Release The Kraken

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.07
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.99
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.94
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★89%
NOTE: If you are playing the embedded version and the keys are not responding, click near the game window (by the unity logo) and it should give keyboard focus to the game.

You are a mighty Kraken. A mythical creature of untold power. Yet people keep crashing boats into your head. Use your mighty tentacles to show them who's boss.

------------Instructions----------------

QWER - Select Tentacle
Mouse Button - Attract Tentacle to Mouse

Swing your tentacles to destroy ships. The tentacles must be moving a certain speed to do damage.

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The WebGL build should hopefully work, and will work best in the latest version of Firefox or Chrome.

If not, a unity WebPlayer version can be found at http://andrew-gates.co.uk/Dev/LD33/WebPlayer/

I had a lot of fun making this one, especially recording Kraken noises ;)

Managed to get everything working in a reasonable amount of time, so there was even time to write some menu and background music!

Didn't quite get the time to go back over some of the art, so a lot of it is still quite rough programmer art, oh well!

All feedback is welcome!

Comments43

peterthehe
peterthehe24 Aug 2015, 07:52
The controls were quite hard to master (though I think thats part of the charm). Nice work.
celisoft24 Aug 2015, 07:55
Beautiful game but I didn't succeed to play on my azerty keyboard :/
GeeItSomeLaldy
GeeItSomeLaldy24 Aug 2015, 08:18
Difficult to control, but I guess that's what you were going for.

Mouse control didn't seem to work in Firefox, had to run it in chrome.
thebrickanator
thebrickanator24 Aug 2015, 08:20
Really cool entry! I loved every part even if the controls are quite hard to use perfectly.
jorgemoag24 Aug 2015, 11:19
Great game but the controls are a bit weird.
tayl1r
tayl1r24 Aug 2015, 11:26
I only got 77 but I had a lot of fun!
TLansdale
TLansdale24 Aug 2015, 11:47
Difficult, but fun! Good job :)
ccglp
ccglp24 Aug 2015, 12:25
Heavy. Like heavy metal, but in a game with a kraken.
mantis24 Aug 2015, 16:43
loving the music!
Somnium
Somnium24 Aug 2015, 16:43
Fun game, but difficult. The controls were hard to master, I kept trying to hit 1-4 instead of qwer.
Andrew Adams24 Aug 2015, 18:16
Hard to play, but once you hit a groove it's fun.
Peach Pie Productions24 Aug 2015, 18:27
Wow amazing job!!! The graphics were sublime and the controls were QWOPin fantastic :) Great job Great physics!!!
increpare24 Aug 2015, 18:30
input didn't work on safari/osx, and game didn't load properly on firefox
raducumiczzz24 Aug 2015, 18:47
Controls were a little hard to master. Was fun to play. love the music and the voice!
Kaltic
Kaltic24 Aug 2015, 18:49
Difficult to control though I love the idea and the game looks great.

I only think the controls seem bad mostly because of how it takes for the tentacles to start moving.
Jod24 Aug 2015, 18:52
I am terribbly impressed.

The mix of music, gameplay and graphics is extremely well done!

I went 'Oh, you must be kidding me!' when I saw the airships :D.

I believe at one point I hit myself with a tentacle. Why are you hitting yourself Kraken? Why are you hitting yourself? :D

8 tentacles up!
Infokub Arcade
Infokub Arcade24 Aug 2015, 19:30
controls are really complicated but I like this game =)
Meursault
Meursault24 Aug 2015, 19:52
The combination of controls and slow physics is pretty fun and challenging. I like the music.
HACKhalo2
HACKhalo224 Aug 2015, 19:56
I really enjoyed this game. The controls were a little to forgiving, though, but otherwise I got 210 points!
VampyVampire24 Aug 2015, 19:58
music and audio fit the game really nicely.
IronPencilGames24 Aug 2015, 20:00
Cool game. As others mentioned, controls are difficult to get used to, but that's the point. Simple and polished, good job.
aberdeenphoenix24 Aug 2015, 20:03
Flailing simulator! I enjoyed it. I particularly enjoyed catching bombs and throwing them.
Vennril
Vennril24 Aug 2015, 21:10
Pretty solid game from start to finish. Nice choice of music and sfx, the graphics work out well, and I got used to the controls fairly quick.

Interestingly enough, the controls are kinda like what I had in mind for my own game, before I had to change them due to time constraints, haha. Glad to see it in action!

Overall well done :)
Shaw
Shaw24 Aug 2015, 22:46
Overall look and feel is great, the controls are a little difficult to get the hang over but great work nevertheless.
vividhelix
vividhelix24 Aug 2015, 23:06
kinda laggy but well made otherwise
Azlen24 Aug 2015, 23:08
Final score, 97

I wish I had a couple extra arms to play this game :P
Flygamer101
Flygamer10125 Aug 2015, 01:09
Nice idea, and had great artwork especially water.
jcourt25 Aug 2015, 01:56
Nice game. It was hard to get used to the controls, but once you do its a really good game.
weazen25 Aug 2015, 03:13
This is really hard with a laptop trackpad! Like the idea though, enjoyed it.
TeamOA
TeamOA25 Aug 2015, 03:31
Great game, controls are hard but it adds to the gameplay. It get's pretty difficult later on. Loved it
Cerberus25 Aug 2015, 05:06
i really enjoyed this game. i thought the controls were very good design, they were a bit stiff but managable. could have had better graphics. but overall it was quite good. great job.
hammerfrenzy25 Aug 2015, 05:46
Really liked the art and music, controls maybe just a tad sluggish. It felt like I wasn't able to react quickly enough once things got hairy. Overall pretty cool though!
Acerio25 Aug 2015, 10:37
Controls are hard but still a great game :)
Galvesmash25 Aug 2015, 15:08
Great game but difficult to control the tentacles!
razavidn25 Aug 2015, 15:43
Love the clunky controls, it feels like you're moving a giant sea beast.
crucknuk
crucknuk26 Aug 2015, 09:20
Controls are a bit difficult to play with, but it is a nice concept!
DarkwindMedia
DarkwindMedia27 Aug 2015, 20:54
Neat spin on the Kraken idea. The Kraken sounds were definitely entertaining :) Controls were difficult, but I definitely enjoyed trying out something new.

Nice job!
theholychicken30 Aug 2015, 01:16
Really really cool!
Wish I was able to control all 4 tentacles at once though! Would be nice if it could take multiple keys pressed down.
jcwelgemoed31 Aug 2015, 18:35
190. control challenging to master, but lots of fun. Get quite difficult. Considering this is a compo entry, very well done indeed. Kudos.

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