Jellyfish

Jellyfish
Appearances
Game(s)	LameDuke
First encountered	E1L4

The Jellyfish is an enemy in LameDuke. Concept art for Duke Nukem 3D clearly shows that the Jellyfish evolved over the course of the game's development into the Octabrain seen in the final game.

The name "Jellyfish" is an official name that comes from documents produced by game artist Chuck Jones.

Description

The Jellyfish differs significantly from the Octabrain in its appearance and behavior. The LameDuke version is much darker and has a pink, fully exposed brain. Unlike the Octabrain, it has only two eyes and a beak. Its only attack is to swipe at the player with its front tentacles, yet it deals no damage.

Concept art shows that the Jellyfish was planned to be able to hide under debris and to take control of human remains in order to fire their weapons. None of these concepts appear in the LameDuke prototype.

Gallery

Sprites

Front sprite

Side sprite

Back sprite

Concept art

Concept art for the Jellyfish

Official 3D renderings

Concept art for the Octabrain, with resemblances to the Jellyfish

LameDuke Episodes Mrr Caliber • Mission Cockroach • Suck Hole • Hard Landing Items Holoduke • Jetpack • Oxygen Tank • Shield • Six-Pack • Soda Can • Steroids Weapons Tazer • Pistol • Plasma Cannon • Pipe Bomb • RPG • Sonic Resonator Enemies Bat • Captain • Drone • Drone 2 • Femanoid • Jellyfish • Mandroid • Protozoid Slimer • Shark • Trooper • Turret