Layout 3

Learn about city layouts in Spore's Civilization and Space Stages. Discover how to build homes, factories, and more to optimize your empire's growth and spice production.

Alright, let's talk about how you set up your cities in Spore. Whether you're in the Civilization Stage or the Space Stage, how you arrange your buildings really matters. Think of your cities as the heart of your empire – they're where you build vehicles, your spaceship, and other essential structures. ## Layout Cities are basically ring-shaped areas. They can house tons of citizens, depending on how many houses you build. Each city type has a limit on the number of buildings you can place, but you can customize them all in the City Planner. You get to choose from five types of buildings: * City Hall: The central hub. * Homes: These determine your citizen population. * Entertainment: Keeps your citizens happy. * Factories: Produce goods and resources. * Turrets: For defense. Linking these buildings together can affect your city's overall mood – green is good, white is neutral, and red means trouble. You can also add cosmetic decorations, music, and even customize the creature associated with the city. ## Stages ### Civilization Stage When you start the Civilization Stage, you'll have one city. Your main job is to grow it and keep the people happy. Soon, other cities will pop up, and you'll need to take them over using Economic, Religious, or Military tactics. The vehicles you can build depend on your city type. Once you've conquered or destroyed all other cities on a planet, you can build a spaceship from your home city and blast off into the Space Stage! ### Space Stage In the Space Stage, cities become crucial for producing Spice. You'll sell this Spice for Sporebucks. Most of these cities are created using Colony Incredi-Paks, except for the ones on your home planet or those you acquire through war or trade. ### Colonies Colonies are how you claim worlds in the Space Stage. Each T-Score level lets you place another city on a planet and increases the building limit for each colony. If the atmosphere isn't right, the colony will be protected by a biodome, or you can use Terraforming. You can't build underwater colonies, and they need to be near a spice geyser to work. Be careful when attacking other empires' colonies; they'll likely retaliate! The maximum of three colonies per planet can give you a good amount of Spice, especially if you add a spice storage facility. Some players aim for a high Spice production (like 198/hour), but this might lower happiness. You can counteract this with a Happiness Booster and/or a Loyalty Booster. ### Home Cities These are the cities on your home world that you captured during the Civilization Stage. They can also be targeted by other races. Your homeworld has a total Spice limit of 50.