How Would an Octopus Evolve in SPORE?

After testing the waters with the ocean's most dangerous predator, now we dive in the deep end with the ocean's most intelligent eight-armed freak, the octopus!
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[@Crimsonfangg]

"Before I die, just let me mate!" He's got the octopus gameplay down perfectly.

[@ziang_derp]

You've got a great opportunity in this series to use Octopus Prime since it sounds like Optimus Prime.

[@1Ring42]

I agree octopus prime should definitely be a name sometime

[@liamcoleman9929]

Please name him this 🙏

[@fabianofragoso9498]

@@liamcoleman9929 1 minute ago

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

thats goddamn brilliant XD XD

[@Midrealm_DM]

When you get to city stage - go steampunk/clockwork - Clocktopus

[@cellem6216]

"What's wrong, is the big bad octopus man coming to steal your bones?" That is a pretty scary thing to say tbf

[@devinsmith5706]

"We're going to call this the 'Protopuss'. Yeah, that's fine." BRO I'M dead.

[@finx1582]

thank you spore man. i'm sorry you're the spore man. i'm sure you'd like to not be stuck exclusively playing spore but i appreciate you

[@Hoergupjelly]

This comment seems like an attack 😂

[@theswede3330]

Omg you should really make the tribe stage look like a mind flayer

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

seconded. space stage becomes Cthulhu :P

[@Terra_Egg]

Who up flaying they mind rn?

[@flannelfishguy]

16:10 - vampire squids are actually NOT squid! they're not octopus either though! they are their own unique type of creature :) from the Monterey Bay Aquarium website: "Scientists named this animal Vampyroteuthis infernalis, which means “vampire squid from hell.” But this name is misleading - it’s not a squid at all! It sits alone in phylum Mollusca as the only living member of the family Vampyroteuthidae."

[@jankster]

Very cool!

[@VulpeculaAnser]

"Vampire squid from hell" is such a good title for a trash horror movie... It also kinda sounds like a very cool name for a pet ferret, idk.

[@Diablo_Himself]

Well, if you want to get all technical...there's no such thing as "Fish" either. - Steven Jay Gould, Biologist. There's also no such thing as a "Seagull"...

[@robertphillips213]

@@Diablo_Himself Then stop naming stuff that doesn't exist! Ya'll supposed to be scientists!

[@Terra_Egg]

Similar story to sea horses, contrary to popular belief, they’re not *actually* horses!

[@alirafati9340]

A few more notes about octopuses: they can regrow tentacles and each one moves completely irirrelevant to other ones...meaning it's like each one has its own mind...furthermore they "play" which is non existent in any other animal nearly related to them (it is seen in "clever" verterbrates like cats and dogs and dolphins) not only that they have MORE brain cells than cats which is huge because in the genetic tree they are just...odd nothing near them around them or before them is like this and their common progenitor with more clever beings is a freaking worm in the very first branches of evolution...they are absolutely amazing creatures

[@DianaBell_MG]

"What other color are octopus" creatures famous for their camouflage and ability to be any color...

[@theatomicparticle]

I’m sure he meant when the octopuses aren’t flexing their chromatophores; default color.

[@keepin_it_loki296]

Octopus are in fact Carnivorous. So happy accident indeed.

[@Coolestboy1]

No, they’re not just check google.

[@scarletbard6511]

​@@Coolestboy1 I did. "Diet. Octopuses are carnivores, which means they eat meat. Meals can include clams, shrimp, lobsters, fish, sharks and even birds. Octopuses typically drop down on their prey, envelop it with their arms and pull the animal into their mouth. Nov 14, 2022" Source: LiveScience

[@autarchprinceps]

And have beaks that don't look that far of the cell stage carnivore mouth

[@jalinturner1240]

@@Coolestboy1 they definitely are

[@stavik96]

They're both carnivorous and for the most part solitary so trying to go omnivore was such a weird choice. None of them have eyestalks either so that was another weird choice.

[@UnrealMisterD]

"Is the octopus-man stealing your bones?" is a line straight out of a horror story, I love it.

[@majix334]

ngl your octopus might look like a mad scientist in the civilization or galactic stage

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

or CTHULHU!

[@Sigh_Bold]

Maybe it's just me but the stalk eyes for an octopus drove me crazy. Thier big eyes on the sides of thier head is a defining feature.

[@BlueSkyBirdies]

I get you bro, but it helps If you remember these are octopus-adjacent aliens

[@Treybon_]

23:40 I sure hope your octopus doesn't have bones, that's like a defining feature of an octopus

[@Raurie4]

If I remember right they, in fact, have a singular bone which is used to partly protect there head brain.

[@Treybon_]

@@Raurie4 you might be thinking of a squid’s gladius

[@Treybon_]

@@williamscott2580 not quite! chitin is not bone

[@Treybon_]

@@williamscott2580 yep that's the squid!

[@AdjectiveBlazkowicz]

This is actually a lot of fun, no metagaming, just pure creativity. Nice

[@zalybrainlessgenius503]

As far as I know, octopi aren't very social 😀 They're famous for fucking up the leading scientific theory that intelligence develops hand in hand with social intelligence, because they live a life in solitute. They're very special creatures in every way. Loved the video, as always!

[@helygg8892]

I mean they gotta survive and don't fight predators head to head so they just avoid each other unless necessary

[@charliejcrowley2496]

Did not expect to see u here, love ur stuff btw

[@doodling-gods]

Question: what about the so called "octopus cities" they found that are basically small colonies of octopodes?

[@mossytrafficcone]

You're definitely my new favourite Spore let's player. Your humour and play style is great!

[@youdied-]

Who was old one then?

[@katooga9749]

Bros making mindflayers

[@SunnyDJSkaar]

Type shi

[@ИльяТерёхин-м2ь]

0:16 Actually, it's canonically Milky Way. You can find the Solar System in its rightful place, with Earth and all other major planets

[@michaelbeeche6130]

most spore videos are either silly penis monsters or actual artistic masterpieces, you do a little of both and I think that's great c:

[@raenfox]

"Getting a brain is just too much for some people." Truer words have rarely been spoken.

[@seleuf]

13:20 It surprises me you're so keen to get the poison part, when the jet part would be more in line with all octopodes. =P

[@GEK0dev]

That “your mom” joke was the best I have ever seen, Congrats sir, You made me laugh at a your mom joke…

[@devinsmith5706]

The way they walk around is cursed. Imagine something like that running at you IRL. NOPE.

[@everythingstrength1485]

Platypus definitely takes "earth's weirdest animal "

[@piroboyvr]

26:45 "as much as I don't want to be these things friends I even more so don't want to fuck with them" 💀

[@LordDarkStar69]

Unwillingly tolerant racist be like:

[@monicawoods35]

Fun fact: octopuses are smart enough to be able to know how to open up jars just like humans do sometimes they can squeeze their chin curls inside and push the jar lid from the inside to the outside and then they will take the delicious food from the inside

[@ezra-jacksimas9613]

I need to hear him do the " Kuzco's poison" bit in the same voice he used to say beautiful in the beginning

[@mateuezzgaming1791]

I think a mosquito is in order next

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

oh god. or hornet!

[@Diablo_Himself]

I did a Wasp...in fact I did three...

[@Meatswamp]

Friendly reminder: octopus actually means “eight feet” not eight legs, so take that as you will.

[@starbvrst7312]

Your spore videos are so entertaining I have to watch them every time I encounter them

[@Spagootr]

Fun fact! In the cell stage, you can put both the carnivore and herbivore mouths on your creature, makes it easier to get the path you want.

[@Ghostlysonarian]

Congratulations, you were correct all octopi are actually carnivorous 31:06

[@logandeancook]

Octopuses are carnivorous so lucky you lol. Im surprised you didnt look it up while playing. I google everything lol

[@mfales43]

Yeeeaaah, it really bugged me when he made him an omnivore. I just took it as since the became land dwelling, they adapted.

[@NeighMcNeighyard]

Hey Jankum, just gonna let you know if you didn't know already--In the stage after the Squirties become prey, there is always always ALWAYS, a meteorite with the spit part if you didn't get it. Anyway, great video on Spore again!

[@tsunamiwof7028]

Near the end it slowly starts to look a TINY bit like a crab

[@TurtleKing3333]

Is the big bad octopus man stealing your bones lol the perfect qoute

[@flannelfishguy]

idea for a creature challenge: SCAVENGER! you can eat plants and/or meat (up to you!) but you are not allowed to hunt a creature or harvest fruit yourself. it has to be free-floating food pieces (cell stage) or a creature that was killed by another creature, or the fruit in creature stage that’s laying on the ground. basically if it’s not already dead then you can’t eat it! i’m not sure how food works in tribal stage, but if scavenging would be very difficult or not even possible by then, we can say that once they’ve evolved that much then they have figured out hunting and gathering lmao. you could design them like a vulture, but there’s lots of scavenger animals out there to find inspiration from! vultures are one of my favorite animals though so i think they would be cool, there’s also lots of beaks available in creature stage iirc?

[@ollieworth7341]

this guy kinda sounds like kronk sometimes and i think he'll quickly become a new favourite of mine

[@DraxEnjoysSlug]

I imagine octopi will take the world over if the world ends up flooding, have no idea why

[@sophie-the-skelly2480]

goes splatoon lol

[@blancslate82]

"deep orange"??? Congrats, you invented the colour red. 😂

[@BlueSkyBirdies]

And "lightish red" is pink

[@Cepharim]

Octopi ARE known to punch ('strike?') fish. :p

[@jesterday3965]

THE BABIES LMFAOOO

[@aerodynamiccow3597]

2:46 spot-on impression of Brock Samson

[@JacksonSchnell]

He sounded more like Joe Swanson

[@Choir000]

Bro, this dude is hilarious His voice tone is so calm And then he just goes SHIT!!!

[@dantheman694x0]

“What an Adonis of a man,and I’m not talking about drakes kid. Well his first kid” I’m fucking dead dude

[@PuffyDoesStuff]

Best Joe Swanson voice ever 2:45

[@scarletbard6511]

1:43 Octopi is correct when referring to a group of only one type of octopus. Octopuses is correct when referring to a group of *multiple* types of octopus. And Octopussy is a James Bond movie.

[@christianmaurer6579]

I thought the correct term for octopus plural was Octopodes

[@keshunrobinson2842]

Speaking of Alien like creatures on Earth I think the Platypus is a great contender since they are basically ever creature trait smashed into one.

[@RinnzuRosendale]

Weirdest animals: Platypus, octopus, echidna, antarctic scale worm

[@risingstar4497]

You could have given him jets, since that’s how they move

[@tyranitararmaldo]

SPORE! Wow this takes me back! Really enjoying this, very cute little character you got here. Also all octopi are carnivores. Fits with the beak option anyway. 43:17 The Spongebob music slayed me xD

[@bluespectrum1348]

My main spore game is indeed an octopus empire. They are zealots and I allied The Grox, lol.

[@oniarrca9431]

The lantern fish! It's an alien...for sure.

[@averagepizzaenjoyer5681]

24:08 ah the famed enemy of all octopi, the log, the oldest rivalry in history.

[@SilvrDrafn23]

I wonder if he will go the Mind Flayer route

[@nuiun0495]

Joe Swason: beautiful, look at us go

[@knowledgetome614]

Might want to do a few runs in spore to get use to the trait systems and basic survival. My suggestion would be an achievement run to learn the systems as it helps with the nuisances of the game. Though I'm fully aware of time limitations so just a few points to help you. -In cell stage use the floating debris and water current 0s to outmaneuver large predators. You as a player should almost never die as with practice you can avoid most things. -For more parts in creature stage target the alphas in every nest as the give a part. Farming parts is as easy as hunting or allying the aloha and returning at a later date when there is a new one. -For slow builds sneak is your ally a good amount of stealth can help you survive the part rich areas held by epics. -Look into asymmetrical limbs it's an easy thing to do that will really help in these design challenges. Thanks for keeping our favorite childhood game alive

[@Justlivin-ru7rg]

As a cell you looked more like a spider then the spider series

[@galaxyendergirl]

I would say a Tardigrade is alien like

[@hawkeyestegosaurus5680]

This was very funny, I always enjoy a weird Spore video

[@IFriedMyHouse789]

2:40 realistic way how octopuses got to earth

[@josephjoestar5998]

Actually, Octopi only have 7 "arms" and one OwO, which they do use as an "arm" when not mating.

[@akselbuch]

The 8th limb is actually an arm, it’s an arm modified into also being a reproductive organ

[@konawalchuk333]

Basically a doink for a finger

[@AdamFBuchanan]

awesome commentary. great personality :)

[@capybro4422]

He let his Kronk slip out a couple times

[@Pearls_Have_Eyes]

that thing is gonna evolve into dr zoidberg

[@Steffchouu]

How would it move if you do asymmetrical limbs and very slightly move each limb (I did that to a spider and walked kinda like the real thing)

[@jakekunz5168]

i’ve never seen someone struggle so much with just pointing their mouse to control direction

[@colemanbrenner6555]

as they evolve, I think it would be natural progression if thurned into something like a religious mind flayer

[@nietseppe257]

The probuscus gave me the idea of making a mosquito

[@JamesWilliams-kt5qr]

Squid have 10 arms, 8 tentacles and 2 grasping arms.

[@Pk_Smoke]

This video is put of pocket af 💀

[@Thelivery]

Don't know if you've tried this, but would love to see a legless challenge (any difficulty). The rules would be as following: 1. No speed parts in cell stage (flagellas, etc.) 2. No legs in creature to tribal stage. 3. No speed parts on your vehicles (meaning you have to have a 0 speed stat on your civ vehicles). 4. And of course the theme of the creature would have to be slug or snail So basically I want to see a tedious and slow playthrough of spore, hope you like it :)

[@jankster]

i've basically done that twice actually, I've played spore as a snake and without evolving! Both are very tedious and slow, you'll love them!

[@Thelivery]

@@jankster Thanks for the reply, I’ll make sure to watch those videos! It would still be cool to see you play a snail/slug run, since they, like the octopus, are pretty alien-esque. Something less tedoius, that also follows the alien-like animal theme would be the giant isopod, they are just really cool, would love to see you play as one

[@blondespikeguy]

this is the earliest ive been, recently found your channel. so i was like, wheres the second episode?! of, 3 hours ago lmao

[@HugoLuman]

What if Vulture next. A challenge where you gotta scavenge instead of hunt

[@alexbibby9641]

My lord that second creature he made friends with in the creature stage, its lower eyes and mouth looks real suspicious

[@Romkiger]

I'm new to this channel and the whole spore game. But I'm hooked, I wanna see where this variant evolutionized octopus species goes. MORE EPISODES!!

[@arthena2130]

You can still affect what type you get after you are done with the stage. You could have just kept eating plants so you could get omnivore. This also works for creature stage.

[@TommyLikeTom]

In the previews for this game they showed an underwater stage. There should have been an option to play as an under-water civilization

[@ecurps1]

21:45 "Car broke. Phone, yes?"

[@marcopoisu]

Jellyfish is like 10× more alien than octobus

[@simonjameskenway6933]

Mind Flayers lore:

[@Demonkegman]

First video I've seen of your. But fully invested. You sir get a sub.

[@lathenmurphy9988]

Hey Jank.. Outta all the research and talking to some Marine biologists (yes i have a few on call) Most are carnivores, and from the species that my contact has studied none of them have any herbivore tendiencies, though Octopie are lightly social so ending in adaptive can be a good thought too

[@Kr0niXa]

Suggestions for future evolutions : crab, crayfish or crocodile

[@salamantics]

21:25 you could've also had a pair of vestigial arms using the flagella, which later develop into the 4th pair of limbs.

[@merikmalhads1676]

Octopi are normally assumed to be carnivorus however, things in the ocean are a bit different. There aren't really plants as we know them, the closest are algae and it would be odd if there aren't octopi that at least supplement their diet with the plantlike matter.

[@Voice_of_Rambol]

Jet in cell stage is something squids have

[@flatlinedfg103]

Spore tips use herbivore in the beginning of cell stage for omnivores, as there is less plant material to eat later on

[@Drefar]

awesome dude keep creating and make longer videos you don't need to cut out your great voice ;)

[@terranceenjoyer]

Octopus are actually carnivores so yeah but they have proper beaks so either paths are fine. Edit: Scientist (2 red, 2 blue) would make the most sense for an octopus because they are intelligent.

[@Thunderous115]

So, you were right in the long gestation idea. Also, gestation refers to the length of time an organism takes fron conception to birth. The term is not specific to mammalians. It is used for at least most if not all multicellular life. In some species of octopus, the mother guards the nest and keeps oxygen rich water flowing over the eggs for up to a year. This is turn weakens the mother and she usually dies not long after the eggs hatch.

[@mandrakeblake-tw1uv]

The terrestrial octopus reminds me of the Swampus and the Squibbon from The Future is Wild.

[@michaelaustin8982]

That is the Milky Way. You can even find Earth somewhere in there.

[@chemicalbean]

All Tomorrows playthrough when? 👀👀 I would recommend maybe the Lopsiders as an interesting starting point

[@nemui1fan447]

God making Lilith before Eve; 23:10

[@Soesim]

Dude 😭 I actually laughed out loud

[@1Ring42]

Obviously you have to do the ultimate evolution next: become crab

[@noseblind2088]

2:43 bro became Patrick Warburton for 2 seconds

[@jaredroth7718]

Would like to see a part 2 of this video!! Great job ! 👍🏼 also looking forward to Pokémon in spore!!

[@LokiKing467]

Love the spore vids. Now i understand how annoying the space stage is, but i think if you make the alien of the octopus it should take over the galazy. They are that smart after all and probably would