Spore - Life simulation

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Spore is a video game simulation of life and strategy for Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright that simulates the evolution of a species from the most primitive stages (unicellular beings), until the colonization of the galaxy by the be evolved. Its concept, scope and philosophy of development have attracted wide attention. With these data, one could say that it is an excellent Lamarckist experiment.

In essence, Spore is a game developed by EA of "evolution", since the player decides the evolutionary process of the creature, although in a broader way: the player models (and this means that he "draws" freely the whole of the character using pieces that the creature is achieving throughout its life, as if it were a putty) and guiding a species through many generations making it grow from a simple unicellular organism and turning it into a more complex animal, until the species reaches a certain level of intelligence. At this point the player begins to model and lead this society, progressing from the dawn of civilization to reaching the capacity to explore space.

The game was first revealed and demonstrated to the public during a speech in the procedural generation at the 2005 conference of the developers. It was published by Electronic Arts on September 7, 2008 in the United States, and 5 in Europe and Brazil (official date). The price of the game is around € 49.95 (the normal version) while in the digital direct download the price rises to € 56.95. There is also a special edition called "Galactic Edition" that includes two extra DVDs ("How it was made" and "How to make the best creation"), a book of "The art of Spore" and a drop-down poster that shows the breadth of the game , both in English with subtitles in Spanish. EA launched on June 17 the Creator of Creatures in full at a price of € 9.95, 3 and a free version is available from the official page of Spore that will contain 25% of the functionality of the paid version . This application is included in the definitive game Spore.

The departure date in Spain was September 4, 2008.4 For PC, Mac, Nintendo DS and mobile platforms. On September 8 the version for iPhone and iPod Touch emerged.