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March 13th, 2005, 09:30 AM
What do you do when you've created the most popular PC game of all time? If you're Sims designer Will Wright, you set your sights even higher. His latest project, revealed today at Game Developers Conference 2005, is nothing less than a game about the past and the future, the evolution of life, the development of intergalactic civilization. It's a game that pays tribute to his favorite titles while blending their diverse concepts into a single cohesive whole. A game that addresses some of the most crucial questions of finances and economics facing developers as they head into a new hardware generation.
Entitled Spore, Wright's latest creation spans the rise of a space-faring civilization from its humble beginnings in the primordial soup. "It's actually a lot like WarioWare," he says. "It features a wide variety of game types as a sort of homage to my favorite games."
Spore touches upon a wide array of gameplay concepts as the action evolves alongside the player's creature. Wright revealed six different themes of gameplay: tidepool, evolution, tribal, city, civilization and invasion. Each of these modes draws upon its influences while remaining stylistically consistent with the rest of the game.
Read entire story here (http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3138792&did=1).
Entitled Spore, Wright's latest creation spans the rise of a space-faring civilization from its humble beginnings in the primordial soup. "It's actually a lot like WarioWare," he says. "It features a wide variety of game types as a sort of homage to my favorite games."
Spore touches upon a wide array of gameplay concepts as the action evolves alongside the player's creature. Wright revealed six different themes of gameplay: tidepool, evolution, tribal, city, civilization and invasion. Each of these modes draws upon its influences while remaining stylistically consistent with the rest of the game.
Read entire story here (http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3138792&did=1).