And this is where the gameplay in Octodad takes shape, you can control each of the octopus´ tentacles independently. Of course, carrying out these seemingly routine tasks may seem easy enough for a normal person, but it is a different story altogether for an octopus. The reason for this is that your goal throughout the game is to perform simple tasks like turning off your alarm clock or picking up an object with a tentacle. Octodad is a very strange game, and is difficult to place in any one genre in particular.