Spore Evolution's Third Open Beta
Update Log
Thirty new Beta Tester slots will be made available, raising the total number of concurrent players to 180.
As before, interested players must submit a "Biology Paper" via email to apply. The paper should detail how they plan to evolve in-game, which species they'll develop, why it's scientifically feasible, and what makes the species viable.
This serves as your entry ticket into the Third Open Beta.
Due to technical limitations, no further slots will be added anytime soon. To maintain balance, the bottom 20 performers from the previous round will be removed.
The following users have been disqualified:
"Little Pig Who Loves Life"
"Eight Hundred Miles Headshot"
"Gonna Beat You Up"
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In this phase, 20 players will be removed and 30 new ones added—bringing in 50 fresh participants total.
Players are expected to explore and uncover the game's lore on their own. This is meant to enhance immersion. Developer decisions are final.
Unlike other major developers who churn out walls of patch notes, Xu Zhi kept things simple.
Not because of elegance. He was just lazy.
Each bullet point reeked of an unspoken message: "Don't like it? Too bad. Get lost."
Xu Zhi had one goal:
Make the players go bald from thinking too hard.
He wanted their brains wrung dry, their sanity tested—all so they'd help him design and refine evolution strategies. His dream? A legion of obsessed players writing papers, simulating species, and inadvertently serving his sandbox experiment.
Just look at Akina's Speedster—the man was basically bald from overthinking.
"Hard work makes you strong. Baldness is the first step to greatness."
(Translator's Note: Possibly a reference to One Punch Man)
Having posted the update, Xu Zhi stretched lazily.
"Alright, time to get some groceries."
He hopped onto his bicycle and pedaled out of the house.
Chen Xi had told him he could eat at Aunt Li's place while she was away, but Xu Zhi didn't want to impose. He'd cook for himself from now on.
In the game world, he was a tyrannical Creator. In real life, just a terminally ill guy trying to maintain a little dignity.
"I'm starting to feel like one of those online trolls—madman behind the keyboard, harmless softie in real life," he mused, brushing a hand through his still-thick hair.
His disease hadn't taken everything. Not yet.
The rural air was crisp. Xu Zhi rode through the winding countryside, enjoying the gentle breeze and the scent of fresh soil. He bought vegetables, meats, sausages, some fruits, and packed them into the fridge upon returning.
"Should be enough for a few days. Not to mention, I still have my delicious Pallbearer Chickens."
As he unpacked, his thoughts drifted back to the game.
"Players are really leaning into plant evolution in the orchard. And somehow... the plants are now running around."
Instead of staying rooted, these absurd players had developed mobile roots—because apparently standing still was too boring.
They were now proudly sprinting around like manic chlorophyll gremlins.
"It's morphin' time!" one player had shouted.
Just as Xu Zhi crossed the courtyard with his groceries—
"Run! The Giant Boss is back! Clear the Path of the Stampede!"
"The Traffic Committee of Sandbox District Three warns: Of all dangers, the Path of the Stampede is the deadliest! Stay off it or your loved ones will mourn!"
"Less talking, more running!"
A swarm of oddly shaped plants yanked themselves free of the soil.
Tap tap tap!
Muddy roots flailed as they fled, limbs flopping wildly. In mere seconds, the ten-meter path was cleared—abandoned and eerily barren.
Xu Zhi blinked.
"...These little bastards are getting bolder by the day."
He walked across the empty trail into his house.
The moment the door shut, heads began poking up across the yard—timid sprouts peeking out like naughty children checking if the coast was clear.
When the yard stayed silent, they all hurried back, rooted themselves, and resumed their act as totally normal, totally innocent plants.
"Watch it! You stepped on my root!"
"Your roots are tangling with mine—back off!"
"Dude, that's my sunlight spot! I called dibs!"
"You trying to play dead?! You think you're really a plant now?! Back off or duel me for the spot!"
Within moments, the once-empty path bloomed back into a forest.
In one corner, two trees began wrestling.
"Pull his leaves off!"
"Yeah! Make him a bald tree!"
"That jerk stole your sun—make him pay!"
Poof!
One tree's fruit exploded in a mist of corrosive goo, splattering across the other.
"Poison?! Really?! Where's your sense of honor?"
"Esports doesn't need honor!"
"No wonder he took that spot—he's evolved toxic fruit bombs! Damn, this is peak natural selection."
Nearby trees whooped and cheered, basking in the absurdity.
Others chatted excitedly:
"Man, this update is chaos. The med students are losing their minds—screaming 'Why isn't it a medical paper this time?!' They already wrote theirs!"
"Outside the game, everyone's scrambling to write biology theses. This game is turning us into masochists—the more it abuses us, the more we love it."
"Our giant yard god... turns out he's the Creator. The real deal. A walking lore bomb."
"And to think... we actually thought we could defeat him."
"...Yeah, we were idiots."
"Haha! Akina's Speedster must be losing it. He literally tried to poop in the Creator's food. With poison."
"Some people are too fearless for their own good."
Back inside, Xu Zhi placed the plastic bags on the table and calmly began organizing groceries into the fridge. His mind was at ease—he'd long grown used to the chaos outside.
After all, to the tiny players, his plastic bags were invisible.
What they saw was a glowing divine giant. The Hive Mind filtered everything else.
But one thing made Xu Zhi pause.
"They actually know I'm the Creator?"
Curious, he sat down and opened the game forum.
If there was one thing he'd learned, it was this:
These loudmouthed players couldn't keep a secret to save their lives.
One quick search later, he found the culprit.
It all began with a single post:
"Amazing! By combining the lore from Future Skywhale's Magic World with clues from our own sandbox, I've discovered something incredible...
Our sandbox world is just one among thousands in Spore Evolution!"