Harvest Moon creator wishes to make a game like Spore
In a recent Gamasutra interview with Yasahiro Wada, creator of Harvest Moon, the desire was expressed to create a game quite like Spore. His words were,
“Eventually, I’d like to make something like Spore, where you create something, and from there, new stuff is going to be created again and again and again. In a micro world, like The Sims for example, you have the city expanding, but you can’t see it. But you want to be one of the people living in the city, and to be a part of this growing too.”
He said this when he was asked whether he wanted to create a new universe, since Harvest Moon was so well established. However, it may be that he wishes to apply these concepts to Harvest Moon. When asked how long he’d been thinking about this idea, he answered, “Since I started working in video games. Harvest Moon was actually a part of this idea.”
So, when are we gonna see this idea of his happen?
“I think you can do it now,” Wada says. “Machines specifications are getting better, graphics are getting better, and space is getting bigger too. For a small calculation, you should be able to make that too. It will be one day, that we are able to make this game.”
The complete interview’s pretty interesting, if you want to check it out. As for Wada’s ideas, I ain’t holding my breath, but it’d be really cool if it happened. Let’s hope it does.
Tags: harvest moon, spore
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