Octopus58 (Developer)
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| Aliases: | Michael, MG, M.O.G., Octo |
| Born: | 1999 |
| Occupation: | Game developer, musician, artist, video editor, programmer, writer |
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| Languages: | English, French, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic |
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Octopus58 (or Michael) is a developer who started working on small projects since 2008. He is currently most known for working on ME-OS and Guppy's Quest, his first major project. Michael has partnered up together with Spicy Coffee to work on many projects together, and both aim to create media that others can enjoy and gain happiness from.
Biography
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Works
Discography
Michael has made numerous tracks public since 2013. Some are very old and poor quality, others are more up to date.
| Album | Track Number | Song Name | Year |
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| Aquatic Techno | 01 | Green Waters | 2013 |
| Aquatic Techno | 02 | Caved in Caverns | 2013 |
| Aquatic Techno | 03 | Acidic Ice Cap | 2013 |
| Aquatic Techno | 04 | Octopus Legions | 2014 |
| Aquatic Techno | 05 | Sunshine Bubble Army | 2014 |
| Aquatic Techno | 06 | Octopus00's Theme - Fly to Rescue | 2014 |
| Aquatic Techno | 07 | Coral Maze | 2014 |
| Aquatic Techno | 08 | Beach Mist | 2014 |
| Aquatic Techno | 09 | Octopus01's Theme - Highway in the Stars | 2014 |
| Aquatic Techno | 10 | Aquatic Techno | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 01 | Cacti Rush | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 02 | The Stampede of Fire | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 03 | Octopus02's Theme - Sparking Rock | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 04 | Octopus04's Theme - Riding the Molten Ash | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 05 | Turbulent Ash Ocean | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 06 | Slithering Chill | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 07 | River of Dew | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 08 | Octopus04's Theme - Mixed Up Storm | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 09 | Where The Sun is Always Shining | 2015 |
| Climate Climaxity | 10 | Climate Climaxity | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 01 | Windy Flowers | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 02 | The Smashing Trees | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 03 | Mind Boggle | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 04 | Adrenalyn Heat | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 05 | Save Rush | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 06 | Arial Bombard | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 07 | Blizzard Whip | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 08 | Plot for Devastation | 2015 |
| Unstoppable Pulse | 09 | Octopus05's Theme - Speedless Isolation | 2015 |
| Ëvropa | 01 | The Mediterranean Rail | 2016 |
| Ëvropa | 02 | Octopus06's Theme - Cotton Winds | 2016 |
| Ëvropa | 03 | Tide Luminescence | 2016 |
| Ëvropa | 04 | Dancing Rays | 2016 |
| Ëvropa | 05 | Reflection Over the Sand | 2016 |
| Ëvropa | 06 | Roah Midvar | 2016 |
| Ëvropa | 07 | Night Light Joyride | 2016 |
| Ëvropa | 08 | Shore Call | 2017 |
| Sleeping Blossom | 01 | Past the Midnight Sun | 2016 |
| Sleeping Blossom | 02 | Sleepy Destination | 2017 |
| Turquoise Summer | 01 | Kamen | 2017 |
| Turquoise Summer | 02 | Nostalgic Grains | 2017 |
| Turquoise Summer | 03 | Pragulka | 2017 |
| Turquoise Summer | 04 | Ecstatic Days | 2017 |
| Turquoise Summer | 05 | She Smiles Back | 2017 |
| Turquoise Summer | 06 | Dawning Years | 2018 |
| Dreamy | 01 | Emmy | 2017 |
| Dreamy | 02 | Space Princess | 2018 |
| Dreamy | 03 | Hold Me | 2018 |
| Dreamy | 04 | Beyond The Bounds of Time | 2019 |
| Dreamy | 05 | Safe With You | 2019 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 01 | The Depths | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 02 | Where the Sun is Always Shining | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 03 | Reality Generator | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 04 | Bird Brains | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 05 | Watching Clouds | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 06 | Green Tides | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 07 | Snegopad | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 08 | Boundless | 2019 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 09 | Petal Breeze | 2019 |
| Guppy's Quest OST | 10 | Windy Flowers | 2019 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 01 | The Depths | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 02 | Where the Sun is Always Shining | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 03 | Reality Generator | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 04 | Bird Brains | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 05 | Watching Clouds | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 06 | Green Tides | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 07 | Snegopad | 2018 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 08 | Boundless | 2019 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 09 | Petal Breeze | 2019 |
| Guppy's Quest OST (Night) | 10 | Windy Flowers | 2019 |
Newgrounds
Michael has started making his first public works on Newgrounds in 2012, uploading his first flash animation "Octo's loop collection!" (now unpublished) on March 30th 2013. His first flash game was "Super Hard Quiz P1!!". Lastly, he uploaded a lot of his music onto the site as well to try to gain some recognition. The most viewed item of his was the flash game, with over 5000 views. At the time, Michael didn't have time to make more animations and flash games, as much as he wanted to, so that's mostly all he has contributed.
Guppy's Quest
Michael has started planning his first large scale game in 2013, but it wouldn't start coming to life until November 2014, when he started publishing his first beta builds. This project has over time allowed Michael to learn how to program more in Java, and heavily introduced object oriented programming. Additionally, this has taught him how to take feedback from others as he would send beta tests to very early beta testers (such as Ryan McKay), and how to balance music from sounding too ear grating. In 2016, he'd get help from Felixblobdev in terms of adding shading to the first stage, and in 2018, Rosemaryy took over the art role, remaking all existing sprites and tile assets to look better, as Michael did not have a lot of experience in pixel art and not a lot of time to get the results he wanted. Her characters became main characters available from the start of the game due to the close connection between her and Michael.
Collaboration with Felixblobdev
Since finding a project of his in 2015, Michael was interested in helping Felix by providing music (remixes and originals) and some graphical assets, as well as ideas and some music for other games. Since then both Michael and Felix share a lot of character appearances between their works, as Gontaper and Guppy appeared publicly in his projects (along with a Squared Palace stage) and Matthew Favson appears in Guppy's Quest as a playable character and in MEOS easter eggs.
Royal Squared
Royal Squared was a Game Boy Jam game submitted in October 2016, and while being short and simple, was his first complete platformer game. It was based on difficulty and patience, and had mixed reception from those who played it. The game is eventually planned to have a full length version featuring returning characters Kvarol and Soverdat, as well as Karbik, Kusik, and more.
MEOS
MEOS was a project started by Michael and Spicy Coffee. It was meant to be a spoof of operating systems with its own progressive flow and subtle story. This was the project that got both of them familiarized with collaborating and how Unity works in general, allowing for a smoother start to the Unity remake of Guppy's Quest in mid 2018.
Links
- Music channel: OctoNote
- Newgrounds: Octopus58 NG