I had vowed not to download any demos, trials, etc of Spore until the full game is out, which I had planned to buy. Fortunatley curiosity got the better of me and here I am writing the first impressions of Spore Creature Creator. It was a nice experience. First thing you gotta do is register as a Spore user which hardly takes a minute. Then you're in the menu with options to create a new creature or edit a previous one. Select the 'Create new' icon and you're started.

The interface is simple and attractive. There's a centre screen where the main body of creature is already present. You can alter it your liking. Then comes the mouth, limbs, weapons, etc., the choices for which are displayed in a side panel under tabs for each. For the trial version the choice of body parts are limited, but even with that there's a large combination of parts to be created. After that choose your colour and skin, and name the creature. Voila! Your creature is ready. Share it over the Spore network if you want to.

As I said the creature creator is simple and easy to use. It's fun trying out the different combinations, and how it affects your creature. With so many new parts to be added in the full game, you're gonna be spoilt for choice. You can take your creature on a 'Test ride', see how it perfroms some simple actions like moving, dancing and enacting emotions.

Oh well, it's not something that can be conveyed in words. You have to try it to fully appreciate it. The download's available here on GS and weighs about 250MB. Get it.