7/31/2023 0 Comments Spore game 2020![]() ![]() Search for: Search Filter by Author Recent Posts ![]() Notify me of followup comments via e-mail Your email address will not be published. It’s still a good way to teach kids the basics of how evolution functions, without really explaining the whole science behind it. The evolution part of the game is definitely the most entertaining thing in the entire game, even it’s not 1 to 1 with the actual science it’s based on. I don’t know how much of that is just nostalgia, so it’s hard for me to say I do or do not recommend it to other people, but if you play games on pc and you don’t mind the dated graphics you could definitely try it. I really enjoyed spore as a kid, and I think I would still really enjoy it now. That being said, spore is very old now so I don’t have high hopes for anything like that being released. It would definitely be more realistic if your species evolved on its own, based on which traits were the fittest in your given circumstances. I would love if spore had competition within your own species, or if you encountered a version of your species that evolved differently according to the area that it was in. Obviously this isn’t correct in terms of how and why evolution occurs, but I think this was more a choice to make the game more fun and interesting rather than accurate to the science. Along with this, but the way you get the choice to evolve is by surviving, eating food, and gaining “DNA points” or however the game terms it. In the game, you choose to evolve, and then the game shows this by having many years pass and all of your species has become this new evolution. For one, variation within your species never occurs. However, while the themes are pretty spot on, how they choose to show evolution isn’t quite as accurate. If the fruit is high up, your creature can evolve over time to become taller, thereby making it more successful and more fit for its environment. If the vegetation is more widely available, then your organism will be better equipped to survive if your are a herbivore. As you encounter different animals, you adapt to the situation around you. Now, the themes of Natural Selection and evolution are pretty spot on in spore. From here, the biology part becomes less important, so this is where I’ll stop. Everything you do eventually leads to a point where your creation eventually gains full sentience, and the game becomes about managing a civilization. Creatures can form packs using songs and certain calls, and you can choose to be a social and passive creature, or a violent and aggressive one. From here, the evolutionary options open up much more. Eventually though, your creature evolves past the first stage, and enters dry land. There are many ways that you can play this game. You can evolve to add spikes that make it harder for other organisms to attack you, or increase your speed by making your creature smaller and adding things like tails that help you propel yourself forward. As you play, you evolve, deciding whether or not you want to a herbivore, a carnivore, or an omnivore. You spawn in a large ocean, surrounded by other different species, and your entire goal at first is to just survive. So in spore, you start as a random multi-cellular but microscopic creature on an alien world. The game has a huge emphasis on evolution and natural selection, which is conveniently what we learned and discussed this week. While I won’t say it’s incredibly realistic, it definitely has science and specifically biological themes, especially during the earlier parts of the game, which is something I’ll get into during the plot summary. This was one of my favorite games growing up, I used to play it on my moms old computer when I was done with school and it’s something that I’m very nostalgic about. As soon as I saw the option to discuss a video game related to biology, I knew I had to talk about Spore. ![]()
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