GUYS I MADE ALIENS

[Okor]

I mean, it's a start. You've created an alien race, but it needs to be more alien. Right now, they're humans with tusks, fancy crystals, and a gaseous existence. You need to work on giving them a proper alien mindset.

Here's my suggestion: Start with a particular value that their culture will hold dear. Loyalty, strength, knowledge, power, honour, spirituality, all that good stuff. Work on expanding out from that, and consider how a focus on this value would affect their civilization. Don't forget to give them a drawback, such as being slow to learn, short-lived, physically weak, or dogmatism.

For instance, Gaseous Aliens that have a culture based around spirituality. What's the biggest gaseous objects we know? The stars. Let's make those their sacred ancestors. What about their science? They're gaseous, so their experience in warfare would likely revolve around using fire to get the enemy to combust. That'll mean they'll have plenty of lasers. With their worship of the stars, that extends well to space travel, solar power, and radar dishes to listen to the stars for wisdom. Astrology would probably play a big part in their religion, so waiting to do something until the stars are right would be a common occurrence. Couple that with near-immortality, and they'll be able to wait for an incredibly long time.