Well, the trial version at least. You can download it here.
I’m not sure what the difference between the “free trial” and the real version is, given that it’s just a Creature Creator, not Spore itself. But I figure it’s worth $10 to find out. The real version isn’t available until tomorrow, so for now, I’m downloading the trial.
OK, so the difference between the $10 version and the free version is the free version doesn’t have a whole lot of body parts to play with.
That said, it’s a pretty amazing piece of software. Very easy to create critters with, then you can “test” them and they animate beautifully.
I can’t wait for the real game to be out!
It’s a blast! I thought I’d have loads of fun just making little weird critters … and I was right!
I heard about that and I was wondering if they were releasing the character editor early so they could get a database built of characters to populate the universes with. Do they upload like that, or are they just local.
Either way as soon as I get home I’m gonna design the hell out of some creatures.
Yeah, they do want you to upload your creatures so when Spore is released, there will be a gazillion creatures out there populating the universe.
I can’t wait until tomorrow when the real version is released - the trial version is pretty limited as far as the available parts are concerned. I can’t make my pug-critter without the appropriate curly tail!
:eek:
Damned DSL line. Must… download… faster!
I’ve been having a lot of fun with this thing today. My favorite critter was a monopod- a ball with two arms and one big suction cup foot underneath it. It hops all over the place.
One thing that annoys me, though… I preordered the full game, and I can’t figure out where to download the full version of the tool. I mean, I’d imagine that the preorder would also get you the full version of the tool, since buying the tool gives you a discount on the game itself. I can’t find any info on the Spore or the EA websites.
I can’t even mind that much.
The OP said it wouldn’t be available until tomorrow. Not sure where she got her information, though.
Damnit this thing is already more addicting than The Sims was.
Damn you Will Wright!
No, the full game - that is, Spore itself - is not available until September or October.
The full version of the Creature Creator, however, is available on Wednesday, June 18th. I got that info because I preordered it, and they sent me an email with the release date.
The full version of the Creature Creator is $9.95. From what I can tell, the big difference between that and the free version is more body parts.
I just pre-ordered the full version of the tool too, and am downloading the trial now…
…or I’ll waste $16.
Damn sub-par AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52 1.60 GHz processor.
One PC download of the full Creature Creator free to good home…
Bummer.
Does the download of the full version actually work for you? I can’t figure out how to do it… no link on the pre-order page, and the “EA Downloader” app doesn’t say anything about it.
I have the full version now.
All I can say is… good grief, that’s fun. I suppose I should alert my friends and my employer that I won’t be available for the next month or so.
Sorry, missed edit window: Athena, the odd thing is that now I’m not actually sure where the heck I found the link to buy the full version. I can’t see a link on the pre-order page either. I *think *I clicked on an upgrade option from somewhere within the trial version.
Strange stuff indeed.
Anyway, if you do figure it out, beware: it’s like cocaine.
It told me I coudn’t download it till 12:00 CDT. 
Doesn’t really matter, Im at work all day anyway.
Heck if I can find out where to download it. I clicked around the Trial version, and every “download full version” link brought me to the web page… where I still couldn’t figure out how to download the full version.
But yeah, I did see the 12:00 CDT thing. So I guess I’ll try later on today.
If you buy the full version of the creature creator now, do you save the whole $10 off the retail version of spore when it comes out?
Annybody feel like sharing their creations?
Spindleborr, (wolfman33) is my first attempt with the full editor.
(Actually I’m just curious if it’s out there correctly, can anybody see it?