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Spore FAQ
What are the system requirements for Spore?
You can check out the minimum requirements here: http://www.spore.com/what/specs_spore
Can my creature have fur, feathers, or spikes?
Yes, there are spike and feather body parts in the creature creator, and you can use skins that resemble fur.
Do I need an Internet connection to play Spore?
Yes, to register it, and to get content from other players. The latter is not reqired, so if you don't have a non-stop net connection, you can still play with it.
Can I make flying creatures?
Yes, if you have wings, you can fly. You can also use glitches of the Creature Creator to make a creature that looks like hovering.
Can I make aquatic creatures?
You can play with aquatic creatures in the tide pool phase, with 2D graphics, but if you want to grow into a real creature, you must venture onto the land.
Can I control a fleet of Spaceships?
No. The Space stage is not a strategy game, it is a sandbox game. You control a single UFO, but that is able to do literally ANYTHING. You can create or destroy whole civilizations, species, terrains, etc. You can even blow up whole planets! You can, however, ask some of your alliances to follow you with their UFO.
Are there different planet types ?
Yes! There are Earth-like planets, but you can also start playing on desert, icy, rocky, and lava planets. There are several other planet types that can't even be described simply with the earthly nature.
Can I play with Spore without an Internet connection?
You will need an Internet connection to register the game after the installation. After that, you can play offline, but if you never log in online, you can't use the content sharing system and the Sporepedia.
Which platforms will Spore be available on?
Spore, as we know it, is currently a PC exclusive game. Alternative versions were announced for DS and mobile phone. These are obviously much simplier than the PC game. (the DS version only includes the creature phase, and the mobile phone version is about the tide pool phase) A Wii version is also under developement, but it will be released later than the full game, and we don't know anything about it yet.
What can I create in Spore and how?
When you start the game, you can edit your single-celled creature with putting body parts on it, like spikes, eyes, swimmers, etc, and changing its color. In the creature stage, you can completely edit your creatures shape, like a piece of clay , and put body parts on it, that you can choose from a list of hundreds. You can also manipulate the body parts' size, and other attributes. In the tribal stage, you can create a hut for your creatures, and design their armor. In the civilization stage, you can build vehicles (ships, planes, and ground vehicles) and buildings, in a similar editor, with putting simple objects, and more advanced parts together, like lego, and texture them. In the Space phase you get an access to all of the previous editors, and a new one, the plant editor, that wasn't seen in a footage, and it is unknown how it will work.
What is Spore?
Spore is Will Wright's new masterpiece. Spore will allow players to start off a single-cell organism and work with this organism until it grows into a full-fledged creature, that gains sentinence, and when it conqers its home planet capable of making a spaceship and explore millions of planets!
How many planets can I explore in the Space phase?
In 2005, Will Wright said a hundread thousand. Later, he mentioned millions of planets, and even billions of planets were mentioned at a presentation. Actually, any of these numbers might be right. The planets are procedurally generated "on the fly", so the developer team don't have make them one by one, there will be as many as needed to fit into the gameplay.
Is Spore multiplayer? An MMORPG?
The short answer: No. Will Wright describes Spore's on-line feature as Asyncronous Sharing. Spore is unique in that while it has multiplayer elements involved there will be no direct live contact with other players. Players' created content gets saved to a master server and will be downloaded by the client-software of other players. In this way, a player will interact with the content created by another player in a non-intrusive manner.
How does the evolution aspect of the game work?
The game seemingly breaks down into several parts. From a single cell, to a multi-cell, to a primitive creature, to a member of a tribe, to a thriving city, and into space!
1. Azarak - Aug 19, 2008 07:25 PM
One thing that I'm curious about is if you can jump right to a specific stage off the bat. Say you install the game and you want to go right to the creature or tribal stage, can you do that or do you have to start in the tide pool?
2. reevesdude - Aug 04, 2008 06:28 AM
i cant wait to get underwater base(
3. Jdunn94 - Aug 02, 2008 07:44 PM
for those asking if the creature creator is included in the game, yes. Throughout the creature phase you earn parts for your creature. By the end of the creature phase you should have the full creature creator
4. Arch_Laughter - Aug 01, 2008 11:27 PM
NO!!!
5. reevesdude - Aug 01, 2008 07:35 AM
CAN YOU MAKE STUFF UNDER WATER????
6. LarzAluphe - Jul 30, 2008 04:22 PM
Hey, I got a Question. When you have a UFO, will you be able to Kidnap other races and place them on other planets? So you could Make Zoo Planets, or create a "Perfect" planet. All I realy want to make is a Zoo Planet right now.
7. vaderdude727 - Jul 20, 2008 04:46 PM
does anyone know if the spore game will come with the creature creator, and if not, why do you need the creator anyway?
8. BOP! - Jul 17, 2008 01:30 PM
what are going to be the differance between the Wii and the computer. I'm planning for Wii 'cause my computer is stupid.
9. skyman12222 - Jul 13, 2008 06:04 PM
i need some help when i play the trial mode it logs me off b4 i even get 2 the homepage help me
10. TwinFire123 - Jul 13, 2008 04:15 PM
how do u change the backgrounds in the test drive mode?
11. xSkell - Jul 02, 2008 02:52 AM
Fuujin doubletab arrow up
12. xGoodGod - Jun 27, 2008 08:06 PM
fuujin, you should use the forums to ask questions, you're more likely to get an answer. and one click is to walk, two clicks are to run
13. Fuujin - Jun 27, 2008 09:06 AM
I've seen some vids of creatures in the test area...they were walking then they started to run...what i the command for run/walk ?
14. Grubish360 - Jun 25, 2008 08:07 AM
You can control a fleet of space ships. Go to the link and look for this question: In the space stage will you just control your own spaceship, or will you be able to command fleets of ships? http://www.spore.com/comm/faq
15. Zimtiki - Jun 24, 2008 11:29 AM
I'm just happy it's available on Mac. I'm still waiting to hear all the system requirements though.
16. tpdud032 - Jun 22, 2008 08:17 PM
what should my computer's setting to play spore?
17. SnakeTheFox - Jun 20, 2008 05:47 AM
I don't use it, but I feel required to tell you guys that Spore IS NOT PC exclusive. An identical version is being released for the Mac, and another, possibly similar version for the Apple iPhone. I don't use Apple products, but that's incorrect information, and being this is the biggest Spore fansite yet, I feel implored to ask you to change it.
18. Blindmonkey - Jun 11, 2008 09:49 PM
The system requirements have been released. Check the Ign website. http://pc.ign.com/articles/880/880693p1.html
19. Sporemenow - Jun 10, 2008 06:10 PM
http://www.spore.com/comm/faq spore's faq!
20. wannabeawallaby - Jun 10, 2008 02:14 PM
Is the complete spore creature CREATOR (Not editor) included when you buy the spore PC game in September?
21. WeeRuz - Jun 09, 2008 11:23 AM
Hmm.. Spore dev team said in a video I saw that you can connect fleets of allies ships to your UFO. Can't remember the exact movie.. But I think it was kinda new.
22. KnightOfAmmo - Jun 05, 2008 01:20 PM
Teh Guest, yeah
23. Teh Guest - Jun 03, 2008 10:28 AM
In creature place ar there going to be more of your kind of creature's around in the world, if your creature is small. And ar there going to be few kinds of your creature's around in the world if your creature is big??
24. Alterego - May 16, 2008 09:03 AM
leea: Your UFO can be destroyed, and there was no other release date before this one, only guesses like "before the holidays" or "in fall 2006" or "Early 2007". And they were wrong about these, but this is the first time that they announced a REAL release date, so it is surely true.
25. leea - May 14, 2008 04:22 PM
Can your UFO be destroyed? also this maybe a silly question but i have heard that this games release date has been changed quite a few times! is the release date that is out now a definite date or is there a possibility or it changing again? thanks lee
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