I had this idea in my head which could make the Space stage more interesting. Not sure if better but... interesting.

While in your space craft, you could go into a certain mode whch zooms into your ship and into the cockpit of the ship where you (the pilot) are at the helm. From there, you can walk around the interior of the ship and into the cargo area, the lounge, the bedrooms, lavatories, weapons facility, the engine room, control center and maybe even the abduction device where things are abducted. We could have windows everywhere so you can take a peak outside to see a planet, solar system or what's on the planet's surface. The cargo would all the things you currently have with animals in cryogenenic freeze, spces in boxes and artefacts in special containment units. The interior could (potentially) base around your design of the ship or what kind of player you are, whether warrior, zealot, trader, shaman, etc. There can be your own species in your ship or species from other races in as well. The cockpit would be where you placed the cockpit on the ship.

Wouldn't that be awesome?

meh. it would be kinda interesting for a little but once you have been everywhere it would really serve no purpose and given the amount of work needed to bring spore in line with player exceptions I doubt it would be worth the effort, though it would be a nice mini-mod to add a little extra depth to a game that sorely needs it.

It would be a nice little detail, but would get boring pretty quick I'd think.

I think it would be pretty awesome. Oh, and I think it would be sweet if you could get gravity boots and walk around on the outside of your ship too.

I'd probably just go walk the decks once or twice though. In order to get people to enjoy the insides of their ships, maybe there could be a mini-game there. Sci-fi is full of examples of aliens infesting your own ships, and the crew has to go through and hunt them down. Maybe something in your cargo hold escaped. Maybe aliens have infiltrated your crew. Maybe terrorists have planted a bomb that you have to find and defuse.

In some ways, I could see it being hard to justify adding another element to babysit in Space Stage, so maybe it could be optional.

Reminds me of the new Starcraft 2 feature, where you can explore a battlecruiser,
a good idea, but as said before, kind've pointless, however if we ever get to explore a planets surface in the space stage (according to the rumors) It could be quite useful.

It would actually be a great addition for all the people who like to make movies with Spore.

NeoGenesis wrote:however if we ever get to explore a planets surface in the space stage (according to the rumors)

I'm going to assume you haven't unlocked the hologram. Find it on Spore Wiki.

good idea but no great add to gameplay