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The Spore Creature Creator!
Many gamers out there are waiting (somewhat) patiently for Spore to launch this September 7th for North Americans. In the meantime, Electronics Arts has passed out a copy of Spore’s Creature Creator (arguably the most anticipated aspect of the game) to fifty people for a little thing they’re calling the “Sporelebrity Contest.”
How does it work? Each person creates a creature of their very own, and then the adorable (or hideous, depending on your tastes) creatures will be voted on by the Internet. The most-beloved monstrosity wins $15,000 for a charity of the creator’s choice!
I’m really excited to be a part of the competition, and I look forward to destroying Kevin Rose and Scott Beale when the voting opens! There will be some other exciting competitors too (actual famous people!!) so I’ll update you all when EA has everything set up. My charity is going to be the James Kim Technology Foundation.
The Creature Creator itself is extremely intuitive. Within five minutes I had a creature up and running (see Bugnose below, who didn’t make the cut as my final entrant into the contest).

Here’s Coodoodle, who you’ll be hopefully voting for! She shoots poison from her rear end, so be careful.

I’ll be uploading photos here as I play with it more!
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about 2 years ago
Shouldn’t she be shooting rainbows and butterflies from her rear end?
about 2 years ago
@Scottish – Unlike me, no!
about 2 years ago
Too cute! 5 more days until I can start creating. Awesome! Spore looks like it’s going to be a huge hit.
about 2 years ago
I am sooo jealous :/
about 2 years ago
so…why r both of them bending over ? :S
about 2 years ago
Can anyone create a creature right now, if so how?
about 2 years ago
Can you also make her poop flowers and summer breezes?
That’d be AWESOME!
about 2 years ago
Nevermind, saw Howard Pinsky’s reply
about 2 years ago
No video? Let’s hear this thing, too.
about 2 years ago
Can’t wait for this! But no mew pew?
about 2 years ago
Any idea when is Spore coming to AU?
It looks awesome!
about 2 years ago
You had me at “shoots poison from her rear end”.
about 2 years ago
Can we get video of Coodoodle’s dance and other animations?
about 2 years ago
The video will be up on the official contest site when they’re ready!
about 2 years ago
Bring on the competition… I’m one of the 50 too, but they’ve been delayed sending me the download link. My avatar will kick your avatar’s ASS!!! If he doesn’t get sprayed by it, that is…
about 2 years ago
Wait…are those extra beaks on her rear end? I’m not sure how I feel about that.
Good luck in the contest, and I look forward to seeing more pictures!
about 2 years ago
Andy, they’re not beaks, that’s where she shoots out the poison! Hehehe…
about 2 years ago
All I can say is that Spore better be beyond awesome. You’ve been pimping out this game for almost 2 years! The pressure is on Belmont.
about 2 years ago
Coolio! I’ll for sure give you my vote when it starts
about 2 years ago
Two things.
1) Her “facial” expression seems slightly sad to me. Like she’s saying “I’m an abomination of science”.
2) Can we look forward to a new meme: LOLSpore. Just as an example, Coodoodle could have text that says “Evolushion iz hard” or “oh, hai. i is evolved.” You get the idea.
about 2 years ago
Darn, I was excited about Spore until now that I see how shitty the graphic is.
Oh well.
about 2 years ago
What do you mean by “actual famous people!!”
you are one of them!!!
about 2 years ago
which one is coodoodle?
about 2 years ago
I look forward to taking over the SporeWorld. Join my civilization or perish!
about 2 years ago
The creature creator is really amusing!
My first attempt here: http://jesse.florig.org/?p=833
about 2 years ago
Good on you for donating it to the James Kim fund. He is greatly missed.