<s>
Creation	O
was	O
a	O
cancelled	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Bullfrog	O
Productions	O
as	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
their	O
Syndicate	B-Application
series	O
of	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
on	O
an	O
alien	O
water	O
world	O
,	O
a	O
player-controlled	O
submarine	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
looking	O
after	O
marine	O
life	O
and	O
defending	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
Syndicate	B-Application
,	O
who	O
run	O
planet	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creation	O
was	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
of	O
multiple	O
Bullfrog	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
,	O
Power	B-Application
Monger	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Populous	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
aquatic-based	O
incarnation	O
of	O
Creation	O
became	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
final	O
incarnation	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Guy	O
Simmons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creation	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Syndicate	B-Application
Wars'''	O
timeframe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fungi	O
samples	O
are	O
returned	O
to	O
Earth	O
to	O
be	O
analyzed	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Syndicate	B-Application
realizes	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
fungi	O
as	O
a	O
weapon	O
,	O
and	O
send	O
ships	O
to	O
exploit	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Syndicate	B-Application
purchases	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
and	O
decides	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
also	O
encounter	O
Syndicate	B-Application
installations	O
such	O
as	O
genetic	O
laboratories	O
and	O
research	O
bases	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
their	O
cybernetically-enhanced	O
creatures	O
called	O
G-Sharks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
Creation	O
had	O
been	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
previous	O
Bullfrog	O
titles	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
Power	B-Application
Monger	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
one	O
that	O
became	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
came	O
to	O
be	O
because	O
Bullfrog	O
designer	O
Glenn	O
Corpes	O
had	O
an	O
engine	O
which	O
resembled	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
slow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
progressing	O
slowly	O
,	O
and	O
speed	O
became	O
a	O
non-issue	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
project	O
became	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Molyneux	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
"	O
more	O
exciting	O
"	O
than	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
and	O
Theme	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
in	O
development	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
graphics	O
system	O
as	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
,	O
and	O
as	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
evolved	O
,	O
Creations	O
graphics	O
were	O
backwards-engineered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
idea	O
being	O
explored	O
was	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
linking	O
Creation	O
and	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
together	O
:	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
would	O
have	O
had	O
the	O
player	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
jump	O
into	O
the	O
water	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
would	O
detect	O
whether	O
Creation	O
was	O
installed	O
and	O
load	O
it	O
if	O
so	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
world	O
being	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
one	O
the	O
player	O
had	O
just	O
left	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
Alex	O
Cullum	O
had	O
joined	O
as	O
the	O
level	O
designer	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
using	O
a	O
modified	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
2	I-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Bullfrog	O
,	O
those	O
who	O
had	O
seen	O
the	O
engines	O
of	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
and	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
2	I-Application
noticed	O
their	O
resemblance	O
to	O
film	O
taken	O
underwater	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
existence	O
's	O
eco-systems	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
discussed	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
fate	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
elements	O
be	O
merged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
amphibious	O
vehicles	O
were	O
designed	O
using	O
3Ds	B-Language
Max	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
believed	O
the	O
cancellation	O
was	O
because	O
many	O
people	O
thought	O
that	O
Bullfrog	O
should	O
focus	O
on	O
games	O
that	O
they	O
knew	O
would	O
be	O
successful	O
,	O
and	O
wanted	O
them	O
to	O
concentrate	O
on	O
Populous	B-Application
3	I-Application
instead	O
of	O
"	O
the	O
unknown	O
quantity	O
of	O
Creation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Creation	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
suggested	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
into	O
a	O
screen	B-General_Concept
saver	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creations	O
level	O
scripting	O
language	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
used	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Indestructibles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
GamesMaster	O
,	O
Dave	O
Perry	O
claimed	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
that	O
becomes	O
Creation''	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
goes	O
underwater	O
.	O
</s>
