TED talk: Will Wright

Will Wright wanted to come up with a toy that would make kids trip upon the interesting principles of life. He comes up with a game where you have a little creature that you walk around with. He made the game so that you can design the creature however you want. You can add limbs and other really neat things to your creature. The creature walks around and it has to find food and other creatures to make friends with. When the player creates their creature, they get to really use their imagination and do whatever they would like with it. The player can paint their creature whatever color they would like. After you create your creature, you can do different things with it. You can see how it fights, dances, and even how it poses for pictures. In this game, the creature is moving through generations. The other creatures that you interact with during the game are actually other players. Eventually your creature gets to go in space and explore the universe. You can click and see what other kind of creatures are there and see how much one needs to eat to survive. When playing this game you can heat up the earth and watch it melt down. The purpose of the game is to use your imagination and explore the world the way you want to.