Thursday, July 31, 2008

Alien Humanities: Spore expansion packs you want to see

From: http://uoem.com/forums/threads/hypothetical-spore-expansion-packs.13529/

Flamoot: "I would really like to see procedurally-generated behaviours such as art, politicial organization, philosophical attitudes, and the like, evolving on their own (as a function of the organisms' phenotype/lifestyle?). If each race evolves a unique set of artistic sensibilities that inform their creative style, then thought-provoking reactions could occur by bringing alien art to a world where it is new and strange. You could then see the local artistic sensibilities impacted by the new idea by expressing imitation or compensation... I'm thinking you could have more interesting interactions and kind of bring out some of the model's potential for a-life. Just my $0.02!"

Now watch the maxis ad bot tell a huge lie...

Manager Josh: "Isn't that all possible already in Spore? That sounds exactly like the civilization phase."