Alien concept suggestions

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I think centipedes, wasps and spiders would serve as solid bases to work with as surface enemies and there are quite a few horrifying sea creatures to draw inspiration from as well. One enemy concept I’ve seen resembles a centipede somewhat, so I think this direction would suit your design plans. Here are a few creatures worth considering for inspiration :wink:

Giant Desert Centipede (Stinging a human!!!)

Tarantula Hawk (stinging a human)

Vicious animal bites (including Crab!)

CREEPY desert creatures

Lionfish (stinging a human)

Executioner Wasp (stinging a human)

TERRIFYING sea creatures:

I’d LOVE to see some of these creatures in the game :slight_smile: What about you?

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Well,

We already have the Siren who has a centipede like body as one of her mutations.

People often mistake the Crab Queen for a Spider (even though she only has 6 legs).

There’s a similarity between at least one other creature which you’ve mentioned which we haven’t shown yet.

There’s lots of stuff still to come, both at launch and after :wink:

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More the better!

Probably one of the most exciting things about the game, I think, are the mutations. I am looking forwards to seeing what they have come up with. As you have shown, there are so many animals that would be scary to face as a humanoid mutation. I hope there is a real variety of attacks from them too.

When you have seen every enemy in a game and worked out their weakness, it removes some of the games excitement. I think the mutations will give PP a much longer shelf life than other games.

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Yes, the Siren looks a bit like a centipede, which is a great start to creating scary aliens (I’ve only seen 2 of them so far). As for sea-based enemies, the last video I’ve linked to above is an excellent resource, I suggest the developers take a look at it. The trailer with the huge kraken-like giant crab gave me the impression that the enemies and the atmosphere of the game will be quite scary and I believe the videos I’ve linked to will provide great sources of inspiration towards that goal.

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We have huge internal resources for inspiration and have no shortage of ideas for creatures. The issue is development time :smiley:

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The longer we wait, the more/better mutations we will have… but will have to wait longer to see them… but they will be better… but more of a wait… but…

Dam, so conflicted right now! :smiley:

Take your time guys. Get it right! :+1:

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Even just thinking about the smallest local ocean only animals I wouldn’t want to mess with and awesome mutation possibilities…

The tiny blue ringed octopus…
Cone snails poison harpoon…
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake…

Any of the above, scaled up from its small natural state into a human or bigger mutation…

Hey rookie squad, we have herd there is a new alien type attacking a friendly base near by

https://stancarey.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/giant-spider-evacuate-earth-nope-gif.gif?w=300&h=169(image larger than 4096KB)

And they are the small ones, the ones that are already big and scary on top! So many great possibilities!

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If they’re are damned centipedes, I will make it my life’s goal to mod them into something else before I touch the thing. I don’t know why, but I have a severe phobia of centipedes.

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Me too. Centipedes scare me as much as spiders do, and that’s saying a lot!

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Sorry to hear it. That’s what makes it odd for me, though. I regularly catch our house spiders and put them outside, crickets, stink bugs, etc. It’s only the centipede/milipede family that bothers me, and it’s just short of paralyzing. Ugh.

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