Underwater civilization

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Despite some rumors to the contrary, aquatic civilizations do not exist in Spore. All civilizations are land-based and all cities are built on land. However, Will Wright has hinted that underwater civilizations may appear in an as-yet uncompleted expansion pack. It is however, possible to build vehicles that travel over seas.

These rumors come from an old video created by Spore on youtube where, as they build a city in a bubble in space, the player says that "about this time we could build cities in these bubbles underwater". This was removed however due to it not working with the mechanics of the game. If a city was underwater it could not be attacked, traded with or converted thus the game would break at Civilization stage.

There is no way to go underwater again once cell stage is finished, excepting sea vehicles. You can swim in the Creature stage, but going to far from shore will result in being killed, because the Sea Monster will attack your creature. It has no effect on the overall game, however. Sometimes in the space stage you can flood tribes and/or creatures, although it does not kill them, whether because or the Sea Monster or drowning.