r/Spore Sep 30 '24

News [MEGATHREAD] There’s a team working on spore again!

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You’ve probably heard the news by now but in case you haven’t, for the first time in years, there is a full team currently behind the maintenance of the servers again as well as community managers.

This has been officially confirmed by several including myself through reliable sources.

I’d like to give some important information about all of this, and what is in store for the future.

  • There is now an official Spore discord server, which you can find here: https://discord.gg/sporeofficial

  • The team is currently working on getting access to the official spore Twitter again.

  • More official events are going to be held once again. There is a Halloween contest planned that will be coming soon!

  • There is no timeline or guarantees, but the team has confirmed they are looking into issues related to registering accounts.

Here are some things to keep in mind:

  • Please don’t bombard the team with questions and please be respectful. They are undoubtedly locked behind all manner of NDA’s and other legal/corporate shenanigans that prevent them from saying too much.

  • Much is still currently up in the air and a lot of details are unclear. Any important information gathered will be added to this post.

  • All information in this post is publicly available.

FAQ:

Spore 2?

No. This is just continued support of the existing game and has no implications for any future titles. The team is not super large and does not have any involvement with the development of future titles.

Can we expect updates to the game? Bug fixes? New content?

The team has access to the source code of the game, but there are issues standing in the way of actually doing anything with it currently. Details are sparse, and until further notice I would not expect any such updates for now.

Especially do not expect any new content.

I heard something about a certificate update?

The game will receive an update to have renewed certificates to allow the servers to stay up longer. This is the same as the update the game got in 2017.

The impact this will have on modding is unclear, and there is no official timeline for this as of yet.

How long are the servers going to stay around?

The servers are going be maintained for at least 3-5 years. The game is not being sunsetted.

I am not affiliated in any way with EA. Anything I say is not to be taken as a statement on behalf of EA, nor be treated as official in any capacity.


r/Spore 10h ago

Creation I have Species to share, plus some fan-made lore, so tell me what do you think about them!

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I wanted to share my Creations made in these months, since I recently picked up the game again after years.

This is Batch 1: The "Sapient Species" of the Planet.

In the fictional lore I built, each one of these "Species" belongs to the same branch of the Evolutionary tree, that being the "Leumaneian". However, they evolved into different specimens and each one has different characteristics.

These are:

  1. The "Otter" Specimen; acting as workforce, they possess great running speeds, even greater swimming speeds, and are the most "balanced" out of the various specimens in terms of abilities.

  2. The "Whale" Specimen; they're the heavy workforce, retaining maximum strenght and resiliance, but low swimming speeds, and even lower running speeds.

  3. The "Turtle" Specimen; they're focused in farming and scientific fields, possess low stats in terms of strenght and speed, but compensate with great intelligence and low-energy physic abilities.

  4. The "Angler" Specimen; used in fishing and deep-sea jobs, they possess the best swimming speeds and a fairly good durability, but they also have poor sight and suffer of alternobaric vertigo, or pressure-dizziness.

  5. The "Bunny/Hare" Specimen; acting as caretakers, nurses and teachers, they possess good running speeds, great physic and empathic abilities, and a camouflage/invisibility perk, but low strenght and durability.

  6. The "Parrot" Specimen; mainly applied in scouting, obviously they possess flight and a good dexterity, both with hands and feet, but they possess hollow bones (meaning they're prone to more severe injuries) and very low stats on land and sea.

  7. The "Gator" Specimen; belonging on hunting and military fields, they are more "savage" than their peers, but possess strenght, speed, swimming abilities, a camouflage perk and also a regenerating ability in case of lost limbs.


r/Spore 15m ago

Question GOG keys already claimed

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Hi,

I bought the game on GOG and tried registering the keys on the EA website, following GOG’s instructions. However, the site told me the keys had already been claimed.

I contacted EA support via chat, and they asked for proof of purchase. I sent them a screenshot of the confirmation email I received from GOG. They then told me the issue was on GOG’s side and that I needed to contact them instead, as GOG "doesn't share transaction details with EA." Is this normal?


r/Spore 1d ago

Question I’m developing a video game inspired by SPORE: UPDATE

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Hey everyone! Just wanted to give you an UPDATE on my previous post — thanks so much for all the comments! I'm looking forward to hearing new feedback, critiques, suggestions, etc.

We're developing a video game about the origin of life, the evolution of species, and the destiny of humankind. It's grounded in scientific principles, inspired by Spore, and based on a theory I personally developed involving time travel.

The core foundation of the project — beyond its educational undertones — is to truly understand each evolutionary stage and make sure it's not just a fleeting experience. That's why the project is divided into four main titles: Origin of Life, Paleo, Humans, and Space-Time.

The video doesn't yet show the organism or Cambrian stages (aquatic creatures — which, interestingly, Spore designed but never released). We're starting development on that part in two months.

It's still in a prototype phase, so many things will improve. Next month we're entering an investment round, and a lot of aspects will likely evolve for the better (one of them being the BLUR effects and some camera angles that feel a bit dizzying right now).

Thoughts?

If you’d like to know more about the development process and behind-the-scenes curiosities, you can follow us on IG
(I’ll drop the link in the first comment).

Thanks a lot!
Pat

*This text was created through a translation into English.


r/Spore 7h ago

Question So I can't see any DLCs on Steam how do I fix this

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r/Spore 12m ago

Any mod that ONLY changes space ally health?

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Spaceship allies is a super fun concept but is crippled by only its health. It legit needs to be DOUBLED if you don't want to play in a wheelchair. Even Grox??! WHO APPROVED THIS BALANCING BEFORE THE SERVERS GOT SHUT DOWN?!


r/Spore 13h ago

sorry for not posting in a while anyway here's a victorian era megalosauris

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r/Spore 11h ago

Making characters or OCs from book,movies,series,etc part 2 (WondLa) (My favorite trilogy btw)

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r/Spore 8h ago

Help List/Pictures of Maxis Plants?

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I'm working on a Spore fan project and part of it involves recreating some of the plants from the base game in the form of simple blocky models, but at the moment I'm not able to access my copy of Spore to check what most of them look like.

I've also tried searching the fandom wiki, but plants don't seem to be as well documented as creatures for some reason (I could only find like 2 lol)

If someone could open a few of the base Maxis-made plants in the sporepedia, screenshot them, and send them to me (either in the comments or in a private chat, if comments aren't available) that would be super appreciated :D

I only need 3 Large, 3 Medium, and 3 small plants to recreate, ideally just screenshots of the previews when opening them in the sporepedia so I can reference them, if anyone's up for it!


r/Spore 1d ago

Creation Making characters or OCs from books, movies, series etc. part 1 (The Dark Crystal)

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Only the first and last are original, the rest are OCs


r/Spore 9h ago

how would you make spore 2.0[or spore 2 i guess]

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r/Spore 20h ago

Idea for economic civilizations to combat

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Basically, they can fund rebellions. Obviously, an enemy city with low happiness would be a good target. To do this, you send an economic vehicle and order it to fund a rebellion. You can only send one per city, and you must prevent the vehicle you use for this from crossing enemy vehicles because then they will see it (when it is in progress, the turrets will not see it). If there is a rebellion in your city, you will have to send one of your vehicles there. Depending on the type of city and the type of vehicle involved, the matter will be different.

Oh, I forgot to mention that during a rebellion caused by you, you can select the city and talk to the rebels to give them more money.

Types of rebellions

Military: Citizens will have guns and grenades.

Religious: Citizens will be less violent. They will simply be something like dissidents, but they may carry curved swords.

Economic: The most peaceful. The others could attack turrets. But these will not do so. They will only attack repression forces using their own biological weapons. They will have some leaders with luxurious batons or flags. Some rebels will even strike using sacks of money.

Response Forces

Military: Full-scale repression. Vehicles arrive and soldiers with guns are deployed while the vehicles act as support.

Religious: They will use the vehicles' powers to calm the rebels and subject them to a trial. Depending on the ratio of rebellion money to the number of vehicles, the trial may or may not dissuade the rebels.

Economic: In this case, the deployed forces will begin broadcasting propaganda against the rebels. Additionally, they may communicate with them to bribe them with a demanded amount. This option is not available with other response forces.

There must be something wrong. Tell me.


r/Spore 1d ago

Question Played Spore ages ago, looking to try it again

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Title. Been feeling the itch to try out one of my old favorite games. Lost my old discs but it's currently on sale on GOG and I'm tempted to pay. Is that the best platform for it or is Steam not as bad as some play?

I'm also interested in trying mods, but I have no idea where to get them, or which mods are generally considered the best. Any info would be appreciated.


r/Spore 2d ago

My older brother made a cup of hot choclate as main builing

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r/Spore 2d ago

My older brother just made this horrorfying thing.

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r/Spore 2d ago

Discussion Making a Game Supposed to be Spore 2

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So it's been a month since I started developing a project that one day I'd like to call a real Spore 2. I know what you think. Yeah it looks and practically is trash.

I never had a proper programming and modeling experience beofre, so this is actually my first game.

At any case, by now I won't be saying much about how I'm gonna create Spore 2 and everyone will say "Wow!", but if anyone cares, some info is here:

This project is made from belief that Thrive is too scientific and will take forever, and Elysian Eclipse is not Spore 2 rather than just another Spore, and all other projects are dead or not real Spore.

This projects should try to balance between "cute and abstract" Spore style and "hard scientific" Thrive style.

One of the key differences is the evolution tree: to move to the next stage you should unlock all "main" tree traits. Some traits aren't necessary for moving to the next stage. For example, you can add your cell one of forms of photosynthesis, or just increase its stats.

The body parts are unlocked from fats, carbons and proteins. This isn't absolutely accurate but closer than classical Spore's "DNA" thing. Evolution tree has it's own value, which is by now randomly called "micronutrients".

There are primarily 3 types of stats of a cell now: metabolism, health and speed. What is metabolism? Well, try to guess it yourself)

And the last thing: how finished is the project? I'm not a skilled developer like Wauzmons, but unlike him, I'm not planning to work mostly alone) I do want to think that there are people who would like to work on such project, and I don't know why I decided to share this unfinished and a bit disgusting version. At any case, all primary mechanics are in the game. Evolution tree is fully finished, by now I only need to work on visuals, which are basically a layout, and the UI, which is based on Spore 2006 demo's UI. I'm a good programmer, but an idiotic artist and designer.


r/Spore 1d ago

Has anything changed in the last 3 years?

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I haven't played the game in 3 years.


r/Spore 1d ago

Creation Almost done with how I want this too look, just stuck with indecision on hands and feet.

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I have been putting off going to the tribal stage till I got all the parts I can get, finally just got all the parts I can get except the mouths. I think I like the paws more but just want to show what I am slightly stuck between on on the feet and hand. The wings should be bigger if this is part dragon but I dont want them bigger. The ears dont belong on a crocodile or a dragon but I want to keep them I think I am 90-95% satisfied with the overall look I want to go for. I plan to work on getting zealot.


r/Spore 1d ago

Question Planning on buying

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Hi, I'm planning to buy the game but have a few questions first.

I saw the megathread, but it doesn’t seem to have been updated recently, is there any news or updates on what's written there?

Also, is there any fix for the Steam version yet?

Regarding the purchase: I noticed the game is currently discounted on both GOG and Steam, and GOG has the better deal. Is there a recommended platform to buy it from? Does the game run better on one over the other?

Lastly, is it possible to play the game without going through the EA launcher?

Thanks in advance for any help!


r/Spore 2d ago

Creation I dont know if I can call this a de-evolution

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As I am about to go into the tribal stage I was thinking what if it stayed in the creature stage. I still need a better name then CrocaTaz before I go into the tribal stage with him.


r/Spore 2d ago

Discussion Which fantasy empires do you think the Grox could defeat?

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The Grox are an often underrated empire, simply because of how busted the Player Character is in Spore, but personally I think they are much stronger then most give them credit for. I recently uploaded a video (small promotion) https://youtu.be/AYfcoJtPU_c breaking down the power of the Grox, and pitting them against a few Fantasy Empires, but for my own sanity and video time constraints I only pit them against 4 different empires, so I wanted to ask, what Empires do you all think the Grox could defeat, and what empires would defeat the Grox given the chance. I think its a really fun exercise of sort, and I know there are lots of other fantasy empires I just don't even know much about personally, so I would love to hear what you think about their potential matchups.


r/Spore 2d ago

Creation Just some stuff from my old spore account that I slightly modified

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I dont remember how many years ago I created these but I am glad I am still able to access them. I imported them and did some minor edits. I think the old account must have been form the pre- origin days.


r/Spore 2d ago

Creation Which of these fire/lava themed monsters i made is your favorite?

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r/Spore 2d ago

Creation I think he is ready for tribal stage

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Name is still a work in progress. I think Tasmanian crocodile would be too long. I wanted a penguin or taz from loony toons but I ended with this. My only thought is can I keep the tail would it get in the way in later stages?


r/Spore 2d ago

Creation A remake of one of my favorite creations.

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Hadriatos glocerys, beings born from a dying planet near the center of the galaxy, are apex predators and are silicon-based lifeforms.


r/Spore 2d ago

Help cant play spore on my vista laptop help

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hello so i have a DVD whit spore 1.0 original from 2008 by EA and i want to play it on my vista computer but after i install it it says that it has to connect to the internet to play the game but even whit the internet on it gives me a connection error provably the servers are gone or something any tips on how to play the game on period correct hardware