Can I Evolve a BLIND SPECIES in Spore?

[@pffthulu6545]

“You may not be able to be friends with everyone, but you can definitely eat everyone.”

[@SOIBand]

Its a lot of effort but you can do everything if you put your mind to it!

[@kinkajuu1]

Philosophically true as you cant force people to choose to be your friend, but their choice doesn't matter if you eat them :)

[@musabi6259]

Such wise words

[@miliontauberman1249]

You watched the video too?!

[@musabi6259]

@@miliontauberman1249 ?

[@CritterMunch]

“...to walk like I did as an octopus to the bathroom.” A powerful verse.

[@nowayjerk8064]

PROFOUNDLY SUBLIME

[@callumtheopossuprine7980]

*Father, why did you create me blind? Why did you make me this way? I know only darkness, Father.*

[@gataylor6982]

He has blinded you so you can appreciate the beauty in other aspects of life.

[@callumtheopossuprine7980]

@@gataylor6982 *Beauty is of no concept to me. There is only darkness.*

[@cvalentine5851]

@@callumtheopossuprine7980 Darkness is meaningless as you have never known light. You may as well complain that you are wronged by your inability to know the future or to sense in the seventh dimension.

[@callumtheopossuprine7980]

@@cvalentine5851 *This is true. Forgive my ungratefulness Father. My existence is unique, and therefore beautiful.*

[@ponungboring6715]

@@callumtheopossuprine7980 begone eyeless abomination

[@Zeithri]

You evolved from a Lovecraftian creature into a common tree.

[@mrsplays9817]

Sudowoodo?

[@Pepeutra]

Ah, yes, i click on the video and i'm immediately spoiled to what the final creature looks like, i love the new mobile comments system from youtube and definitely don't miss the old one

[@Leto85]

Pokémon is a wild game indeed.

[@verifeli]

​@@mrsplays9817Eyeless Sudowoodo.

[@ambiguousamphibian]

*SPORE!* I've been nostalgic to return here for awhile! Have been working on a few more narrative form videos lately, as I just enjoy doing the writing for commentary as an end product rather than "in the moment" types of commentary when I look at it as an overall video production, though expect more of both soon. Just experimenting to keep it interesting. Hope you enjoy!

[@kardasdragon7933]

Oh I will enjoy, thanks so much for make great and honestly quite informative videos. Keep up the amazing work.

[@jakubkail9963]

Its more about you, than the games you play. Keep going!

[@EmpressMirapoix]

idk man, something about herbivore plants doesn't sound as peaceful as it should

[@MrHamsto24]

I like the variety AA. Some days you ask "why?" Those are the days for narrative. Some days you ask "how?" Those are the days for profiting off organ far---hotels.

[@Swolimandius]

I got good memories of playing this on my parents iMac, thanks for the throwback! Good commentary on using escapism to explore ideas. Preach, brother.

[@Zapdos0145]

now spore is something i’d love to see more of in 2021

[@-pass758]

on god bro

[@SizzleWizzle]

Same

[@Me7onCook13]

We could all use more spore

[@Xaaaach]

Spore content is always nice to see.

[@oneblacksun]

With a crapload of mods.

[@Ev3rardd]

For added immersion, I will watch this video with my eyes closed.

[@andistansbury4366]

Iam tjljbd thjs jcnnebt wuth e tehes ckised

[@P_Foot]

Amphibian says everyone hates the creature stage but I believed everyone hated everything after the creature stage

[@Deconion]

Oh yeah. Big hate on everything past creature.

[@Zeithri]

Spore was a massive disappointment all over. Doesn't matter what part you specifically dislike, it's still a complete shell of what had been shown on E3 back in the day. As such, while you can have a lot of fun in Creature stage, it utterly sucks and is a joke.

[@Nikotin-lu1xo]

@@Zeithri yeah, you can look up the prototype of spore, and it seems like they planned for the game to be much more i wonder if they were forced to release the game in this state due to budget costs or such if that's the case, then that was crime against humanity from EA

[@Zeithri]

@@Nikotin-lu1xo I know. I WAS THERE. I WAS THERE WHEN THE STRENGTH OF MEN FELL. In other words we watched E3 at school and we were all completely taken aback and amazed by Spore's presentation, and the comedy parts from the late Robin Williams. We read articles about how Spore was gonna be used in school for education purposes. It seemed like it'd be Maxis' magnus opus. And then EA happened. Specifically they wanted to dumb it down so it'd be approachable for kids.. And it became Maxis' disappointing swansong, and the fantastic Will Wright quit gaming. So with one fell swoop, EA games killed everything for the sake of a few dollars.

[@DarthLego46]

I like the space stage.

[@Gowonzu]

Does he not know that you can recruit other members of your own species in creature stage? No wonder he hated that stage, that must of been hard as hell.

[@mrsentrybuster]

Playing without a pack of your own species sounds like hell

[@HameleoshaDeHoga]

@@mrsentrybuster it actually isn't, because you can recruit rogues and they have so much health and can just tank everyone for you. I've been doing this since my childhood

[@mrsentrybuster]

@@HameleoshaDeHoga I know, but have you tried to befriend a rogue without your pack helping you?

[@monwyn8538]

i actually learned that like few months ago, no wonder why normal mode was so hard

[@player_8008]

@@HameleoshaDeHoga yes but he didnt befriend any animal and its practically impossible to do that without a pack

[@Shenaldrac]

Honestly, a completely black screen with certain "tells" depending on what's around you provided by your other senses would be cool. Black screen, but footsteps can be detected with ears or sensitive little hairs on your body that're on the ground so you can sense the vibrations. Or being able to smell what's around you. Much more limited idea of what's around you, just outlines, based on if you have stuff like whiskers or similar that "feel" around you, that kind of thing.

[@BinglesP]

That way it could be accessible to blind players too, like Lost and Hound

[@РыжаяТварь]

Check out Dark Echo if you want simmilar experience. The thing is, that many players won't know about this possibility, so it's just stupid to flesh out the mechanic that would be mostly missed.

[@theallseeingkuma1569]

Bro, my dog fell asleep with your voice. Each time I pause the video he wakes up, it's so goddamn cute.

[@emerlad3638]

Your dog has phenomenal taste. He's so soothing

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

@@emerlad3638 he can taste them?? (J o k e)

[@rinslittlesheepling1652]

7:20 I mean, devs could have added things like echo-location and other ways to get "visual" info. There's plenty of games where you don't exactly see things, but they are still fun to play. Although, adding such gimmick for a single mode in a game with 5 different ones is not efficient.

[@pug8714]

Kinda like Subnautica's cyclops scan thing

[@IIxIxIv]

Spore is like if someone created cell stage and then realized they had 4 more assignments for the homework 1 day before the deadline

[@NakedAvanger]

Wish we had a new game like spore these days with actual evolutionary knowledge and where it really depends what parts you use and how you evolve

[@jackhazardous4008]

I remember trying to watch someone create a limbless blind worm species that went on to take over the galaxy lile a decade ago.

[@asepsisaficionado7376]

Hey, thanks for reminding me of him. Checked his channel and apparently I had missed part 5 of the series.

[@rob1454]

@@asepsisaficionado7376 who?

[@asepsisaficionado7376]

@@rob1454 Narotiza, or just look up "spore as a pitiful worm"

[@rob1454]

Thanks bro

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

Ew

[@randomroughneck1030]

Watching this at 5 in the morning really makes you contemplate about life and society with its hierarchical structures, damn man i gotta sleep not philosophise about how a person is defined by their social interactions and relationships with others...

[@General12th]

BOTTOM TEXT.

[@KapitainvonHass]

6am here as of this moment lol

[@satuisaburda8969]

Precious thoughts.

[@vurrunna]

The best playthrough I ever had of Spore, I made my species into a race of animated Twinkies. Our bodies were reduced to the minimum size, and we only had a single eye above a plain mouth. We eventually arose to become a galactic empire, dropping bombs with enough force to level entire cities in one blow, and driving countless species into extinction, storing the last remnants of their doomed species aboard my flagship to launch into orbit at my leisure. It was a good time all 'round.

[@boldee6637]

I LOVE SPORE! One of my favorite games ever- even though its hugely flawed. Always happy to see modern spore content. Really a shame the game never received a proper sequel. A modern gen spore that applies the lessons learned from it's predecessor would be an instant-buy!

[@BinglesP]

I agree. There are mods if you want to check those out by the way, I recommend Dark Injection and SporeStacker

[@jasperzatch610]

Universally hated stage?? How many people have you actually asked about this? Because im pretty sure it was everyone's universally favorite stage

[@superguy911]

as a herbivore you can actually befriend everyone, you get a special ability from being a herbivore in cell stage that allows you to calm down those super aggressive creatures, afterwards you can befriend them as usual (super easy since they dont have a lot of social stuff)

[@geofff.3343]

You have got the most low-key, soothing and erudite voice for words that are just the most chaotic-neutral I've ever heard at times.

[@chadpunte1731]

so long as It's quiet and I can whistle I am never truly blind.

[@The_Good_Captain]

just stay away from cliffs or raised platforms.... if you can help it 😉

[@childeryeeter4202]

@@The_Good_Captain he’s not blind though his channel shows he plays video games and his pfp shows him in a car.

[@incognitoburrito6020]

@@childeryeeter4202 op's just saying they know how to echolocate as a cool thing, not that they're blind and echolocate to replace their sight completely

[@miraflameglade]

Honestly all AA's philosophical talking really calms me down. I don't know what I'd do without my weekly dose of philosophy.

[@DeaconBirbSpy]

"creature stage" and "universally hated" cannot and will not exist in the same sentence. BetterSpore is a mod for a reason.

[@knightsotl796]

I thought BetterSpore was dead?

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

I once became a god in spore with nothing but a blob with a cell-stage mouth you can do anything in spore

[@onefellow8635]

You should look up the Spore as a Pitiful Worm.

[@peeblekitty5780]

"Or some other inanimate object like a chair" Suddenly I feel a strong urge to evolve a species of chairs

[@fouryeartransform3042]

I finally understand why I like your vids. They are like an essay. I think it would be cool to watch you do all of the free-to-play quests in old school runescape.

[@allstrange7495]

I quite like the creature stage, especially in comparison to the later stages. I agree that the cell stage was probably the most fun though, even if the time in it for each run was limited.

[@WilburPlays]

Hey AA, long time watcher, first time commenter I have a small complaint, it feels like recently in your videos you've taken an approach of reading a loose script over pre-recorded footage. Whilst this is very nice to listen to in the background, I do miss the style of video where you would narrate gameplay as it happened, first reactions and all. I feel this video missed a trick, there were times I wondered "Why has he changed to herbivore from omnivore?" "What was AA's reaction to growing a brain, maybe he will have a quip?" etc, etc. These quips never came and I was disappointed. I feel that may be to do with the fact you were trying to tell a story as opposed to enjoying the ride with us. Show don't tell and all that jazz I will continue to watch your videos... But with a hesitant reflection of what once was Yours... forever, Wilbur Soot

[@themagnushjort]

Oh hey it's the Soothouse guy.

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Look to the top comment my guy :) Experimenting keeps it fresh for me and it's always a cycle to keep re-inventing the formula. Otherwise I'd have run out of ideas long ago ^.^

[@tytolley2645]

And the most unexpected comment of my night goes to...

[@daystar4408]

Truly strange to have watched both soot house and the JackSucksAtLife ARG as they happened, and then for you to become a big streamer

[@le0fonzagoric164]

I don't like this either, commented many times about it, nothing changes. Apparently there is a host of people who like this phylo drama approach, although it isn't funny or refreshing as older vids "Let my people go! Let your arm go!"...I come by from time to time...when there is a new game...too bad most of them have depressing teaching flavor.

[@theharmonizer1407]

He literally evolved into a walking stick, perfection

[@nNicok]

Would love to see a modern Spore-like game. Based on the original spore that was announced. With all the features that were cut out and more. Like an underwater stage and the ability to drag bodies around. When I got it as a kid I was disappointed that those features weren't in the game.

[@BinglesP]

I think there should be a whole Aquatic evolution route where your creature stays underwater the whole time, even getting a little tank in their spaceship at the end

[@aseed5645]

Came here for the title, stayed for the life philosophy and existential metaphors, 10/10 would watch again

[@zerosumgame5700]

2:45 You basically just described O&M instruction. When I was educated in sighted-guide, one of the tests was to cross a street blindfolded, then successfully make my way into a restaurant. They wanted to make sure I had at least a grasp on a blind person's early steps. I did the same as you, trained my senses to be able to detect by touch and committing the placement of things to a longer memory, and I actually passed the mini-exam with no issues. I was perfectly able to listen out for traffic and people, while finding an edge to follow with my fingertips. Even the blind friend I was doing it for was impressed. Keep doing what you do, the one common theme I've noticed about many disabled people is that they are bothered by those without issues, who take their abilities for granted. You are properly appreciating your vision, that's all many blind people would ask of you.

[@honooryu5374]

He does know about the "omnivore" option, right? Right? But seriously, I need more spore.

[@RandomGenericGuyNo1]

I would like to see sentient pizza please. Watching you play spore was even more poetic than usual, that is to say I enjoyed it very much.

[@chickenfriedrice8990]

I just wish I could stay in the creature stage and become one of those giant monstrous creatures

[@ramblamb4522]

thank you for gracing us with this pleasure

[@goth_goat_dad]

"Lying is not ok. Unless it's to be edgy, then fuckin send it lmao" -Jesus H. Christ, 2021

[@vodam6970]

As a person who never played anything after the creature stage up untill a few months ago, I must say I absolutely LOVED the creature stage

[@ganymede5983]

I remember passing through the Shaded Citadel in Rain World long before the game gave me the tools to do so in light, and I traveresed a completely black screen by pinging the mini-map using sound and the game's sound design as a whole. In that instance a black screen was engaging. I feel Rainworld would be a good fit for you, though I don't know how being that it could be a longer game. The philosophy is already there, though

[@PKFireFawx]

The tree creature's fast little hop is so damn funny to me lmao

[@morganfreeman2881]

Ah yes. A new upload. God smiles upon me today

[@jckoibra2662]

Fun Fact: Cells are blind irl

[@gusgus0070]

I’ve always wanted to do a literal blind run of Spore, playing as a blind giant bat species that uses its ears to see

[@lordchronus1179]

I'm going to assume that at 1:37 you said: "But when no one else loves you, at least you still have your-*CELL*-f."

[@hackoola]

Oh wow I’ve missed spore, it’s good to see it again, especially from AA

[@12woodsteps]

Every single time the creature evolved, I was hit with worse and worse whiplash

[@formdusktilldeath]

"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see..." -Sam Neil in Event Horzion

[@FairyNya]

oh hey! it is you! i watched a lot of your project zomboid content and now that i got interested in spore, you popped up again! wow

[@screenuuu222]

SPORE!!!! I haven't seen this game in way too long.

[@crypticvale]

I love listening to your stories you make with your videos. Your voice is super calming and helps me fall asleep.

[@horse14t]

I remember playing with a blind creature before a patch that added new animations and stuff. The radius of vision in the creature stage was much more dark and limited and was actually hard! But then the patch came and changed it to the brighter, grey scale thing that your video shows... I remember being upset over the update because I liked the unique challenge of playing blind and the update giving you more vision ruined it :(

[@BinglesP]

Leave it to the modders

[@hotrodmercury3941]

I never knew ears would have an effect in the game at first. For how many years I've been playing this game I never realized it. And I got a good pair of headphones all the fixings. I went back to this game as it's my own time favorite and as I was evolving I put years on my creature and suddenly I could hear everything too. So I went back and took them off and realized how dull the world sounded. If you have a good pair of headphones you can just navigate the world just your ears alone and the more you have the better the animals hearing is I think it's one set can earn you enough for a certain amount of radius. Well two sets can make you here over the hill for example.

[@wapple5271]

God this commentary is so captivating I love it

[@thomaskilroy3199]

A spore no legs run is quite something, and it affects you in tribal stage. I remember having a tribe of hats wriggling along the ground, completely concealing the legless creature underneath.

[@BlastMaster22-z3k]

I actually have a slug ecologist species (They still have arms tho)

[@turntupmongoose]

i always stay in the creature stage as long as i can, because once it goes into the tribal stage because keeping track of several members at the same time is annoying. and i loath the space stage because it takes sooooo damn long to do anything. it would be cool to keep playing as an individual into other stages.

[@imjustvi6279]

Spore should've had an echo location option for those who choose to lose the eyes. That way, instead of a black overlay, there could be a skill used to see the surrounding world momentarily so one can get their bearings before shambling around in the darkness again.

[@ugh5271]

Fantastic, my favorite tentacle monster simulator!

[@curtisyue182]

#1 Creature Stage #2 Space Stage #3 Cell Stage #4 Civilization Stage #5 Tribal Stage

[@tissuepaper9962]

We need to get some high-res graphical mods for _Spore_ like we have for _Skyrim_ .

[@anthonybennett2997]

I honestly have no idea why I love just hearing you start the videos with hello. It makes me happy and feels good for some reason

[@OrdinaryDrew]

Your videos always put a big grin on my face, thank you for making my day dude :)

[@stephenkramer7157]

An older version of the game had it that literally the only thing you could see without eyes--in creature or cell stage--was yourself and anything in direct contact with you.

[@Mortvent]

Brings back memories, and horrors of what friends used to make

[@F0XX7]

'Or the species known simply by the letter 'M'." Lmao I died laughing at this point for some reason.

[@pinkdirt8652]

Man watching this was like getting punched in the face with nostalgia

[@atlas_of_prescottia]

Between the story of his encounter with the blind gentleman and the reference to Dr. Seuss's starbellied sneetches, this video became highly philosophical!

[@danriehl4244]

Can we just take a moment to chuckle at the supersonic vibrating the one foot of the Ficus does in order to "walk"?

[@panda93247]

There's something cathartic about destroying entire planets as a sentient frying pan.

[@mr.xearro]

Ok you want a real challenge in spore? *THE ALL PARTS CHALLENGE* create a creature with every possible body part on it.

[@floppaquest4916]

That would be really easy

[@mr.xearro]

@@floppaquest4916 easy but time consuming

[@BlastMaster22-z3k]

Complexity meter: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[@kalistaredacted2808]

1:18 Very very wholesome!

[@ArtyomFinch]

I watched a man beat this game without evolving at all, so my guess is 50/50

[@jazzingpanda3190]

Holy duck 9 minutes onwards is so real I was not ready for it. I’ve only recently subscribed But your philosophical commentary, along with your relaxing and calm commentary? Have been genuinely interested and thoughtful about my own perception on things. Lol wtf, of all things you’re one of the things to open my eyes to things. Crazy. Love your stuff. Gg bro.

[@marcosfilipebarbosa2285]

5:51 - Só consegui pensar nos avestruzes do canal do Amdré.

[@Beardwhip]

I love the philosophical poetry you can draw out of these games. For sure, there is a deep meaning waiting to be noticed beneath just about every aspect of life, & hearing your voice narrate these 'neurotic undercurrents' is truly a unique experience. I'm a huge fan. I love this niche & am always looking forwards to the new stuff you put out 🥸✌️

[@taiscommentingaccount]

I can respect how little this man takes this game seriously

[@evansheppard7189]

First

[@SaltyandSour]

congrats

[@aurex8937]

Omedetou nii-sama

[@theprogrammer32]

"... War was just such a better answer. You might not be able to make friends with everyone, but you can definitely eat everyone." PREACH

[@hairyballbastic8943]

that starfish picture popping up when you said "upset" made me giggle really intensely, I've got no clue why

[@gummybread]

“Household objects, like plants and a tree” Pretty sure most of those are out in nature, not in households

[@PedroWills]

ambiguousamphibian: hello (+random zooming) me: yessssss

[@marinamacedo2843]

yessssss

[@mut4nt18]

As Winnie the Pooh once said “They took my fucking eyes”

[@TheMatrixoPL]

I remember when I was a kid I was watching a guy who played as phallic pikachu in Spore. Good old times.

[@branchy5838]

Your editing style and commentary is absolute quality man your an inspiration to smaller creators and watching your videos get so much better over time is more than satisfying, your gonna be a massive channel with a dedicated fan base in a lot shorter of a time then I’m sure anyone thinks. Your effort is more than appreciated and thank you so much for the quality ass content

[@astre1515]

1:39 " But when no one else loves you, at least you still have yourself" *Truer words have never been said*

[@mayapeirce9763]

Why did I cry watching a spore play through? I love this

[@usernamehere2124]

“Eyesight is a burden. Look at all these things that aren’t mine.” 😂

[@gabrilandproductions7905]

Cell stage: great Creature stage: perfect Tribal stage: ok Civilization stage: personaly good (not for everyone) Space stage: 🙃🔫

[@tracep.9900]

I fucking love how poetic this video is. This turned my horrible day into a tolerable one lol

[@Shadgrimgrvy]

I made blind, limbless slug monsters who evolved all the way from the cell stage to a spacefaring scientific empire. They were different from a 'pathetic worm' challenge because they evolved poison glands and huge tusks. Eventually, they got so powerful that they exterminated all their neighbors with gravity waves and fought a war with my favorite 'main' empire. They were called the Sakal and they were the scourge of the galaxy. I will never forget them.

[@Just_a_Dragon69]

I honestly like the creature stage also i think of a meme Herbivore and Carnivore: so when i can not starve to death every second and make it fast? Omnivore: that is the fun part, you don't

[@aromanticfranziskavonkarma]

"finally, we had transcended ugliness and become unarguably cute, while also being absolutely perplexing to gaze upon" goals

[@QuestionableObject]

Imagine if Spore actually had a system to support blind species, like scent or echolocation or touch sense.

[@martwymem2564]

Yeah... Instead we just get a nuisance.

[@hlb99]

1:47 as soon as you said that, Tarkov came into my memories. I am traumatized.

[@MightyDantheman]

Tbh, they could've made a much more interesting blind mode where everything is black, then show movement and sound waves visually. I'd love to try something like that in Spore.

[@ethanphilpot7643]

Nothing brings me more joy than seeing the plant creature just *_scoot_* across the landscape

[@andethidialbubabibub3261]

"Transcending uglyness through power" is the motivation of the villain in red dragon 😅

[@momby557]

I feel like ironically this video would be more fun to listen to like a podcast than it would be to watch it normally

[@Theherooftime61702]

Spore, but you cannot evolve limbs.

[@bonbunthedragon1153]

I always love this guy’s narration