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SXSW2009 - That Doesn't Suck! Inspiring Creativity with Spore

  • 5 mins till we get going in a very stuffy Ballroom C
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 9:55:28 PM
  • More media in here than regular folk right now. Hmmm.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 9:57:56 PM
  • Caryl Shaw, Producer at Maxis taking stage
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 9:59:45 PM
  • Why does creativity matter? How can we help people find it?
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:00:47 PM
  • "Every child is an artist" most grownups don't think about being creative
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:01:25 PM
  • Will Wright wooed with team on editors first
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:01:54 PM
  • *worked
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:02:09 PM
  • Going to show Sport Galactic Adventures expansion today
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:02:45 PM
  • People wanted to get out of spaceship and have more gameplay in Spore
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:03:04 PM
  • Spore took user gen content to new heights
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:03:39 PM
  • The vast majority of usergen content is crap, goal to bring quality up
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:04:17 PM
  • Goal to remove roadblocks for people who didn't think they were creative
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:04:43 PM
  • Gotta get to zero to smile in 3 clicks or less - their usability metric
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:05:40 PM
  • Demo'ing new Spore expansion
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:06:20 PM
  • Creating planet sort of like Civ games
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:06:48 PM
  • Can make different textured planets like ice, lava
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:07:29 PM
  • Wish I could post photos here!
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:07:42 PM
  • Awesome world creator looks like next evolution of SimCity editor
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:08:53 PM
  • Creating creatures in world.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:09:32 PM
  • Adding scenes and acts now. Hard to describe sort of making a cinematic scene with actors and objects using creatures
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:11:26 PM
  • Can play back others' missions
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:11:54 PM
  • Playing out huge 5 act maxis created mission. This game is crazy
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:12:46 PM
  • Sporepedia has over 85 million creations added by users. Holy crap.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:15:30 PM
  • They're now working on visualizing their stats around these creations.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:15:58 PM
  • 69% of Spore players subscribe to others' content. Impressive.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:16:29 PM
  • Had reference art all around the office while working on game. Keep context in mind.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:17:58 PM
  • One user taking doodles into 3D models in Spore
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:19:05 PM
  • Will started working on game before social networking boom in 2001
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:20:02 PM
  • At the Spore session, where they talked about the amazing extensibility of its new expansion pack. They seem to focus intently on sharing.
    by brampitoyo via twitter at 3/13/2009 10:21:11 PM
  • @SporeGame shows stats about the game
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:22:44 PM
  • Maxis had to really change gears after Facebook, etc. got big
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:23:13 PM
  • Spore API Contest 09 making data available, players making new applications outside of game
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:23:59 PM
  • One created a Hot or Not
    Game for spore creatures.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:24:56 PM
  • #sxsw #fallon Spore is using the community to grow their game, and has been listening to consumers online since before twitted
    by carbody via twitter at 3/13/2009 10:25:42 PM
  • "Pollinated Ninja" team at Maxis works to evangelize Spore
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:26:54 PM
  • Wow 1.5-2M uploads per week to Spore.com
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:27:30 PM
  • 3,500 new users a day
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:27:46 PM
  • 5TB in plan for year 1. At 3 months, added another 4TB.
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:28:16 PM
  • Inventive play incites better products
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:28:38 PM
  • Giving shoutout to Blizzard for WoW interface customization
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:29:06 PM
  • Spore talk mentions stats, has a #mathematica plugin. Wow. #sxsw
    by mrflip via twitter at 3/13/2009 10:29:43 PM
  • LittleBigPlanet creating expression environment
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:30:25 PM
  • Haha Mirror's Edge level for LBP
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:30:44 PM
  • Team Fortress 2 has a wiki for how to build levels with editors
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:31:12 PM
  • "Creativity opens up worlds"
    by AdamSchwabe at 3/13/2009 10:31:47 PM
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