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Will Wright Creating Reality TV?

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by Joe Juba on March 29, 2010 at 07:01 PM
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The mastermind behind Sim City, The Sims, and Spore may be veering away from video games for his next project. Rumors are indicating that gaming industry legend Will Wright is currently working on a cross between a simulation and a television called The Creation Project.

According to a report from IGN, which claims to have seen planning documents for the series, Wright's next project involves taking a user-submitted story and airing it as two separate episodes. The user creations will be made using the StoryMaker Engine developed by Wright, and will then submitted online and via mobile devices and voted on by the user community.

The Creation Project is still in the development phase, which means that any and all of the conceptual foundations could be tweaked before it actually sees production.

What do you think of the idea so far? Does this sound like a show you'd watch?

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  • by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:09 PM

    ook

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:11 PM

    Sounds like something innovative, which Wright seems to like doing.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:19 PM
    Idea sounds cool.

    *Mod edit: Keep it clean buster brown or face the music*
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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:19 PM

    seems intresting.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:27 PM

    I doupt its a reality tv show. But it is something interesting for sure, knowing Will Wright Its gotta be great.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:30 PM

    No I will not watch it. Sounds stupid and Will Wrights ideas never really can entertain me for that long.

    Spore was good untill you got to civilization stage and the Sims series get boring after you have your house how you want it. I dont think he can really give us any good ideas to hold our attention.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:34 PM

    Sounds amazing, a way to see user created content streamed onto your television and mobiles and then we get to vote on the best, which then hopefully get made into games.

    I'm all for this supposed game show of Wrights. And if anyone can do a game show like this, it's him.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:48 PM

    Lol, sorry but just when I heard reality TV my mind immediately jumped to imagining Will Wright creating a show like Jersey Shore...

    Anyways, his idea sounds cool, but when I thought it over it really didn't seem like it would work. I mean user created could lead to many mediocre stories.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 07:49 PM

    Sure why not.  I'm not familiar with StoryMaker Engine though.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 08:18 PM

    sure i guess, but id rather get new Spore stuff, like Spore 2, where the Tribal and Civilization stages are much much longer and maybe even more stages

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 08:25 PM

    Will Wright should do something better with his time, he's got too much talent for a "reality tv show". Spore 2 please!

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 08:51 PM

    it sounds cool, i like that they wanna get the audience involved into the project.

  • by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 09:55 PM

    who's will wright?

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 10:08 PM

    @secondshado

    did you even read the article? it says what hes famous for in the first line silly.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    Good. Let him leave games behind. I'm sick of seeing this arrogant, self-proclaimed fool plaster his ugly face all over gaming publications. The man made one game that sold well and now thinks he's a god. Will Wright needs to get over himself.

  • by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 10:17 PM

    did will wright do something terrible to you? sure sounds like it

  • by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 10:31 PM

    Ah contributing to the masses of what has come to be fake reality... reality t.v. lol

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 11:08 PM

    Watching user submitted shows? Maybe I can finally get my LEGO/Shadow of the Colossus crossover looked at.

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    by Monday, March 29, 2010 at 11:57 PM
    Sim City was one game that sold well.

    The Sims was another (that inspired two more spin offs that are the biggest selling games of all time, even though I don't 'get' them).

    And while the final product may not have lived up to my expectations, there is no arguing that there is a strong and active Spore community out there.

    So, love him or hate him, that's more than "one game that sold well."

    But I despise reality TV with a passion. I hope its not that. This, if done by a Discovery type station, could end up being a good documentary type show highlighting the creative process (but I don't count that as reality TV).
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    by Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 12:09 AM

    Sounds like a cool idea... and Will Wright would be the man for the job.

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