Spore Prototypes Put Up By Maxis For Free Download

azuredrake writes "According to GameDaily, EA today released a free download of a Spore prototype known as 'BIOME.' The download site describes BIOME as a program that 'uses a language based on chemical stoichiometry.' It goes on to note that 'cells in a BIOME simulation change state the same way that chemicals change when exposed to other chemicals. Systems such as this can be used to simulate phenomena such as forest fires, disease epidemics, animal migration patterns and crystallization.' Note that the link provided in the article is, in fact, incorrect. Here is the correct link. Apparently, many more prototypes giving insight into the dev process of one of the PC world's most-hyped games will be posted in the future, so keep an eye on it."

Re:Another SecuROM install?

[Joe The Dragon]

There are just ziped dirs with the exe files in them no installers.

Re:Another SecuROM install?

[LarsG]

*whoosh*

Smooth,

[cee--be]

you can download the prototype without agreeing to EA's terms by clicking the picture instead of the text on the prototype page. Nice work.

Re:Underlying mechanics?

[azuredrake]

Prototyping in games does not mean what it means in say, mechanical engineering. In the games industry, we build apps to test out and see how systems work and what would be fun to play. What you're seeing here is basic applications that were developed in order to see what might be fun to put in Spore.

That's the reason I submitted it - because it's a cool window into the development process that can rarely be found in the game industry.