Spore Prototypes Put Up By Maxis For Free Download

Posted by timothy on Saturday July 26, 2008 @08:02AM from the modify-it-your-own-durn-self dept.

azuredrake writes "According to GameDaily, EA today released a free download of a Spore prototype known as 'BIOME.' The download site describes BIOME as a program that 'uses a language based on chemical stoichiometry.' It goes on to note that 'cells in a BIOME simulation change state the same way that chemicals change when exposed to other chemicals. Systems such as this can be used to simulate phenomena such as forest fires, disease epidemics, animal migration patterns and crystallization.' Note that the link provided in the article is, in fact, incorrect. Here is the correct link. Apparently, many more prototypes giving insight into the dev process of one of the PC world's most-hyped games will be posted in the future, so keep an eye on it."

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Another SecuROM install? by Yvan256 · 2008-07-26 08:31 · Score: 4, Interesting

Will this thing also install SecuROM like their creature editor?
Underlying mechanics? by AmonEzhno · 2008-07-26 11:50 · Score: 2, Interesting

I'm confused, these things appear to be the software that underlies and makes spore work, not really a prototype, a lot of them are just modified (or maybe not ever) scientific software from what I can gather. Seems interesting, but prototype seems severely misleading.