Spore is this month's Collaboration. It is a life simulation that involves growing a creature from a cellular organism into a developed race, and eventually holding a commanding role in the home world and heading for the stars. Planets are created using procedural generation, while the races that populate them come from other players who have uploaded their creations. Its release was accompanied by two spin-offs, Spore Creatures for the Nintendo DS, and Spore Origins for the iPhone, iPod, and mobile phones.
