The Rotnest is an interesting idea but I feel like it's nasty enough that it should probably be the main subject of its own game, rather than being a secondary threat. That kind of virulent zombie parasite plague would be a big deal.
I like the idea that these beasts are still 'on the planet' we as humans just haven't found them yet. Their biomes haven't been explored so for now they are 'Schrodinger's species'
@@jamesbruce5849 i think he means that nobody knows if these creatures are real or not in the subnautica universe, for all we know they are alive in some undiscovered biome deep within 4546B
I honestly feel like instead of using the Void Chelicerate they should have gone with the Ice Dragon. You would only encounter it at the edge of the map where it's open water so the size of the Ice Dragon wouldn't be hampered by glaciers or other environmental objects.
I don’t know why they didn’t make a void shadow leviathan, that was the most obvious choice to put in the void for me and I’m a little upset they didn’t, but ah well, cie la vie
I also feel like it would be the natural prey to another cut creature, the Electrogami. Remember, the Crabsquid got it’s EMP ability to defend itself from the Ampeel, it would only make sense of the Pygmy Crabsquid had a similar foe.
I was feeling very sick last night and needed something distracting, but something I could fall asleep to, so I put on the Speculative Biology Playlist and it got me through the night. Your voice is very soft and calming without necessarily being lulling. I love all of these, keep up the good work!
The Leaf Sheep is even weirder than a symbiotic relationship with algae, which is common. In contrast to for example corals, they don't use the Algae, they eat the algae, digest it except for the chloroplasts, and then incorporate the chloroplasts into their own cells. That way they can directly preform photosynthesis, and are likely the only animal capable of that.
This title is really enticing since there's only.. Maybe 10 creatures to encounter in the original Subnautica? It's very very cool to see other designs from someone who actually worked on the game
Probably not counting all the random prey species and plants and stuff; if you have trouble remembering all the less in your face animals/plants, a Randomizer run of Subnautica gets you to remember them real fast.
I'd be curious if you'd be somehow able to do a speculative video on the horizon zero dawn games. Though they're not entirely evolution based, a lot of the machines are made to fill specific niches within ingame lore where past fauna has gone extinct. They also help terraform the planet by filling those niches so that it can be more habitable. Ex: Grazers dig through dirt and soil, possibly taking out weeds and making room for new seeds to be planted and grown. Water machines like Widemaws work to filter water, probably so stuff like algae can't grow uncontrollably. Some machines are even built to help each other or prevent pollution. Watchers and burrowers keep a lookout for herds so that they don't fall into danger. Scrappers and glinthawks collect scrap that they bring back to cauldrons to be reused to make new machines. In some cases, more aggressive machines like thunderjaws and fireclaws are made to fend off potential threats like humans trying to take down machines for parts.
I've never heard of this game before and got recommended this video for some reason, but I really enjoyed it. Both the used and unused creature designs are incredible!
Been an avid watcher of this channel the moment I discovered your Codex Seraphianus video and I'm very happy to see how much traction your channel is getting! Love that you got Alex Ries here too, splendid work!
I hope you do something like this again, I know John Dunlop the realistic pokemon and prehistorica guy through a friend, he's a huge fan of speculative biology fan and would probably be up for a guest video.
I really love the Sandspear, that would have made a fantastic Grassy Plateau hostile leviathan to oppose the Reefbacks. Perhaps even adding to the ecological lore, writing that Reefbacks mostly swim along the surface to avoid them.
A head canon I just thought of was, these creature concepts can be creatures that lived on the planet that ended up going extinct before our character arrived on the planet.
I mean, the idea of brine-spewing creatures creating ice seems to have understood how brinicles work backwards. The brine is colder because it's from above the water. It flowing into the water freezes the less salty water around it... but an animal isn't going to be storing sub-ambient brine in it's body. If anything, you might argue it would make more sense for the water of the ocean to be briny, and it to store fresh water, which freezes when expelled.
Hopefully, a number of these creatures will find their way into the next game. One thing I would really like to see is a huge, extremely dangerous biome that is partially on sea and partially on land, and the player could potentially be caught in between two different creatures that are guarding both land and sea. Maybe the Ice Dragon Leviathan is the main threat when the player is underwater, but as soon as you climb on the land, the Kitewings would become an issue. The trick might be to correctly learn to balance these risks, and trying to avoid them completely could lead to disaster.
I am very drunk; and english isn't my first language, but this was FASCINATING. I probably won't remember any of this and yet i couldn't switch to another video. I hope you have the opportunity (if it's what you wish ofc) to voice actual documentaries, you're GREAT at what you do dawg, keep it up
And this video, the artist did not just come up with random creatures, he studied actual animals on earth. He used the theory of evolution and showed how these creatures evolved to survive in their environments.
Everyone has the potential to create something great, this is just proof that the Imagination can come up with things so Elaborate that it is easy to believe, well done for helping to bring more of these creations to life!!!!
The Rotnest is also incredibly similar to parasitic wasps, which lay eggs in caterpillars and then as the larvae hatch and build cocoons on the caterpillar, those wasps take over the caterpillar's brain. And then, eventually, is just a wasp factory, at the bidding of baby wasps.
Hearing the name "Precursor" instantly made me think of the engineer aliens from Pacific Rim. I'd love to see your analysis on the Kaiju and Aliens that created them
I love your videos so much that a couple months ago I started my own planet of alien animals. I started from the first billion years on it,to the time of industry. There are over a hundred alien animals I made, but there is no way I can show you since I just draw them and I don't know how to send them to you. Hope I could one day be on one of your videos somehow
Since the first Subnautica was in a tropical area of planet 4546b,and Subnautica:Below Zero was in a polar area,imagine if the next game took place in a more temperate area of planet 4546b
6:28 The rock breaker used to be a huge leviathan which lived in the tropics that teraformed the landscape it was cut (but later scaled-down for below zero) for a similar reason 14:01 it's actually not farfetched at all tube worms do a similar thing
Was a pleasure chatting with you, mate!
Thank you... for all the nightmares and wonders.
Holy crap it’s him
@@posta-bonk-alypticweasel689 Please don't cuss with holy.
@@Blitzkrieg_Wolf Exactly.
@@purehyper124 bro just because its your religion dont mean people have to stop.
The Rotnest is an interesting idea but I feel like it's nasty enough that it should probably be the main subject of its own game, rather than being a secondary threat. That kind of virulent zombie parasite plague would be a big deal.
Imagine seeing that after curing the Khara. It would just be “Ah shit, here we go again.”
Yeah, it would make for a great DLC.
@@M0NCHY fr
So what you're basically saying is the Last of Us but underwater XD
@@thedukeofweasels6870 yes
I like the idea that these beasts are still 'on the planet' we as humans just haven't found them yet. Their biomes haven't been explored so for now they are 'Schrodinger's species'
What's schrodinger
@@jamesbruce5849 Erwin Schroedinger was a physicist famous for Schroedinger’s cat. Look it up if you are curious
@@ILikeBolas lol I seem that dude and stuff I just am not sure how it links to the creatures here being undiscovered
@@jamesbruce5849 i think he means that nobody knows if these creatures are real or not in the subnautica universe, for all we know they are alive in some undiscovered biome deep within 4546B
Exactly I like to think those are creatures that are still on planet 4546B but haven’t been completely documented, just stories of them haha.
I honestly feel like instead of using the Void Chelicerate they should have gone with the Ice Dragon. You would only encounter it at the edge of the map where it's open water so the size of the Ice Dragon wouldn't be hampered by glaciers or other environmental objects.
Personally im still mad that the shadow leviathan isnt in the void
I don’t know why they didn’t make a void shadow leviathan, that was the most obvious choice to put in the void for me and I’m a little upset they didn’t, but ah well, cie la vie
@@YourLocalKriegGuardsman same, ive wondered about that design choice for so long
@@YourLocalKriegGuardsman I wonder what would void chelicerates eat in the void ... those mouths are definitely not suitable for plankton ...
@@YourLocalKriegGuardsman My guess is that they didn't want to give away the surprise. ;-)
That crabsquid is adorable. Thats just all I can say, apart from all the fact that all of these are amazing and Alex Ries’ work is inspiring.
The crab squid reminds me of crab larvae, I like to imagine the crab squid is only a baby about to grow into something much bigger
Especially the way the lower eyes look like they’re going 😗 at the battery in its claws! 😍
I also feel like it would be the natural prey to another cut creature, the Electrogami. Remember, the Crabsquid got it’s EMP ability to defend itself from the Ampeel, it would only make sense of the Pygmy Crabsquid had a similar foe.
You mean grabsquid lol
I was feeling very sick last night and needed something distracting, but something I could fall asleep to, so I put on the Speculative Biology Playlist and it got me through the night. Your voice is very soft and calming without necessarily being lulling. I love all of these, keep up the good work!
This is so cute.
The de-extinction mods adds some of these cut creatures and even some increadable original ones, defiantly check it out
The Leaf Sheep is even weirder than a symbiotic relationship with algae, which is common. In contrast to for example corals, they don't use the Algae, they eat the algae, digest it except for the chloroplasts, and then incorporate the chloroplasts into their own cells. That way they can directly preform photosynthesis, and are likely the only animal capable of that.
So interesting, I didn’t know that! I recognize them from the mobile game Abyssrium (like an aquarium in the ocean)
Nope, there are also Emerald Sea Slugs that can also photosynthesise.
@@toubi4316 Ah, right, still bot that unrelated from each other being in the same superorder of sea slugs.
Both you and Alex are huge inspirations in my art, this is a great collab. Amazing work as always.
This title is really enticing since there's only.. Maybe 10 creatures to encounter in the original Subnautica? It's very very cool to see other designs from someone who actually worked on the game
Only 10?
Dude, did you ever explore the whole game? There are WAY more creatures on the original game
10? What?
Probably not counting all the random prey species and plants and stuff; if you have trouble remembering all the less in your face animals/plants, a Randomizer run of Subnautica gets you to remember them real fast.
are you stupid
The ice dragon needs a mod, it looks amazing
I'd be curious if you'd be somehow able to do a speculative video on the horizon zero dawn games. Though they're not entirely evolution based, a lot of the machines are made to fill specific niches within ingame lore where past fauna has gone extinct. They also help terraform the planet by filling those niches so that it can be more habitable.
Ex: Grazers dig through dirt and soil, possibly taking out weeds and making room for new seeds to be planted and grown.
Water machines like Widemaws work to filter water, probably so stuff like algae can't grow uncontrollably.
Some machines are even built to help each other or prevent pollution. Watchers and burrowers keep a lookout for herds so that they don't fall into danger.
Scrappers and glinthawks collect scrap that they bring back to cauldrons to be reused to make new machines.
In some cases, more aggressive machines like thunderjaws and fireclaws are made to fend off potential threats like humans trying to take down machines for parts.
That rotnest idea is insane! Might be a good idea for a dlc where you have to wipe out the disease as it rages the crater or arctic
It would be super cool to see similar videos on the biology of Roshar (the planet from Sanderson's stormlight archive)
I've never heard of this game before and got recommended this video for some reason, but I really enjoyed it. Both the used and unused creature designs are incredible!
I really want to see a third Subnautica. not even fully because of a new story, I wanna see what new creatures they come up with.
I like how the bobbit worms are just alien looking enough to not have its design changed at all for an alien planet version of itself
I want a land-based game with some of this guy’s creatures. I really love his big terrestrial one he uses in his profile picture
12:30
Really cool natural defense mechanism idea, probably my favorite concept in the video
Love it! Engaging content as usual. Have you ever thought about any Monster Hunter beasts?
Excited to see what Alex concocts for the next title. He's the GOAT, no denying it.
I love the style of your videos, super cool to see Subnautica this way!
I hope Alex has some idea of how inspiring his work is
Been an avid watcher of this channel the moment I discovered your Codex Seraphianus video and I'm very happy to see how much traction your channel is getting! Love that you got Alex Ries here too, splendid work!
The Architects looking more like warpers is SO SO SO MUCH BETTER than what we got, it makes so much more sense then the weird horse we got
I absolutely love Alex Ries. His work has inspired me repeatedly over the years. ^_^
Holy cow THATS SO COOL!
its cool to think that these creatures were not scrapped, but you just did not see them on your journey, or that they have gone extinct
I love this artist and his designs much tbh
Thanks for the vid i love these
Glad you like them!
I need the Grabsquid in my life. I've never seen anything more beautiful.
The rotnest would’ve been horrifying but so cool! I wish we could see it in gameplay
I like to imagine that all these creatures live there but are just undiscovered yet.
They all look so gorgeous
I hope you do something like this again, I know John Dunlop the realistic pokemon and prehistorica guy through a friend, he's a huge fan of speculative biology fan and would probably be up for a guest video.
I really love the Sandspear, that would have made a fantastic Grassy Plateau hostile leviathan to oppose the Reefbacks. Perhaps even adding to the ecological lore, writing that Reefbacks mostly swim along the surface to avoid them.
i think this might be one of my favorite videos from you!
That ice dragon looks INCREDIBLE
His drawings are better than even the in-game models.
I need a Grabsquid plush now! I don’t care what it takes it’s too precious!!!
A head canon I just thought of was, these creature concepts can be creatures that lived on the planet that ended up going extinct before our character arrived on the planet.
I mean, the idea of brine-spewing creatures creating ice seems to have understood how brinicles work backwards. The brine is colder because it's from above the water. It flowing into the water freezes the less salty water around it... but an animal isn't going to be storing sub-ambient brine in it's body. If anything, you might argue it would make more sense for the water of the ocean to be briny, and it to store fresh water, which freezes when expelled.
I would've loved to see the Ice Dragon in game... it would be a nice callback to the Sea Dragon from the first game!
imagine a spacious cave with a giant crystal castle guarded by an ice dragon
Hopefully, a number of these creatures will find their way into the next game. One thing I would really like to see is a huge, extremely dangerous biome that is partially on sea and partially on land, and the player could potentially be caught in between two different creatures that are guarding both land and sea. Maybe the Ice Dragon Leviathan is the main threat when the player is underwater, but as soon as you climb on the land, the Kitewings would become an issue. The trick might be to correctly learn to balance these risks, and trying to avoid them completely could lead to disaster.
Loved the whole SERIES About Subnubtica
babe wake up curios archive posted a new Subnautica video
Omg I’m literally obsessed with grabsquid. That is so cute!!!
I am very drunk; and english isn't my first language, but this was FASCINATING. I probably won't remember any of this and yet i couldn't switch to another video. I hope you have the opportunity (if it's what you wish ofc) to voice actual documentaries, you're GREAT at what you do dawg, keep it up
Alright, this is now officially beyond awesome!
This is an awesome video 👍🏾 I’m nerding out on the toilet 🤓
Ooo, featuring the artist himself! Wow!
And this video, the artist did not just come up with random creatures, he studied actual animals on earth. He used the theory of evolution and showed how these creatures evolved to survive in their environments.
Everyone has the potential to create something great, this is just proof that the Imagination can come up with things so Elaborate that it is easy to believe, well done for helping to bring more of these creations to life!!!!
the Grabsquid would've been an adorable animal to see on Sector Zero!
i freeking love the grabsquid
The scariest thing about this is that theres nothing stopping them from existing and just being undiscovered irl
somebody needs to make a mod that adds some of these creatures, or heck, another game maybe from the official developers. so many cool designs!
i like his concept for the architects better than what they turned out looking like
they fit in with subnautica and look much better
they're not supposed to fit in with subnautica...
Your videos are the most high quality videos ive seen, ur the most underrated ytber
The Rotnest is also incredibly similar to parasitic wasps, which lay eggs in caterpillars and then as the larvae hatch and build cocoons on the caterpillar, those wasps take over the caterpillar's brain.
And then, eventually, is just a wasp factory, at the bidding of baby wasps.
That's very interesting, dude
4:15 I’m amazed that trait hasn’t exploded across the planet
Very cool video and interview!
Makes since to get ideas for the creatures in this game from animals that we are already familiar with.
Alexries gonna have to go all out for subnautica 3 we need more creatures than both first games combined
I’m tempted to make a mod adding these
Hearing the name "Precursor" instantly made me think of the engineer aliens from Pacific Rim. I'd love to see your analysis on the Kaiju and Aliens that created them
I love your videos so much that a couple months ago I started my own planet of alien animals. I started from the first billion years on it,to the time of industry. There are over a hundred alien animals I made, but there is no way I can show you since I just draw them and I don't know how to send them to you. Hope I could one day be on one of your videos somehow
Since the first Subnautica was in a tropical area of planet 4546b,and Subnautica:Below Zero was in a polar area,imagine if the next game took place in a more temperate area of planet 4546b
Oh my God it’s him
incredible channel + incredible artist
made my day a whole lot better
The ice dragon is such a marvel, even if the next game isn’t arctic themed I hope they bring it to life there because it deserves to be in the games
I think a giant squid or a bigger version of that would be cool ofc you could add or takeaway things on it but it would make the game more interesting
i beg they add the grabsquid it would be an amazing concept
Very nice art man
8:10 _Slightly?!?_ That would be LITERALLY NIGHTMARISH for a Thalassaphobe
ice dragon had a model in game, i really liked it
Yesss new archive entry!!
the sand spear is also kinda like a ant loin
1:33
I can’t get over that Peeper.
ngl Alex ries is is my most favorite artist
The Shadow Leviathan to me, would be a cross between an arrow worm, a lamprey, a centipede, and a dragonfish.
I love the kitewing I wish it was in subnautica
I'd like to think that the universe is so big that a planet similar to 4546B probably exists somewhere
Will You Be Finishing The Epic of Serina, That Series Is Without A Doubt My Favourite.
Ok, but I love the grabsquid for some reason. I want to hold one.
Awesome video, thank you!!!!
Epic win
Yoooo the Icebreaker leviathan would have been so cool!!! Especially the Grabsquid I absolutely loved the Crabsquids but their cousins are so cute!!!
0:06 man id prefer that over the chelicirate any day
We need someone to make a mod adding these back to the game
Oh I wish the polar variants of the leviathans made it in! Also the Thalassians they look amazing!
Ice Dragon should have been in the final game. Without a doubt; it would have been amazing as a void monster.
6:28 The rock breaker used to be a huge leviathan which lived in the tropics that teraformed the landscape it was cut (but later scaled-down for below zero) for a similar reason 14:01 it's actually not farfetched at all tube worms do a similar thing
The Chancla part was hilarious
The brine fish reminds me of the south American archer fish
you should do one of these for the pikmin series.
Awesome content!
Grab squid is peak evolution
God... I wish a new Subnautica can reuse some of these...