Kraken Unchained

by jedeen
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.02
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.55
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.97
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.13
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★82%
The ExcaliburJS dev team presents our first Ludum Dare jam entry.

You are the kraken. Make your way to the ocean, and destroy as many ships as you can along the way.

Team Members:
Erik Onarheim
Kamran Ayub
Josh Edeen

This game works best in Chrome, Firefox, and IE10/11.

Controls: move mouse to control the kraken, press spacebar when near ships to attack them

Comments25

Seraphic Media29 Apr 2014, 02:06
This was a pretty cool game. You guys did a good job! Liked that you used kraken.
sugarbyte29 Apr 2014, 22:53
Really playable and fun! I liked the ability to "sneak" as well as outright smashing, and the UI and controls were super intuitive. Wish it had highlighted a little more beneath the surface, but great game!
eerongal
eerongal30 Apr 2014, 02:22
Attacking felt kind of wonky in my opinion, but other than that fairly solid game.
HybridMind
HybridMind30 Apr 2014, 02:23
I enjoyed sneaking through w/o trying to hurt any ships as that part wasn't as much fun as the stealth elements. I'm glad you let me play as a giant squid. I've never been a Kraken before.
StencylTuo
StencylTuo30 Apr 2014, 02:23
This was a decent entry. I wish that the score breakdown in the end was better. I'd like to know how the points/grade are calculated (i.e. is getting through with 1 health while attacking everything better than speedrunning through without attacking?). It was very playable though, which is a nice change of pace from some of the others I've been playing which were almost counter-intuitive.
FrameMatt
FrameMatt30 Apr 2014, 02:27
I love it, love the kraken animation too, i love how the eyes take distance from each other. :D!
jotson
jotson30 Apr 2014, 03:24
Liked sneaking between the boats. While eating the boats it was difficult to avoid being hit. Might be nice to have other food for health.
Jonapulse
Jonapulse30 Apr 2014, 03:39
Fun and pretty dang polished for an LD. Good controls. Once I got the hang of it I could comfortably take out ships without being damaged (but there was still a challenge)
ninjascript30 Apr 2014, 03:41
Didn't find any health, but made it to the end. Nice concept.
xandy30 Apr 2014, 03:41
cool game but the page scrolls down every time i press space.
ActionRemix30 Apr 2014, 03:43
It says there's music. Is it Chrome only?
ren30 Apr 2014, 03:56
we need more games where you play as krakens. Figured out a bit late that you can avoid the bullets while eating ships. Loved the lightmap and the sneaky feel of the game.
Nuclear_Hammer30 Apr 2014, 03:58
Cool game, nice job! I hate octopus hahaae but i like your game =p
eonarheim30 Apr 2014, 04:08
@ActionRemix Sorry to hear, what browser are you using? The music track is pretty low too, can you hear if you turn up your volume?
TyrusPeace
TyrusPeace30 Apr 2014, 04:13
Haha! I went the kraken route, too.

Nice work! I like the stealth mechanics with the boats, but I wish they came up more after starting combat. For the most part I was just dodging dots the whole time. The kraken animation's pretty great.
MunkeeBacon
MunkeeBacon30 Apr 2014, 23:26
I totally felt like a kraken here. Good game!
fermenter
fermenter1 May 2014, 00:34
I wish attacking was a bit more reactive. I'm not sure if I was doing damage or not. Besides the attacking, this was pretty neat!
jtpup01 May 2014, 00:37
fun and exciting, liked the stealth element
ocmu
ocmu1 May 2014, 01:41
Really like the visuals and music. Control and gameplay was really straight forward. Nice work
Dreii
Dreii1 May 2014, 01:42
Nice, For some reason i though i was supposed to charge the ships and kill them and wondered why i was dying so fast haha. made it to the end though!
ElStevo1 May 2014, 01:54
Fun game. Good job !
kamranayub1 May 2014, 18:04
Thanks for the kind words folks. As an aside, we have a newer (WIP) version at http://krakenunchaind.azurewebsites.net/post-dare.html that contains some fixes, speed changes, touch support, and optimizations for IE10/11. We'll add a link to the homepage but figured I'd post it here first.
alhvi2 May 2014, 16:31
Pretty good stealth game. It kept me entertained all the time. The first time I played I wasn't sure if I was hitting the first ship, I didn't noticed the damage in the sprite, maybe you can add a little health bar on top of them to make it more clear. Also I don't know why I think it needs a counter of how many ships I've killed in the HUD. It was a very polished entry. I liked all the animations and sounds. I tried the new version in my tablet too and it runs well. The link is missing and e XD. http://krakenunchained.azurewebsites.net/post-dare.html
Good job guys :D
Chronoberry
Chronoberry3 May 2014, 21:28
Great sound effects. Somehow, the squid gets flipped around when attacking and it was a bit confusing at first. Amazing title screen!
rincewind_cz8 May 2014, 16:05
Interesting take on the gameplay/idea, I've enjoyed this :)

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