Psittoctopus

Crawling/walking animation:
TO THE SKIES:
Talking:
Shooting:

Due to their massive cranium, they are extremely intelligent, adaptive creatures, using whatever weapons and armor available. As a nomadic & lone species, they do not form packs larger than 4 nor do they have towns.

From end of tentacles to peak of cranium it is 2-3 metres (a human is usually about 1.5 metres tall iirc)

Left image is top view, right image is side view
EDIT: lol typo @ human height
EDIT:

Concept for their movement & defense (would be able to turn any direction) (excuse my hideous paint skills and handwriting)

One of these guys holding an alien hostage- they can retract their wings for swim underwater or strangling blue four-legged aliens

 

A human? 2.5 meters tall? Damn, something is WAAAAAAAAY wrong here. I don't think even the tallest man of the world had more than 2.5 meters.
Anyway, it's a strange combination you have there, cool bro.

 

duuuude that is like radical

totally

but no seriously i'd like to see what would happen if tiy sprited this

 

Added its own movement mechanic, which doubles as defense

 

Added a crudely drawn image of her holding an ambassador hostage
like any ace psittoctopus would

going to do some pixel art next

 

Guess I'm not the only -topus on the forums,eh?
Well done.

 

There are like 3 other -topusses, and I support all of them.
Or squids
which I support also

 

added concept for movement/position, showing that it's a "tri-environmental" species. maybe even space?

 

Added the wielding & two animated sprites

 

A squid type monster with a gun, Hmmm... I like it, plus all the art really helps visualize the creature.

 

LOL! Oh man, now that's classic. I really think that would be a jaw-dropping moment, the first time you see an octopus pull a revolver on you... the sample animation looks great, you made him look like a pro with that thing.

The octopus would really work well mechanic-wise too... besides the obvious I can imagine that if a player got sprayed the screen would get blotched with ink, temporarily blinding them. The only thing I find confusing is the name, why Psittoctipus? Psi is usually a word I relate to psychic powers, but didn't notice any reference to that in your submission. Is it because they are intelligent, or just to give them that alien feel?

 

Psitto = parrot
I should probably change the name to something more attractive, like Cephalopus
The reason I made this was because I wanted a non-humanoid sentient race

 

Cool stuff dude, although could use some work.

 

Heavily improved the walking sprite for giving you an idea of what it really looks like moving
Also added a launch animation
fwoooosh

 

Ahh that makes a lot of sense then. I dunno, I don't think you should change the name, it sounds nice to say... psitto is just something I had never heard before so I was curious. The new animations are excellent too... your creature has a lot of character motie

 

Character in this creature is as variable as it is in humans, just differently displayed.

 

Haha, no I mean character as in it's own personal charm and individuality amongst the other contest entries, I wasn't talking about personality... I get what you mean when you say it a sentient being and not just a creature