Spore Origins

Infobox VG
title = Spore Origins


developer = Babaroga, Tricky Software
publisher = Electronic Arts
designer = Will Wright
genre = Arcade game
modes = Single player, multiplayer
release = iPod:
August 25, 2008cite web|url=http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/25/eas-spore-arrives-for-ipod-first/|title=EA's Spore Arrives For iPod First|work=MacRumors.com]
Mobile/iPhone:
September 5, 2008cite web|url=http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=88189&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1194127&highlight=|title=EA Mobile Announces More iPhone Games in Development: MONOPOLY, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 and Need for Speed Undercover|work=Electronic Arts|date = 2008-09-05]
ratings = ESRB: E (Everyone)
platforms = Mobile phones, N-Gage platformcite web |url=http://blog.n-gage.com/archive/spore-origins-for-n-gage/ |title=Spore Origins for N-Gage |publisher=N-Gage blog |accessdate=2008-09-23] , iPhone, iPod touch (1st and 2nd Generation), iPod (5th generation iPod, iPod classic, and 3rd/4th generation iPod nano)cite web|url=http://www.eamobile.com/Web/ipod-game/sim-strategy/spore|title=Official "Spore Origins" site|work=Electronic Arts]

"Spore Origins" (aka: "Spore Mobile") is the mobile phone, N-Gage mobile gaming service and iPod spin-off of "Spore", and focuses on a single phase of the larger game's gameplay - the cell phase. The iPhone version takes advantage of the device's touch capabilities and 3-axis accelerometer. [ [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080306-live-coverage-of-the-iphone-software-roadmap-announcement.html Live coverage of the iPhone Software Roadmap announcement ] ]

Gameplay

The simplified game allows players to try to survive as a multicellular organism in a tide pool, with the ability to upgrade its creature as with the main game. The basic gameplay is similar to "flOw". [http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3166260 1Up "Spore Mobile" preview] ] ("flOw" designer Jenova Chen attributed Will Wright's first demo of "Spore" as inspiration.)Fact|date=August 2008

Unlike the full version of "Spore", the main game is roughly an hour long, and divided into 18 separate sections, with the player attacking and eating other organisms while avoiding being eaten by superior ones. Movement is achieved by pressing the phone keys in ordinal directions; iPods use the touch wheel while iPhone players may use the accelerometer. However, a new update to Spore Origins was released which allowed owners of the 4th Generation iPod Nano to use the inbuilt accelerometer, just like the iPhone. Eating creatures is done by attacking with the mouth; group-eating combos can be achieved with the OK button or center button on the wheel. [http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3166260 1Up "Spore Mobile" preview] ] A section is completed after the player eats a certain amount of DNA material from other life forms.

Every three levels is followed by the creature editor, in which the player may add an upgrade to his organism in four categories: perception, attack, defense, and movement. The 3rd upgrade in each category is a "superpart". [http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3166260 1Up "Spore Mobile" preview] ] The player also unlocks a mode called "Survival", in which the player is on a single screen collecting pellets while dodging creatures.

Issues

The iPod classic had lockup issues which took place on the game’s initial loading screen on 1.0.x and 1.1.x software.cite web|url=http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/lockup-bug-hits-eas-ipod-game-spore-origins/15082|title=Lockup bug hits EA iPod game Spore Origins|author=Charles Starrett|work=iLounge|date=2008-08-26] The bugs were fixed and the game was re-released on August 31, 2008.

Reception

* [http://blankpixels.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=76:review-spore-origins&catid=34:gamereviews/ Spore Origins Review]
* [http://www.iphone-hacks.com/2008/09/09/spore-origins-for-the-iphone-reviewed/ Spore Origins iPhone/iPod touch Review]
* [http://www.mobilgamer.cz/recenze/119-spore-mobile/ Spore Origins Mobile Review]

ee also

*Spore
*Spore Creatures
*flOw

References

External links

* [http://www.eamobile.com/Web/mobile-game/spore Official site]
* [http://www.spore.com Official "Spore" site]
* [http://www.trickysoftware.com/ Tricky Software (Developer of iPod and iPhone verion)]
* [http://www.babaroga.com/ Babaroga (Developer of general mobile phone versions)]
* [http://www.mobilegamesdb.com/mobile-game/547/spore/ MobileGamesDB] SPORE on MGDB (Open mobile game database)