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Will Wright GDC 2005 Spore (The Future of Content) Remastered

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Will Wright demonstrates Spore at GDC 2005 and discusses how procedural generation and algorithmic solutions can solve the scaling challenges of game content.

Original Video Description: Will Wright talking at the 2005 Game Developer's Conference about 'Spore', which looks like it could possibly be the best video game ever. gdcvault.com/play/1019981/The-Future-of-Content-(English Source Videos: archive.org/details/2005_GDC_-_Will_Wright_SPORE_Reveal_-_Ca… archive.org/details/2005-gdc-will-wright-spore-demonstration… archive.org/details/2005-will-wright-keynote-spore-screen-on… I tried to fix up this video as best as I could. Unfortunately the game sections were recorded off of a projector screen so it's pretty blown out. Original Videos (Dead Links): video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8372603330420559198 video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-775656482294094003

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What people say. Highly recommended for its visionary look at procedural generation and its influence on game design and development.

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