Spore Creature Creator

I’ve written a few times over the years about Spore, the new life-cycle simulation game by Will Wright (creator of The Sims), with spontaneous/generative music by Brian Eno. The game’s release is now just a couple of months away, and Maxis have released the Spore Creature Creator in advance, so users can get started creating a library …

Will Wright Keynote Speech

Will Wright Keynote Speech Amazing, amazing keynote. Half an hour exploring concepts of linear and interactive narrative, followed by half hour demo of evolutionary / generative computer game Spore. Technorati Tags: sxsw2007

Accidental Scoop

Last August listened to a great conversation between Sims designer Will Wright and composer Brian Eno, after which Eno announced he’d be creating a generative music soundtrack for Wright’s new game Spore. Six month later, apparently, the online gaming community is reporting the coupling as news. Hooked on Spore quotes Birdhouse as the source – …

Eno to Score Spore

Follow-up to Eno, Wright, Generative Systems: Eno later described the session as “Two strangers becoming friends in front of 900 people.” Two guys in completely different fields working on exactly the same thing — building generative systems from cellular automata. Numberless: [Each of them] use the idea of cellular automata as a basis for their …

Caterpillar Fungus

On our occasional trips to the local Asian supermarket, I always enjoy discovering some new, hard-to-believe-it’s-real foodstuff to bring home. Last week I found Greenmax brand “Pai Ku Grain Powder,” which I thought would be a sort of tea, but is actually a sort of soupy, slightly chalky energy drink. The list of ingredients were …