Spore Creature Creator builder creates iPhone game about destroying
by Randy Nelson 
{ Oct 29th 2009 at 8:00PM } 
Chaim Gingold spent the past few years creating ways to create things in Spore, most notably the game's Creature Creator. Now the former Maxis design lead has decided to take a different path, making an iPhone game that's all about destroying things ... as a creature. Titled Earth Dragon, Gingold's debut effort on the App Store puts players in control of a dragon with some very simple needs: Laying waste to castles and enemies, and abducting princesses. It relies on simple tilt and tap controls to fly, smash and breathe fire.
In an interview with Gamasutra, Gingold spoke of his philosophy on iPhone development, saying, "My mantra while developing Earth Dragon has been 'Make Donkey Kong, not Super Mario Bros.' Think small! If people like it, you still care, you can pile in the other million ideas you have later." As for what he'll do next, it seems that iPhone will again be his platform of choice. "I have a ton of ideas sitting in my personal prototype vault that I've never been able to figure out what to do with, but I think many of them would work nicely on the iPhone, which is exciting to me."
If you're keen on playing the game -- which, in Gingold's words, contains "the most intense level of cartoon violence Apple allows" -- hit this link to the iTunes App Store. Just want to see it in action? Check out the video after the break.
In an interview with Gamasutra, Gingold spoke of his philosophy on iPhone development, saying, "My mantra while developing Earth Dragon has been 'Make Donkey Kong, not Super Mario Bros.' Think small! If people like it, you still care, you can pile in the other million ideas you have later." As for what he'll do next, it seems that iPhone will again be his platform of choice. "I have a ton of ideas sitting in my personal prototype vault that I've never been able to figure out what to do with, but I think many of them would work nicely on the iPhone, which is exciting to me."
If you're keen on playing the game -- which, in Gingold's words, contains "the most intense level of cartoon violence Apple allows" -- hit this link to the iTunes App Store. Just want to see it in action? Check out the video after the break.
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Marco le Polo @ Oct 29th 2009 8:05PM
Destroying shit is always good.
Stanley @ Oct 29th 2009 8:34PM
Looks outstanding. Can't wait to give this game a try.
BigD145 @ Oct 29th 2009 9:40PM
Feeling burned by EA much?
bobartig @ Oct 29th 2009 10:02PM
I spoke with Chaim a few times while I was at Maxis. He was a very nice guy.
He also removed any pressure I might have felt to "dress up," so to speak. Whenever I felt that my wrinkled t-shirt and sandals might not be cutting it, he'd walk in barefoot and wearing pajamas.
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g4s14k @ Nov 3rd 2009 9:05AM
http://my-iapps.eu/
new website with games on ipod touch and ipone.
danny @ Nov 6th 2009 2:28PM
Recently i unlocked my 3GS 3.1.2 iphone and i want to know if its safe, i used http://www.unlock-iphone.org , please tell me if its safe
csh @ Nov 13th 2009 1:03PM
Disclaimer: I'm one of the NaviSPORE developers :-)
If you have a buck to spend and have an iPhone/iPod Touch, Apple has just approved NaviSPORE (http://www.navispore.com), the only iPhone app that lets you see your Creations in 3D. As described in the link, NaviSPORE is community-driven: if you want to see your Creation, send the COLLADA file and associated textures as a zip file (you make these files with the Spore COLLADA cheat) to us via mycreation@navispore.com and give it a name, one that hasn't already been taken in our model bank.