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Fn ( Fried (Macaroni, Cheese), Creativity (EA, YouTube) ) = Awesome Spore Videos on YouTube
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Posted by Nikhil Chandhok, Product Manager - YouTube Syndication
Last March, over a lunch of fried macaroni and cheese, folks from EA and YouTube doodled about bringing the power of user-generated content to video games. After awhile, we decided that it would be cool if people could share their in-game user-generated content on YouTube as a way of demonstrating their super gaming skills, sharing accomplishments, and eventually telling more elaborate stories.
Today, we are happy to announce that our doodles have turned into reality with the launch of
EA's Spore Creature Creator
with YouTube APIs built into it, allowing users to share their creativity with others. Starting today, users can download the Creature Creator, build a wacky creature, and then upload their creations directly to YouTube. We
announced this back in March
and needless to say, we're ecstatic that the Creature Creator is now open for business. A pretty active community on YouTube has already
uploaded
thousands of videos.
I've highlighted some of my favorite creature videos, all uploaded from the Creature Creator:
If you haven't tried creating your own creature, you can download the Creature Creator from the
Spore website
. You can even enter your creature in EA's Ultimate Spore Creature Creator Dance-off contest. More information about this contest is available on the
Spore YouTube channel
. You can also try out YouTube's
AudioSwap
feature to set your creature's dancing to music.
As the world of the web and gaming meet, we are looking for interesting ways to create new entertainment experiences. In May, we
announced
a similar partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment which gives PS3 game developers a simple way to incorporate video upload into their video games. We continue to explore this very new and interesting space and hope that developers will continue to use our APIs in new and exciting ways!
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