Weird spore creations
The cool thing is, you don't really have to use the ECC for making these early creatures. There are 2 archetypes for early creatures: NPC_Social and NPC_Combat. The game uses what the developers call "archetypes" to choose the NPC creatures for each stage. My little guy abov wouldn't be nothing without a smart combination of textures.
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You have access to all of the same textures and colors of the full creator, so dedicate a lot of attention to paint here. Hexapods are almost out of question, since you can't use enough joints for a decent animation.ģ- The Paint will save you! Since you can't put much details in the poor creature's body, the way to go is to get crazy with the painting. This means that most early creatures should be bipeds, with very few quadrupeds. Not only you have a small pool of parts to choose, but you also can only use a few of them. The main concern should be the mouth, since you have only one choice of mouth for each diet type.Ģ- Small Budget. Yep, we can only use 12 parts and 3 types of legs, so you have to get really creative with those parts, if you don't want all early creatures to look nearly the same. I learned a few things from it, a few facts that we must accept if we want to enjoy using the ECC.ġ- Little choice on parts. That little critter abova was my first creature in the game, evolving from the cell stage. Shall we start?įacts of life in the primitive SPORE worlds So making lots of Early Creatures is important not only to give you choices of playable creatures, but also to populate your game with NPCs that match your style. Since most people have few early creatures in their database, the early Creature Stage tends to be populated mostly by Maxis Creatures, wich is a shame. The critters made on the ECC also tend to appear as NPC creatures on the beggining of the Creature Stage - they're likely to be the first creatures that you'll meet in land. More complex creatures are only available on later stages (unless you use the EvoAdvantage cheat, earning the "Joker" badge, though). The creatures that you make in this editor can be used as a playable species if you choose to begin in the Creature Stage. It is essentially an hybrid between the Cell and Creature creators: it has all the parts of the Cell editor, but with the addition of three types of legs and the full 3d appearance of the Creature Creator. One of the Spore editors that appear under the "Create" tab is the Early Creature Creator.