stay in the creature phaze for a day or two at least.
lohikansun - Oct 08, 2007 06:20 PM
I don't know but i know but i hope you can stay in creature as long as you want. That seems like the most fun phase
Splitfish - Sep 19, 2007 03:04 PM
from what i've read, u can create underwater cities in bubbles (not sure though, dont know about the website's reliability) and will wright has said that maybe they'll put sea creatures in but as a very very expanded version of the tidepool phase. Does anyone know if u automatically move from creature to tribal if uve evolved a certain number of times?
Carodan - Sep 13, 2007 05:13 PM
im not sure if you can or can not name your planet but you probably get to choose your planet
Shady - Sep 09, 2007 03:24 PM
"Can you name your planets
Masterman619 - Sep 07, 2007 09:49 PM
I preordered it at 3 different stores. lol
SPORE 2k7 - Sep 05, 2007 07:01 AM
i never said that no one here will get it
Spore Rocketeer 589 - Sep 03, 2007 05:54 PM
chances of anyone getting spore on the first shipment is slim but some one will think about it
SPORE 2k7 - Sep 01, 2007 04:56 PM
the chances of anyone here getting spore on the first shipment is slim because many people have preorderd
Teh Guest - Sep 01, 2007 02:19 AM
Anyone else see whats happening here? People from different genres are wanting Spore for different reasons. Spore has the potential to out sell any game ever sold... in the first week... The game is complete and ready to ship.. I just hope I can get a copy when it first ships and not wait weeks after... o.O..... And to keep on topic my favorite Phases are.. well... ALL!! LOL.. But the Space Phase looks to be endless with millions of worlds to visit and conquer!
moranguita - Aug 18, 2007 02:31 PM
nooo!! i'm so sad!! ;'( ;'( ;'( ;'( ''' ;'( '''''''' ''' ;'( '' '''' ' ' '
sunshine - Aug 11, 2007 04:39 PM
yeh i remember in the ted video him saying something about if he wanted to colonise underwater so theres a good chance of them
Spore Rocketeer 589 - Aug 11, 2007 12:38 PM
what about under water citys they would be cool r they still in ? if they r there will have 2 be some sea life
sunshine - Aug 10, 2007 04:33 PM
water creatures would be boring in the video it didnt have many creatures underwater and you cant move very fast
Spore Rocketeer 589 - Aug 10, 2007 12:14 PM
no they took out the water phase so no water cretures :-( shame
moranguita - Aug 10, 2007 09:38 AM
so we can create water cretures??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cool... nice.... ;)
sunshine - Aug 09, 2007 03:13 PM
they took out the water phase
Masterman619 - Aug 03, 2007 05:29 PM
new update, They are taking out the space phase. just kidding.
Lewis-J - Jul 25, 2007 02:15 PM
Hopefully (fingers crossed) they will release an expansion set or summat which lets you create underwater stuff, like cities or creatures. it would be cool. They could also update the creature editor with fins and what-not ( i know they have stuff like barracuda mouths already)... but it still would be awsome. Any other ideas
Skretch - Jul 22, 2007 11:52 PM
Water "Phase" is out of the picture. There has been nothing said of water creatures. Plus, water phase could have just been changed into the beginning of the creature phase. Oh and tribal for me... you know the dancing, the parties, the hunting, the my rock is better than your rock brawls... the loincloths
Skullcobra - Jul 21, 2007 02:15 AM
The Molecular phase is still in the game but water is probably out, but I'd like creature bcause u can morph ure species as much az u want, and soace bcause u can mess with planets and other peoples races.
Terras315 - Jul 20, 2007 05:26 PM
spore obseser - Jul 19, 2007 05:42 AM
I THINK MOLECULER phase is tidle phase
moranguita - Jul 18, 2007 03:46 PM
if i get spore i will create a water creature!! it wouldbe so cool!!! iŽd love it!!! I l♥ve the water life!!!♥♥♥
Masterman - Jul 03, 2007 10:48 PM
I like the civilization phase because i can make my own ships.
Canuhearmenow - Jul 01, 2007 08:22 AM
I'm going to enjoy Cell and Creature the most. Why? I get to watch my creatures parts at work!
Boomer - Jun 28, 2007 08:46 AM
this looks cool, but what happened to the moleculer phase
Masterman - Jun 24, 2007 06:12 PM
I like the last phase where i can mess with planets.
Turdpolisher - Jun 24, 2007 12:46 AM
city and creature phases will be best tribal is just a smaller version of the city phase, and if ur creature all ready hunted in packs then tribal phase would basicly be the same
Turdpolisher - Jun 24, 2007 12:44 AM
city and creature phases will be best tribal is just a smaller version of the city phase, and if ur creature all ready hunted in packs then tribal phase would basicly be the same
sunshine - Jun 18, 2007 03:23 PM
i reckon the tribal phase looks best im going to stay in that phase for a while what about you guys ^_^ ?? also can are animals change to the climate or not? so we dont have to live in bubbles and i mean without changing the climate? thanks if you have a answer
te Guest - Jun 18, 2007 05:13 AM
yes Turdpolisher we can create flyable creatures
wantsporenow! - Jun 06, 2007 11:08 AM
i dont like diplomacy. im just going to blow all the neighboring cities into nothingness. then i will go build my own city there. and move onto the next unfortunate city. ^_^
guildmaster78 - Jun 06, 2007 12:51 AM
Spore is gonna be sweet! does anyone know if the molecular phase is gonna on it or if they took it? Will there be any way to communicate on the game like actual chatting or anything like that?
Turdpolisher - May 22, 2007 12:03 PM
i think being an animal and onward will be fun it would be cool if ya could fly i hope they put that in
Zergling_man - Apr 27, 2007 09:44 PM
i have seen some spore clips and i think i recognise that name but not sure, i will prob. go look it up.
sporeboy - Apr 27, 2007 02:55 PM
thanks for that tom1011994 (^_^)
Alaxander - Apr 19, 2007 05:30 PM
lol. did anyone here see the clip spore GCD 2007 on youtube?
tom1011994 - Apr 13, 2007 12:30 PM
well it was last updatedeight days ago so they woold of cut that part of the paragraph out and no ones saying that ther going to cut it out n e way if u go onto this website they explain loads of stuff (http://spore.strategyplanet.gamespy.com/faq.html)
Draco - Apr 13, 2007 08:35 AM
it's sad that this site is so old. They dont know that they will be cutting out the water creatures.
sporeboy - Apr 11, 2007 01:58 PM
the molecular phase was gay it was gonna be exactly like tetris and that would of sucked so they took it out "THANK GOD"
Frederik255 - Apr 11, 2007 07:51 AM
the molecular phase is just like pacman but not in a maze simple said your a single celle organism
Frederik255 - Apr 11, 2007 07:49 AM
stickman - Apr 10, 2007 07:07 PM
what is the molecular phase?
manbird3335 - Apr 06, 2007 09:12 PM
what would happen if u screwed the tetris up...huh? like put triangles on top of each other until u lost, then ur planet would be screwed up
manbird3335 - Apr 06, 2007 09:10 PM
the molecular phase was a joke...i think....if it was true it would be similiar to tetris. how would u advance through that
Harrold251 - Apr 06, 2007 04:40 PM
What happened to the molecular phase?
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