<s>
Spore	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Maxis	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Will	O
Wright	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spore	B-Application
is	O
a	O
god	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spores	B-Application
main	O
innovation	O
is	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
procedural	O
generation	O
for	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
components	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
providing	O
vast	O
scope	O
and	O
open-endedness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spore	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
a	O
working	O
title	O
,	O
suggested	O
by	O
Maxis	O
developer	O
Ocean	O
Quigley	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
first	O
referred	O
to	O
by	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
as	O
SimEverything	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
SimEverything	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
first	O
choice	O
name	O
for	O
Wright	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
Spore	B-Application
stuck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wright	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Drake	O
equation	O
and	O
the	O
1977	O
film	O
Powers	O
of	O
Ten	O
when	O
developing	O
Spore	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spore'''s	O
development	O
began	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
around	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
development	O
began	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
Online	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spore	B-Application
's	O
design	O
documents	O
were	O
published	O
in	O
an	O
issue	O
of	O
Wired	O
in	O
2004	O
as	O
a	O
layout	O
portraying	O
the	O
cycle	O
of	O
evolution	O
,	O
unbeknownst	O
to	O
the	O
magazine	O
and	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2005	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
(	O
GDC	O
)	O
,	O
Spore	B-Application
was	O
first	O
revealed	O
and	O
demonstrated	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
during	O
a	O
speech	O
on	O
procedural	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GDC	O
2006	O
featured	O
two	O
Spore	B-Application
related	O
talks	O
,	O
Building	O
Community	O
Around	O
Pollinated	O
Content	O
in	O
Spore	B-Application
and	O
Spore	B-Application
:	O
Preproduction	O
Through	O
Prototyping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
video	O
released	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
shows	O
"	O
unedited	O
footage	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
that	O
will	O
be	O
going	O
to	O
TV	O
networks	O
covering	O
E3	O
2006	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
an	O
overhauled	O
creature	O
editor	O
,	O
a	O
first	O
look	O
at	O
the	O
texturing	O
tools	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
glimpses	O
at	O
other	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Will	O
Wright	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
influenced	O
by	O
many	O
TV	O
shows	O
,	O
films	O
and	O
toys	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Lego	B-Language
and	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
Civilization	B-Application
IV	I-Application
lead	O
designer	O
Soren	O
Johnson	O
joined	O
Maxis	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Spore	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
,	O
some	O
video	O
game	O
sites	O
theorized	O
that	O
this	O
news	O
indicated	O
that	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
might	O
slip	O
to	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2008	O
DICE	O
Summit	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
CEO	O
John	O
Ricitiello	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
probably	O
the	O
greatest	O
creative	O
risk	O
maybe	O
going	O
on	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
industry	O
today	O
...	O
I	O
believe	O
it	O
's	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
franchises	O
in	O
our	O
industry	O
and	O
will	O
rival	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
or	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
or	O
Rock	B-Application
Band	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Promotion	O
and	O
advertising	O
were	O
ramped	O
up	O
in	O
May	O
and	O
June	O
2008	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
Spore	B-Application
channel	O
opened	O
,	O
new	O
trailers	O
focusing	O
on	O
each	O
phase	O
along	O
with	O
developer	O
interviews	O
were	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Creature	O
Creator	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
upload	O
their	O
creations	O
to	O
the	O
revamped	O
official	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Will	O
Wright	O
announced	O
at	O
E3	O
2008	O
that	O
National	O
Geographic	O
would	O
do	O
a	O
television	O
documentary	O
on	O
Spore	B-Application
,	O
as	O
scientists	O
use	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
explain	O
real-life	O
biological	O
,	O
physical	O
,	O
and	O
evolutionary	O
science	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
documentary	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
included	O
with	O
Spore	B-Application
:	I-Application
Galactic	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Spore	B-Application
was	O
declared	O
to	O
have	O
gone	O
gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Wright	O
,	O
the	O
Spore	B-Application
development	O
team	O
was	O
broken	O
into	O
two	O
camps	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Cute	O
"	O
camp	O
that	O
wanted	O
to	O
skew	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
focus	O
towards	O
a	O
The	O
Sims-type	O
of	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Science	O
"	O
camp	O
that	O
wanted	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
realistic	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Underwater	O
phase	O
had	O
been	O
removed	O
,	O
and	O
Molecular	O
was	O
added	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
likened	O
to	O
Tetris	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cellular	O
phase	O
was	O
renamed	O
as	O
the	O
tide	O
pool	O
phase	O
,	O
Spore.com	O
"	O
About	O
"	O
page	O
then	O
called	O
the	O
cell	O
phase	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
phases	O
:	O
Cell	O
,	O
Creature	O
,	O
Tribal	O
,	O
Civilization	O
and	O
Space	O
were	O
the	O
five	O
available	O
stages	O
at	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Maxis-developed	O
default	O
Spore	B-Application
creatures	I-Application
feature	O
feathers	O
and	O
wings	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
functional	O
and	O
not	O
simply	O
decorative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
July	O
2006	O
issue	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
their	O
preview	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
suggested	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
not	O
only	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
create	O
aquatic	O
creatures	O
,	O
but	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
develop	O
them	O
into	O
a	O
fully	O
underwater	O
civilization.PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
,	O
July	O
2006	O
,	O
issue	O
163	O
,	O
page	O
31	O
More	O
recently	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
SXSW	O
2007	O
demo	O
,	O
each	O
phase	O
has	O
a	O
mentioned	O
text	O
goal	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
the	O
stated	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
tide	O
pool	O
phase	O
is	O
"	O
become	O
large	O
enough	O
to	O
move	O
onto	O
land	O
"	O
,	O
by	O
implication	O
omitting	O
a	O
creature-underwater	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opening	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
player	I-Operating_System
cinematic	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
site	O
does	O
feature	O
underwater	O
evolution	O
of	O
a	O
creature	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
that	O
the	O
underwater	O
phase	O
is	O
simply	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
larger	O
tide	O
pool	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
released	O
to	O
stores	O
had	O
indeed	O
proven	O
the	O
underwater	O
phase	O
had	O
been	O
cut	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
possible	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
creature	O
to	O
swim	O
above	O
water	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
8	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
CEO	O
John	O
Riccitiello	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
is	O
"	O
right	O
on	O
the	O
bubble	O
with	O
Q4	O
[	O
January	O
–	O
March	O
2008 ]	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
,	O
for	O
Q1	O
fiscal	O
09	O
[	O
April	O
–	O
June	O
2008 ]	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maxis	O
VP	O
Patrick	O
Beuchner	O
revealed	O
on	O
July	O
10	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
G4TV	O
interview	O
that	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
versions	O
would	O
ship	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
,	O
Wright	O
stated	O
that	O
Spore	B-Application
would	O
be	O
ready	O
in	O
roughly	O
six	O
months	O
(	O
around	O
April	O
2008	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wired	O
News	O
gave	O
Spore	B-Application
the	O
second	O
place	O
in	O
its	O
annual	O
list	O
of	O
vaporware	B-Application
awards	O
—	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
an	O
award	O
to	O
projects	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
prolonged	O
too	O
much	O
already	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gamasutra	O
reported	O
on	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
that	O
Spore	B-Application
might	O
be	O
delayed	O
until	O
fall	O
or	O
winter	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
EA	O
CEO	O
John	O
Riccitiello	O
stated	O
that	O
Spore	B-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
sometime	O
before	O
the	O
holidays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spore	B-Application
Creature	O
Creator	O
was	O
released	O
several	O
months	O
before	O
'	O
Spore's'	O
release	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
creatures	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spore	B-Application
team	O
worked	O
on	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
a	O
comic	O
creation	O
software	O
company	O
to	O
offer	O
comic	O
book	O
versions	O
of	O
a	O
personalized	O
Spore	B-Application
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comic	O
books	O
with	O
stylized	O
pictures	O
of	O
various	O
creatures	O
,	O
some	O
whose	O
creation	O
has	O
been	O
shown	O
in	O
various	O
presentations	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
on	O
the	O
walls	O
of	O
the	O
Spore	B-Application
team	O
's	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
utility	O
was	O
revealed	O
at	O
Comic-Con	O
International	O
on	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Spore	B-Application
Comic	O
Creator	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
use	O
MashOn.com	O
and	O
its	O
e-card	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
initially	O
confirmed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wright	O
expressed	O
the	O
desire	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
seventh	B-Application
generation	I-Application
consoles	I-Application
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
Wright	O
also	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
offers	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
creative	O
opportunities	O
so	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
may	O
receive	O
a	O
different	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
26	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Wright	O
expressed	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
develop	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
because	O
the	O
console	O
was	O
his	O
"	O
favorite	O
platform	O
"	O
(	O
though	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
elaborate	O
any	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
version	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
what	O
was	O
called	O
an	O
"	O
off-the-cuff	O
"	O
statement	O
;	O
as	O
of	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
no	O
official	O
announcement	O
from	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
has	O
been	O
forthcoming.GameSpot	O
,	O
Oct	O
.	O
26	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2008	O
interview	O
with	O
N'Gai	O
Croal	O
,	O
Wright	O
talked	O
briefly	O
about	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
and	O
how	O
they	O
plan	O
on	O
making	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
controller	O
a	O
factor	O
in	O
that	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
representatives	O
by	O
EA	O
and	O
Maxis	O
confirmed	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
that	O
a	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
was	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
design	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
announced	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
was	O
timed	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
MacWorld	O
Conference	O
&	O
Expo	O
2008	O
,	O
which	O
showed	O
Spore	B-Application
running	O
on	O
Macs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
versions	O
were	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
spinoffs	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
each	O
focusing	O
on	O
a	O
single	O
phase	O
of	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
version	O
was	O
titled	O
Spore	B-Application
Creatures	I-Application
,	O
a	O
2D	O
story-based	O
RPG	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
Creature	O
phase	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
gamer	O
plays	O
a	O
creature	O
kidnapped	O
by	O
a	O
UFO	O
and	O
forced	O
to	O
survive	O
in	O
a	O
strange	O
world	O
,	O
with	O
elements	O
of	O
Nintendogs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	B-Application
phone	I-Application
version	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
,	O
called	O
Spore	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
,	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
tide	O
pool	O
phase	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
try	O
to	O
survive	O
as	O
a	O
multicellular	O
organism	O
,	O
with	O
gameplay	O
similar	O
to	O
flOw.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
On	O
March	O
6	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
an	O
iPhone	B-Device
version	O
was	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPhone	B-Device
SDK	O
press	O
event	O
,	O
though	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
commitment	O
to	O
ship	O
such	O
a	O
product	O
given	O
at	O
that	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPhone-Spore	O
demo	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
touch	O
capabilities	O
and	O
3-axis	O
accelerometer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
confirmed	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
that	O
Spore	B-Application
would	O
be	O
receiving	O
post-release	O
expansion	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
Spore	B-Application
:	I-Application
Galactic	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
special	O
edition	O
game	O
is	O
priced	O
at	O
$79.99	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
"	O
Making	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
"	O
DVD	O
video	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
How	O
to	O
Build	O
a	O
Better	O
Being	O
"	O
DVD	O
video	O
,	O
by	O
National	O
Geographic	O
Channel	O
(	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
all	O
countries	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
The	O
Art	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
"	O
hardback	O
mini-book	O
,	O
a	O
fold-out	O
Spore	B-Application
poster	O
and	O
a	O
100-page	O
Galactic	O
Handbook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spore	B-Application
extensively	O
uses	O
procedural	O
generation	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
individual	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Spore	B-Application
,	O
all	O
creature	O
animations	O
are	O
made	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Wright	O
's	O
first	O
public	O
demonstration	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
,	O
he	O
created	O
a	O
tripedal	O
reptilian	O
creature	O
in	O
the	O
creature	O
editor	O
(	O
this	O
creature	O
was	O
dubbed	O
the	O
Willosaur	O
by	O
fans	O
,	O
after	O
Wright	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
mascots	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
appearing	O
prominently	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
trailer	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Hecker	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
Spore	B-Application
(	O
including	O
its	O
early	O
prototypes	O
)	O
,	O
gave	O
a	O
presentation	O
at	O
GDC	O
2005	O
and	O
Futureplay	O
entitled	O
"	O
Why	O
you	O
should	O
have	O
paid	O
attention	O
in	O
multivariable	O
calculus	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
he	O
describes	O
the	O
mathematics	O
of	O
an	O
implicit	B-Algorithm
surface	I-Algorithm
and	O
various	O
methods	O
to	O
apply	O
texture	O
projections	O
to	O
such	O
surfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
O'Neil	O
worked	O
as	O
a	O
consultant	O
for	O
Maxis	O
"	O
to	O
assist	O
with	O
R&D	O
involving	O
dynamic	O
generation	O
and	O
rendering	O
of	O
a	O
fractal-based	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ParticleMan	O
was	O
developed	O
internally	O
at	O
Maxis	O
by	O
Jason	O
Shankel	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
GLUT	B-Library
OpenGL	O
app	O
kit	O
developed	O
by	O
Mark	O
Kilgard	O
and	O
the	O
GLUT-based	O
GLUI	O
UI	O
library	O
developed	O
by	O
Paul	O
Rademacher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
site	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
sample	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
prototypes	O
,	O
which	O
include	O
ParticleMan	O
,	O
SPUG	O
,	O
City	O
Maze	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
,	O
all	O
under	O
1000KB	O
in	O
size	O
,	O
save	O
the	O
20MB	O
Space	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
45mb	O
Gonzago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Will	O
Wright	O
names	O
the	O
demoscene	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
influence	O
on	O
Spore	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
procedural	O
content	O
generation	O
developed	O
by	O
many	O
demoscene	O
veterans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specifically	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
demoscene	O
was	O
originally	O
limited	O
by	O
the	O
hardware	O
and	O
storage	O
capabilities	O
of	O
their	O
target	O
machines	O
(	O
16/32	O
bit	O
home	O
computers	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
ran	O
on	O
floppy	O
disks	O
)	O
,	O
they	O
developed	O
intricate	O
algorithms	O
to	O
produce	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
content	O
from	O
very	O
little	O
initial	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
SIGGRAPH	O
2007	O
featured	O
a	O
seminar	O
titled	O
Spor(T )	O
,	O
including	O
segments	O
Player	O
Driven	O
Procedural	O
Texturing	O
,	O
Creating	O
Spherical	O
Worlds	O
,	O
Fast	O
Object	O
Distribution	O
,	O
and	O
Rigblocks	O
:	O
Player-Deformable	O
Objects	O
,	O
given	O
by	O
Spore	B-Application
development	O
team	O
members	O
Andrew	O
Willmott	O
,	O
Ocean	O
Quigley	O
,	O
Henry	O
Goffin	O
,	O
Chris	O
Hecker	O
,	O
Shalin	O
Shodhan	O
and	O
David	O
DeBry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frank	O
Gibeau	O
,	O
president	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
 '	O
Games	O
Label	O
announced	O
that	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
may	O
use	O
the	O
underlying	O
technology	O
of	O
Spore	B-Application
to	O
develop	O
eclectic	O
software	O
titles	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
action	B-Application
,	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
and	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
player-creation	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gibeau	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
What	O
's	O
so	O
beautiful	O
about	O
Spore	B-Application
is	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
extremely	O
malleable	O
...	O
you	O
could	O
take	O
it	O
to	O
different	O
platforms	O
,	O
like	O
(	O
Web-page	O
)	O
flash	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
3	O
,	O
the	O
Xbox	O
360	O
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eno	O
has	O
worked	O
with	O
Kent	O
Jolly	O
and	O
Aaron	O
McLeran	O
to	O
implement	O
a	O
simple	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
in	O
Spore	B-Application
called	O
"	O
The	O
Shuffler	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
procedurally	O
generates	O
fragments	O
for	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
from	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
samples	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
Pure	B-Language
Data	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eno	O
was	O
involved	O
with	O
Wright	O
and	O
Spore	B-Application
at	O
least	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
June	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
