Will Wright's New Game: Spore

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by CapTVK





*I was keeping this game in reserve for "Name the Game" competition but I guess there's only one person here who would know the answer.

If you meant me then no.

[CapTVK]

Originally posted by DrSpike


If you meant me then no.

Nooooooooo!

[Az]

I would rather it have a lot less biological evolution aspects, and a lot more cultural/ civilizational evolution ( NOT like civ. Civ had none of it). Still sounds very interesting.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
The Sims - constantly atop the charts, xpack after xpack, and now a hit sequel.

Yes, Titanic was a blockbuster movie too.

[Adagio]

Re: Will Wright's New Game: Spore

Spore sounds worth keeping an eye on

Originally posted by Bkeela
I wish he would resurrect his SimMars project though.

Me too...

Btw, do you know that at simtropolis they're making a SimMars mod for SimCity 4 (and even Will Wright has commented it)... I haven't tried it, will wait til it's done (or as done as it gets)

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Yes, Titanic was a blockbuster movie too.

it was an established genre, the disaster movie, and in fact there was an old movie on the same story - A Night to Remember. The Sims established a new genre. And is rather more central to the PC industry then Titanic was to movies, again a much more established medium.

[St Leo]

Originally posted by CapTVK
I'll take a look at it once its ready. In the meantime there's plenty of other fish in the sea. For some short games try out experimentalgameplay.com

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Azazel
I would rather it have a lot less biological evolution aspects, and a lot more cultural/ civilizational evolution ( NOT like civ. Civ had none of it). Still sounds very interesting.

What's more cultural than bacteria?

[DrSpike]

/me shoots Ludd.

[CapTVK]

Originally posted by St Leo

Originally posted by CapTVK
I'll take a look at it once its ready. In the meantime there's plenty of other fish in the sea. For some short games try out experimentalgameplay.com

Thanks , its an amazingly good site. Better yet, the fun has just begun. Their challenge is to release 50-100 of these single concept games in a single semester!

[Nostromo]

Read this if you want more info. The concept is intriguing. I don't know however if it will amount to a good game.

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/595/595975p1.html

[vovan]

Originally posted by nostromo
Read this if you want more info. The concept is intriguing. I don't know however if it will amount to a good game.

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/595/595975p1.html

Yeah, that's some amazing stuff. The thing that impresses me most is the claim that everything, from the meshes, to the textures, to the animations, is procedurally generated. That's really some impressive stuff. Actually, that's the topic of one of the speeches Wright will be giving Thursday - procedurally generated content. (Incidentally, the man that pops up in one's mind at the phrase "procedural content" - Chris Crawford - will also apparently be there to say a few words. So that's shaping up to be quite an exciting talk.)

[Nostromo]

Yeah, these procedural programming methods are pretty intriguing. From the gamespy article:

For inspiration, Wright looked to the "demo scene," a group of (mostly European) coders who specialized in doing a whole lot with a little bit of code. Their procedural programming methods were able to, for example, fit an entire 3D game in 64K, using mathematics to generate textures and music, etc.

64K? Wow!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
it was an established genre, the disaster movie, and in fact there was an old movie on the same story - A Night to Remember. The Sims established a new genre. And is rather more central to the PC industry then Titanic was to movies, again a much more established medium.

Uh, I was trying to point out that just because something makes a lot of money doesn't mean it's good.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by nostromo
64K? Wow!

Old news



If you haven't seen them:

http://www.theprodukkt.com/demoscene.html