Creatures Docking Station

Docking Station is a completely FREE artificial life game for both Windows and Linux, developed by Creature Labs, the creators of the Creatures series of games, with online multiplayer capabilities. Hatch and raise your own unique norns, then take them online to see how they interact with the rest of the Creatures world at the Docking Station.

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Docking Station docked with Creatures 3

Creatures Docking Station for Windows

Download (30.2Mb)

Download dockingstation_195.exe to your Windows desktop
Register a Docking Station identity while the file is downloading
Double left-click on dockingstation_195.exe to begin the installation
Follow the instructions to install the game

Creatures Docking Station for Linux

Download (20.9Mb)

Start an X terminal window as an ordinary user
Look for Terminal in the Applications menu
Download dockingstation_195_64.tar.bz2 to your home directory
Register a Docking Station identity while the file is downloading
Type tar xvfj dockingstation_195_64.tar.bz2 to extract the files
Type cd dockingstation_195_64 and ./dstation-install to install
After initial installation, just type dockingstation nocheck run the game
You can now delete the temporary folder with rm dockingstation_195_64.tar.bz2 -fr

If you wish to play Creatures 3 with the Linux Creatures Docking Station, you will either need Linux Creatures Internet Edition or you can connect the Linux DS with the Windows version of Creatures 3 using this guide.

Creatures Docking Station for Mac

Unfortunately there isn't a free version for the Mac OS X, but you can buy Creatures 3 and Docking Station together as a Mac Creatures Exodus.

Registering to Play Creatures DS Online

To play online you will need to create a Docking Station identity for yourself:

Load the Creatures registration page
Complete all the fields and click the "submit" button
Wait for the confirmation email in which you will find a link to activate your new account -- WARNING: Server email system offline
Follow the link in the email and log into the website
Click on the "Go" button beside the words "Get Docking Station"
Submit the form to complete the registration process

Once you have registered a username and password you can load the game. If you press the red (offline) button in the top left corner of any world it takes the game online. The button will then turn green to show you are connected. Online gameplay allows you to send and receive creatures from other players, chat and send players in-game mail.

Help and Support

If you get stuck, download the Creatures Docking Station Manual (PDF) for gameplay hints and tips.

Registration Support

The DS Server's email functionality is currently offline. While you cannot register, I am sharing the username February with password guests for everyone who cannot register an account of their own to use online. Please remember this account is for everyone to use.

Update: Someone has sadly changed the password for the shared account so it is no longer available. However, Docking Station should be back in working order shortly, thus everyone could be back online soon.