Sagan 4

On August 22nd, 2008, Hydro and I got to join 8 other people for a tour of the Maxis studio and got to play Spore for 3 hours. It was an incredible experience and we have done write up’s about it on other sites. Hydro is in the back row, 3rd from the right and LadyM is in front on the right.

If you haven’t read it yet, you can find the links here. This list was compiled by JudHudson of Simprograms.:

SporePrograms – Video | Impressions | Audio | Notes | Q&A | Pictures
xSpore – Video
Hydromancerx (Gaming Steve member) – Pictures | Impressions | Information | Experience
MySporePage – Impressions
Sporeum- Pictures | Impressions
Total Spore – Q&A | Pictures | Impressions
SporeTube – Coming Soon
LadyM (Gaming Steve member) – First Night | Experience | Pictures | Her Free Stuff | Maxis Tour | Gameplay
Simphoni – Sporepedia Video Discussion | Q&A | Journal | Writeup | Pictures | Podcast
Sporesite – Impressions | Pictures
Hooked on Spore – Notes | Q&A

It’s now been two years that Sagan 4 has existed and we are having another contest! Open to everyone, team members or not. What you have to do is create a nice drawing of your favorite creature in it’s natural habitat! That’s it. It must be smaller than 750 x 600 and fully colored. You must work on it by yourself as well. All submissions must be posted in this thread by September 2nd (Sagan 4′s anniversary). Good Luck!

Created by Rhodix
The yenaptaks split from their ancestors and are very similar to them. They are found growing near to water in Ittiz region and can be distinguished from them in the size. For being larger, their “wings” can fly to more distant places and eventually land over the water, where they evolved a new reproductive cycle.

After landing on the water’s surface, these structures take several days until they rehydrate and start to develop. In contact with water, the remaining part (a complete three-winged structure or a part of it) starts to grow buds from the pink stalk, forming fine sticks over- and underwater. From these, yellow cells, very similar to those forming the base, start to grow and acquire a curved shape. These cells work like a sail and propel the yenaptak’s wing over the ocean. Fully matured, they are detached and carried by wind, falling inland and originating a new plant. The most probable places for them fall are the nearest islands and the coast of Ittiz.

They keep producing these yellow cells for a long time and half of them never will meet the land. Inland, yenaptaks reproduce in the same way of vandriswoops and pallenidusts, detaching cells from the top stalks and regenerating a new plant in suitable soil.

Wow, I haven’t updated in a long time. I’ve been on vacation and busy. Anyway, two members from the Sagan4 team have been invited to attend the Spore Community Day at EA in California on August 22nd, 2008. LadyM and Hydromancerx will be attending this event. We’ll post some photos and commentaries about the day as Sagan4 was inspired by this game. If you have any questions you want us to ask, please post them in comments.