Spore like evolution Game? Spore 2

[Welp]

There's a greenlight project inspired by Spore on Steam called Evolution: Ultimate Creative sandbox. It seems like the project is dead, but nevertheless it gained a lot of attention. There's a fan made free game named Thrive, it's inspired by Spore too, and although its development is extremely sluggish and the game is in a very early stage, it gained a lot of attention as well.

Seriously, an Evolution game in which you can make your own cells and creatures is a market gap. A game like this was never properly done, so people would love to see a better version of spore, even 10 years after the release. I wonder why some indie studios or even big development companies didn't realize this yet. They could make a lot of money.

So I hope this will be made one day, it won't be called Spore 2, and won't be made by EA (hopefully), but some evolution game would definitely be appreciated.

[fauxpas]

An already extremely niche fanbase is firmly divided over whether to focus on "fun" or "realistic" so I doubt we'll ever see another Sporish game.

[Welp]

I'd go for fun, because a game can't portray the process of evolution accurately anyway and too much realism kills the fun part. But I don't really agree with your conclusion

[fauxpas]

Well, you said it yourself, the two "Sporish" knockoffs that you can name have stalled, never even getting out of the gate. Face it, whether or not you like it, there simply isn't enough of a fanbase for a "Sporish" game in order to support the creation of one and the people who make their living creating games understands that.


But by all means, prove me wrong, I understand kickstarter companies are all the rage these days.

[Gay-Ben 69 🌈🌦️♥]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Well, you said it yourself, the two "Sporish" knockoffs that you can name have stalled, never even getting out of the gate. Face it, whether or not you like it, there simply isn't enough of a fanbase for a "Sporish" game in order to support the creation of one and the people who make their living creating games understands that.


But by all means, prove me wrong, I understand kickstarter companies are all the rage these days.

I dare to disagree. All we need is some person to hype these things. See what happened with NMS? I truely believe the Spore-kind of space exploration has it's standing. All we need is a party to implement it properly and build the hype around it.

[Welp]

There are alot of people interested in this considering the fact that there's no real plan for a good sporish game which would create hype like CCCB said. Thrive doesn't have the money and developers to make a proper game, EUCS doesn't communicate with its fans. On all YouTube videos or steam reviews about Spore, there are people suggesting a part 2. On YouTube there's a video "Spore 2" uploaded by a small YouTuber a few weeks ago and it gained ca. 100.000 views (10 years later). I think if it would be well done, such a game would be a success. Steam is also a platform for indie games and there's place for many niches.

[MinionJoe]

EA hyped the ♥♥♥♥ out of Spore and they didn't make any money on it.

The market has spoken.

[Welp]

Originally posted by MinionJoe:

EA hyped the ♥♥♥♥ out of Spore and they didn't make any money on it.

The market has spoken.

Because Spore had potential but wasn't a good game overall. Most of the players find the stages empty and shallow. It doesn't have a good replay factor too, even though it was propagated every play would be different... Also the game was cracked by many people which was bad for EA's profit.

An indie studio could make a limited early access version and if enough people are interested and they get enough money, more and more things are added via updates. They don't spend much or anything on advertising like EA so they can make profit with a way smaller fanbase than Spore had

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by MinionJoe:

EA hyped the ♥♥♥♥ out of Spore and they didn't make any money on it.

The market has spoken.

Facts are a pesky thing aren't they?

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Welp:

Originally posted by MinionJoe:

EA hyped the ♥♥♥♥ out of Spore and they didn't make any money on it.

The market has spoken.

Because Spore had potential but wasn't a good game overall. Most of the players find the stages empty and shallow. It doesn't have a good replay factor too, even though it was propagated every play would be different... Also the game was cracked by many people which was bad for EA's profit.

An indie studio could make a limited early access version and if enough people are interested and they get enough money, more and more things are added via updates. They don't spend much or anything on advertising like EA so they can make profit with a way smaller fanbase than Spore had

But yet the people whose money would be on the line disagree with you, which is why "Sporish" doesn't exist.

[Welp]

Why are you so persistent against a Sporish evolution game if I may ask?

[fauxpas]

Because its silly to rehash the same thread every month or so, especially when the arguements for "Sporish 2" are nothing more than empty dreamings by fans who aren't willing to look at the basic facts of the situation, or even worse, stick their fingers in their ears and ignore the very real and fundenmental problems that an evolution game would face.



Now with that said, I'd give a theorical "Sporish 2" a chance if one were ever to be released, but if you want to be taken seriously you need to do more than make silly and untrue claims while ignoring the facts.

[Kilruna]

there actually is one going to come its in alpha stage atm. and you can play only the microbe stage but there is one

i cant remember what its name was sadly :/

[fauxpas]

Yeah, and it's been in cell alpha for how many years now with no end in sight?

[MinionJoe]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Yeah, and it's been in cell alpha for how many years now with no end in sight?

If Kilruna is talking about Thrive, it's been in "development" since at least 2010.

[fauxpas]

Aye, that was the one I though they were talking about but I couldn't remember it's name off the top of my head either. Thanks Joe.