More Than 250,000 Creatures Created and Shared in the Spore Creature Creator

Baker011 · 19-06-2008, 01:15 PM

The Countdown to the Launch of Spore Blasts Off With Fans Uploading More Than Two Creatures Every Second Since Launch

We're not alone in the galaxy! Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, today announced that Spore(TM) fans and the creatively curious have designed and shared more than 250,000 new alien life forms since yesterday's launch of the Spore Creature Creator - currently more than two creatures are being shared every second! Anyone can download their own copy of the Spore Creature Creator or check out thousands of amazing creations from around the world in the Sporepedia at The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site.

"The response to the Spore Creature Creator has been overwhelming," said Lucy Bradshaw, executive producer of Spore at Maxis. "The creativity and passion that the community is putting into their creatures is spectacular. The development team has spent the last 24 hours checking out the amazing creations racing in from all corners of the globe - with peak volume hitting more than 1,000 creatures being shared a minute."

The Spore Creature Creator is a stand-alone product and creativity toy box where players create their own unique creatures, bring them to
life with entertaining animations, and share them online with friends around the world. The full version of the Spore Creature Creator will
be available for £4.99 at retail stores or by visiting The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. A free trial version of the Spore Creature Creator is also available today at The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. The trial version features 25% of the creature-making parts from Spore and lets players shape, paint and play with their custom-created creatures. Creatures made in the Spore Creature Creator can also be imported into the full Spore game, allowing players to populate their own galaxies when the game ships worldwide later this year.

The Spore Creature Creator lets players create their own creatures, take them on a test drive, snap pictures, and make movies of them. Sharing pictures or videos with friends is as easy as the click of a button. Players can also share their creations with others by uploading to the Sporepedia(TM) at The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. The Sporepedia is an extraordinarily vast online destination where people worldwide can search for and share Spore creations, comment on other player's designs, check out celebrity creature creations and much more.

The Spore Creature Creator is rated 3+ by PEGI. The downloadable demo version is free. The complete version has an MSRP of £4.99 in the UK. Spore ships for the PC, Mac, Nintendo DS(TM) and mobile phones on September 5, 2008 in Europe and September 7, 2008 in North America and Asia. Visit The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site to download a free version of the Spore Creature Creator, sign up for the Spore newsletter or check out all-new screenshots and videos from the game.

Chrisordie · 19-06-2008, 05:44 PM

Funny as few people can actually register or get it to work.

JohnConnor101 · 20-06-2008, 02:55 PM

I agree, Chrisordie. My experience on installing both the downloaded demo on 17/06/08 and the full SCC from disc today was that if you opted to install the EA package alongside (with all it's ad-spam etc 'benefits'), you'd automatically get bounced out again for not being logged in and, of course, if you didn't have an EA account, you could never be logged in and you'd never get the CC to work. I had to uninstall the EA programme to get the Creature Creator to work at all.

Going through the rigmarole to finally open an EA account and post thuis involved jumping through at least three hoops and too-ing and fro-ing to my personal e-mail account too, a considerable test of limited patience.

From what you're posting, it sounds like my experience was hardly unique. Anyone else want to share theirs (+the opprobrium of publically admitting our mutual e-ineptness...), so the EA folk might notice?

Apologies, Blalalahat my first post here happens to be a whinge, but getting here really was unnecessarily challenging and so should surprise no-one.

Chrisordie · 20-06-2008, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnConnor101

Anyone else want to share theirs (+the opprobrium of publically admitting our mutual e-ineptness...), so the EA folk might notice?

Well my problem is that when I'm connected to the net Spore CC gets to the main menu then it crashes and resets the the machine before I can register/log in. If I'm not connected to the net I can use the Spore CC but I can't register/log in.

Tis a vicious cycle

HainLeKes · 20-06-2008, 04:49 PM

Im getting really annoyed at EA, it just seems that they are sitting on their arses while people who have actually bought their product, cant use it and have spent a few hours looking around the internet for a solution that doesn't help one bit. Take some responsibility EA, and fix your messes.

Ricky84 · 20-06-2008, 07:22 PM

I had a little trouble uploading when i first got it but mostly it works fine for me, i live in the UK maybe that has something to do with it i dunno

Alowan · 21-06-2008, 10:29 AM

Well the quality of the majority of the uploads is up for discussion though...

Melkathi · 22-06-2008, 10:07 AM

we just passed the 800,000 spores uploaded.
Was about 40k uploads in the past couple of hours so we should be hitting the 1 million mark before supper.

VertMorta · 22-06-2008, 03:05 PM

Ok I played by the rules EA set for people but I found setting up for Spoer CC (UK disc) not much trouble at all and already have some creatures out there for people to look at

MadMax2506 · 22-06-2008, 04:22 PM

Within every hour of me checking the Creature Count, it goes up in its ten thousands! Amazing!

SANTARII · 23-06-2008, 11:38 PM

952976 creatures have been uploaded, only a few hours until it hits 1 million! 1 million creatures in a week!

SANTARII · 24-06-2008, 04:33 PM

hovering around 999100 and 999250

incy247 · 24-06-2008, 05:43 PM

gone over a milion

rocket2k7 · 24-06-2008, 05:46 PM

what console is spore? it looks gud

VertMorta · 24-06-2008, 09:41 PM

pah Console Shmonsole Its PC with reduced copies for mobile phones and the DS for the moment

tangfastic91 · 26-06-2008, 07:44 PM

Whenever i try to register my cc, it says registering failed due to unknown error. it might be because ive only got the trial atm, is that why?

Snprz · 27-06-2008, 05:09 PM

lol yeh ive got 3 on the sporepedia just i dunno hwo to find any one elses all i can see are mine and the maxis created ones

FrothVader · 29-06-2008, 12:29 AM

DLed the trial (free) creature creator and it worked perfectly first time. I had to try it out without reading the instructions and was pretty impressed with my results. Discovered a few things by accident but after reading the guide, the possibilities seem to be endless.

Sure, things were missing from the free DL, but I've seen enough to want to buy the game when it is released.

FrothVader · 29-06-2008, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snprz

lol yeh ive got 3 on the sporepedia just i dunno hwo to find any one elses all i can see are mine and the maxis created ones

Go to the Spore Website, Login with your EA Account (If you don't have one, you need to create one!)

Once you're logged in on the EA Spore website, you can click on the 'Sporepedia' tab and you should have over one million creations to look at or download.

VertMorta · 29-06-2008, 06:36 PM

now that would take time to look at individualy downloading is no prpblem as a creature is so small a file

twarner · 01-07-2008, 10:54 PM

I don't know if there's a more relevant place to post this but I am now getting emails inviting me to watch various videos about Spore. These are all in Quicktime which simply does not work on my PC, If someone appropriate is watching, could these clips please be offered in a more appropriate format for the majority of users?

Thank you
twarner

TheUncreator · 02-07-2008, 01:08 PM

Its kinda sick that now, there are over 500 000 registered people. And theres over 1 million creatures. Already. Spore is a succes

ANd i cant wait or the full spore too come out. Im already thrilled about it, im just sitting here counting days...

Marcolon · 08-07-2008, 09:05 PM

I just can wait for it. I never thought i'd say this but i hope summer vacation ends soon...

jonathan132 · 21-08-2008, 03:04 PM

bit out of date there's now more than 2 million creatures

tokeymcbongrip · 28-08-2008, 04:09 AM

how do i register my damn copy of creature creator, i cracked and bought the disk and now i cant register, and what also ticks me off is that if your want to install spore when it comes out you have to first uninstall the creature creator making my 10 bucks i spent pointless with no 10 rebate when you purchase spore or a coupon for 10 bucks off! no EA found another way to hype a game and earn 10 bucks more off its fans who are purchasing this game esp if you purchase the $80 galactic edition.... enough of my ranting, i should have known better, if anybody can help me with getting this thing registered so i can upload and actually join the masses online and putting my creatures out there like im supposed to do

19-06-2008, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Baker011 Forum Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: In a galaxy far far away.... Age: 27 Gender: Male Posts: 1,690 Blog Entries: 6	More Than 250,000 Creatures Created and Shared in the Spore Creature Creator The Countdown to the Launch of Spore Blasts Off With Fans Uploading More Than Two Creatures Every Second Since Launch We're not alone in the galaxy! Maxis, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, today announced that Spore(TM) fans and the creatively curious have designed and shared more than 250,000 new alien life forms since yesterday's launch of the Spore Creature Creator - currently more than two creatures are being shared every second! Anyone can download their own copy of the Spore Creature Creator or check out thousands of amazing creations from around the world in the Sporepedia at The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. "The response to the Spore Creature Creator has been overwhelming," said Lucy Bradshaw, executive producer of Spore at Maxis. "The creativity and passion that the community is putting into their creatures is spectacular. The development team has spent the last 24 hours checking out the amazing creations racing in from all corners of the globe - with peak volume hitting more than 1,000 creatures being shared a minute." The Spore Creature Creator is a stand-alone product and creativity toy box where players create their own unique creatures, bring them to life with entertaining animations, and share them online with friends around the world. The full version of the Spore Creature Creator will be available for £4.99 at retail stores or by visiting The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. A free trial version of the Spore Creature Creator is also available today at The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. The trial version features 25% of the creature-making parts from Spore and lets players shape, paint and play with their custom-created creatures. Creatures made in the Spore Creature Creator can also be imported into the full Spore game, allowing players to populate their own galaxies when the game ships worldwide later this year. The Spore Creature Creator lets players create their own creatures, take them on a test drive, snap pictures, and make movies of them. Sharing pictures or videos with friends is as easy as the click of a button. Players can also share their creations with others by uploading to the Sporepedia(TM) at The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site. The Sporepedia is an extraordinarily vast online destination where people worldwide can search for and share Spore creations, comment on other player's designs, check out celebrity creature creations and much more. The Spore Creature Creator is rated 3+ by PEGI. The downloadable demo version is free. The complete version has an MSRP of £4.99 in the UK. Spore ships for the PC, Mac, Nintendo DS(TM) and mobile phones on September 5, 2008 in Europe and September 7, 2008 in North America and Asia. Visit The Official Spore™ and Spore™ Creature Creator Site to download a free version of the Spore Creature Creator, sign up for the Spore newsletter or check out all-new screenshots and videos from the game. __________________ EA Football World Profile Where is steve?

22-06-2008, 04:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
MadMax2506 Rookie Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 69	Within every hour of me checking the Creature Count, it goes up in its ten thousands! Amazing! __________________

24-06-2008, 05:43 PM	#13 (permalink)
incy247 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Telford UK Age: 19 Posts: 28	gone over a milion __________________ http://www.incy247.com/Countdown/spore/

26-06-2008, 07:44 PM	#16 (permalink)
tangfastic91 Forum Guru Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wouldn't you like to know... Age: 18 Posts: 1,058	registering Whenever i try to register my cc, it says registering failed due to unknown error. it might be because ive only got the trial atm, is that why?

29-06-2008, 12:29 AM	#18 (permalink)
FrothVader Rookie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 209	DLed the trial (free) creature creator and it worked perfectly first time. I had to try it out without reading the instructions and was pretty impressed with my results. Discovered a few things by accident but after reading the guide, the possibilities seem to be endless. Sure, things were missing from the free DL, but I've seen enough to want to buy the game when it is released. __________________ Use the Froth!

19-06-2008, 05:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chrisordie Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8	Funny as few people can actually register or get it to work.

20-06-2008, 02:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
JohnConnor101 Forum Guru Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,140	I agree, Chrisordie. My experience on installing both the downloaded demo on 17/06/08 and the full SCC from disc today was that if you opted to install the EA package alongside (with all it's ad-spam etc 'benefits'), you'd automatically get bounced out again for not being logged in and, of course, if you didn't have an EA account, you could never be logged in and you'd never get the CC to work. I had to uninstall the EA programme to get the Creature Creator to work at all. Going through the rigmarole to finally open an EA account and post thuis involved jumping through at least three hoops and too-ing and fro-ing to my personal e-mail account too, a considerable test of limited patience. From what you're posting, it sounds like my experience was hardly unique. Anyone else want to share theirs (+the opprobrium of publically admitting our mutual e-ineptness...), so the EA folk might notice? Apologies, Blalalahat my first post here happens to be a whinge, but getting here really was unnecessarily challenging and so should surprise no-one.

20-06-2008, 04:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
HainLeKes Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Age: 17 Gender: Male Posts: 871	Im getting really annoyed at EA, it just seems that they are sitting on their arses while people who have actually bought their product, cant use it and have spent a few hours looking around the internet for a solution that doesn't help one bit. Take some responsibility EA, and fix your messes.

20-06-2008, 07:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ricky84 Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK Age: 25 Posts: 4	I had a little trouble uploading when i first got it but mostly it works fine for me, i live in the UK maybe that has something to do with it i dunno

21-06-2008, 10:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
Alowan Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 117	Well the quality of the majority of the uploads is up for discussion though...

22-06-2008, 10:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
Melkathi Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 80	we just passed the 800,000 spores uploaded. Was about 40k uploads in the past couple of hours so we should be hitting the 1 million mark before supper.

22-06-2008, 03:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
VertMorta Rookie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 152	Ok I played by the rules EA set for people but I found setting up for Spoer CC (UK disc) not much trouble at all and already have some creatures out there for people to look at

23-06-2008, 11:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
SANTARII Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4	952976 creatures have been uploaded, only a few hours until it hits 1 million! 1 million creatures in a week!

24-06-2008, 04:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
SANTARII Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4	hovering around 999100 and 999250

24-06-2008, 05:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
rocket2k7 Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: its not on a sat nav Age: 14 Posts: 2,542 Blog Entries: 11	what console is spore? it looks gud

24-06-2008, 09:41 PM	#15 (permalink)
VertMorta Rookie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 152	pah Console Shmonsole Its PC with reduced copies for mobile phones and the DS for the moment

27-06-2008, 05:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
Snprz Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 42	lol yeh ive got 3 on the sporepedia just i dunno hwo to find any one elses all i can see are mine and the maxis created ones

29-06-2008, 06:36 PM	#20 (permalink)
VertMorta Rookie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 152	now that would take time to look at individualy downloading is no prpblem as a creature is so small a file

01-07-2008, 10:54 PM	#21 (permalink)
twarner Rookie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4	Spore video clips I don't know if there's a more relevant place to post this but I am now getting emails inviting me to watch various videos about Spore. These are all in Quicktime which simply does not work on my PC, If someone appropriate is watching, could these clips please be offered in a more appropriate format for the majority of users? Thank you twarner

02-07-2008, 01:08 PM	#22 (permalink)
TheUncreator Rookie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7	Its kinda sick that now, there are over 500 000 registered people. And theres over 1 million creatures. Already. Spore is a succes ANd i cant wait or the full spore too come out. Im already thrilled about it, im just sitting here counting days...

08-07-2008, 09:05 PM	#23 (permalink)
Marcolon Forum Junkie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Århus, Denmark Gender: Male Posts: 4,793 Blog Entries: 6	I just can wait for it. I never thought i'd say this but i hope summer vacation ends soon... __________________ Sig requests: OPEN http://www.MSPE113.dragonadopters.com

21-08-2008, 03:04 PM	#24 (permalink)
jonathan132 Rookie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 37	bit out of date there's now more than 2 million creatures

28-08-2008, 04:09 AM	#25 (permalink)
tokeymcbongrip Rookie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2	how do i register my damn copy of creature creator, i cracked and bought the disk and now i cant register, and what also ticks me off is that if your want to install spore when it comes out you have to first uninstall the creature creator making my 10 bucks i spent pointless with no 10 rebate when you purchase spore or a coupon for 10 bucks off! no EA found another way to hype a game and earn 10 bucks more off its fans who are purchasing this game esp if you purchase the $80 galactic edition.... enough of my ranting, i should have known better, if anybody can help me with getting this thing registered so i can upload and actually join the masses online and putting my creatures out there like im supposed to do