Ecosystem

In Spore an ecosystem is the balance between predators and prey, and the fight for rescources which results in a need to evolve. An ingame ecosystem was seen in the 2006 GDC demo. The Tamaranian Hoppers ate the grass, and in turn were eaten by a Willosaur, which was attacked by a Splodey, which appeared to be the top predator in this ecosystem. Will Wright has stated that the creature the player controls will never be at the top of the food chain, always in the middle of the ecosystem.