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By Brad Cook

What’s a putrid shade of purple and has four arms, a set of wings, and a healthy carnivorous appetite? The latest creature living on a far-flung world in SPORE, Will Wright’s simulation of alien civilizations and interstellar travel. Use the Creature Creator’s powerful tools to bring your flights of fancy to life and import them into the game.

SPORE Creature Creator

You begin with an allocation of DNA points and a torso. Tweak it to your heart’s content, like all of your creature’s body parts. Lengthen or shorten the torso, making it long and lean or thick and squat — it’s up to you. Next, do the same with the alien’s mouth, nose, eyes, limbs, graspers and feet, weapons, and ornamental details. Watch the complexity meter to make sure its overall design is within survival limits.

Finally, pull out the paint tools to slap a color scheme on your creature. Go with a preset style or modify its base, coat, and details layers for just the right look. If you’re unsure about the appearance department, click the Paint Like button to visit the Sporepedia and apply the same colors as a creature found there.

Take a Test Drive

The Sporepedia allows you to view all of the creatures shared by other players, as well as read comments left about your aliens. Double-click a creature to view it up close, rotate it, and see what it can do. You can watch it let loose with a mating call, unleash a vicious attack, dance, and more.

To see what any of your aliens are capable of, load one and click Test Drive. Tell it to roar and do a flip, or move and groove to a beat. Instruct your creature to flex its muscles and give a “come hither” look, or show its light-hearted side with a laugh. You can even drop it into one of three planetary backgrounds and spawn up to three babies that will mimic its actions.

SPORE presents a shared universe where you can visit alien civilizations developed by other players, and the Creature Creator includes similar functionality. Snap pictures and shoot video of your favorite creations and share them with other members of the SPORE community or upload your films directly to YouTube. With one click, you can even create an animated avatar of your creature and use it in your message board signature.

So what’s lurking in the recesses of your imagination? Bring it to life with SPORE Creature Creator and share it with the universe.

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