Solar Spore

About Solar Spore

Solar Spore is a gameplay overhaul mod I'm making for Spore: Galactic Adventures.
It adds a handful of features to some stages, but in the future will focus mainly on the Space Stage.
Currently, the following features are fully implemented:

  • Nests have been completely removed and creatures now wander around more; acting like small packs of rogues.
  • The Creature Stage has been extended to twice its vanilla length.
  • Buildings and vehicles are now more expensive.
  • Extinction requires 15 kills instead of 3-7 kills.
  • Creatures packs are much larger than nest sizes in the vanilla game.
  • [UNSTABLE] Solar systems can now have 3-75 planets.
  • The price of a T3 planet has gone down - however, buidings are now factored into the price.
  • New space tools have been added. (Level 4 (Imperial) versions of various vanilla tools, alongside purchasable versions of some archetype tools.

Future Development


Planned & In-Progress Features

Solar Spore currently doesn't add too much to the game, but I still have plans for features to add to the future.
The features that I'm currently developing are as follows:

  • A Research Menu, so that custom tools can be unlocked in a different way than badges.
  • Tier-2 Archetype Abilities, unlocked late in the game through research.
  • Archetype-exclusive main weapons - replacing the Laser tool for all archetypes but Wanderer
  • An overhaul to shields - they won't be permanent anymore, but will instead have a limited HP
  • Improved NPC weaponry - lasers that wear down shields, and cannons that can transport the ships closer to you.

In addition to these, I also have plans for the following - though I haven't made any significant progress in developing them:

  • A late-game questline involving the Grox, culminating in a quest to destroy them in an all-out fast-paced war.
  • New strength upgrades to Grox ships - they will be resistent to most player weapons in the early game, using shields to defend themseles.
  • Strong late-game weaponry that can break even the strongest of shields.
  • Interplanetary space battles