Can I Beat Spore as a Pacifist Carnivore?

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Spore is an amazing game. Had some more fun with this one. Give a shout if you have any other challenge ideas!

[@robertcurry389]

Hey Ambiguous, have you ever tried Kerbal Space Program? I think it’s the perfect game for you to make a video out of, and I’m sure you’d enjoy it a ton!

[@dungeonmaster81_10]

Are vultures kindivores

[@MXIXM_]

geiy

[@SillyIdea]

This was really creative froggo! For a space stage challenge, see if you can ally the Grox! It's really difficult and you get a real surprise if you can do it successfully.

[@noahjohnson935]

ally the Grox. War is truth, peace is a lie. Only you and the Grox are allowed to exist in the galaxy, all others must be purged

[@jeremy6606]

80% of the reason I watch your videos is for the storytelling and vocabulary. Great stuff

[@acatreassuresyouthateveryt7842]

he basically thesaurus all his narrative

[@npcstress]

You are not wrong

[@Scorn0027]

Been hooked on his storytelling since Gerald Williams

[@averagecat4220]

@@Scorn0027 with me it was since Orange in the ice sheet

[@jared805]

Bruh i hope youre in middle school lmfaoo

[@ashleykettle343]

“Violence is abhorrent - but meat is delicious.” Is somehow the most profound thing to me as I struggle stave off factory farming.

[@CryptP]

Does packaging on meat products have the same kind of info as on eggs? Ie, whether the meat was raised free-range or in a barn, etc If not, it totally should imo

[@ashleykettle343]

@@CryptP usually it will yeah. Or just go to a butcher and ask. Unfortunately the ethical option is always more expensive so people tend not to.

[@mato4334]

@@CryptP free range is just aas bad as factory farming. stop taking lives. you can live without it :)

[@mato4334]

@@ashleykettle343 the ethical option would be veganism.

[@CryptP]

@@mato4334 No :)

[@sylviethetg7598]

"What is better? To be born good or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" -Paarthurnaax

[@abrakadabra4966]

To overcome your good nature with great effort.

[@dane1382]

- Mario

[@WickedPhase]

abra kadabra Agreed

[@SquidmanMalachar]

@@dane1382 I want a mod that just switches the two. "What is-a better? To-a be borna good...' ~Mario "Wa.. ya.. yaaa-hooo!" ~Paathurnax

[@no3ironman11100]

@@abrakadabra4966 Frighteningly based

[@vikitoruss]

I love how Spore uses your other saved games as tribes or spaceships

[@Ramtomer2]

Well my creations i made as a kid haunt me to this day. Like what do i do if jsksjfiwsal tries to kill me?

[@Cat-yx7xc]

@@Ramtomer2 💀

[@kikiretzorg1467]

Oh dang, did ye miss the heyday of Spore when people had accounts? _Every_ stage except Cell stage could get not just your own creations, but creations from all sorts of people across the internet.

[@chris86simon]

Man I wish that was possible in Stellaris!

[@LokiOdinssnn]

@@kikiretzorg1467 this is still the case, but more of a hassle to get ur account code etc through steam.

[@dreamerofthorns]

"A creature that hates what it is, and just wants to make friends." I relate to this on a spiritual level.

[@saltinthewound9224]

LMFAO SAMEEEEEE

[@halfprince]

AA: "how will we eat meat and be peaceful at the same time?" Scavenger animals: "First time?"

[@drewinsur7321]

Humans before spear and projectile hunting lol

[@Ratty524]

Most scavengers aren’t even peaceful, they eat whatever is possible for them.

[@reecetaylor2626]

@@drewinsur7321 We weren't really human then. The first human species was a hunter.

[@reecetaylor2626]

@@flamboyant_wolf homo erectus shows extensive evidence of being hunters. They may have scavenged as well, but they were hunters by nature

[@TheSilverwing999]

@@reecetaylor2626 This is slightly wrong. The first guy was right. Initial homo erectus did indeed get all of their meat from scavenging. They didn't hunt. Only later in their existence did they start hunting,and we are talking about a period of 1.5 million years where they existed. They scavenged meat off the remains that were taken down by sabre tooth cats. For reference we have only existed for 400.000 years. Quote: "Early H. erectus was equipped with a simple set of stone tools that looks best suited to scavenging meat. Later H. erectus peoples produced a wider range of stone tools and were probably active hunters."

[@Xahnel]

I just saw you can turn the zombies in project zomboid off, and it makes me wonder, if every other world setting is set to the hardest possible, but zombies are set to zero, how long can you survive man vs world? Can you progress to the point where survival is trivial and mundane? Will your character muddle on to the end of their natural life, completely and utterly alone and isolated from any form of human contact, even the undead, or will being the last person left behind after the apparent rapture drive them mad and eventually to suicide?

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Say, that's an interesting idea

[@Alizudo]

10/10, would love to see this.

[@Xahnel]

@@ambiguousamphibian though you may need to turn off the mandatory helicopter event to maintain last human immersion.

[@Ryan_T_S]

With the right adjustments and a smaller map it could also make for some interesting hunger games style multiplayer server.

[@dabruh6997]

imagine making the settings so that all the items as rare. finding a bag of chips will make that day the best day of you're life

[@Missingno_Miner]

I feel like a creature like this would just straight up evolve to look as terrifying as possible without actually being dangerous, to discourage predators from attacking it and potentially drive predators away from their kill to more effectively scavenge.

[@officersoulknight6321]

Go with something that looks like a giant Stick Bug. Terrifying due to size but can dance very well due to long limbs

[@Anthracite_coal]

a foul taste and smell may also help it out

[@person8064]

Just get a vulture.

[@vastowen4562]

There's examples of this in reality. Some species evolve to copy the look of other dangerous species in order to scare away other animals and people that know to avoid things that look like that. When you see a vibrantly colored animal like a bug or lizard, it's basically a 50/50 on whether it's horrifically venomous or harmless.

[@Missingno_Miner]

@@vastowen4562 Yep, mimicry is a powerful defensive tool. In this case it would be used offensively, to not just drive predators away from them but also away from slain prey to scavenge, which doesn't happen quite as often irl.

[@mattguy1773]

An example of a pacifist carnivore is a vulture 90% of the time But spore makes little since so realism doesn’t help

[@TheArklyte]

Or any other weak and fragile scavengers. Like humans... or rather our far removed ancestors. Properly fed human is a very big pissed off ape that moves in groups.

[@fus132]

@@TheArklyte Weaklings don't kill mammoths.

[@Stalkerfan498]

@@fus132 Big brain make javelin. Javelin deadly, kill big animal. Get big meat, eat for many days. Much better than fist or rock. Where do I work out? The cave painting cavern.

[@TheArklyte]

@@fus132 here weren't any mammoths back when our furthest ancestors first climbed down to steal the bone marrow left behind by predators. Modern humans are the ones, who hunted mammoth and are the said pissed off massive omnivore apes. Only gorillas are reliably bigger then us, I would say that we're bigger then chimps and at least comparable to orangutans. We move in groups, use tools almost never tire and actually are the hunters. Wild humans are actually horrifying.

[@BobMcBobJr]

@@TheArklyte Not to mention that humans are the absolute best out of all animals at ... throwing things. Our arms are quite flexible and powerful for their size.

[@Spiketrooper]

"They lack critical thinking, and soon go back to dancing" is what got me xD

[@L1MBO12]

yes the way it looked up for a second as if it was thinking before starting to dance again was so funny lmaooo

[@pinewoox]

Why barely any replies

[@Xaaaach]

Fun fact: you can’t actually befriend everyone in the space stage. The Moment you become Allie’s with the Gruk, all other species go to war with you.

[@Sifya]

more because warrior species despiete you can be ally with them they startto become bully with you and i am like swiss; armed neutrality and don't touch my spices!

[@ryananderson7335]

You can get them all back to allies with enough work though

[@zyella277]

you need like +200 in relationships or dont ever click on the messages of them afetr befriendign the grox and then you can still have them

[@themyconidwitch]

@@Sifya wat

[@Soulraven2735]

"Alexa, play Hurt"

[@nickedwires]

I legit write stories as a hobby and I was like: "Motility? He must mean mobility" but you kept saying it and I had to google it. Turns out I get to learn a new word today. Also "All decisions are unanimous, since we have evolved out of disagreement and we share the same blockchain ledger" slayed me

[@kawaiicat2424]

That is how I felt the whole time English isnt my first language and sometimes I just accept what he says without questioning it

[@muntherdoesstuff9615]

As I was reading the quote he said it in the video shshbs

[@Aladite]

Finding natural enemy species that constantly fight each other but are both befriended to you is absolutely hilarious watching them murder each other and then wave at you, instantly ceasing combat seeing you

[@magiv4205]

The Kindivore is the carnivorous version of a moth. As soon as it goes through metamorphosis, it is unable to do anything but reproduce and then die of starvation. EDIT: Lmao I come back after three months and there's a ton of people who lost their hentai innocence, this is great XD

[@GameyCat]

The Kindivore is the carnivorous version of a moth. As soon as it goes through *hentai* , it is unable to do anything but reproduce and then die of starvation.

[@afungus5929]

@@GameyCat what

[@petruciosxd1374]

​@@afungus5929The Kindivore is the carnivorous version of a moth. As soon as it goes through wait shit i didnt even read the rest , it is unable to do anything but reproduce and then die of starvation.

[@_1V4N]

@@GameyCat what

[@ComputerKisserGirlhusband]

@@GameyCat *what*

[@ittybittynautilus2468]

dude managed to make the most dystopian and insidious dictatorship out of pacifism in a slow, nearly imperceptible descent. well done

[@Kirbap890]

Oh god the strutting in place while the camera was panned down at 6:57 made me have to pause the video and clutch my stomach from laughing, incredible challenge run!

[@snowdude635]

Asserting dominance in the wild

[@oi8518]

@@snowdude635 Amen

[@elite6642]

The cell stage is always so satisfying to me. I remember loving the creature stage, choosing my creature features. They really need to make a new spore game. Maybe less for kids and more serious

[@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182]

If they do maek a new game, I hope they make the cell & creature stages longer, I didn'T like the space stage.

[@gahler8552]

@@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182 I hope space stage would be more interesting and more adventure tasks.

[@MichaelTheRandom]

Elysian Eclipse is heavily inspired by spore, and is meant to be "A spiritual successor to Spore"

[@dax5791]

I did wonder why Spore didn't let you play as a scavenger, considering how many real-life species do so. Come to find, they do let you play as a scavenger; you just have to be creative about it.

[@styra1791]

Spore is definitely not a children's game Remember the cutscene when you obtain a city in civilization stage ? None of the residents are of other species, even if you're re completely pacifist in the tribal stage This shows the deep and complicated machinations of the extreme discrimination, with the end results making other race citizen extinct without compromising their image as a benevolent race/leader

[@wipje41]

Such is nature, unless subverted.

[@8Hshan]

This reminds me of my Stellaris empire - formally an egalitarian, liberal democracy. In practice around 95% of its leadership is of the original species, despite 2/3 of the empire's citizens being of different species. And I have genetic modification programs that limit the fertility of some alien species. Wonderfully corrupted ideals :D

[@NonPeerReviewedSass]

Does anyone know if a spore mod exists where your space stage empire can have biodiversity? Like an option for the colonies to be inhabited by different-looking beings?

[@O-M-0]

God I wish someone would make a Spore 2, it could be so good

[@jebsism]

They did and it was an mmo then went in the trash. Someone may have made a custom surver but im not sure if it is still maintained.

[@genericname2747]

@@jebsism are you talking about Dark Spore?I think that game got shut down

[@jebsism]

@@genericname2747 i believe so

[@Bob-yx2qm]

The 20th of this month

[@TheoTungsten]

Elysian Eclipse?

[@AbstractTraitorHero]

The Kindivores tribal stage was genuinely beautiful and glorious and the raising of eggs and presumably the getting of milk being the catalyst for massive societal and cultural change is very fun!

[@Alizudo]

If you wanted to get super in-depth, they would likely also recycle the meat from their farm animals after they've died naturally. It would be tough and dry, but meat is meat.

[@PandaSE_]

Ah, truly a blessing to see more of these enlightening videos!

[@crukbun1235]

Lol you're gonna reach half the likes amphibian has XD

[@zigfaust]

"We eat meat. But only the meat that is already dead." seems like some crazy Psychic Alien Civiliation's way of thinking.

[@HorseEater]

I mean. Do you eat live animals?

[@zigfaust]

@@HorseEater I've had live octopus, so yeah? The thing is that humans are like the only creature next to scavengers on the entire planet that mainly eat dead things. Also we CAUSE the death actively of the creatures we consume.

[@sortingoutmyclothes8131]

2:38 "And even if we can't save our fellow brethren, we can still eat them." That made me chortle.

[@milkfishfish]

Spore is quite possibly one of my favorite games of all time. This is just imo but I think games that let you customize and create something that make you use you use your creativity are absolutely amazing. Thats why it makes me so sad that E.A took such a downfall. They made amazing games before they became greedy and its honestly so sad. I still hope a Spore: Remastered is made.

[@ShaqNasty557]

I wouldnt mind seeing a full multi-part spore playthrough Your story making and spore are my 2 favourite things

[@AvenDonn]

"Pacifist carnivore" sounds a whole lot better than "scavenger"

[@imselfaware419]

Nah not really.

[@balintvasvari7573]

Love how you left the flesh on the arms and legs fused together a little for quite some time. Spore players do all love to see that kind of thing, I believe

[@sealessseadog2735]

I love that you can literally just dance your way through the game

[@Shott1e]

Spore has always remained a stain on Will Wright's career in the eyes of many gamers. Not unlike Fable for Peter Molyneux, Spore was, to many, a bundle of lies and broken promises. Not to me. Spore has remained a fun, auspicious, and innovative title that I've loved since GDC 2005 when it was first displayed. When support for it was cancelled and the servers shut down, I was genuinely upset. Launching the game today and seeing only Maxis made creatures truly feels like a waste. But when Amphibian plays a new Spore challenge none of that matters. Spore becomes the sandbox that it was to me, 15 years ago. No mouth torso playthrough when?

[@Holgast]

At least you can still download user creations.

[@horse14t]

The servers are still around. You just need to have the game on Origin to play online.

[@ashlight6107]

11:25 "Efforts were made to brainwa- Persuade the rebeling factions to forfit they're warlike causes" Yeah... Persuade.

[@Laucron]

Seeing my own ships on the creature stage was probably one of the most insane moments I had when I was a kid playing this game

[@curls22]

Your worm video was randomly promoted to me earlier today and now, at 10 PM, I have decided I am addicted to your storytelling and will be binging your Spore videos as it brings back all of the memories in the best way possible. Thank you for existing.

[@PopeGoliath]

I love how the other aliens wouldn't socialize with you until you got rid of the mustache.

[@morbidiusgrandestofthegran91]

I like the idea of an entire species whose survival and eventual world domination is based entirely on other species going "aw, look at 'em go"

[@kristiannordby5763]

I saw one of your episodes firstly two days ago and I've fallen in love with your way of telling a story through the gameplay, it is absolutely lovely! I would love to see an episode where you try to kill absolutely everything you see, no exclusions (except maybe your own kin).

[@KaneyoriHK]

Being a writer and a game nerd, i quite like this channel, you provide so many narratives it gets my imagination fired up and i can't help but want to create

[@SantaClaus-kk8zr]

Currently in bed in agonizing amounts of pain but thank you for making my day a bit brighter with a video. I often times go to you to have something to listen to, and you certainly help. Good lad.

[@johnhoelzeman6683]

I love the narration, this is what other pacifist runs are missing xD

[@JesusChrist-bx8ge]

To be fair, For a species like this to survive they would need to evolve and extreme level of individual intellect.

[@JoelJernbergPalm]

no?

[@JesusChrist-bx8ge]

@@JoelJernbergPalm yes?

[@memesthednaofthesoul.]

Seeing AA -struggling- striving through a similar challenge in Rimworld would be -hilarious- an experience in philosophy.

[@Trupen]

5:06 No female creature can resist to those glorious mustaches.

[@juliagerbaldo4760]

The World Famous "Kindvore's Killer Mustache"

[@CryptP]

"Violence is abhorrent, but meat is delicious" Felt that shit on a spiritual level

[@ninjamichael1000]

God I'm happy I discovered your channel I've been in such a tough place recently and your channel cheers me up

[@notsusanna7485]

Although being an Obligate Carnivore makes this challenge WAY more interesting, you actually CAN make creatures that are Opportunistic Carnivores. By giving your creature a filter feeder as well as jaws (or just a proboscis) and then continuing to eat meat, you can take the carnivore path while still keeping the omnivorous ability. As long as you don’t remove the filter feeder/proboscis after this, you can keep eating both meat and plants. (If you sell either the filter or proboscis you won’t be able to get it back since you only have access to carnivorous mouthes in creature stage with the predator card)

[@EDFslayer]

Should add to this in a stellaris run, as a pacifist warlike/militaristic race

[@jadestpc]

Ambiguousamphibian : beautifully narrating the cell stage Me : Vibing with the old Sims music

[@joshuaclemens1301]

A fun challenge I like to do is limiting what parts I am able to use on my cell/creature. Depending on what sort of species I want (avian, reptilian, amphibian, insectoid, etc.) It adds a bit to the cell and creature stage. You can get creative on how you wanna play tribal, civilization and space stage from there then. Also, the Dark Injection mod adds a lot of fun stuff to the game to create with.

[@purplehaze2358]

The thing about this is it's literally just playing a scavenger. Not exactly a glamorous lifestyle, but still a passable one.

[@ScotiaLynn]

The sims 1 music with this is absolute perfection.

[@D_U_N_E]

"I wish to see a person get eaten alive." "That's Kinda-Vore"

[@saino-d]

Bro, I needed this video. You can't imagine how much I needed to laugh. If I see you I would give you a hug

[@audraambrozy9443]

with the way its arms are fused to its legs, it looks kinda like its turning its pockets inside out looking for spare change

[@oomsou5018]

I remember thinking of a challenge like this a long while ago and doing it. Never completed the space stage but it was interesting trying to stay alive as the friendliest carnivore without trying to kill things for meat.

[@ChuggleDBuglGames]

Spore has been one of my absolute favorite games since the day it came out and it makes me so happy it’s still being played. Wish it got the remake treatment because it is jank af, but you still love to see it!

[@prophetofpuppets]

The 1.6k likes to no dislike ratio is truly a sign of the kindivore's universal acceptance

[@there_can_only_be_one__unicorn]

Thanks for the time and effort you invest in your productions; they are very much appreciated and enjoyed -thank you

[@emeraldages]

10:14 LOL the cut of the tube creature.

[@theamphibinator]

I can see the Ghandicus inspiration

[@oishii5087]

Such a good video dude, keep it going ! Youre prob my favorite content creator, I especially enjoy your rimworld videos !

[@officersoulknight6321]

7:02 PITIFUL WORM CAMEO YOOOOOO If you don’t know, people do other spore challenges where their creature looks like that from the very beginning of cell stage to making it to the universe’s center.

[@toadelevator]

I love the way the cars in the Civilization stage still retain the stylized Moustache Motif !!!!! : )

[@rainytem7365]

0:57 I'm shaking and crying. What are we Australians supposed to do OTHER than eat Vegemite? Gives me an existential crisis when even considering another possibility

[@justnick_5256]

"There is an entity of the kindivore-" I like this reference

[@LordLoocker]

"Our dietary revolution was at STEAK." Oh, you clever little sausage, you.

[@JoeSchmoer]

I understand this game less and less every time I see a video about it.

[@RaKaNiShU117]

My absolute favourite content on KZbin

[@carolynchurch4642]

Pacifist carnivore. You mean a scavenger? Something that doesn't hunt, but just eats anything something else has already killed.

[@mari-du7wl]

i mean ultimately your just a scavanger so like a alien vulture lol, i love this video tho

[@stann8032]

*plays Tokyo Ghoul theme*

[@mushieroom]

your videos are quickly becoming my new favourite thing, your sense of humour and method of prose is impeccable, please never stop storytelling!

[@tokemadsen7532]

Isn't this just UberDangers video i mean it has the same jokes and almost the same concept

[@lolmanor]

The T-bagging joke sent me into a laughing fit. Thank you so much for that excellent execution.

[@smcb9979]

"dog owned by the worst kind of vegan" simulator, nice

[@purpledevilr7463]

The Ghandicus would be proud.

[@MB-fr5hf]

The tone of voice of the narration somehow makes this absolutely hilarious

[@juidius]

your videos bring me so much joy

[@YanntastischGER]

"Enemies who t-pose into our base aggressively" That should've been the most dominant war tactic but yet the Kindivore is able to change their mind

[@Alliflowerr]

This was me when I was little. I always chose carnivore because I loved the mouths you got, especially the crocodile one but hated the thought of killing other creatures so I always just mated before it was going to die of hunger. I did this on basically every playthrough :D

[@k.3004]

Cute

[@annurissimo1082]

Feels kinda like watching Uberdanger.

[@bauefrenchmen3126]

"We enjoyed being hit while dancing for others" kinky 😂

[@Sakkeru96]

Kinkivore

[@Skwarecat]

Once again the Sims 1 buy/build music is a nice touch in this video. Also glad to hear SimCity 4 music make an appearance. 2000’s Maxis games had tracks that slap.

[@shadowlag55]

That word you came up with, "kindivore", made me smile and gave me a little chuckle.

[@SchwabGames2014]

"Whenever they don't like us enough, we buy a happy ray! This actually exists." One of my favorite lines spoken in Spore videos.

[@TylerNinjaFortniteBlevins]

The Ghandicus would be proud

[@RaKaNiShU117]

Please keep making Spore content! I love this game

[@SweetTsilence]

One of the funnest games I’ve ever played. So many galaxies you really can’t ever beat the game.

[@thelonewanderer4084]

12:02 “one by one, the free nations of men fell” made me laugh my ass off for some reason lol 😂

[@lmcc1930]

Commentary is usually top-draw but it has ascended to God-tier in this video 🔥🔥🔥

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

I discovered this magnificent channel just 2 days ago, and I started watched the Spore series backwards.. it was like entering an alien filled universe.

[@commenturthegreat2915]

Vultures have already been playing this challenge for millions of years, make way for the true kindivore kings

[@jaymac7203]

The eyes 👀 lool I love how the water jet just turns into a big bum hole when he makes it onto land 😭😭😂😂

[@CaitlinKoi]

I just realized you have the timbre and vocabulary of the narrator of Wizard People Dear Reader, no wonder I love your channel!

[@elinelson5399]

13:41 Wait ambiguousamphibian are you being AMBIGUOUS

[@hjalmarselberg5653]

Spore was a game I played soooo much as a child, obviously I wasn't good since I was like 9, but I loved it and I come back to it from time to time

[@iamagreatape9576]

ghandicus:allies with the grox and end up in war with the entire universe, leading to their downfall. kindivores:**cheese the ghost save ship exploit**

[@lovethatchickenfrompopyes]

quote for the pro lifers "We eat eggs, because eggs aren't people, don't question it, OR ELSE." U slay turtle man

[@00monkeydude001]

that hello got me

[@jirelesposito5717]

This is a weirdly captivating, and interesting story of a genuine species ngl, like I'm watching an actual speculative zoology documentary