Features may vary by handset
- An original mobile action-puzzle game based on Spore for the PC and Mac, from the creators of The Sims™.
- Explore 6 unique zones on an engrossing evolutionary journey.
- Customize your spore with parts (over millions of different combinations) to fit your play style.
- Enjoy three distinct game modes: Evolution, Survival, and Arena.
- Protect your spore and attack bizarre creatures in dynamic settings.
- Vivid graphics, and unique animated environments.
- Dramatic ambient effects and original soundtrack enhance the action.
- Challenge the global community via your phone or web-interface.
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Gold Award - Mobile Game FAQS
September 2008 |
Mobile Game FAQS 9/19/2008
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"Spore is all about creating your own creature and after every few levels you get the chance to play God and dictate its shape, color and more importantly its characteristics."
Start the game
Highlight "SPORE" in the games menu on your phone and press the "OK" button to start the game. You will be given the choice to play with or without sound. After you have made this selection, the EA and SPORE splash screen will be displayed. Press any key, and you will be put directly into the game.
The "Game Mode" menu appears. Highlight one of the following two options:
- EVOLUTION: Create a spore and start your climb to the top of the food chain.
- ARENA: Use the spores you've created to challenge other spores to battle.
After making your selection, press "OK" or the left soft key. Once the level loads, press "OK." You will be placed in a tutorial that explains the game fundamentals. At any time during gameplay, press the right softkey ("Pause") to access the Main Menu. Select from the following options:
- Resume: Continue the current game from the beginning of the most recent level.
- Change Game Mode: Toggle between Evolution, Survival, and Arena modes. Note that Survival mode will display only after Evolution mode has been successfully completed.
- Options: Toggle sound, vibration, and tutorial on and off. Also, saved data can be reset for a brand new Spore, and friends' phones can be "infected" with the "Infect-a-friend" SMS feature.
- Help: Instructions and information on how to play the game.
- About: Customer service info and copyright information.
- More Games: Find more EA Mobile games for your phone.
- Exit: Exit the game.
How to Play
After launching the game, you are automatically sent to the beginning of Evolution mode.
Evolution: Use the D-pad to navigate your spore. Hold "OK" to dash toward smaller creatures and eat them. This will increase your DNA bar. If larger creatures touch you, you will take damage and shrink in size. Shrink too much and you'll become extinct. As you continue to increase your health and grow, your hearts will fill, and your spore grows in size. You can also collect symbiotes for a special bonus. Burst bubbles by pushing them into teeth or spikes, and eat the food inside. When you have completed a level, your stats - both level and game - will be displayed. These stats include number of organisms eaten, damage taken, highest combo, symbiotes, time and score. Upon the completion of some levels you will have the option to customize your spore in the Editor. See Editor description below.
Survival: Use the D-pad to navigate your spore, and press OK to use the power-ups you have gained. Attempt to eat the spinning food modules before the enemies attack. Eat enough spinning food modules and your DNA bar will be filled, allowing you to progress to the next level.
Arena: A unique networked mode in which you can send your spore into competition against other spores created by other players. Watch the spores fight, send a Victory Cry and see how the Rankings board evolves!
Editor: Use the editor to customize your spore in Evolution Mode. [NEED DESCRIPTION HERE]
Controls
Use the D-pad or number keys to move around. When in Evolution mode, press the "OK" key to dash towards food and eat. When in Survival Mode, press the "OK" key to use a Power-Up.
To pause the game while playing, press the right soft key. You will be taken to the Main Menu.
FUNCTION |
KEY |
ALL |
Quit / Exit App |
END |
SPLASH SCREENS |
Quit / Exit App |
CLR |
Skip |
Any key |
TITLE SCREEN |
Quit / Exit App |
CLR/left softkey |
Start Game |
OK/right softkey |
MENU |
Scroll Up/Down through menu options |
d-pad up/down, 2/8 |
Select |
OK, 5, right soft key |
Back/Quit |
left soft key, CLR |
GAMEPLAY |
Exit/Pause To Main Menu |
CLR/left softkey |
Movement |
d-pad up/down/left/right, 1/2/3/4/6/7/8/9 |
Lock-on Dash (Evolution) |
OK, 5 |
Use Power-up (Survival) |
OK, 5 |
Use special (Evolution) |
Left softkey, 0 |
EVOLUTION EDITOR |
Scroll Up/Down through part options |
d-pad up/down/left/right, 2/4/6/8 |
Select Part |
OK/right softkey |
Exit/Pause To Main Menu |
CLR/left softkey |
Saving/Resetting:
Evolution Mode automatically saves at the end of each level; Survival Mode does not save your progress. All of your game data can be reset via "Reset Saved Data" within the Options menu.
