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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[@zianghou88]

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

[@m0sspunk]

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!

[@_OPunpun]

"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"...

[@devinsmith5706]

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

[@Treybon_]

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

[@theswede3330]

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

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

seconded. space stage becomes Cthulhu :P

[@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

[@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.

[@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...

[@AdjectiveBlazkowicz]

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

[@majix334]

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

[@RoxyGotMoxy.]

or CTHULHU!

[@katooga9749]

Bros making mindflayers

[@mossytrafficcone]

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

[@youdied-]

Who was old one then?

[@logan847653]

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.

[@starbvrst7312]

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

[@BlobertsSocieity]

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

[@Radpenta]

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

[@m0sspunk]

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?

[@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!

[@dantheman694x0]

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

[@SeniorSpaceflight]

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!

[@averagepizzaenjoyer5681]

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

[@Cepharim]

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

[@bluespectrum1348]

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

[@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:

[@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.

[@risingstar4497]

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

[@capybro4422]

He let his Kronk slip out a couple times

[@user-tt5lb9vf5v]

Man... this feels like it came from the golden age of let'splays. Massive 2015 vibes. Not exactly my thing anymore but... kept me interested for the whole video.

[@oniarrca9431]

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

[@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)

[@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

[@jesterday3965]

THE BABIES LMFAOOO

[@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

[@lokiragnarok7616]

real quick google: "Almost all octopus species are predatory carnivores,..." Octopuses have generally seemed very solitary animals, but this site showed that octopuses can, in some circumstances, live in rather close quarter" basically nearly completely non-social. They also do not have eyestalks.

[@blondespikeguy]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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!!

[@Ghostlygames-hellavagane]

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

[@aerodynamiccow3597]

2:46 spot-on impression of Brock Samson

[@JacksonSchnell]

He sounded more like Joe Swanson

[@Kr0niXa]

Suggestions for future evolutions : crab, crayfish or crocodile

[@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

[@jaredroth7718]

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

[@efisher941]

Living these spore videos! keep it up

[@raenfox]

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

[@blancslate82]

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

[@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

[@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

[@HugoLuman]

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

[@0rionx]

I expect him to look like davy jones at the end of this

[@colemanbrenner6555]

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

[@brayleighhope4246]

I laughed so hard at this. You've earned a new sub lol keep up the great work lol

[@TheOdsd1977]

Does the octopus seem "alien" to you? When you haven't seen the "Antarctic Feather Star."

[@Ravioli.randomness]

Yayyyy Jank man! (It’s funny how one of the thoughts you had when choosing octopus as an alien, because spoilers for Resident Alien, but in that they’re descendants of aliens lol)

[@1Ring42]

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

[@hawkeyestegosaurus5680]

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

[@flatlinedfg103]

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

[@jakekunz5168]

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

[@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

[@lillatoons71]

Hey, I don’t comment much but I love your content! There is one foot that is a tentacle-the suctoped! Also if you rotate the felizard eyes, they look like octopus eyes! If you make it white with black stripes, you can say it’s a mimic octopus! Maybe even put something with the sneak ability on

[@djmasey420]

Amazing how a game from over 15 years ago is still fun to watch and play

[@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.

[@Pk_Smoke]

This video is put of pocket af 💀

[@nuiun0495]

Joe Swason: beautiful, look at us go

[@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

[@alexbibby9641]

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

[@benthebuilderr]

You know, if you could get your hands on a copy of Black and White(2001), it would be cool to watch you play that.

[@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

[@dracoartiumstudio7467]

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.

[@chemicalbean]

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

[@olatodnem]

this is lookin real good, facinating. idk if you have done a rat/rodent spore playthrough tho, and wanted to suggest it :D

[@tsunamiwof7028]

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

[@westwindsdemon4519]

You don't have to evolve immediately after competing the cell stage. You could've kept hunting veggies until you reached Omnivore

[@Justlivin-ru7rg]

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

[@partrickgaspari2444]

Loved the commentary 😂

[@toxichobome5057]

I can’t wait for pt 2

[@arm279145]

Just so you know… spore takes place in OUR galaxy. You can find our solar system. It’s called Sol

[@Voice_of_Rambol]

Jet in cell stage is something squids have

[@monkeybusiness673]

"Protopus"...Man, so close...It should have been "Proctopus" ;-)

[@AdamFBuchanan]

awesome commentary. great personality :)

[@DraconSmol]

I been meaning to ask what are your obs settings when recording these? because each time I've recorded the game myself so many glitchy screens throughout the recording and could cause a real problem to some viewers who have epilepsy, I dunno obs and spore just don't get along well for me

[@jankster]

I had the same problem at the start! To fix it, play the game in windowed mode and use window capture in OBS. That should do it

[@DraconSmol]

@@jankster gotcha thx this will help alot :)

[@blakewalker94]

Roanoke Gaming would say an Angler Fish is the most alien, ungodly animal on the planet. Combine it with rabies and his worst possible nightmare would be created in this video game.

[@zodiac5177]

don’t even gotta watch the vid to answer this, the octopus would slowly evolve into a crustacean as all peak lifeforms

[@RinnzuRosendale]

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

[@Titanscreaming]

Meatly ahahah no way xD. I recon there could be an alien out there shaped just like this =D

[@DianaBell_MG]

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

[@henrysodey843]

WHERE DID THAT CRONK IMPRESSION COME FROM OMG I’M LOVING IT

[@josumipl5476]

Probably someone already said it, but if you don't press the button to progress in cell stage, you can eat plants or meat until you are satisfied, even tho you have already full progress bar. And if you made in cell stage a bigger mouth, you wouldn't need spikes. Can't get hurt in mouth, i played once with mouths around my body xD

[@deadknight1402]

You can preview your creature's walk cycle from the creature editor using the button with the paw prints in between the parts and skins menu buttons.

[@devinsmith5706]

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

[@RuhuttaDwarf]

My brother in christ you've gotta stop turning around in cell combat xD Also when editing you can use the middle button at the top of the screen to "test-drive" your creature so you could see how he walks.

[@jazieel_]

Hahaha I really love the way they walk

[@aylin6766]

u can press T to check your evolution without moving on to the creature stage btw.

[@simonjameskenway6933]

Mind Flayers lore:

[@VodShod]

you know you can just farm more plant before you evolve, your actions after you gain a brain still effect your placement.

[@edwardhardin9411]

Octopus also has water jet propulsion, so you can easily use the boosters.

[@mandrakeblake-tw1uv]

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

[@claytonwood3790]

Love the spore videos, also subscribed cant wait for the pokemon series (thumbs-up)

[@aylin6766]

if you hold ctrl u can disassemble limb parts and attach them at any node. Good if u wanna octopus around. Try to experiment with it! Hold A for asymmetry. ALT for duplication. Hold TAB while having a part selected to get more adjustment donuts or whatever (there are mods that also lets you use them on building bases. veeery useful). There are lotsa key combinations I am constantly finding out about.

[@tanknomaniac]

Alternatively, you could just... eat plants until you're an omnivore after you get your brain, it's like- two or three minutes of gameplay.