A shared world matters more when you can come back to it. In the prepared Creature world, original SPORE saves and reloads both players and their existing actors, including the inventory and progression recorded by the tests.
Recovery trials interrupted the save and publication process at specific points. The selected checkpoint remained complete, and resubmitting a recorded reward did not grant it a second time.
Both original clients then reconnected to the same universe. Recovery currently uses an explicit protected workflow; unattended hosting and arbitrary campaign saves still need their own qualification.
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