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Spore Creatures Now Outnumber Known Earth Species

Posted by timothy on from the does-not-count-the-hollow-earth-creatures dept.

GBC writes "AFP is reporting that, as of a week ago, the number of creatures in the "Spore" database exceeded the number of known species on Earth. They are created using 'Creature Creator,' which is available in a free (with limited parts) or paid download at the Spore website. Will Wright seems extremely happy with the progress so far: 'We hit 100K in 22 hours and a million by the end of the first week. The numbers are just blowing us away.'"

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  1. What percentage are... by ivan256 · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...penis creatures?

    1. Re:What percentage are... by SomeJoel · · Score: 5, Funny

      Dude, don't be a dick.

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    2. Re:What percentage are... by CogDissident · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, seriously, who wants to read CAD. That comic is awful (and the author is a bit of a dick too).

    3. Re:What percentage are... by eln · · Score: 3, Funny

      But sooner or later, the novelty of creating giant animated penii will wear off.

      If that's true, how do you explain Second Life's continued existence?

    4. Re:What percentage are... by Tragedy4u · · Score: 3, Funny

      I really don't want to think about Penis Creatures and the statement in the article "The numbers are just blowing us away."

    5. Re:What percentage are... by Pennidren · · Score: 5, Funny

      But sooner or later, the novelty of creating giant animated penii will wear off.

      Speak for yourself

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    6. Re:What percentage are... by spooje · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm going to make a planet of vagina creatures then use them to bilk the penis planets of all their wealth after a large divorce settlement.

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    7. Re:What percentage are... by fictionpuss · · Score: 4, Funny

      I didn't say human social evolution was a quick process.

    8. Re:What percentage are... by andrewd18 · · Score: 3, Funny

      the author is a bit of a dick

      No, no, no, you've got it all wrong. The author's a cad.

    9. Re:What percentage are... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't be angry, Buckley. Your art and comedic skills should improve...eventually.

    10. Re:What percentage are... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      The correct pedantic plural is "penes."

  2. Yes but... by wikdwarlock · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aren't they mostly just variations on walking genitalia or lewd acts thus far?

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  3. Worried by kenp2002 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Should it worry me that there is more interest in fake creatures then real ones these days? This is turning into Pokemon on Meth...

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  4. Re:How many per user? by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 4, Informative

    Each profile gives some statistics about this, so I grabbed the numbers off my profile:
    # Total number of creatures uploaded: 1906743
    # Total Users Total number of users: 675241
    # Creatures Uploaded in last 24 hours Creatures uploaded in last 24 hours: 30567
    # New Users in the Last 24 Hours New users in last 24 hours: 7853

    1906743 / 675241 = ~3 creatures per person. I've uploaded 130 myself, but there are a lot of of 1-time-only-creature creators too. As far as I've seen, very few users are over more than 200 and even 100 only somewhat common.

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  5. DRM on Creature Creator? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've mostly been staying away from Spore because of the fairly restrictive DRM it's supposed to be shipping with. Anyone know if the creature creator tool also installs the DRM?

    I just recently re-formatted and re-installed windows, and I'm trying not to bog it down again with crapware like DRM systems that drag down my system performance.

    Personally, since I can't get the full game without DRM, I'm not sure I'm too interested in the CC even if it *doesn't* have the DRM, since it's not *much* use creating a creature but never playing the game.

    1. Re:DRM on Creature Creator? by mweather · · Score: 5, Funny

      I just recently re-formatted and re-installed windows, and I'm trying not to bog it down again with crapware like DRM systems that drag down my system performance.

      Then why did you install Windows?

  6. Tricky Geniuses at Maxis/EA by Babbster · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apparently, Will Wright and company weren't at all satisfied with the idea of people creating monstrous amounts of after-market content for their Sims games. Not only have they whet the appetites of all the people who enjoy the Creture Creator for the retail game, but they also get to sell Spore right out of the gate as having "millions of creatures available online." The only expense involved was building the software for creature creation, and they would have done that anyway. Brilliant!

    1. Re:Tricky Geniuses at Maxis/EA by Amorymeltzer · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It's over-budget, behind schedule, and from what I've seen so far, totally kicks ass!

      That's the way it should be. It's why Blizzard is one of the only group out there that makes a good product - Damn the release date! A better game is better for everyone in the long run. Really, that line should read:

      They're putting every resource they have into making this the best, taking every day necessary to make it even more awesome, and from what I've seen so far, totally kicks ass!"

      *insert joke about how DNF must be, ipso facto, the greatest game ever made*

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    2. Re:Tricky Geniuses at Maxis/EA by SamSim · · Score: 3, Insightful

      It's why Blizzard is one of the only group out there that makes a good product - Damn the release date! A better game is better for everyone in the long run.

      Quoth Shigeru Miyamoto: "A late game is only late for a while. A bad game is bad forever."

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  7. Re:Me too... by Clovis42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If the average person spent a mere five hours on a creature

    It's more like .5 hours. I put my 12 year old brother in front of it for the first time and he made an impressive looking creature in about 30 minutes. It is an amazingly simple tool to use. If the other parts of Spore are as streamlined and elegant as the Creature Creator it'll be one of the most impressive games in years. I doubt that will be the case, though. There are some tutorials on the Spore website. You can watch a Maxis employee throw together a nice mantis in about 5 minutes.

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  8. Beware of the Spores by knightf0x · · Score: 3, Funny

    "The Spores Dana, beware of the Spores, and the Invid. Beware of the Invid. They will come in search of the Spores."

  9. Re:The database is incomplete by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh, wait! Here it is...

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