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For those who didn’t read the introductory post, part of what I’m hoping to do here on Spore Daily is give people a nudge in the creativity department by setting weekly challenges for people to try.
These challenges are meant to be the fun kind of challenge, not the gruelling “Climb Mt Everest” kind. And it’s not a competition, either. But even if it was, there would still be no prizes. Sorry, all my money is invested in cookies.
Think of the challenge as more of a “prompt”, as some fiction writing circles are known to do some times. Someone comes up with a theme, or an idea, or a setting and writers can then fill in the blanks, as it were.
In this instance, it will be some kind of guideline to follow when creating your creature.
For the first challenge, I thought I would try and keep it fairly loose and unspecific, rather than tie too many details down, like specific colour schemes or specific creature parts or dietary habits.
Challenge #1:
Create an “Odds or Evens” creature.
If you choose Odds: You may only use an odd number of any particular part. So if your creature has eyes, it must have 1, 3, 5, 7… etc. It may not have an even number of any body part, including limbs.
If you choose Evens: You may only use an even number of any particular part. This includes mouths! Although you only have to have 1 torso, since there’s no way to make two.
Entries should be enclosed in a stamped, self addressed envelope… No, wait, you can submit your creations in the comments area for everyone to look at. Post either the link to the creature on the Sporepedia or, if you have your own site, feel free to link to its location there.
My “Odds and Evens” creature will be posted next Friday, prior to next week’s Challenge. However there is technically no time limit on this. Time limits aren’t fun!
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