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The first phase of Spore is called the cell phase, and is the first step of evolution. You start out as a simple cell able to move, see and eat, and you are allowed to choose if you want to eat meat or plants.

When you eat either the plant cells you find around, or the other cells in this early evolution pool, you will receive DNA which means you can go on with the Spore evolution. At any time you can call out for a mate to customize your creature.

You have to watch out in this phase, as there is a lot of other creatures who wants to get on with evolution, and your meat will help them with this. It will always be “bigger fish in the pool”, so you have to use either defences or speed to protect yourself.

In the creature creator you will be able to use the Spore DNA you have earned to buy new parts for your creature, and choose how you want to look, both shape and colors. Remember to think about where you place those spikes, to protect you from the other creatures. The parts you want to place on your creature you have to collect either by attacking and killing creatures that have this ability, or collecting them from meteor stones in the tidal pool.

When you progress you will become bigger and bigger, and after about 15-30 minutes of play time, you have earned enough DNA to start developing a simple brain. At this stage you can place legs on your creature, and swim up to the surface and go to the next phase.

The Spore Cell Phase is in two dimensions, and you can look at it like a minigame of asteroids or Pacman. It goes quick by. The most important feature here is that the food you eat, plants, meat or both types, impact some special abilities that will be unlocked in later phases.