Recently-retired old-man Kraken is fed up with the increasing traffic from the A1 being redirected through his slice of paradise. Crush ships and put the new overpass to bed.
Sucker Punch is a arcade game about smashing ships and racking up points. It features an online leaderboard, 2 game modes and plenty of destruction.(Desktop Version only, Browser version has some features removed due to time constraints)
Great game. Action was clean, I love the look and feel of the monster/tentacle. The animation on the strike is nice. I enjoyed seeing all the little guys float down when you sink the ships. Also planes? good stuff.
I really enjoyed it! Was a little confusing on how to avoid taking damage, I also found holding the tentacle straight and just smashing from side to side worked really well.
Wow this is really good. Great music and sound effects and the idea of having a kraken swat at boats from under the ocean was great. The amount of traffic above the water gets to be just crazy, and I love it.
Love the over the top chaos that inevitably ensues from the debris, explosions and ship fire. Makes it a bit hard to see the things that hurt you, but that's just part of the fun.
Also the orchestra mode was a good laugh. Nothing quite like punching ships to some Wagner.
All these ships exploding like fireworks above the ocean are really satisfying to hear and watch. I also like how much mind you put to details like the little people sinking. It is totally fun being the monster here, just destroying what crosses your path!
And the soundtrack is very catchy and pirate like which fits the setting really well, good work! :)
Pro Tip: Just hold the left mouse button and wag left and right, don't know if it is intended or not ;)
I played in the Web but will check the desktop version for the orchestra mode! I really liked the music and the sound effects. It was very satisfying to play. Congrats on the entry!
Man, this one felt soooo good :) I really enjoyed the animation and the feel and the juice. Heck when I saw the gif I was like OOOOOH :)
- That name is FANTASTIC.
But!
It was almost impossible to dodge meaningfully, projectiles are almost impossible to distinguish, meaning you kinda just hope you wouldn't get hit. And you do.
Wishlist:
- More "reactive" water - when the water wobbled it felt great, if that surface interacted with the ships it'd be amazing. - More tentacles - you're a Kraken. Using just one tentacle seemed silly as hell. - More subtlety, more options.
Neat concept, but it seems like you can just hold down the attack button to destroy everything. The art and theme is on point though and the music and sound effects are great.
The combo of the music and the sound effects were just marvelous. They really worked with the game and each other to build up the feeling of having very fun poking the boats. The graphics was also very well worked. The one place that felt quite neglected was the screen for when the game was over. It didn't give any feedback that the score was submitted, and for a post-jam version I would suggest giving that some more love so that it becomes a reward in its own when you've died. For the game itself I never got to a point where I figured out any strategy, besides kill all things. I was guessing that it was bad to let things reach the middle and bad to have appendage up and exposed, but maybe there's a possible improvement in the early phases of the game to make it visually clearer what the player should focus on. But don't get these comments wrong. I loved the game. It was mega boat poking-fun.
I sure made a mess of all those boats haha. This was a really entertaining little entry. It's just packed full of sail smashin' wilhelm screamin' octopus flailin' goodness. It fulfills all my primal "I just want to smash everything" needs.
I did find the health damage aspect somewhat confusing. Since there's so much debris on-screen it can be pretty difficult to tell what's doing what to you at times. Sometimes I would stop and try to figure it out, until I remembered I was an octopus and all I wanted to do was smash more stuff. I suppose there are an awful lot of splinters floating around.
Lots of sprites on the screen at the same time. Looks excellent because of that. Also sprites seem to rotate and move in nice path. The game was also interesting. Good job.
At first I thought it was a bit too simple but by the at found it very fun. The crushing ship, bouncing water and sound effects add a lot to make it satisfying to play.
Addicting gameplay! Water physics were really neat, and the attack mechanics were very responsive. Also, I'm currently #37 in the world at this game, and that makes me feel pretty good.
Great stuff! I almost made a Kraken game myself; went with the Hydra instead, but I'm quite glad somebody else paid homage to the legendary mollusk.
Hard to believe such a simple mechanic could be so much fun, but this ship-smasher is a real blast once things get really hectic. Pulling off a quick combo of well-timed tentacle strikes amidst barrage of cannonballs and bombs can be very satisfying. The cracking of masts and crunching of timbers, flotsam scattered throughout tumultuous waves, the occasional Wilhelm scream...all really comes together. Kudos!
This was just an awesome game! I saw one of your post of this game and I'm to have finally played it! I loved letting the boats pile up above me and swiping them into the sea! I could go on forever about how great this game is, but for the sake of time I'll just say that I gave you all 5 stars and call it a day. Thank you...just thank you.
Very good! I had fun! Animation/graphics were great. The little dudes were funny. Unfortunately a little bit repetitive, but overall a nice experience. Well done!
I LOVE THIS ONE! One of the best so far, so funny! ;D The grapich is great and gameplay enjoyable! I'd like to see an expanded versione of the game in future! :D
Simple and lots of fun! The leader board is a plus. I love these graphics and all the destruction, but sometimes I can't see where my cursor is due to all the debris. Also the cannon balls and other projectiles are kinda hard to see.
The idea just rocks for this one. And it's executed well. When I saw the initial screen shots early in the competition I already felt it was going to be good. If this had been a game back in the arcades in the 1980s, with better graphics and more features, it would have been a classic, alongside Joust and DigDug.
I love the music, the animation and the destruction you can cause! I wasn't really sure how the damage system works though and I discovered if you aim your tentacle to one of the sides, so just the tip was poking out above the water, it was very unlikely for you to take damage. Overall though, it's a really great game. Good job!
Very funny. I laughed a lot and thought the sound effects really added to how hectic the game was. Solid game!
Notes: I was having trouble getting the menu system to work after the game had ended. There was no confirmation that my high score was posted (that or it just didn't work for some reason).
Haha, nice. My main feedback would be that other than the floating mines, I wasn't sure what was hurting me. So maybe a bit more clarity as to what hurts you and what doesn't? Very funny and clever take on the theme. Nice!
Very satisfying game mechanics. Not sure how much skill played in? (I played the web version). Nevertheless, I happily and frantically destroyed those ships until the last part of my health bar went out. Thanks for the fun!
As someone else said, it's easy to just hold the button down and swipe left and right to destroy everything (although it's less fun for sure ^^) Other than that it's a cool game, music is catchy and the tentacle animation is quite satisfying :)
Absolutely loved all the bits flying everywhere. Glad to see that old-man Kraken takes damage. The waves created when attacking straight up were great fun.
The high scores page could use some adjustments (styling, can't scroll, things like that).
Awesome game, the debris add to the fun, like a cool way to show off your score. There is a bug though. May be you should not let be click and hold. May be attack on button release. I was just sweeping my stretched out tentacle... hahahaha
One of the better kraken games. I love the "my leg" spongebob gag. The tentacle is very responsive so I can pretend to be an ninja kraken. Also a nice difficulty progression. Would punch again.
Simple but extremely fun and addicting gameplay. Also, very satisfying when my whole screen was covered in pieces of the boats and I could barely see anything. The art is also fantastic. Awesome work, keep it up!!
Awesome! It takes a bit to notice but the arrows and floating bombs can damage your extended tentacles. You'll live longer if you poke instead of swing the tentacles around. Lots of fun crushing boats and seeing the floaty bits float! Nice work!
Such a simple concept, but really well polished. The only thing you do in this game in destroy ships, but when you destroy them it's remarkably satisfying. I really like how you did those destruction effects. Good job!
Fun game, the tentacle strike animation was satisfying and it got pretty exciting at the end with all the debris flying around. My only criticism is that the amount of traffic on top of the water seems to increase from 0 to 100 really fast. Other than that, great game!
Great graphics, fun game! I included it in part 18 of my Ludum Dare 33 Compilation video series, if you would like to take a look :) https://youtu.be/U5AMORGkiRk
Nice game :) There is no cooldown on the Attack: so it's possible to simply maintain the left mouse button pressed and everything that touches the tentacle is destroyed.
Nice game! The pixelated graphics look beautiful and the game is really lots of fun to play, though "something else" would be needed in a full version (maybe independent control of tentacles? :P).
It even has its own online leaderboard and that's a nice feat for the game! :D
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Also the orchestra mode was a good laugh. Nothing quite like punching ships to some Wagner.
Overall a solid arcade game. Fine work!
And the soundtrack is very catchy and pirate like which fits the setting really well, good work! :)
Pro Tip: Just hold the left mouse button and wag left and right, don't know if it is intended or not ;)
The attack also feels really satisfying. Well done!
- That name is FANTASTIC.
But!
It was almost impossible to dodge meaningfully, projectiles are almost impossible to distinguish, meaning you kinda just hope you wouldn't get hit. And you do.
Wishlist:
- More "reactive" water - when the water wobbled it felt great, if that surface interacted with the ships it'd be amazing.
- More tentacles - you're a Kraken. Using just one tentacle seemed silly as hell.
- More subtlety, more options.
Good job :)
I think it's awesome that so many of us did a sea monster game and we all came out with something different.
Nice job!
- visuals could be better
But don't get these comments wrong. I loved the game. It was mega boat poking-fun.
I did find the health damage aspect somewhat confusing. Since there's so much debris on-screen it can be pretty difficult to tell what's doing what to you at times. Sometimes I would stop and try to figure it out, until I remembered I was an octopus and all I wanted to do was smash more stuff. I suppose there are an awful lot of splinters floating around.
My final score was 86598
- Dylan
Great game, loved the graphics and the water physics!
Not exactly sure how I take damage, but I didn't much mind because I was having too much fun breaking stuff.
I also couldn't figure out how I was supposed to avoid damage. Maybe add some instructions?
Seems like a cool game, though.
cool simple game
Also, I'm currently #37 in the world at this game, and that makes me feel pretty good.
Hard to believe such a simple mechanic could be so much fun, but this ship-smasher is a real blast once things get really hectic. Pulling off a quick combo of well-timed tentacle strikes amidst barrage of cannonballs and bombs can be very satisfying. The cracking of masts and crunching of timbers, flotsam scattered throughout tumultuous waves, the occasional Wilhelm scream...all really comes together.
Kudos!
One extra mood star for the rain of heads, and one extra humor one for the Wilhelm scream!
One of the best so far, so funny! ;D
The grapich is great and gameplay enjoyable!
I'd like to see an expanded versione of the game in future! :D
Only a thing.. HOME button? o.O
Notes: I was having trouble getting the menu system to work after the game had ended. There was no confirmation that my high score was posted (that or it just didn't work for some reason).
Nice destruction effects.
The graphic is nice. The drawing of monster is great!
A bit repetitive to (game are too long)
A lot of fun anyway ! :)
Other than that it's a cool game, music is catchy and the tentacle animation is quite satisfying :)
The high scores page could use some adjustments (styling, can't scroll, things like that).
Overall, nice job!
I'm a big fan of water and particle effects. Also, the monster's sprite is cool!
It takes a bit to notice but the arrows and floating bombs can damage your extended tentacles. You'll live longer if you poke instead of swing the tentacles around.
Lots of fun crushing boats and seeing the floaty bits float! Nice work!
Really nice game, great graphics, easy to get into.
Very chaotic after a short while.
Played the HTML5 version.
Good job!
-Loi LeMix
There is no cooldown on the Attack: so it's possible to simply maintain the left mouse button pressed and everything that touches the tentacle is destroyed.
It even has its own online leaderboard and that's a nice feat for the game! :D
Nice choice for OST, btw! ;)