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Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Submit an app you made to this thread in the following format:
[b]

[/b]

We'll start...

[b]Buddy Browser[/b]
[url]http://www.spore.com/comm/buddybrowser[/url]
[img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/community/buddyBrowser.png[/img]

[b]Description:[/b]
The buddy browser is a cool way of browsing Spore creations by starting with one creator and then traversing their network of buddies.

[b]Spore API Use:[/b]
This app uses the asset RSS feed: http://www.spore.com/atom/assets/user/MaxisDangerousYams
and the buddies REST feed: http://www.spore.com/rest/users/buddies/MaxisDangerousYams/0/10
It also uses the following REST feeds:
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/TOP_RATED/3/2
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/TOP_RATED_NEW/3/2
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/4/5
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/MAXIS_MADE/6/7
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/4 /4

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MaxisMichael — GMT

AppName: Spore Featured Content Gadget
Link: [url]http://www.thevioletpiece.com/spore/code/featuredgadget.php[/url]
[img]http://www.thevioletpiece.com/spore/code/Picture%201.png[/img]
I made a Google gadget that displays the most recent featured creations using the SporeAPI method
[url]http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/0/8[/url]

This was fun!

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NicMacc — GMT

I used the atom feeds for some dynamic content on the sporeuni site

Random Creation from the most popular new list displayed on the home page
[img]http://www.sporeuni.com/nicmacc/SporeAtom2.png[/img]

Latest creations from each of our staff members
[img]http://www.sporeuni.com/nicmacc/SporeAtom1.png[/img]

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MaxisMichael — GMT

Thats most excellent, NicMacc! Can you share a link?

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FutureFilms — GMT

www.sporeuni.com

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NicMacc — GMT

[quote=FutureFilms]www.sporeuni.com[/quote]

what he said

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hattrickster — GMT

Time to show Maxis the school I guess

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Funwaters — GMT

Actually, how do you make an app in the 1st place?

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Funwaters — GMT

is this how???

[code]http://www.spore.com/rest/users/buddies/Funwaters/0/10 [/code]

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Unobtainium — GMT

wow well done nicmacc, maxis are showing an interest in the school because of your work, u need to get urself a chufty badge my friend!

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MaxisMichael — GMT

I made Google gadgets for the rest of the API asset search views:

http://www.thevioletpiece.com/spore/code/gadgets.php

You can add any to your iGoogle home page by clicking on the +Google on the bottom left!

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Snobau — GMT

Sporenament.

Just started developing it, but basically a Sporenament is a Spore Tournament.

When you start the app, it will get 16 random creations and put them into a tournament grid. You will then pick the winner of each matchup so that you end up with one winner at the end

After I get that part working, I want to create my own webservice so that the winner of your spornament will be eliblie to compete in a Level 2 Sporenament where the competition will be between 8 Level 1 winners.. Once there are at least 4 level 2 winners, you will be able to put the winners into a Level 3 Sporenament.

You will be awarded points for completing Spornaments. Maybe 8 Level 1 Spornaments will allow you to pick a level 2 spornament winner. 4 Level 2 Sporenament winners will allow you to pick a Level 3 winner.

The winners (the creations themselves) of each level will be awarded badges (Level 1 Winner, Level 2 Winner), etc, and maybe the owners of those creations will be be able to pick a winner of a higher level tournament.

Eventually, you will be able to choose the types of the competition (for example, Only Spaceships... Right now I can't do this b/c the REST service does not allow me to specify the asset type returned)

Feel free to share any ideas of your own. This is a work in progress where I wanted to learn how to use an existing REST service and to create my own services.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34629434@N08/3212271817/

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williwalli — GMT

Sounds like a really great feature.

[quote]You will then pick the winner of each matchup so that you end up with one winner at the end[/quote]

Would it be possible to let them compete ?

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FutureFilms — GMT

Very nice idea!

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[b]Buddy Activity[/b]
New Widget on your Spore profile page: http://www.spore.com/view/profile
(Be sure to add it to your page if it isn't already, by clicking "Add or Remove Profile Sections" and then checking the "Buddy Activity" checkbox)

[img]http://cronus.ws/~danielm/pics/BuddyActivity.jpg[/img]

[b]Description:[/b]
The Buddy Activity Widget is a great way to see what your buddies have been creating lately. You can view a list of recently created assets in your buddy network sorted in chronological order, most recent first. Then click on an asset to get the larger view, see the creators icon and tagline, and get links to the Sporepedia.

[b]Spore API Use:[/b]
This app uses the REST feeds:
List of Buddies: http://www.spore.com/rest/users/buddies/MaxisEditorDan/0/100
List of Assets (with timestamps): http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/user/MaxisEditorDan/0/5
Asset Data, for getting rating, comments, etc: http://www.spore.com/rest/asset/500000176502
XML, for getting the 3 paint colors from creatures: http://www.spore.com/static/model/500/000/176/500000176502.xml

Enjoy, and please send feedback!
[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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OneBlackbird — GMT

That. is. awesome.

EDIT: The option to add the new widget to my page is missing from the list.

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

It'll be up in the next half hour or so, my post got ahead of me

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sara422 — GMT

nice

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OneBlackbird — GMT

I can't seem to get the new widget to display properly in IE, Firefox or Chrome (I know you don't support Chrome).

In IE, it shows up blank. In Firefox and Chrome, all the text is jumbled and doubled.

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

Thanks OneBlackBird, we're seeing the same thing and are actively working on it.

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FutureFilms — GMT

Thats great Dan

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galxyofpower — GMT

What blackbird said is exactly happening to me. I would love to use this app though.... if it worked

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

Hey guys, thanks for your patience. Will let you know when the fix it up. Stay tuned in the meantime.
[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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OneBlackbird — GMT

I just logged into my Spore page and the widget seems to be working now.

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

Yep, it's working now, our fix went live. Hope you find it useful, please post any feedback or suggestions!

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Didzo — GMT

Impressive work! However, my comments no longer refresh automatically. I have to arrow across to approve them.

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[quote=Snobau]Sporenament.

Just started developing it, but basically a Sporenament is a Spore Tournament.

When you start the app, it will get 16 random creations and put them into a tournament grid. You will then pick the winner of each matchup so that you end up with one winner at the end

After I get that part working, I want to create my own webservice so that the winner of your spornament will be eliblie to compete in a Level 2 Sporenament where the competition will be between 8 Level 1 winners.. Once there are at least 4 level 2 winners, you will be able to put the winners into a Level 3 Sporenament.

You will be awarded points for completing Spornaments. Maybe 8 Level 1 Spornaments will allow you to pick a level 2 spornament winner. 4 Level 2 Sporenament winners will allow you to pick a Level 3 winner.

The winners (the creations themselves) of each level will be awarded badges (Level 1 Winner, Level 2 Winner), etc, and maybe the owners of those creations will be be able to pick a winner of a higher level tournament.

Eventually, you will be able to choose the types of the competition (for example, Only Spaceships... Right now I can't do this b/c the REST service does not allow me to specify the asset type returned)

Feel free to share any ideas of your own. This is a work in progress where I wanted to learn how to use an existing REST service and to create my own services.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34629434@N08/3212271817/[/quote]
Hey Snobau,

This app looks like it's going to be great! Just FYI - the REST feeds now include the type and the subtype of the asset. Check out this feed for an example: http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/0/10
The type is just text, but the subtype is a number, corresponding to the list that MaxisDangerousYams posted about [url="http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/17803.page#324211"]here[/url].

Any questions while you're making your app, don't hesitate to ask.

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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Snobau — GMT

MaxisEditorDan:

Can I filter my random list by subtype / type? and do you have an ETA on the fix for RANDOM returning 20 results when requesting a smaller number.

Edit: I see the feed also has a rating element. How does that work, (ie, what goes into that rating) and can I [now, or if you have an ETA] filter by that as well? It would be great to say, I would like to Sporenament all factories who have a rating over X.

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Virakotxa — GMT

KUDOS, posting here, just to point out that I'm getting the no-refresh comments Dizdo pointed-out, but comes from a couple days sooner. When the sporecast-add-overlapping (now fixed) begun to occur.

(edit) about Snobau's post... sorting, yes, please...

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[quote=Snobau]MaxisEditorDan:

Can I filter my random list by subtype / type? and do you have an ETA on the fix for RANDOM returning 20 results when requesting a smaller number.

Edit: I see the feed also has a rating element. How does that work, (ie, what goes into that rating) and can I [now, or if you have an ETA] filter by that as well? It would be great to say, I would like to Sporenament all factories who have a rating over X.[/quote]
Hey Snobau,

In terms of filtering, we provide the raw data, it's up to your app to filter it. So what you can do is request whatever feed you want, and then parse through the returned XML and do your own filtering at that point (ie. don't use any creations with rating < X, or only accept UFO's, etc). If you run out of assets then you can always request more until you've filled your needs. The strategy I used for the "Buddy Activity" app is to get a list of your buddies, and then get the most recent 5 assets (/0/5) for each of those buddies. Then I use the creation date inside the asset XML to sort all those creations. If you need help with any of these steps don't hesitate to post and we can help you out.

I'm pretty sure the random feed will be fixed soon.

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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Snobau — GMT

[quote=MaxisEditorDan
In terms of filtering, we provide the raw data, it's up to your app to filter it. ...
I'm pretty sure the random feed will be fixed soon.

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i][/quote]

Makes sense... Is there any way to get more than 20 items then? I'm sure that after I filter the items, I'll be left with 2 or 3 that meet my criteria...If I could get a mess of them to start with, after my selectNodes filter, I may not have to make as many subsequent calls.

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galxyofpower — GMT

Just noticed the widget, and just like blackbird (once again...)It's working. I really like this one and how it's set up.

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[quote=Snobau]
Makes sense... Is there any way to get more than 20 items then? I'm sure that after I filter the items, I'll be left with 2 or 3 that meet my criteria...If I could get a mess of them to start with, after my selectNodes filter, I may not have to make as many subsequent calls.
[/quote]

Hey Snobau,

You can use one of the other feeds and get as many assets as you want. Until the bug is fixed with random though, you'll just have 30. Why not switch to one of the other feeds for now so you can continue working on your app until the random bug is fixed?

1000 Featured creations, for example: http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/0/1000

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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Snobau — GMT

[quote=MaxisEditorDan][Why not switch to one of the other feeds for now so you can continue working on your app until the random bug is fixed?

1000 Featured creations, for example: http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/0/1000

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i][/quote]
I have sooo many things that I would like to do(and such limited time), that I am not being held up by the bug...

RANDOM is one of the main components of my app. Sure, the users can Spornament the fetaured, but there are only a select number of those items, and once they have picked that winner, there won't be enough creations to do as many spornaments that I see as neccessary for Level 3 winners.

I do plan on letting the users spornament the other types, but I want to focus on RANDOM to start with because the pool is so large.

Just want to know if I can get more than 20 when you do fix the bug b/c one of the other guys told me that you would probably only provide 20 as a max [want to see if I can get that changed ]

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[quote=Snobau][quote=MaxisEditorDan][Why not switch to one of the other feeds for now so you can continue working on your app until the random bug is fixed?

1000 Featured creations, for example: http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/0/1000

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i][/quote]
I have sooo many things that I would like to do(and such limited time), that I am not being held up by the bug...

RANDOM is one of the main components of my app. Sure, the users can Spornament the fetaured, but there are only a select number of those items, and once they have picked that winner, there won't be enough creations to do as many spornaments that I see as neccessary for Level 3 winners.

I do plan on letting the users spornament the other types, but I want to focus on RANDOM to start with because the pool is so large.

Just want to know if I can get more than 20 when you do fix the bug b/c one of the other guys told me that you would probably only provide 20 as a max [want to see if I can get that changed ][/quote]

It's not likely that the random feed is going to be much longer, even after the bug is fixed. For performance reasons we can't send back a huge list of random assets, so what I'd suggest doing is just querying again after you've exhausted your current list. So you'll have to write a loop that queries the random feed, does the filtering, and then queries again... and so on, until you've gotten enough assets.

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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SharnaSanveech — GMT

[quote=Didzo]Impressive work! However, my comments no longer refresh automatically. I have to arrow across to approve them.[/quote]
same here

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impiaaa — GMT

[b]Sporepedia Screensaver[/b]
[url]http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/16122.page[/url]
[b]Screenshot[/b]
[img]http://impiaaa.googlepages.com/sporepedia_screensaver.jpg[/img]
[b]Description[/b]
A screensaver that shuffles through creations from the Sporepedia. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard only. The reason I made this is because I disliked the look of the original screensaver ([url=http://www.spore.com/comm/prototypes]here[/url]) and I had the tools readily available.
[b]API usage[/b]
Using Quartz Composer's (a Mac development tool) new ability to parse XML documents, I used the RSS APIs to gather information from a given feed about each creation, including the title, description, author, link, and large image.

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Snobau — GMT

Fantastic idea impiaaa..

If only I had a Mac The ability to "accidentally discover" new assets via a screensaver is a great way to add to our content... It would be fantastic if there was some way to (from your screensaver) add the item to your favorites, but that would require a REST service that isn't available (I've have a reply on the 'questons' about exposing something), but I like that you can see the creation via a keyboard shortcut (we can do everything from there)

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MinionJoe — GMT

[quote=impiaaa][b]Sporepedia Screensaver[/b]
[url]http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/16122.page[/url][/quote]

That's awesome! You win!

My own broke-code make me feel rather inadequate now. Fortunately, I think there's a pill for that.

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[quote=impiaaa][b]Sporepedia Screensaver[/b]
[url]http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/16122.page[/url]
[b]Screenshot[/b]
[img]http://impiaaa.googlepages.com/sporepedia_screensaver.jpg[/img]
[b]Description[/b]
A screensaver that shuffles through creations from the Sporepedia. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard only. The reason I made this is because I disliked the look of the original screensaver ([url=http://www.spore.com/comm/prototypes]here[/url]) and I had the tools readily available.
[b]API usage[/b]
Using Quartz Composer's (a Mac development tool) new ability to parse XML documents, I used the RSS APIs to gather information from a given feed about each creation, including the title, description, author, link, and large image.[/quote]

This is great! Nice job impiaaa! A few of us on the team now have a new screensaver

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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zanzibar196 — GMT

I would like a widget added that allows me to see how many people have added me to thier friend's list and if that person does not appear as one of my friends... please??

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Lessa1 — GMT

That's what I would like too... I already know who I've buddied so I don't see the point in being able to get a list that tells me what I already know... what I want is to be able to get a list of the people who have buddied me!

They are counted and the number is displayed on my MySporePage, meaning that that information is already collated... so, how about making it possible to get an itemised list of them?

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JoeyBagOfDonuts — GMT

Sporenament:

A way for you to "find" new content by pitting one person's creation against another in a tournament. There are 3 Spornaments (Level 1, 2 and 3).

At level 1 you compare 16 random creations (although you have the ability to filter by Buildings, Creatures, UFOs or Vehicles [or any combination]) until you reach one ultimate winner at the end. The winner will be saved so that it can compete in a Level 2 competition. [That part has not been started yet].

At Level 2, you compare 8 Level 1 winners until you reach one winner at the end. That will be saved for a Level 3 Sporenament.

At Level 3, you compare 4 Level 2 winners.

At each level, both the Author of the creation and the person who judged the Spornament will be awarded "Spoints" which will be used to determine what you are allowed to do. I plan on putting some sort of leaderboard by Spoints.

Any of the assets can be right clicked and you will have the option to visit several of the Maxis webpages related to that asset. If you are logged in, you could do anything you would normally be able to do, such as add asset to a Sporecast or make comments on the creation.

For now, the only part that is 90% complete is the Level 1 Sporenament. Once you start the app, click the blue level 1 button at the bottom. From there, filter your assets, then just click on which asset you like best in each of the groupings. If something isn't implemented, a messagebox will explain what the plan is for the thing you clicked on.

The app requires the .Net 2.0 runtime. It will prompt you to install it if you don't have it but for some reason the link takes you to the 3.5 runtime (you have to choose 2.0 runtime from the right-hand menu).

Feel free to provide any constructive feedback!

http://cid-282f8a7525d6267d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/SporenamentSetup.msi

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Psychichazard — GMT

yeah, please allow us to see who has subscribed to our creations! i'd like to know who i'm making stuff for.

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

We are working on getting the "who-buddied-you" and "what-sporecasts-have-your-creature" lists available.
Keep the apps and suggestions flowing!

By the way, I'm checking out the Sporenament right now and it is fantastic! Great Job JoeyBagOfDonuts!!

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

JoeyBagOfDonuts didn't post a screenshot of his awesome work in progress.
So I will take the liberty of doing that.

This is a totally awesome app:
Download it here:
[url]http://cid-282f8a7525d6267d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/SporenamentSetup.msi[/url]

[img]http://www.50prototypes.com/sporenament.jpg[/img]

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MaxisCactus — GMT

Sporenament is already addictive, thanks JoeyBagOfDonuts for putting it together!

[b]Some feedback:[/b]
Sometimes I'm indecisive and wish I could change a decision after making it.
I love spoints and the fact that they're both awarded to the judge and creator
Can't wait to play with level 2 and 3 when they're up and stable
Can't wait to be able to interact with the creations by navigating from the app to the SPD page to comment on a creation!

This is a promising looking app.

-MaxisCactus

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[quote=JoeyBagOfDonuts]Sporenament:

A way for you to "find" new content by pitting one person's creation against another in a tournament. There are 3 Spornaments (Level 1, 2 and 3).

At level 1 you compare 16 random creations (although you have the ability to filter by Buildings, Creatures, UFOs or Vehicles [or any combination]) until you reach one ultimate winner at the end. The winner will be saved so that it can compete in a Level 2 competition. [That part has not been started yet].

At Level 2, you compare 8 Level 1 winners until you reach one winner at the end. That will be saved for a Level 3 Sporenament.

At Level 3, you compare 4 Level 2 winners.

At each level, both the Author of the creation and the person who judged the Spornament will be awarded "Spoints" which will be used to determine what you are allowed to do. I plan on putting some sort of leaderboard by Spoints.

Any of the assets can be right clicked and you will have the option to visit several of the Maxis webpages related to that asset. If you are logged in, you could do anything you would normally be able to do, such as add asset to a Sporecast or make comments on the creation.

For now, the only part that is 90% complete is the Level 1 Sporenament. Once you start the app, click the blue level 1 button at the bottom. From there, filter your assets, then just click on which asset you like best in each of the groupings. If something isn't implemented, a messagebox will explain what the plan is for the thing you clicked on.

The app requires the .Net 2.0 runtime. It will prompt you to install it if you don't have it but for some reason the link takes you to the 3.5 runtime (you have to choose 2.0 runtime from the right-hand menu).

Feel free to provide any constructive feedback!

http://cid-282f8a7525d6267d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/SporenamentSetup.msi

[/quote]

Just downloaded and played this! Very cool. So is the idea that every "win" from a level 1 tournament will be tracked by your server somehow? And only those are allowed into level 2 tournaments, and so on? I think it's a great concept and it's very fun to make the choice between two assets

Great work, keep it coming!
[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

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FutureFilms — GMT

Looks absolutely awesome, posting a link on my blog.. Once i play a bit

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FutureFilms — GMT

Post can be found here, this game has alot of potential, its a fantastic concept for getting the best creations and creates a fun way to get the best creatures..

http://sporedum.net/2009/02/14/sporenament-alpha/

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Psychichazard — GMT

"We are working on getting the "who-buddied-you" and "what-sporecasts-have-your-creature" lists available. "

excellent news! ta guys!

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Awesim — GMT

I've been tinkering around with auto-generating a signature based on achievements. This is what I've got so far...

Spore Signature Generator
[url]http://files.pc-3d.com/Spore/spore_sig.zip[/url]
[img]http://files.pc-3d.com/Spore/Awesim.png[/img]

Takes a player name and makes an image like this one out of resources supplied by the Spore API

I took the guid map from here: [url]http://www.spore.com/data/achievements.xml[/url]
and the achivement list from here: [url]http://www.spore.com/rest/achievements/Awesim/0/200[/url] (replace Awesim with any player name). Then I download each achievement picture by guid name from here: [url]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/achievements/0x0cc8b2c9!0xbae19486.png[/url] (replacing the guid as needed). Then I composite the entire thing together - all with a simple python script (source_code.py provided).

I was hoping for something that could update itself somehow - but I'm not much of a programmer.

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Lone helper — GMT

I always wanted a handy one... I am completely in the dark about these apps, so, i cant help you with the auto updating.

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Great work Awesim!
I really like how you show the full range of achievements and then gray out the ones that haven't been unlocked.

One way I can think of to make it dynamic is to make it in Flash and have it query the user's achievements each time it runs. There is an achievement sample in Flash here: http://www.spore.com/comm/samples which is perfect for extending into a Flash version of your "Spore-Sig" app.

Actually.. I just took some time and did that!
Here is the sample modified to load achievements dynamically... (source code is below)
[flash]http://www.50prototypes.com/Achievements.swf[/flash]
[url=http://www.50prototypes.com/Achievements.zip] [img]http://www.50prototypes.com/SporeAPISamples/d.png[/img][/url]

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Lone helper — GMT

Maxis dangerous yams, what would happen if someone has so much acchievements that they broke the page?

And where can i find a TUT on this stuff, i want to cook up sonething.

EDIT: Don't do a search for mine, you think Lone Helper is my main? Well it's my posting one, my main creator is someone else.

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Lone helper... The example above is only a simple demonstration of dynamically loading achievements.

It serves as a starting point for making something more sophisticated that would take care of formatting if someone had too many achievements.

Here's a link to some Flash tutorials to get started.
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/

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Lone helper — GMT

Thank you for that link, i probably will get started on it soon.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

BugSquash — GMT

I've been working on something sort of similar to that over the last few days. Mine is a PHP script that displays the latest few achievements in a row, rather than a grid of all of them. It's intended mainly for signatures.

It's online at [url]http://www.sporebadges.com[/url], so anyone can use it in their signatures and get an auto-updating image. You can see it in action in my signature right now. I also plan on adding another script to generate an image of your latest creations.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Lone helper — GMT

I don't have a flash maker Can't do anything

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

BugSquash — GMT

You can still look at the actionscript source, which could give you some idea of what to do in another language like Python.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

[quote]It's online at http://www.sporebadges.com, so anyone can use it in their signatures and get an auto-updating image. You can see it in action in my signature right now. I also plan on adding another script to generate an image of your latest creations.[/quote]

Oh mann!!!
This is most excellent.
Great job.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Judhudson — GMT

Awesome apps and tools, everyone!

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Rennar — GMT

O.o JoeyBagOfDoughnuts is on Wikipedia!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(2008_video_game)

[quote=Wikipedia]Maxis also created a Developers forum for people wishing to use all the creations people have made to create applications. In early February of 2009 a spore forum user "JoeyBagOfDonuts" created a program to "battle" your creatures against each other to get the best creations. This game is still in alpha but once it is finished it will feature scoreboards for the best creatures that everyone has voted for.[/quote]

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisCactus — GMT

We'd like to start posting links to some of the apps you've made on Spore.com. If you've posted about an app you made here, please check your email for a note from me.

-MC

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FutureFilms — GMT

[quote=Rennar]O.o JoeyBagOfDoughnuts is on Wikipedia!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(2008_video_game)

[quote=Wikipedia]Maxis also created a Developers forum for people wishing to use all the creations people have made to create applications. In early February of 2009 a spore forum user "JoeyBagOfDonuts" created a program to "battle" your creatures against each other to get the best creations. This game is still in alpha but once it is finished it will feature scoreboards for the best creatures that everyone has voted for.[/quote][/quote]

I added that myself I'll add the sporebadges one up soon.

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Hi folks,
I made a new app

[b]Creature Battle![/b]
http://www.sporeapi.com
[img]http://www.50prototypes.com/battle.jpg[/img]
This is a simple creature fighting game that battles two creatures based on a random selection of stats.
I used the following feeds to get creatures:
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/0/5/CREATURE
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/TOP_RATED/0/5/CREATURE
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/TOP_RATED_NEW/0/5/CREATURE
and this to get stats:
http://www.spore.com/rest/creature/500267423060

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisCactus — GMT

Thanks to those of you who let me know you'd like to have your app featured on the site! Check to see if your app made it onto Spore.com today in our new app gallery!

http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery

[url=http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3454/3307041783_d32bf91b55_o.png[/img][/url]

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisCactus — GMT

Also, I made my first app: [b]Spore Aquarium[/b]
http://www.spore.com/comm/fishtank
[url=http://www.spore.com/comm/fishtank][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/3307088463_89a9e73651_o.png[/img][/url]

This little fishtank app pulls in some of my favorite fishy creations made by community members from some Sporecasts I've already set up.

Swap Fish to get a random new set of aquatic creations.

See some of the Sporecasts this pulls from [url=http://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=advssrch-MaxisCactus:fi-AUTHOR]here[/url].

[b]Upcoming Improvements:[/b]
- Rollover text for Creation/Creator name
- Bubbles (for MaxisDangerousYams)
- Spore logo and a link back to Spore.com
- Truncate x spawn range for fishes, occasionally they come in too far to the right

Please send feedback on other ideas you have that might make this a better app.

Also, it can be easily reskinned with another background image in case you want to use the sample code to turn this into a scene from space, or any other cool diorama. Just reroute the Sporecasts it pulls from to your own collections.

Lastly, special thanks to Himmelslaub and Need2Win for creating SO many creations perfect for an alien fishtank.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

ShardsOfRain — GMT

[quote=MaxisCactus]Also, I made my first app: [b]Spore Aquarium[/b]
http://www.spore.com/comm/fishtank
[url=http://www.spore.com/comm/fishtank][img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3495/3307088463_89a9e73651_o.png[/img][/url]

This little fishtank app pulls in some of my favorite fishy creations made by community members from some Sporecasts I've already set up.

Swap Fish to get a random new set of aquatic creations.

See some of the Sporecasts this pulls from [url=http://www.spore.com/sporepedia#qry=advssrch-MaxisCactus:fi-AUTHOR]here[/url].

[b]Upcoming Improvements:[/b]
- Rollover text for Creation/Creator name
- Bubbles (for MaxisDangerousYams)
- Spore logo and a link back to Spore.com
- Truncate x spawn range for fishes, occasionally they come in too far to the right

Please send feedback on other ideas you have that might make this a better app.

Also, it can be easily reskinned with another background image in case you want to use the sample code to turn this into a scene from space, or any other cool diorama. Just reroute the Sporecasts it pulls from to your own collections.

Lastly, special thanks to Himmelslaub and Need2Win for creating SO many creations perfect for an alien fishtank.
[/quote]
Hi MaxisCactus! I have a suggestion for that app.... Maybe making a list of "Fish" creations, and letting users be able to add their own fish and underwater "Props" to the aquarium? That would be very interesting... I would use it alot more if it had that feature.
Also, I was thinking of making an app that has a list of your buddies, their subsribers, their most recent creations, and creation count. Any idea on how-to?

Made an app? Tell us about it!

FutureFilms — GMT

Each major fan made app should have its own thread.

Made an app? Tell us about it!

FutureFilms — GMT

Also why isn't sporebadges on the list?

And you forgot to add all the stuff Hirnausen has done on his website

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisCactus — GMT

There are more great apps that have not been posted in the gallery yet because we're still waiting on email responses from their authors.

[b]Update:[/b] We've got a couple new additions to the gallery up today! Hirnsausen and BugSquash thanks for your replies.

-MC

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Antroz94 — GMT

[quote=MaxisCactus]There are more great apps that have not been posted in the gallery yet because we're still waiting on email responses from their authors.

-MC[/quote]

you will always amaze me maxis i hope that the next app are better

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MaxisCactus — GMT

[quote=ShardsOfRain]
Hi MaxisCactus! I have a suggestion for that app.... Maybe making a list of "Fish" creations, and letting users be able to add their own fish and underwater "Props" to the aquarium? That would be very interesting... I would use it alot more if it had that feature.
Also, I was thinking of making an app that has a list of your buddies, their subsribers, their most recent creations, and creation count. Any idea on how-to?[/quote]

Great idea, I definitely want to open this up to users to enter their own content.

One problem I ran into is that the images are not always centered in the png.

For example, there were several snail creatures that were too high, so you could see the base of the house/castle beneath them. There were also several that were too low on the png, and occluded the black bar at the base of the aquarium.

Because of this, I had to cull a lot of great creations that just weren't working. For now, it's necessary to hand pick creations that will work with the scene.

In the mean time, I was inspired by your idea to have users get their own content in, so I made a contest using the aquarium! Check it out here: http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/21829.page

I'm curious to see if other users integrate their apps into mini contests and challenges.

-MC

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

ethroptur — GMT

how do you actually crate an app. can someone please tell me?

register me as you're spore buddy: my spore name is ethroptur for spore

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Squig606 — GMT

Uhmm... just a question... how do I do with the Spornament? I downloaded it and installed it, but then... what should I do now? (I have .Net 2.0)

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

ethroptur — GMT

jeez, how do u create signstures like that and how do you turn it into a link?

(message for squig606)

Made an app? Tell us about it!

FutureFilms — GMT

You need to have the latest version of .Net, try downloading the newer version. Also ethroptur, to make apps just read the other threads in this forum on how to do it.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

ethroptur — GMT

yes but i've tried to download it but it won't let me.

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MaxisCactus — GMT

[quote=ethroptur]jeez, how do u create signstures like that and how do you turn it into a link?

(message for squig606)[/quote]

Please stay on topic in this thread.

You can chat about signature creation in this thread which is already on that topic:

http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/21550.page#488391

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

JoeyBagOfDonuts — GMT

[quote=Squig606]Uhmm... just a question... how do I do with the Spornament? I downloaded it and installed it, but then... what should I do now? (I have .Net 2.0) [/quote]

My bad... I forgot to include a link to the app in the installer... You should have a directory called PullellaSoft in Program Files... Sporeneament is in there... Run the SporeClient.exe

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Zinxio — GMT

Hey, Maxis, can you e-mail me the html code for the buddy browser? i want to put it on my site and i dont fell like coming back to this forum to see if you've replied.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Here it is for everybody's reference

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

sara422 — GMT

omg it's MDY

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Lone helper — GMT

That's nice Sara422

Just for fun i turned my mini-program into an actual APP, it tells you the NPM's/Featured with a drag to show more with a cap at showing nine, sorry, no way to swich pages yet.

SPORE noticed a typo

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Lone helper — GMT

You choose wether you want to take a look, it's verry basic, and not a virus, but if you doubt then don't download, if you don't doubt and don't want to download, i'm not forceing you to (Sorry about the fact that it is an install file, not sure how to save it so it opens on any computer)

[url]http://uploading.com/files/83SQU4WS/New Folder.zip.html[/url]

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Tragu — GMT

Downloaded it, then against my better judgement, installed it, it works, good for a first APP methinks.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

BugSquash — GMT

I've added a feature to Spore Badges to display your latest creations in an image, as demonstrated in my signature. The Achievements badges are still available as well.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Fantastic!

Made an app? Tell us about it!

FutureFilms — GMT

Post up on sporedum:
http://sporedum.net/2009/03/03/sporebadges-update/

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Awesim — GMT

I <3 whoever is responsible for this:
[url]http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/python[/url]

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

I'm glad you like it... let me know if you have any feedback.

I have an improved version coming soon that lets you pass in a list of tag names for any REST service and returns you a dictionary with [tag:value] for all those tags

Made an app? Tell us about it!

Psychichazard — GMT

spore badges works a treat, as you can see! excellent stuff.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Slyguy84637 — GMT

errr i cant remember its links or png codes[color=darkred][/color] but i mad a shark guy check my login he spits poison too also checkout my gas fish it will DESTROY YOU!!!! ALSO GREAT IDEA WITH THE BUDDY WIDGET oops

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

RifoItaly — GMT

App name:
[b]SPOREWARS[/b]

Link:
[b][url]http://www.rifo.it/processing/index.html[/url] [/b]

Screenshot:
[img]http://www.rifo.it/processing/loading.jpg[/img]

Description:
[b]
INSTRUCTIONS:
This applet loads 8 pairs of random Spore creatures (please wait the loading time at each restart).
Each creature lives hidden in one of these 16 planets.
Planes move in the deep space.
Click on a pair of planets.
If they are populated by the same creatures, they live in peace...
...otherwise it's war!
A red ball of fire starts from one of the 2 planets and goes to the other one
If the ball of fire passes over a creature already discovered on a planet in peace, it is involved in war and brakes its peace with its twin planet too!
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DISCOVER ALL TWINS CREATURES AND STOP WARS?!? [/b]

Spore API Use:
[b]
"http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/8/CREATURE"
"http://www.spore.com/static/thumb/" + id.substring(0,3) + "/" + id.substring(3,6) + "/" + id.substring(6,9) + "/" + id + ".png" [/b]

Spore User Name:
[b]RifoItaly [/b]

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MaxisEditorDan — GMT

[quote=RifoItaly]App name:
[b]SPOREWARS[/b]

Link:
[b][url]http://www.rifo.it/processing/index.html[/url] [/b]

Description:
[b]
INSTRUCTIONS:
This applet loads 8 pairs of random Spore creatures (please, wait the loading time at each restart).
Each creature lives hidden in one of these 16 planets.
Click on a pair of planets.
If they are populated by the same creatures, they live in peace...
...otherwise it's war!
A red ball of fire starts from one of the 2 planets and goes to the other one
If the ball of fire passes over a creature already discovered on a planet in peace, it is involved in war and brakes its peace with its twin planet too!
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DISCOVER ALL TWINS CREATURES AND STOP WARS?!? [/b]

Spore API Use:
[b]
"http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/8/CREATURE"
"http://www.spore.com/static/thumb/" + id.substring(0,3) + "/" + id.substring(3,6) + "/" + id.substring(6,9) + "/" + id + ".png" [/b]

Spore User Name:
[b]RifoItaly [/b]

[/quote]

Hey RifoItaly!

This is a great start! I like the idea of using Spore assets to play a game of "memory" and the twist on the game by removing some matches if you make a bad choice. My feedback would be to try and add some sound, maybe a cooler background, and a bit better feedback when you choose a mismatch and lose a match. Other than that, with some polish this could be a fun/addicting little game! Nice job!

Here's my score, not very good, haven't had my coffee yet
[img]http://cronus.ws/~danielm/SporeWars.jpg[/img]

[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

RifoItaly — GMT

[quote=MaxisEditorDan]My feedback would be to try and add some sound, maybe a cooler background, and a bit better feedback when you choose a mismatch and lose a match. Other than that, with some polish this could be a fun/addicting little game! Nice job![/quote]

Thank you!
These are my first steps into this environment (Processing.org).
I discovered this programming leanguage only 2 days ago, thanks to spore api contest (but I'm from Italy, I can't partecipate).
Now I will go deeply to other functions (sounds and so on...)

Richi

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Wow!
Great job!!

This game is hard... a worthy challenge!
I beat it in 31 tries... that's the score to beat, people!!

Processing is a great free programming environment for developing stuff like this.
I'm very glad you got into it.

Don't worry if you can't enter the competition.
We can still link to your application in our gallery: http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery/
which in my opinion is the REAL prize

Keep improving and making stuff!

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisMichael — GMT

I really like this game. So much fun!

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

RifoItaly — GMT

[quote=MaxisMichael]I really like this game. So much fun![/quote]

Thank you again!

But this is only an alpha-version, it is still in progress.
I'm learning "Processing" environment, so I'll implement my improvements into that little game, until it will be more user friendly and completed (I've many add-on in my mind...)

Rifo

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svarogteuse — GMT

Creature Archtypes in Sporecast
[url=http://teuse.net/games/spore/sporecast_archtypes.php]http://teuse.net/games/spore/sporecast_archtypes.php[/url]

[img]http://teuse.net/games/spore/archtypesinsporecast.jpg[/img]

[b]Description[/b]
A PHP page to display all the [url=http://www.spore.com/comm/tutorials/archetypes]Creature Archtypes[/url] in a sporecast. You must provide the sporecast id (grab it from the sporecast URL address). Shows the Archtype for each creature in the sporecast (200 creature limit), all of the archtypes in the sporecast and which ones are missing so the spore cast can be "completed".

[b]Spore API Use[/b]
Used the [url=http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/sporecast/500190457259/2/3]Assets for Sporecast REST feed.[/url]
Used the [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/23011.page]Unoffical PHP Spore-API Class[/url]

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Virakotxa — GMT

Hey! A usefull application! That's new... Great job!! Off to test it... Works great, awesome...
The 200 cap it's a bit of a nuissance... Since buidings have no archetype, you think you could filter those... Or just raise it?

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

svarogteuse — GMT

I'll look at using the asset type and filter it for just creatures, thats a good idea on its own. But that wouldnt make more creatures show up in a large sporecast that 200 number is passed to the REST feed link so it might just filter out everything if the latest 200 assets were buildings and all the creatures were older. I capped it at 200 because it was starting to take a while to load. Also I figured that with 200 creatures you should be able to met all the archtypes that are only like 20, I've met most of them with almost all my sporecast and the largest of them is like 50. For now if you put &num_asset=1 or what ever number you want at the end of the submitted link it will do more or less assets.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisCactus — GMT

Sporewars is now showcased in our app gallery on Spore.com! Thanks for this submission.

http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Salvanél — GMT

[quote=MaxisCactus]Sporewars is now showcased in our app gallery on Spore.com! Thanks for this submission.

http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery

[/quote]

The link of the button "Try it Out" is wrong and it points to another App (The Creation Viewer).

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

svarogteuse — GMT

Spore Creature Archtypes Info
[url=http://www.teuse.net/games/spore/archtype_info.php]http://www.teuse.net/games/spore/archtype_info.php[/url]
Just not worth a screen shot, its not pretty at all, just text.

[b]Description[/b]
A practical app rather than pretty submit a creatures spore id, or choose from the latest 25 from a typed in user name and the app will show you which creature archtypes the creature meets the requirments for and why it fails the requirements for the other archtypes.

[b]Spore API[/b]

Used the [url=http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/23011.page]Unoffical PHP Spore-API Class[/url]
Used the Assets for Creature REST feed.
Used the Assets for User REST feed.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

RifoItaly — GMT

[quote=Salvanél][quote=MaxisCactus]Sporewars is now showcased in our app gallery on Spore.com! Thanks for this submission.

http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery

[/quote]

The link of the button "Try it Out" is wrong and it points to another App (The Creation Viewer).
[/quote]

Latest news:
SPOREWARS will be a set of little videogames linked in "chapters".
Chapter 1 is the app already known: You have to discover all twin creatures living in planets.
Chapter 2: have you already discovered all planets? Now you have to land on a planet!
Move your spaceship, point to the surface of the planet until the altitude goes to zero...
...but keep away from enemy spaceships!

...Next Chapters will involve activities on the surface of the planet, once landed...

So, the URL pointing to SPOREWARS will present all available Chapters and you can choose them in sequence (like a story) or not (this new URL is not ready yet).

An alpha(!) version of Chapter 2 is here:

http://www.rifo.it/processing/Chapter2/index.html

Rifo

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

BugSquash — GMT

I added a new option to Spore Badges to turn creation names on or off for the creation badge. As with every update I will make, existing signatures are unaffected unless you change the option on the site and then add the new image URL in your signature. I also changed some stuff behind-the-scenes to make creation badges load faster and use less of my bandwidth fetching images from the Sporepedia. More features should be coming soon...

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

NecroBones — GMT

[b]Achievement Checklist[/b]
[url]http://necrobones.com/cgi-local/achievement-checklist.cgi[/url]

[b]Description:[/b]
Allows you to enter any Spore username and see a checklist of the achievements earned, and those yet earned in an easily visible manner.

[b]Spore API Use:[/b]
REST feeds used:
Achievement list with names and descriptions: http://www.spore.com/data/achievements.xml
User Achievement list: http://www.spore.com/rest/achievements/$username/0/1000

[b]Notes:[/b]
I actually wrote this before the API became available. Initially it parsed the data out of the actual website, which was ugly and inefficient. The first release of the API didn't have achievement info, so I left it as it was. Now that there is achievement info available, I went ahead and upgraded the script to use it.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Great stuff NecroBones.
That's clean, neat and useful.

It's very cool to see all you guys extending and improving your apps.
I love the "episodic content" for SporeWars.

The archetype viewer is something very powerful.
I would love to have a "compatibility" meter for each Sporecast/Creature out there showing how gameplay-friendly it is. It of course need not be gameplay friendly at all, but I'm sure there are creators out there who would strive for high points on that metric.

Excellent work all... keep the apps and the feedback coming.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

Virakotxa — GMT

Thanks for that Necro... Now I know how borked are my achievments, lots missing I should have gotten. My suggestion would be to display them on a more rational order, based on the stages/editors/features they are awarded, insted of the usual "all mixed" one. Good job.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

RifoItaly — GMT

[quote=MaxisDangerousYams]
It's very cool to see all you guys extending and improving your apps.
I love the "episodic content" for SporeWars.
[/quote]

Thank you.

My idea is to develop a sort of "book", with litte games representing the steps of the adventure.
Each episode is linked to the previous ones.

Now it is quite ready the third chapter...

Now your best personal scores are saved, but in future I want to collect the "world best score for each chapter".

My next steps will be to use some 3D processing and to use what happened in one chapter to change next chapters (i.e. if in a chapter you make a decision, that influences next chapter, like a "video-game-book").

Stay tuned for news...

Rifo

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

NecroBones — GMT

Thanks for the comments.

I've upgraded the Achievement Checklist to group the achievements based on category, and made it a little nicer visually.

It's still flexible enough that when new achievements are added with the next expansion, as long as the API includes them, they should just show up here. It'll put them in the General category until I categorize them.

[url]http://necrobones.com/cgi-local/achievement-checklist.cgi[/url]

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RifoItaly — GMT

Hi, all.

The third chapter of Sporewars is online.

In the first chapter ("Discover") you discovered all creatures living in the solar system.
In the second chapter ("Landing") you landed on one of the planets of this solar system.
Landing was not easy, and now your vehicle is broken.
In this new chapter ("Broken vehicle") you must compose your vehicle, but there is another problem. Where is the light?! You landed in the dark...
But if you want to explore the planet you need your vehicle!

Spore API used:
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/8/CREATURE
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/9/UFO
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/1/VEHICLE
http://www.spore.com/static/thumb/......png
http://www.spore.com/static/image/......_lrg.png

RifoItaly

P.S. Now your best score of each chapter is saved, so the main page dedicated to sporewars ( [url]http://www.rifo.it/processing/index.html[/url] ) displays your best score and the best score of the entire universe (among all players in the world)!

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Lone helper — GMT

I hold the universe best for number 1! And 3! You cheated in 2, didn't you, that's the time it would take if you didn't move, and thus you would HAVE to have been captured.

Re:Made an app? Tell us about it!

RifoItaly — GMT

[quote=Lone helper]I hold the universe best for number 1! And 3! You cheated in 2, didn't you, that's the time it would take if you didn't move, and thus you would HAVE to have been captured.[/quote]

Not me, but I've seen the same "strange" record too.

...someone else cheated.

I just reset it and finished a real game and now the record (1' 7'') is true (and mine).

Are there people interested in cheating even for these little games?
Ok, should I protect even for these little games?!?

RifoItaly

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MaxisMichael — GMT

I love the Archtypes Info, Achievements checklist and Chapter 3 game.

Great work all!

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

RifoItaly, Any chance you can make these chapters easier to play?
Noobs like me can't make it past the first one

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dragoonreas — GMT

[quote=Lone helper]I hold the universe best for number 1![/quote]
I'm not sure if it was just beginners luck, but I kinda just beat your score (got it in 19 steps).
EDIT: Oh well, that didn't last long, seems somebody's already beat my Chapter 1 score by a step.

@RifoItaly: Is SPOREWARS supposed to work with Safari? Because I had to use Firefox to play it (only tried the first chapter so far though).

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RifoItaly — GMT

@MaxisDangerousYams:
I supposed my first 3 chapters were too easy (and the upcoming 4th one - the first one in 3D - should be more difficult...).
Ok, I will add some level selection (easy/normal/hero...)
I need to reimplement record saving too (with levels).

@dragoonreas:
I tryed the chapters with IE, FF and Safari and registered no problems yet.
If you can't start a chapter with a particular browser, try to clean java/applet cache (may be the first attempt to download the appled failed and now you have it in your cache)

RifoItaly

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Lone helper — GMT

The java alone took up 90% of my CPU, it was LAGGY, that's why i couldn't do better.

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dragoonreas — GMT

[quote=RifoItaly]@dragoonreas:
I tryed the chapters with IE, FF and Safari and registered no problems yet.
If you can't start a chapter with a particular browser, try to clean java/applet cache (may be the first attempt to download the appled failed and now you have it in your cache)

RifoItaly[/quote]
Even after clearing the cache, both Safari 4 Developer Preview (5526.11.2), and Safari 4 Public Beta (5528.16) refused to load it. It goes through the screen with the white text at the bottom that says "Loading applet… Please wait…", but then the area where the applet is just goes gray, instead of going to the 'loading creatures screen' like it does in Firefox. I'm running the Mac versions of these browsers, but I don't think that should really matter.

[quote=Lone helper]The java alone took up 90% of my CPU, it was LAGGY, that's why i couldn't do better.[/quote]
Yeah, it was the same for me too. I sometimes had to click on the planets 3 or 4 times to reveal the creature.

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RifoItaly — GMT

Hi.

Now Chapter 2 is easier to complete.

When an enemy ufo touches you, it doesn't capture you any more: you are "rejected" instead:
i.e.: +200 to your current Altitude. All enemies restart at the corners, but your total time is not reset.
So it is easier to land (but not to achieve the best time of the entire universe).

Safari: I'm sorry, I can test my applets with all browers but only on a win pc, not mac os.
If you can post the message (if any) written in the java console may be I can see what happens.

And last but not least: sorry for my bad English... In Italian I can speak better

RifoItaly

P.S. Chapter 4 ("The Door") is quite completed...

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RifoItaly — GMT

Hi, all.

The 4th chapter of Sporewars is online here: [url]http://www.rifo.it/processing/index.html[/url] .

In the first chapter ("Discover") you discovered all creatures living in the solar system.
In the second chapter ("Landing") you landed on one of the planets of this solar system.
In the third chapter ("Broken vehicle") you composed your vehicle in the dark...
In this new chapter ("The Door") exploring the planet with your vehicle you found a closed door. You must open it, but you have to discover how to do it...
(This chapter is in 3D and uses openGL libraries).

Spore API used till now:
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/8/CREATURE
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/9/UFO
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/1/VEHICLE
http://www.spore.com/data/achievements.xml
http://www.spore.com/static/thumb/......png
http://www.spore.com/static/image/......_lrg.png
http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/achievements/......png

RifoItaly

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Hey RifoItaly,
I really want to play Chapter 4 but I can't really get past level 1 !!
Even when I beat it, it said it wasn't the best score and would not let me advance.

Man, you have got to add difficutly levels... like Easy mode or something, otherwise I fear that many people will turn away in frustration.

The games are great, just make them a little more accessible.
Hope you will consider this feedback.
Thanks!

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Virakotxa — GMT

Wellcome to galactic adventures...

Now I want to try...

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SporeMasterLightning — GMT

Maybe have a "cheat" mode where you can always play any level, but you can't be entered into the High scores. And if you can, a list of the best scores with names would be awesome (say you got a high score, you can put your name in it etc).

SML

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Lone helper — GMT

[quote=MaxisDangerousYams]Hey RifoItaly,
I really want to play Chapter 4 but I can't really get past level 1 !!
Even when I beat it, it said it wasn't the best score and would not let me advance.

Man, you have got to add difficutly levels... like Easy mode or something, otherwise I fear that many people will turn away in frustration.

The games are great, just make them a little more accessible.
Hope you will consider this feedback.
Thanks![/quote]

It does let you advance, but it's not clear, when you complete it it opens the next level, but it doesn't say that you can go on. I found this out by error.

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RifoItaly — GMT

@MaxisDangerousYams:

If you completed Chapter 1, you can play Chapter 2!

But (I'm sorry) you should reload the main page of SporeWars before.

Applets use cookies to save personal records (the best of the entire universe is saved on the server), the main page read cookies when loaded, so you have to refresh it when you complete a Chapter in order to let know to the main page that you have completed it.
Note that if you clean cookies in your browser, your records are lost.
Now I'm going to change this behaviour, in order to check cookies whenever you click on a button "Start chapter..."

@SporeMasterLightning:

It's a great idea, adding a nick name to the best score...

RifoItaly

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RifoItaly — GMT

...and yes, there is a "cheat" mode where you can play any level...

Just point your browser to:

http://www.rifo.it/processing/ChapterX/ChapterX.html

with X=1,2,3,4

RifoItaly

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

cool... thanks for the tip!
Wow.. I really like the 4th chapter!!

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Tragu — GMT

TIP-I-FOUND-OUT: Try right-clicking

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SporeMasterLightning — GMT

I agree. The forth chapter is awesome. Still trying on it..

Thanks for the tip about the right key. That helps alot!

EDIT: Just finished it. Very good work RifoItaly!

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Lone helper — GMT

How do you do the 4th chapter, i'm stuck.

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SporeMasterRa — GMT

[quote=Lone helper]How do you do the 4th chapter, i'm stuck.[/quote]
You and me both... then again, I'm too n00b to even finish chapter 2 Still doesn't take anything away from the awesomeness of them Rifo

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RifoItaly — GMT

Chapter 4 is not so difficult.

There are 6 types of effects:

- left clicking on the box in an angle
- right clicking on the box in an angle
- left clicking on the box between two angles
- right clicking on the box between two angles
- left clicking on the box in the middle
- right clicking on the box in the middle.

When you learn these 6 effects on the other boxes, you can do the Chapter in ten or fifteen steps...

RifoItaly

P.S. Now I'm going to eliminate the check on the Chapters: you will be free to try any Chapter.

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Aaron Meyers made this really cool Spore skeletons visualization
Check it out here:
[url]http://www.universaloscillation.com/sporeskeletons/[/url]
Video of it in action:
[url]http://www.vimeo.com/4064584[/url]

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SporeMasterLightning — GMT

That is truly awesome! Thanks very much for sharing that with us MaxisDangerousYams!

-SML

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Virakotxa — GMT

No words. Simply amazing... That thing actually reads the 3d information stored on the png's? That's groundbreaking... And beautyfull I must say.

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RifoItaly — GMT

Hi, all.

The 5th chapter of Sporewars is online here: http://www.rifo.it/processing/index.html .

In the first chapter ("Discover") you discovered all creatures living in the solar system.
In the second chapter ("Landing") you landed on one of the planets of this solar system.
In the third chapter ("Broken vehicle") you composed your vehicle in the dark.
In the fourth chapter ("The Door") you open a closed door...
In this fifth chapter ("Black Hole") through the open door, you are pushed into the center of the planet.
You have to escape, by aligning 6 particles behind the black hole...
(This Chapter is a bit more challenging...).

Spore API used till now:
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/8/CREATURE
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/9/UFO
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/1/VEHICLE
http://www.spore.com/data/achievements.xml
http://www.spore.com/data/paints/paintmap.xml
http://www.spore.com/static/thumb/......png
http://www.spore.com/static/image/......_lrg.png
http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/achievements/......png
http://www.spore.com/data/paints/thumbs/.........png

RifoItaly

P.S. I'm sorry for my bad English... In Italian I can speak better

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warmslime — GMT

Your apps are great rifoitaly, I will keep an eye on this thread and your progress

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MaxisDangerousYams — GMT

Wow.. neat concept... again incredibly difficult

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MaxisCactus — GMT

The developer app gallery has been updated with several new player made apps, including winners of the API contest as well as those submissions that received honorable mention awards.

Check it out: http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery

-MC

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AtomicDay — GMT

Hi! One more app:

[b]Sporistics[/b]
[url]http://sporistics.atomicday.net[/url]
[img]http://sporistics.atomicday.net/screenshot.png[/img]

Sporistics is a simple Sporepedia viewer. You can see the best rated creations, the most important, the newest, etc. You can also see user profiles: buddies, achievements, creations, Sporecasts... The creation viewer shows info about the selected creation: description, rating, comments and, if it's a creature, height, diet, habilities... All in one.

The webpage is also available in Spanish. In fact, it was originally built in Spanish. Yes, I'm Spanish . I'm not very good at English, so if you see translation errors, please tell me.

I'm still working, so there will be more features soon.

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MaxisCactus — GMT

Pretty cool atomic! This looks like something we'd like to put in our app gallery!

My favorite feature here is the visual comparison you've made by showing the current creation png next to the parent creation png.

Example: http://sporistics.atomicday.net/?p=asset:500252845879

One quick note, clicking the parent creation takes me to a page that says "The selected creation doesn't exist"
Link: http://sporistics.atomicday.net/?p=asset:500252775346

Overall, this is a great new SPD viewer. Job well done, and I'm excited to see the coming features!

-MaxisCactus

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warmslime — GMT

Very nice atomicday. Interesting to browse through.

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AtomicDay — GMT

Thank you!

I'm having problems with some parent creations. Now, that link seems to work, but there are a lot of links that don't. I will try to fix it in the next update.

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

[b]Sporecast Sig[/b]
http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/33648.page

[img]http://llamaslayers.net/spore/sig.png[/img]

[b]Description:[/b]
A simple image that displays the latest addition to a Sporecast. Updates every 10 minutes.

[b]Spore API Use:[/b]
This app uses the REST feed for Sporecast assets and the small creature image API.

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

[b]Sporecast Voting[/b]
http://llamaslayers.net/spore/voting
[img]http://llamaslayers.net/daily-llama/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/waymeen-voting.png[/img]

[b]Description[/b]
Allows anyone to vote for the best creatures in any given Sporecast. Each IP address can vote once per creature per Sporecast. Captain stats are partially supported via the model XML.

[b]Spore API use[/b]
Obviously, the http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/sporecast/500379581716/0/100 feed.
http://www.spore.com/rest/creature/500381669588 for creature stats on individual voting pages.
http://www.spore.com/static/thumb/500/381/669/500381669588.png on the main Sporecast pages and http://www.spore.com/static/image/500/381/669/500381669588_lrg.png on the individual voting pages.
http://www.spore.com/static/model/500/381/669/500381669588.xml to find out if the creature is a captain and do more processing on the model if it is to find out what GA items the creature is wearing.

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

[b]Spore Tournament[/b]
http://llamaslayers.net/spore/tournament/
[url=http://llamaslayers.net/daily-llama/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tournament-screenshot.png][img]http://llamaslayers.net/daily-llama/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tournament-screenshot-300x229.png[/img][/url]

[b]Description[/b]
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.

[b]Spore API use[/b]
The random feeds: http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/16/CREATURE http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/16/BUILDING http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/16/VEHICLE http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/16/UFO
The large images: http://ll-003.ea.com/spore/static/image/500/000/003/500000003542_lrg.png

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Awesim — GMT

[img]http://www.pc-3d.com/files/Spore/ScreenShot.jpg[/img]

I've 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. You can get the app at the link below. Just unzip the file into any folder and run the CreatorClash.exe

[url]http://www.pc-3d.com/files/Spore/CreatorClash.zip[/url]

Comments & constructive feedback welcome.
I wrote the whole thing in Python using nothing but free tools and self taught code. If anyone is interested in learning how to do this, lemme know. If there's enough interest I'm considering putting together a tutorial.

From the spore api ([url]http://www.spore.com/comm/samples[/url]) I used:
Assets for User
Info about an asset
Buddies for user
Special Searches
Asset Data
Part Info
and Part Icon

(I've had some issues getting this to work on Vista - something to do with a re-distributable software update.)

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BugSquash — GMT

Since Python is a cross-platform language, could your code run under Mac OS X? As long as you used standard cross-platform toolkits and modules, I believe anyone with a Mac should be able to run the source and/or package it as an app.

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Awesim — GMT

You're welcome to try it. I don't have a Mac to confirm or deny this possibility.
You'll need:
* Python 2.6
* PIL image library
* PyQt4
and the source code here - [url]http://www.pc-3d.com/files/Spore/CreatorClash.py[/url]

The code isn't documented or complex, and some of it is copied directly from the samples provided on the Spore python page - but it should work...

oh, I almost forgot; the form layout is here - [url]http://www.pc-3d.com/files/Spore/form.py[/url]

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BugSquash — GMT

I have gotten it to run fine on my Mac after installing the dependencies. The issues I do have are only very minor, for example the text is pretty small in a few places, though not unreadable; and the parts list is cut off, although you can still scroll horizontally to see all of it. If I can get it to work as a standalone mac app package (i.e. with required libraries included), would you mind if I posted it here for others to download?

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Nedninja — GMT

That sounds great!

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Awesim — GMT

[quote=BugSquash]I have gotten it to run fine on my Mac after installing the dependencies. The issues I do have are only very minor, for example the text is pretty small in a few places, though not unreadable; and the parts list is cut off, although you can still scroll horizontally to see all of it. If I can get it to work as a standalone mac app package (i.e. with required libraries included), would you mind if I posted it here for others to download?[/quote]

The parts list scrolls sideways on a Mac? Lol, I didn't expect that. Well, if you want to "pretty it up" and make your own Mac branch of the code - knock yourself out. It started open source - just keep that spirit alive and you can do what you like.

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

[b]Spore API Shorts[/b]
http://llamaslayers.net/spore/shorts/

Basically, this is where I'll put anything I make with the API that is too small to be a full app, yet cool enough to work as a demo of the API.

Each "short" will list the APIs it uses and have a link to download the source code.

As my first short, here's [url=http://llamaslayers.net/spore/shorts/newest-creations]a remake of the Processing demo "newest assets" in JavaScript[/url]!

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Awesim — GMT

[img]http://www.pc-3d.com/files/Spore/ScreenShot_2.jpg[/img]
Some recent bug fixes and changes were made, most importantly the creator's name is revealed with the creature's name when you win. This makes it easier to find their creation in the sporepedia for commenting and rating. Also the opponent list no longer gets corrupted if you toggle win loss conditions and try to delete an opponent you've already beaten. The source files have been updated and this link has the new compiled version. Just unpack and run CreatureClash.exe
[url]http://www.pc-3d.com/files/Spore/CreatorClash.zip[/url]

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ThePickleMan — GMT

[b]Spore CAPTCHA[/b]

[b]Description:[/b]

If you don't know what a CAPTCHA is, then go here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA[/url]
I used a similar idea as the API example, but used it as a CAPTCHA. You have to choose which creature is the "cutest". This may not work due to "cuteness" usually being different for everyone. And that is why I ask for different question ideas. If you want to use this...(get the source), then contact me.

[b]Example:[/b]
[url]http://darksaberco.com/sporecaptcha/example.php[/url]

[b]Uses...[/b]
The Creature Details Feed ([url]http://www.spore.com/rest/creature/500005597433 [/url])
The Random Creature Feed ([url]http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/3/CREATURE[/url])

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

[quote=ThePickleMan][b]Spore CAPTCHA[/b]

[b]Description:[/b]

If you don't know what a CAPTCHA is, then go here: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA[/url]
I used a similar idea as the API example, but used it as a CAPTCHA. You have to choose which creature is the "cutest". This may not work due to "cuteness" usually being different for everyone. And that is why I ask for different question ideas. If you want to use this...(get the source), then contact me.

[b]Example:[/b]
[url]http://darksaberco.com/sporecaptcha/example.php[/url]

[b]Uses...[/b]
The Creature Details Feed ([url]http://www.spore.com/rest/creature/500005597433 [/url])
The Random Creature Feed ([url]http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/0/3/CREATURE[/url])[/quote]Is it supposed to say Fatal error: Cannot use string offset as an array on line 10?

Edit: Couldn't some automated process just use the creature data API? It's a great concept, as long as there's some way the creature API couldn't just be used in reverse.

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ThePickleMan — GMT

Yes, the error happens sometimes. It pretty much means that it failed to connect to the API. Also, yes there is that problem, but I could use GD and make it so that it doesn't know what the image is of.

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BugSquash — GMT

Instead of cuteness, you could use number of legs, e.g. "Which of these has 3 legs?" A spambot still wouldn't know the difference (if you used GD, at least), but it would be easier for a human since it's usually pretty obvious how many legs a creature has and not so obvious how "cute" the game engine rated it. You'd just have to make sure each creation in the CAPTCHA has a different number of legs so there could only be one correct choice.

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ThePickleMan — GMT

Great idea! But I'm actually thinking that you should have to enter something. Because its always too easy to have a computer guess the same thing over and over again and still get it right sometimes.

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SpaceOddity — GMT

I made a simple creations feed using Processing. It's based on the example on the site, but it starts with the 50 most popular new creatures, before getting all the new creations. Clicking will stop te scrolling and allow you to open the Sporepedia and comment on or rate it.

Check it out on my spore blog: [url]http://spaceoddity.sgsgames.com[/url].

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MaxisCactus — GMT

Awesim, SpaceOddity, and Nightgunner5, great apps! Would you mind if I post links to these in the [url=http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery]Spore app gallery[/url]?

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SpaceOddity — GMT

Not at all, 'Cactus, I'd be honored, although it's such a humble beginning that I'm not entirely sure it belongs there.

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fearripper — GMT

Exactly how do you make an Application on a Mac OS X?

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

I'd like to be in the gallery as well.

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Awesim — GMT

[quote=MaxisCactus]Awesim, SpaceOddity, and Nightgunner5, great apps! Would you mind if I post links to these in the [url=http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery]Spore app gallery[/url]?[/quote]

I'd be honored!
Does that mean you'll host the code on your site, or do I still maintain that?
If you host it, will I still be able to make updates?

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

[quote=Awesim][quote=MaxisCactus]Awesim, SpaceOddity, and Nightgunner5, great apps! Would you mind if I post links to these in the [url=http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery]Spore app gallery[/url]?[/quote]

I'd be honored!
Does that mean you'll host the code on your site, or do I still maintain that?
If you host it, will I still be able to make updates?[/quote]

They put a screenshot, link, and description on a page. The rest stays with you. http://www.spore.com/comm/developer/gallery

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YTSoph — GMT

[quote=MaxisEditorDan][b]Buddy Activity[/b]
New Widget on your Spore profile page: http://www.spore.com/view/profile
(Be sure to add it to your page if it isn't already, by clicking "Add or Remove Profile Sections" and then checking the "Buddy Activity" checkbox)

[img]http://cronus.ws/~danielm/pics/BuddyActivity.jpg[/img]

[b]...[/b]

Enjoy, and please send feedback!
[i]-MaxisEditorDan[/i]
[/quote]

[b]Hi MaxisEditorDan, i love the interface, i have two questions :[/b]
- Is it allowed to use it in other page (in a website) instead of our profile ?
And - Is it possible to have the FLA ?

I want to adapt it and change some stuff.

Thanks for your reply.

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Kayube — GMT

I can't find the add/remove profile sections button. Where is it?

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josie990 — GMT

Okay maybe this has already been asked (maybe more than once) but how do I start making an app? I basically know nothing about computers, and I am very confuzzled. Please help!

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Nightgunner5 — GMT

[quote=josie990]Okay maybe this has already been asked (maybe more than once) but how do I start making an app? I basically know nothing about computers, and I am very confuzzled. Please help![/quote]
If you can't program, you're not going to make it very far as far as making an app. I suggest finding one that does something similar to what you want and working with the creator to give it the feature you want.

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misterhaan — GMT

not sure if it counts as an app, but i made a Greasemonkey script i call MoreSPORE. here’s my spore general discussion thread about it: http://forum.spore.com/jforum/posts/list/30164.page

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Flyinglongneck — GMT

[quote=MaxisDangerousYams]Submit an app you made to this thread in the following format:
[b]

[/b]

We'll start...

[b]Buddy Browser[/b]
[url]http://www.spore.com/comm/buddybrowser[/url]
[img]http://www.spore.com/static/war/images/community/buddyBrowser.png[/img]

[b]Description:[/b]
The buddy browser is a cool way of browsing Spore creations by starting with one creator and then traversing their network of buddies.

[b]Spore API Use:[/b]
This app uses the asset RSS feed: http://www.spore.com/atom/assets/user/MaxisDangerousYams
and the buddies REST feed: http://www.spore.com/rest/users/buddies/MaxisDangerousYams/0/10
It also uses the following REST feeds:
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/TOP_RATED/3/2
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/TOP_RATED_NEW/3/2
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/FEATURED/4/5
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/MAXIS_MADE/6/7
http://www.spore.com/rest/assets/search/RANDOM/4 /4
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