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1. General questions
Where can I buy it: Steam, GOG, Humble. Not every horse in Bullfrog’s legendary stable of genre-defining 90s management games stands up well by today’s standards, particularly in terms of interface, and that’s why Themes Park or Hospital of yore aren’t here. Creature Keeper is a top-down action-adventure RPG where you can befriend wild creatures and raise them to fight alongside you! Scout the creatures of the world and build up your dream team! Cook foods to strengthen your creatures and craft trinkets from the materials grown in your pocket garden.
1.1 What does the SPORE series contain?
Games :
Expansion packs :
Miscellaneous :
1.2 What editions of SPORE/Darkspore are available?
Physical editions :
Digital editions :
As of April 2019, three platforms are selling digital copies of SPORE and its extensions : Origin, GOG & Steam. They offer a bundle containing the base game + extensions named the SPORE Collection (More Spore on Steam). On Origin and Steam, you can also buy the items separately.
Notes :
Darkspore is not digitally available.
1.3 Are the SPORE/Darkspore servers still up?
Yes, the SPORE servers are still up and ran by EA.In 2017 (source?), the servers were migrated, and a patch was consequently released. This patch is only available for digital editions. (source?)
The Darkspore servers, however, were shut down on March, 1st 2016. As the game was fully online, it is now unplayable. (source)
1.4 Are there any attempts to made a player-managed server?
Notice : This probably infringes the EULA and your country laws, based on your residence.
There are no known attemps to rewrite the SPORE server software.As for Darkspore, there is a WIP localhost server called Darkspore-LS. More information here.
1.5 What is the correct capitalisation of SPORE?
SPORE, Spore & Darkspore are correct.
For the sake of coherence, we use 'SPORE' in this FAQ. 2. Technical questions2.1 What is the latest version of SPORE?
TODO: The latest version is ????, released on ????.
2.x Can I run both the base game & the Creature Creator?Creature Keeper Steam Game
No. (source?)
2.x What is the best way to run SPORE on Mac and GNU/Linux systems?
SPORE was never officially released on GNU/Linux, and the Mac version aged poorly.The Mac port is actually the Windows release packaged with Cider, which is a depreciated technology wrapping a (now old) version of WINE around games.
The port suffers from various issues on modern macOS, such as:
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The best way to run the game on these operating systems, is through a Windows virtual machine on Oracle VirtualBox 6.x.
These settings have been tested on a 2018 Mac with macOS Mojave 10.14.4 :
The overall experience is pretty natural, although not perfect. There seems to be severe audio latency on some hosts.
2.x Is it possible to redeem a physical copy of the game?
Currently, Origin is still accepting CD keys. However, please ensure that your physical copy is brand-new : in order to 'fight piracy', EA does not support pre-owned copies.
Bear in mind that EA might not offer help on redeeming physical copies, as the game is quite old. 3. Gameplay questionsCreature Keeper Game4. Unused content
For more information, check out SPORE's entry at The Cutting Room Floor.
5. Mods5.1 How do I remove the 30 fps cap?
6. Community6.1 Where is the community gathered?Creature Keeper Kickstarter
While the community is still very active, it is scattered around various places :
Creature Keeper Steam Mop
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