Non-Humanoid Aliens | Designing Aliens

Earlier this month, I hosted a livestream in which I designed a group of intelligent aliens. The basic idea was to have two species. One with human-level intelligence, but limited dexterity, meaning they couldn’t use tools. And a second group that could use tools, but was far less intelligent.
In the days since, I've been expanding upon the idea by finalizing their designs, making art, and fleshing out their world's history. This is the final product and I'm really happy with it! I plan on making more videos like this in the future, so I hope you enjoy.
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Evolution
1:58 Agricultural Era
3:53 Industrial Era
5:09 Atomic Age
6:11 Space Age
6:46 Conclusion
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[@EyeOrCoke]

do the jones have two or one arm

[@Cree8Ball]

Everything in the episode is bilaterally symmetrical, so the Joones have two arms and four legs and the Harlos have four legs

[@EyeOrCoke]

@@Cree8Ball why do the harlos have this 2 'tail' like appendage, why do the harlos look like their standing first and middle pairs of legs.

[@Cree8Ball]

@@EyeOrCoke because they're literally standing on their middle and first legs, the "tails" are a highly derived pair of hind legs that evolved to act as a counter balance against their heavy brains

[@EyeOrCoke]

@Cree8Ball, did harlos discover the theory of evolution, or the order of body and mind shunned that people who believe in evolution so they could control the masses

[@EyeOrCoke]

​@@Cree8Ballif two harlos get married, would their joone have to marry their spouse's joone

[@TheFINNHERO]

A radial language ?!? That is insanely creative!!!! can’t wait to see what else you do with this species.

[@Cree8Ball]

Thank you! I was pretty pleased with idea when I had it

[@feckoslovakia]

the language Gallifreyan in Doctor Who was radial as well, but we hardly ever see it and they didn't flesh it out much, so I'd say this is a way better one!

[@frosttheicefloeturtle8143]

IKR

[@darrylbonner7208]

Yet another spectacular showcase of a creative way of a living intelligent creature without being too human.

[@Cree8Ball]

I plan on making me videos like this and hopefully they'll only get less and less humanoid and Earthling as the series goes on

[@theluftwaffle1]

Sometimes random smaller channels just pop up in your feed and just captivate you with its high quality and interesting videos. This is one of those times. I can’t wait to watch the rest of them! The radial language really stands out as unique.

[@Cree8Ball]

Thank you! I hope you liked my other videos, too

[@skylordthe1st]

That's actually a very clever idea holy moly

[@nautilusnotasquid]

Yes! I love them And the Opabinia build And the lore!

[@Cree8Ball]

Just a few little guys!

[@ShelldonJPlankton]

I remember I came up with a somewhat similar idea but with future manned wolves domesticating hippo sized elephants

[@PraniGopu]

Wow, the story and the features of these aliens are so refreshingly new and thought-provoking! I'm also eager to see how their society and the course of their history change due to their interactions with humans...

[@Cree8Ball]

Thank you! I'm glad you like it!

[@happynihilist2573]

Seriously this is some really good writing and world-building! Go job everybody 👍

[@oreosaurs2658]

Harold and George!!!!!!!

[@chimera9818]

Congratulations on getting them to be the canon name

[@dysfunctionaldragonborn]

Hello, Oreo.

[@oreosaurs2658]

@@dysfunctionaldragonborn hi

[@xaviwashere_]

As a language nerd, I was skeptical of the radial writing system, but you said so many things about eyes, so imma just go ahead and give you a pass

[@Cree8Ball]

Yeah, I get it, but I don't think a species with such different eyes would develop a language that you just read left to right or top to bottom or whatever

[@xaviwashere_]

@@Cree8Ball that’s understandable, it may even be cool if their early peoples to carve their texts into their “tree”’s inner rings. What confuses me is how you would write something like a book, manuscript, or even just a simple phrase beyond a sentence in that writing style.

[@Cree8Ball]

@@xaviwashere_ every page would have one ring on it, starting at the center of the page and going outward

[@xaviwashere_]

@@Cree8Ball Ok, so how would you tell compound words to two words, or what a sentence is?

[@Cree8Ball]

@@xaviwashere_ compound words are usually just unique rings that take elements from two different rings. Like the "Human" symbol is just a mix of their symbols for "Joone and Space" since they thought humans were just alien Joones. And for sentences, they have specific rings that act the same way as periods do in English, so you know when one sentence ends and the next begins

[@MURDERPILLOW.]

Calligraphy in the radial writing system must be beautiful

[@timestorm5687]

other fun fact: chat decided that they convergently evolved the british isles

[@Cree8Ball]

It's true, they did 😂

[@_404_error_]

Chat just about made them space Swedes as well

[@MURDERPILLOW.]

​@@Cree8Ball and that "LaTvIa SuCkS!!?!11!"

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

They look like something out of Animorphs

[@Cree8Ball]

Yo, you're right, they do

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

@@Cree8Ball animorphs surprisingly had a ton of weird looking, sorta believable alien species

[@oreosaurs2658]

5:45 🤨

[@Cree8Ball]

What lol

[@_404_error_]

We don't talk about that

[@oreosaurs2658]

@@_404_error_ yes

[@kenndie434]

The soul and the body combined

[@troycoley-cn5bb]

Amazing!!

[@Cree8Ball]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

[@troycoley-cn5bb]

@@Cree8Ball your welcome

[@Gamermaster847]

Please tell me you're going to keep doing these type of videos I love this

[@Cree8Ball]

Yes, I have quite a few more ideas for videos like this, if everything goes to plan

[@Gamermaster847]

@Cree8Ball sorry for asking, but if you do make more of these creatures could you go into how wars would work

[@paulkanis3969]

Cool work dude!

[@Cree8Ball]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

[@theprehistorichubert9448]

Wow, that is so wonderfull and creative, if u have enough time then I hope u'll expand on this lovely project like u did with the post human one, also, I have a question : can't the harlos manipulate their surroundings with their trunks at least to some extend and can't they sorta use their tails to lift heavier things?

[@Cree8Ball]

I gave them the little pincers so they'd be able to do simple things like writing and sewing, so yes, they can do some stuff like that, but anything that requires much strength their basically useless. And their tails aren't dexterous, they pretty much only exist as a counterbalance against their heavy brains

[@goose93]

​@@Cree8Ballcan I grab the big tails and drive a harlo like a wheelbarrow?

[@user-uo4xl3kp7k]

I am in love with the idea that Harlos thought that cats are their sapient species

[@ArmandoEnfectana-bp6jo]

They had the Egyptian vibes.

[@TheIncrediblyFantasticHPG]

I like that you based the cosmonaut on Alex ries’ birren project

[@pokepoke1889]

I love this idea

[@joflepgoflp4627]

Bro you are the worldbuilding G.O.A.T. Honestly, I think you should write a book or something lol.

[@Cree8Ball]

I've actually been working on a much larger lore book for the aliens mentioned in the video!

[@TheJJ65]

I love this so much

[@darrylbonner7208]

I’m wondering who would the Harlos side with in the current war: The “Great Solar Empire” or Ito?

[@Cree8Ball]

I'm not sure, actually. I want to believe that they're mostly a force for good after the nuclear war, though, so probably Ito

[@moustachio05]

Man i wish i was as creative as you and you're discord server holy fuck this is genius

[@catfwish]

Them thinking the cats were the master makes sense.

[@lookitsadrian]

At first thought, non-humanoid aliens would make more sense because of the fact that we, "Are influenced to think things are like us" But in actuality, it would make more sense for aliens to have humanoid bodies as there is not that much limit to flexibility etc. And the humanoid body we have is pretty easy to control, sustain and manage. It isn't the best type of body for a species but it is one of the best choices in evolution. Unless it is a more primitive species, humanoid bodies are probably one of the keys for more advanced societies. Emphasis on probably.

[@seankrop4768]

remember when i suggested early hominids my friend love your content make a video about australopithecus

[@thechimeraprotocol]

How do you get the ideas for this stuff? This is extremely creative, on par with the World of the Birrin. Also, it can e argued that cats are the intelligent species, and use us to get food, protection and free massages, and only pretend to be unintelligent.

[@Cree8Ball]

Well I of course had the help of my discord server, but other than that I mostly just try to establish a strong base and then push everything else to it's extreme. Like, "how would this interspecies symbiosis actually manifest?" Turns to, "how would this connection affect their religion" turns to "what would happen if the religious folks lost their Joones" turns to "why would they need to lose their Joones?" And so on. And that goes for their biology, too, like how would they actually write and speak? I even developed a way that they would sew, but I didn't have time for it in the episode

[@buzzlightyearpfp7641]

the only laws that a spacefaring intelligent species should follow is that they need SOME way to interact with ANY kind of machinery (such as limbs, or even something like a way to emit noises/other things to control tech), and atleast some adaptation to space itself.

[@Cree8Ball]

Yeah, that makes sense

[@theironefe7686]

Yo you should do another video about the other afterman book

[@xxsassysnakexx]

the "radial writing system" has no real reason for existing "just because of the stalks"

[@Cree8Ball]

Well it's more that there's no reason that a linear writing style would have to be a universal default, especially since their fully independent eyes and 360 degree vision would result in them reading differently, anyway

[@Cree8Ball]

And more importantly, it looks cool

[@theluftwaffle1]

Looks Cool > Valid reasons for existing.

[@Cree8Ball]

@@theluftwaffle1 you're damn right

[@xxsassysnakexx]

sorry if the first comment was rude what I meant was that the history could be that the language was just in imitation of the sign language instead of it being formed from the 360 view.

[@_404_error_]

Truley an amazing video, 9 Georges blood's out of 10

[@somencrranger3118]

Yes

[@scrunglodubus1701]

JOONES 🔛🔝

[@MrTheDudeManGuy]

bro, i have to do this one day

[@TisOsha]

where is it mentioned they convergently evolved into the taj mahal smh, apart from that, this video is slightly better than sweden

[@hoominbeeing]

7:53 RED SUS!

[@EyeOrCoke]

@Cree8Ball why do the jones look bigger and like the size of an elephant in your third, and looking human sized at your last. I this their true size, or the future humans see the zone as sentient and see them in eye level and see the harlos like pets.Oh my hawk(god)I have allot questions.

[@Cree8Ball]

Joones have remained more or less the same size throughout history, but the Harlos have gotten bigger over time, so on the third picture the Joone wasn't bigger, the Harlo was just smaller

[@EyeOrCoke]

@Cree8Ball if the harlos and joones live in the same universe as all tommorws project, would you make the post humans discover the harlos and joones, and some cool stuff and conflicts

[@raphlvlogs271]

they are a lot like the symbiots in All tomorrows where parasitism eventually lead to mutualism

[@Giakozilla]

BRO PUT THE LINK OF THE DICTIONARY IN THE DESCRIPTION.

[@Cree8Ball]

You're absolutely right, I forgot to do that! docs.google.com/document/d/1aCwSq4BzWeXTDJ259KrVk_9GT1pZA8A505R28hS5MrE/edit?usp=sharing

[@EyeOrCoke]

Can you make a sequel

[@Cree8Ball]

Yes, I've already been working on one

[@EyeOrCoke]

@@Cree8Ball thank you so much for replying .

[@QUEfrang]

why are aliens usually shown as humans with a different colour?

[@Cree8Ball]

@@QUEfrang I'm not sure I understand the question

[@rimaproductions9369]

@@Cree8BallI assume he meant why in traditional media (alien movies and such) the alien species are usually just regular human people except for their skin color being wildly different from humans (such as blue or green) (also I can only assume this was asked because of how your aliens are actually unique from humans and why other fictional works don’t follow this example) also sorry for rambling

[@tristanreejakobsen6157]

yeah i just jumped in for five minutes and you just kept redrawing the hands again and again and again

[@Cree8Ball]

Hands are hard to draw, dude

[@mnep5]

willy and hugh

[@Cree8Ball]

Jim and Charlie

[@mr.commonsense]

just discovered the channel. Mind if I contribute my own designs?

[@Cree8Ball]

You absolutely can! You can leave them here in the comments or on my Discord server

[@mr.commonsense]

@@Cree8Ball sure, I'm MEME police in the server and I'll mention you, when it's ready

[@thesmilyguyguy9799]

:)

[@wyattacup3329]

Heart and leave comment if you remember(omg alien)

[@ajgibson1307]

God bless

[@ODJJ-77.83]

Fgggggggggghhhhh

[@ODJJ-77.83]

Ddsddd

[@BurnYourEarsWithASMR]

Give credit to the original

[@Cree8Ball]

What original? All the ideas and art in this video were developed by me and my community?

[@BurnYourEarsWithASMR]

@@Cree8Ball oh sorry, commented on the wrong video!

[@MURDERPILLOW.]

​@PoppyThePuppy I'm curious,what was the right video

[@BurnYourEarsWithASMR]

@@MURDERPILLOW. Ah some Gacha kid who was using another persons art and just adding one thing to it and saying she made it

[@MURDERPILLOW.]

@@BurnYourEarsWithASMR it's impressive that you mixed them up

[@jcp1296]

Kind of sad how all these cool aliens with competely different belief systems and bioligies keep just drifting to just human capitalism and industry(al) revolution. I guess some things are universal 😔