🌌/spore-archive
README.txt
Welcome to /spore-archive !
/spore-archive is a creative experiment which explores virtual taxidermy as a form of preserving digital artefacts at risk of going obsolete.
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HOW TO USE THE ARCHIVE:
Click or Tab Select + hit [ENTER] on a log entry to view more details.
To navigate 3D model viewer, scroll to zoom; click + drag to rotate; hold [SHIFT] + mouse drag to pan.
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TOOLS USED IN THIS PROJECT:
- 3D Zephyr (Free Edition);
- Blender;
- model-viewer;
- OBS;
- Adobe Premiere Pro CC;
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Notepad
... until I irrevocably overwrote a day's worth of notes there; - Notepad++;
- Microsoft Excel;
- Atom.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Thanks to Nick Crockett and Class of DESMA 160 - 3D Capture (Spring 2022) for their support and guidance in the early stages of this project; IRL @ The Museum of Human Achievement for the residency opportunity at Welcome to my Homepage.
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ABOUT THE DEVELOPER:
HUA CHAI (they/he, @huazzers) is a gender-glitched experimental media artist who is inspired by how Internet phenomena interfaces with individual expression, community interactions, socio-political infrastructures, and identity formation. Hua makes playful interactive digital projects (dubbed as “games” for convenience’s sake) which act as a collective portrait of their observations and experiences.
Their works can be found on huachai-portfolio.carrd.co
10:40 AM 19/05/2022
random name generator for planet: Tandas; enter Cell stage.
12:10 PM 19/05/2022
level up; new body part: acquired Spike.
12:16 PM 19/5/2022
level up.
12:18 PM 19/5/2022
first death: attacked by Booster.
⚠️Missing data: TIME
??:?? ?? 19/5/2022
level up.
12:55 PM 19/5/2022
new body part: acquired Jet from killing Booster.
12:57 PM 19/5/2022
level up; death: attacked by Squirty.
1:00 PM 19/5/2022
death: attacked by Punky.
1:07 PM 19/5/2022
evolved to Panga.
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1:08 PM 19/5/2022
level up.
1:09 PM 19/5/2022
death: attacked by Stabby.
1:11 PM 19/5/2022
new body part: acquired Proboscis.
1:12 PM 19/5/2022
new body part: acquired Poison from meteor rock.
1:13 PM 19/5/2022
death: attacked by Stabby.
1:15 PM 19/5/2022
new body part: acquired Electric from killing Buzzy.
1:17 PM 19/5/2022
death: attacked by Jawhead; level up.
1:19 PM 19/5/2022
death: electrocuted via conduction from purusing carnivore who was electrocuted by Buzzy.
1:24 PM 19/5/2022
evolved to Shants.
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1:25 PM 19/5/2022
level up.
1:26 PM 19/5/2022
death: attacked by Paa.
1:29 PM 19/5/2022
killed giant Megamouth via consecutive electrocutions; level up.
1:32 PM 19/5/2022
death: attacked by Megamouth group (3).
1:35 PM 19/5/2022
new stage: ready for Creature stage.
1:40 PM 19/5/2022
enter Creature stage.
4:24 PM 19/5/2022
evolved to Averantis; went on land.
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4:27 PM 19/5/2022
new body part: acquired Flesh from carcass.
4:32 PM 19/5/2022
new body part: acquired Grumpeye from carcass.
⚠️Missing data: TIME
??:?? ?? 7/9/2022
witnessed hatching of baby Averantis.
⚠️Missing data: TIME
??:?? ?? 7/9/2022
socialised with Bean, became friends; added Bean as pack member, pack member count: 1.
⚠️Missing data: TIME
??:?? ?? 7/9/2022
socialised with Rogue Hayton, failed.
⚠️Missing data: TIME
??:?? ?? 7/9/2022
evolved to Flops; learned spit, pose, dance.
9:55 PM 8/9/2022
found stick, hit own head with stick.
9:59 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Vermillips from carcass.
10:01 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Rogue Hayton, failed; Rogue Hayton killed pack member Bean, pack member count: 0.
10:03 PM 8/9/2022
added Flops as pack member, pack member count: 1.
10:06 PM 8/9/2022
death: attacked by Dewlib.
10:09 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Duckodle, failed.
⚠️Missing data: ASSET NAME
10:10 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired ??? from carcass.
10:13 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Eyelien from carcass.
10:14 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Megachiraptora from caracass.
10:16 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Lizzy, became friends.
10:19 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Rogue Scorgin; level up: can add 2 members to pack; added Rogue Scorgin as pack member, pack member count: 2.
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Rogue Scorgin was always picking fights with other species - what a feisty fellow! As we stand currently, Flops is more adept at socialising than attacking (we literally look like clowns) so having a tough guy on our side wouldn't be so bad! Besides, it seems like our Rogue Scorgin is having trouble making friends. we could learn a thing or two from each other (so that we can both defend ourselves and make friends... not be miserably horrible at both lol.) Though literally every time we tried to socialise, Rogue Scorgin would either be in the midst of a showdown or have just finished commmitting MURDER... at least they're open for a quick chat (?) Luckily we got Rogue Scorgin on our team before either of us got caught in the crossfire between Rogue Scorgin and whoever they were picking fights with.
10:36 PM 8/9/2022
attacked Dewlib, took over nest by killing 4 Dewlibs.
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Dewlib was at the unsociable end of the mood chart, so attacking was really our own option with engaging with its kind. Our previous try at attacking Dewlib was our first ever attampt at attacking anyone in the Creature stage - and things went embarrasingly downhill (spoiler: we died.) But now with Scorgin on our team (the system still registers them as Rogue Scorgin, but they're no longer rogue in my heart! Scorgin is my new found family now!!) I believe we have a better chance at success. Though I underestimated Rogue Scorgin's talent at murder because they just took down 4 Dewlibs in a matter of seconds, masaccring the entire pack... We love and support our lean mean killing machine cousin (from afar. so we don't get caught in the crossfire. ^u^ Scorgin understands, I'm sure.)
10:47 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Reapermantis from carcass.
10:48 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Spray Bucket from carcass; new body part: acquired Burly from carcass.
10:54 PM 8/9/2022
attacked Maxtod, took over nest by killing 5 Maxtods; Flops (pack member) died in battle, pack member count: 1.
10:59 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Gettineerful from carcass; new body part: acquired Amphibigrab from carcass.
11:00 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Qopazcoatl from carcass.
11:01 PM 8/9/2022
meteor shower.
11:05 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Rogue Hayton, failed.
11:06 PM 8/9/2022
attacked Staggle, killed 2.
11:08 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Gorfindal, failed.
11:11 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Lesser Tubercle from carcass.
11:12 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Snuffle from carcass; new body part: acquired threepaw from carcass.
11:14 PM 8/9/2022
socalised with Ape; new body part: acquired Amphibigrip from successfully socialising with Ape.
11:18 PM 8/9/2022
became friends with Ape; level up: can add 3 members to pack.
11:25 PM 8/9/2022
added Ape as pack member, pack member count: 2.
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We faced a complicated balance when socialising with Ape. They admired our singing a lot, but our dances don't seem to match up to their expectations lol. But after we became friends, when we tried to recruit an Ape into our team, our comparably subpar dancing became... much more favourable than before? I suppose even in Spore, as relationships deepen, we grow to appreciate each other in more ways than one. we look past the shallow, old judgements we used to hold against one another, and learn to love each other for who we are. So, thank you, Ape, for loving us not in spite of our embarrasing dance moves, but because of them.
11:40 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Narwhalicorn from carcass.
11:41 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Doltasaur; new body part: acquired Croak Masseur from successfully socialising with Doltasaur.
11:43 PM 8/9/2022
witnessed 3 baby Doltasaur hatching from egg.
11:48 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Doltasaur, failed.
11:50 PM 8/9/2022
socialised with Miss Feather, became friends.
11:51 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Kitty from carcass.
11:54 PM 8/9/2022
attacked Six Eyed Bob, took over nest by killing 6 Six Eyed Bobs; Ape (pack member) died in battle, pack member count: 1; new body part: acquired Cassoworry from killing Six Eyed Bob.
11:57 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Seeodesic from carcass.
11:58 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Phlegmthrower from carcass; new body part: acquired Fourpaw from carcass.
11:59 PM 8/9/2022
new body part: acquired Stemma-addict from carcass.
12:02 AM 9/9/2022
new body part: acquired Feelyfrond from caracass; new body part: acquired Boneye from carcass.
12:03 AM 9/9/2022
new body part: acquired Cornutopia from carcass.
12:04 AM 9/9/2022
new body part: acquired Marshcara from carcass.
12:06 AM 9/9/2022
socialised with Doltasaur, 1 success attempt and 1 fail attempt.
12:16 AM 9/9/2022
new body part: acquired Steatopiggy from carcass.
12:20 AM 9/9/2022
socialised with Doltasaur, failed.
12:21 AM 9/9/2022
added Alpha Miss Feather as pack member, pack member count: 2.
12:23 AM 9/9/2022
Doltasaur threw stick at Rogue Scorgin and Alpha Miss Feather, Rogue Scorgin and Alpha Miss Feather responded with the Spore language equivalent of "what the fuck, bro."
12:26 AM 9/9/2022
socialised with Doltasaur, became friends; U.F.O. encounter.
12:27 AM 9/9/2022
U.F.O. abducted Doltasaur.
12:29 AM 9/9/2022
added Alpha Doltasaur as pack member, pack member count: 3; new achievement: "Village Folks - have three posse members from different species."
12:31 AM 9/9/2022
new body part: acquired Peduncledunk from carcass.
12:33 AM 9/9/2022
removed Miss Feather from pack, pack member count: 2; socialised with Alpha Slamburg, failed.
12:34 AM 9/9/2022
socialised with Rogue Hayton, became friends.
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Rogue Hayton was just killed a member of the Slamburg pack we were just socialising with. We decided to try socialising with Rogue Hayton again, and succeeded marvelously. Though the situation we put ourselves into was extremely awkward.
12:39 AM 9/9/2022
added Rogue Hayton as pack member, pack member count: 3.
12:42 AM 9/9/2022
socialised with Slamburg, failed.
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I'm sure they didn't mind the fact that they were just open witness to us bonding through song and dance with someone who murdered one of their own; they just didn't like our collective lack of charm and good dance moves.
12:48 AM 9/9/2022
socialised with Toomer, became friends; new stage: ready for Tribal stage.
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I honestly didn't think I could complete the Creature stage from ignoring the migration quest. In some ways, by adopting Rogues wherever I went, I've become a Rogue myself. A Rogue Flops. But perhaps there wasn't a point to completing the migration quest in the first place, because I've already found my new family, even if it wasn't the one I was born with. A found family of Rogues. (Though I must admit, I've really become the gay theatre clown who somehow ended up forming a band with all the edgy punk jocks. That deserves to be an achievement of its own.)
12:58 AM 9/9/2022
arrived at new nest.
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I believe there's two migrations per Creature stage, so there's technically a new new nest I should go to. But some of my birth family were here to welcome me and my buddies at this first new nest. I've come full circle: I'm here with the family who raised me, and the family I found along the way.