Thread: My Spore Review
View Single Post
Old 13-09-2008, 10:13 AM   #14 (permalink)
HighlordAsteroid
Rookie
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 9
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by RadioElectric View Post
I think Will Wright quite explicitly said "procedurally generated verbs" would govern the animations. These are not in the game.

I'm pretty sure that even the walking animations are just "move in this direction at a speed governed by the class of legs and feet" combined with "move legs in a walking fashion".
That is procedural - it works with any combination and size of limbs. If it wasn't most creations wouldn't work. They also dropped many things (such as attacking with the actual pieces) because the animations did not work for many creatures. The 2005 build was extremely early in mainstream development.
HighlordAsteroid is offline   Reply With Quote