Spore is a video game created by Will Wright, which takes players on an epic journey from the origin and evolution of life to the deepest reaches of outer space. Players start off as simple microbes in the Tidepool phase, learning how to survive while they evolve their creature with tools and abilities. They then progress through Tribal, City, Civilization and Space phases where they learn how to form tribes, build cities and civilizations, explore other planets and galaxies. Throughout each phase players can choose between different paths of peace or war as they strive for global unification. Along the way creatures will meet others evolved by other players that are shared over SPORE's central servers. All progress is tracked in a Sporepedia which captures all creatures met on this intergalactic adventure.