What in the world... (Spore)

I downloaded the Spore Creature Creator (free trial edition) and decided to finally try it this weekend. I started making a character. After putting the final touches on the creation, I saved it. At this point the ideas started churning in my head. I could make a cartoon character, a game character, a character from a movie, etc. I started my next character. It ended up looking like a mix between Dr. Octopus and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Some time had passed by now. I looked up at the clock. Wow, a lot of time had passed.

I was so engrossed in this simple program. I showed it off and other people were excited about it as well. The next day I went to the local B*$T B*Y and bought (used a $10 rewards ticket) the $9.99 retail "full" version of the creator. This unlocked all of the available body parts, colors, backgrounds, etc. You can upload videos of your characters dancing directly to YouTube. EA is even running a dance contest for the characters.

I love browsing through the Sporepedia and seeing all of the original creations and even variations of the same characters. I can't wait for the full game to come out. 74 days left.

If you haven't downloaded, at least, the trial version, do yourself a favor and do it now. Spore Creature Creator

Issues:

The only issue I have come across as of today is that two of my characters were not in my list in the game. The showed up online in my account, just not in the game. Thes session in which I created the characters had crashed. I had saved the characters, but something caused things to go screwy.

This is the fix if that happens to you (from Spore's community page) :

• Go to the Spore application data directory:
  Vista users: C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\SPORE Creature Creator\
  XP users: C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\SPORE Creature Creator\
  Mac users: Users\\Library\Preferences\SPORE Creature Creator Preferences\p_drive\User\Application Data\SporeCreatureCreator\


• Delete these two files: GraphicsCache.Package and ServerCache.Package


• Run the game. You should see your lost creatures restored in the Sporepedia under “Everything”


• To share them, open them in the editor and make any small change. Save and publish.