Browsing the Sporums, I noticed that there were 3 new programs available for Spore created using the Spore API: Spore Tournament, Creator Clash and Spore Ladder!
Spore Tournament
Source: The Sporums
Copyright: Nightgunner5
Users are given 16 random creations: creatures, vehicles, UFOs, buildings, or a combination. Then, to play the game, they click on the better of two creations. For example, there are 16 in the first round, then 8 in the second, 4 in the semifinals, and 2 in the finals. The winner of a tournament gets two points, and the creation in second place gets 1 point. For each creation that receives points, the user receives one point. At most, each creation can recieve 2 points from each user, so getting second place and then first will only give the creation a single additional point.
Creator Clash
Source: The Sporum
Copyright: Awesim
I’ve (Awesim) been making a simple creature creation game designed to inspire creators who are ready for a challenge. The idea is to force you to make a creature using a specific list of parts. After you upload your creation, you get to see what others have made with the exact same parts list. Just unzip the file into any folder and run the CreatorClash.exe
(I’ve had some issues getting this to work on Vista – something to do with a re-distributable software update.)
Spore Ladder
Source: SporeMania
Copyright: SporeMania
As you know, it’s really hard to make a Ladder with Spore :
- No possibility of making a save to be easy played by players in a given time, and which would be “secure” (where the player can’t use cheats or modify the settings).
- No possibility to play against each other online.
So, we have to innovate and do with what MAXIS and E.A. want to give us. What MAXIS and E.A. want to give us are :
- The Sporepoints (You win points each time you play a game, rate a creation, etc…)
- The Achievements
- The Gold, Silver and Bronze Trophies.
Therefore the ranking calculation of Sporemania’s Ladder will be very simple:
Each Achievement reached give 50 points to the player, to that are added the number of Sporepoints he has, 10 points for each Gold Trophy, 5 for each Silver Trophy, and 3 for each Bronze Trophy.
The formula is :
$Points_Ladder = ( $Nb_SporePoints );
$Points_Ladder += ( $Nb_Succes * 50 );
$Points_Ladder += ( $Nb_Gold_Trophy * 10 );
$Points_Ladder += ( $Nb_Silver_Trophy * 5 );
$Points_Ladder += ( $Nb_Bronze_Trophy * 3 );But to be ranked on the SporeMania Ladder, you will have to fulfill some requirements :
- Having his Spore Account area completed in the profile with the exact name of your Spore Account (if there are any capital letters, then you have to place them too).
- Have been logged on SporeMania at least once in the past 30 days.
(This to only keep the active members, ’cause it would be useless to let someone be in the Top10 if he doesn’t come anymore for months or years.)
Your points will be updated when you’ll log on the website (limited to each 4 hours). To update your points more quickly (limited to each 10 minutes) click on “update my ranking” accessible in – Menu -> Ladder -> Update my ranking. (You’ll be returned on the website’s home page and your points will be updated at this time)
The Ladder’s ranking can be accessed here : http://forums.sporemania.com/?action=ladder. Or simply in Menu -> Ladder. Or else by clicking in the module “Ladder” which is displayed to the right of the forum.
What are the Ladders available? There are 5 rankings :
- The General Spore Ladder ranking, where all the players who have been logged in less than 30 days ago are listed.
- The Daily’s Ladder Top 10 ranking, where those who have earned the biggest amount of points today are listed.
- The Achievement Ladder Top 10 ranking, where those who have earned the biggest amount of Achievements today are listed.
- The Trophy’s Ladder Top 10 ranking, where those who have earned the biggest amount of Trophy points today are listed.
- The Sporepoints Ladder Top 10 ranking, where those who have earned the biggest amount of Sporepoints are listed.
( * For those who don’t know what a Ladder is, The Ladder is a ranking of the players according to their number of points, victories and such.)
