Will Right Talks about Spore! +15 Min Video!

[Russian Mafia]

While Will lead the discussion for the most part, acting sort of like a moderator to keep the momentum flowing, Ocean took the mic early in the presentation and talked about some of the production decisions the design team tackled when starting the design process on Spore. Since Ocean is the art director on the game, one of the early issues centered on if they wanted to make the game look realistic or more cartoony. One of the big problems with making things look realistic is that all of the creatures would have to animate exactly as you would expect them to animate in real life if they were to be believable, which was a daunting task, especially since the team wanted to give the players so much control over creating their own life forms. The decision to go with more of a cartoon look was eventually decided on, and early focus-testing seemed to indicate it was a step in the right direction. As Chaim explained it, "You put big eyes on something and people automatically love it."

Rest is here. Video. (Top left)



Edit- operantly I forgot what year it was and didn't realize that the video is kinda old. And I spelled Will Wright wrong. =/

 

[theotherguy]

olllllllllllllllllld

I want more spore

 

[CyberPitz]

haha, damn, it got me hyped. Oh well, when this game finally arrives, it will be DAMNED worth it, IMHO.

 

[theotherguy]

Yes, it never fails to impress me, every time I watch another video I find a neat little nuance. I'm just imagining what the full game has in store.

 

[AmishSlayer]

I'm tired of the same Spore presentation over and over. All the Spore presentation vids I've seen are Will Wright going through the motions. It just has the exact same sections of the game with very slight differences and almost identical commentary. I wanna see the sections that haven't been shown...

 

[Nabobalis]

Anyone know where you can see his speech videoed at DICE 2007?

 

[Stormy]

When i first saw spore i was damn excited but then i relised that you dont really do anything, seems like you make a creature and a town and then.........

I defo wont totaly decide on anything yet, not untill its released. Good concept but not enough so far to get me creaming my pants.

 

[nutcrackr]

well yeah, you don't really do anything. It's like the Sims only with evolution and interstellar travel.