Spore Character Creator Out Tomorrow

Spore is a game that has been on many of our radars for a long, long time now.  Being developed by none other than Sims Genius Will Wright, the game promises to take idea of “the God game” to the next level.  You begin with as a microbe and move on to sentient life forms on to interstellar space traveler.  And the good news is that you can start designing your own race of genetic weirdos tomorrow.

I am still not 100% convinced that Spore is going to work, however.  The design decision to split the game play up into stages has me worried, as the strength of Wright’s games (Sim City, The Sims, etc) has been open world sandbox type of experiences.  And while Spore does sound very open ended, the fact that each phase has a distinct beginning and ending makes me a little nervous about how the game will flow.

But, really, it’s a Will Wright game, and getting a new IP from him is something to be excited about.   The game itself doesn’t release until September (last I heard, at least), but starting tomorrow folks can start using the creature editor for free and get themselves ready for some fun this fall.  Also on the horizon from him, scheduled for late winter/early Spring is The Sim 3, which if you are my girlfriend, can’t come soon enough.

So on Tuesday June 17th (or any day after that, unless the plants kill us) click this sucker and get started making some truly weird guys. Also, maybe a few weeks from now I’ll have a contest or something for the characters you guys have created.  That could be fun.