Notes Design

As everybody is reporting, Will Wright's long-anticipated Spore Creature Creator trial is now available for download. (Curiously, I was at a conference last week where Spore was "demo'd for the first time," but I also saw it demo'd back at PopTech in 2006!) Nevermind, this thing should blow the doors off the, well, universe actually (many universes, in fact), but if you can't wait for the full release on September 7th, get your jollies with the demo this morning. For designers who love to make stuff, and who dream of having a tool like this for sneakers, mp3 players and modular furniture, this is a 200-meg download of pure, iterative, prototypical fun!