User experience testing at Maxis Studio Jan 13 & 14th

I'm wagering you're not allowed to say anything about it so no hard feelings if you don't respond, but is the request for experience with Starcraft, Battlefield and so forth a hint to the pack's content, or are you just looking for gamers who've played a broad range of stuff who'll know how best to test it?

FOOmph! Digs herself out, shakes herself off indignantly. I'm buried under a load of snow that's not even supposed to be on Vancouver Island so I'll just be packing up and moving down there so long as there is no snow. Not so much as a single solitary freaking flake, 'kay?
Seriously this is a great idea and I look forward to hearing about this experience from the lucky participants.

SAME!!!!!!

That would be awesome!!!!!!!!

But I'm in New Zealand

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I only meet #2.
Oh well!

I hope the request for people with modding experience indicates a willingness to support modding efforts at some point in the near future. The idea of spore was player created content. Right now players can really only control the way the game looks, I think the game would be better regarded among gamers if we also had more control over how the game plays. Gameplay changes aren't even shared so it's not like you have to worry about that sort of player content inadvertantly finding it's way into other players games by accident.

So far there aren't any really good mods for spore because the appropriate modding tools don't exist yet

obsessisim wrote:FOOmph! Digs herself out, shakes herself off indignantly. I'm buried under a load of snow that's not even supposed to be on Vancouver Island so I'll just be packing up and moving down there so long as there is no snow. Not so much as a single solitary freaking flake, 'kay?
Seriously this is a great idea and I look forward to hearing about this experience from the lucky participants.

well assuming no NDAs are involved

pieguykarim wrote: I only meet #2.
Oh well!

The original post has been updated to clarify that you only need to meet one of the criteria to qualify.

-MaxisCactus

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MaxisCactus wrote:Hey Everyone!

We’ve heard your feedback on our official Space Adventures thread and you’ve got some great ideas! We have another new opportunity for some of you to share your thoughts about the upcoming expansion. Since we’d like to get a sense of how players interact with the game, we’ll be inviting between 4 and 6 San Francisco Bay Area local players to the Maxis Studio in Emeryville for some user experience testing next week, Jan 13 & 14th.

We're looking for people who meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Someone who could arrange to spend about 2 hours at Maxis' offices in Emeryville, CA on Jan 13 or 14th

• Someone who has finished at least the Spore Creature stage

• Someone who has done player-created mods for PC games--not only Spore, but for games such as Starcraft, Counterstrike, Battlefield, etc.

A small compensation will be given for your time.

If you’re interested, please send your email address to MaxisSaguaro@Maxis.com

Too bad I'm all the way in Fricking Ohio!

(and I don't mod...)

Ignore My post!

SpoMax21 wrote:I have 1 and 2, but not 3. And I'm not near Emeryville. I want to get a job with Maxis some day.

me to maxis is my spode!!!!! but i would have to go a loooooong way to get there

MaxisCactus wrote:

pieguykarim wrote: I only meet #2.
Oh well!

The original post has been updated to clarify that you only need to meet one of the criteria to qualify.

-MaxisCactus

Well, technically, you kind of need to qualify for number 1 (be in the Cali office) to participate, so that'd be the real clincher. Pity, if there had been a bit more notice, I think I'd have considered going down there. But with less than a week to drive from northern Manitoba... yeah, that's not going to work well.

Still, I hope a fair number of people show, and that you get the feedback from them that you want (and also what we want), and that you manage to make the Space expansion totally awesome.

And if it's not, I guess we can all blame those who did show, right?

I really would want to go over there, but I unfortunately can't afford it to fly to the USA, spend around 2 hours, fly back to Belgium.
Time wise it isn't a problem. Money is.

neunzehnisbest wrote:

PlanetKing wrote:

FutureFilms wrote:

hattrickster wrote:Cool idea, wish I was in that area

Same.

Same

Same

same because then i could go and when i get there complain about them ruining spore

piePIEpie wrote:

neunzehnisbest wrote:

PlanetKing wrote:

FutureFilms wrote:

hattrickster wrote:Cool idea, wish I was in that area

Same.

Same

Same

same because then i could go and when i get there complain about them ruining spore

They didn't

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PlanetKing wrote:

piePIEpie wrote:

neunzehnisbest wrote:

PlanetKing wrote:

FutureFilms wrote:

hattrickster wrote:Cool idea, wish I was in that area

Same.

Same

Same

same because then i could go and when i get there complain about them ruining spore

They didn't

they did do you think that what they gave us is better than what was promised
cool look at all the quotes

piePIEpie wrote:

PlanetKing wrote:

piePIEpie wrote:

neunzehnisbest wrote:

PlanetKing wrote:

FutureFilms wrote:

hattrickster wrote:Cool idea, wish I was in that area

Same.

Same

Same

same because then i could go and when i get there complain about them ruining spore

They didn't

they did do you think that what they gave us is better than what was promised
cool look at all the quotes

They never promised anything and the current version of the game is fine and fun with only a few problems like unreachable Grox systems which is being fixed and few graphics/texture problems